A Crow A Pheasant And A Couple Of Rabbits

[inan 841]

Day off today and the weather was perfect, cloudy with outbreaks of sun, the odd shower and no wind.

 

I planned two trips today, a sunrise and sunset. I headed out yesturday to check zero my rifle before I went down in this morning, something I don't particularly like doing but as my current scope hasn't lost its zero yet which is a nice change from my old mountmaster. And I wanted to create as less noise as possible I made sure I looked after my rifle as soon as it was zeroed.

 

Set off early this morning with a hit at the rabbits first... Unfortunatly a lot of stalks which ended with the the ever depressing white tail floating across the fields. A bit of a poor morning to tell the truth. Not much about.... I headed off to the woodland in hopes of a woody rising, but not much luck, with the ivy and leaves still on, placement just wasn't there. To my utter surprise a crow landed about 20 yards in front of me which I took at a sitting supported position. I'm not one really for shooting crows because I only genuinely shoot for food, so I can count this as my first crow that I have ever shot before. I shot it straight through the neck and spine and it folded and dropped like a stone..

 

 

After a few hours a quick chat to the land lady as always and I went back for lunch. Unfortunatly I was late coming back as the misses horse had been very ill and I spent most of the lunch time running around helping out.

 

I managed to get back out at about half 4, for a quick check zero and to try some of the daystate heavy pellets villaman gladly sent me.... I was happy after 20 shots that they were producing groups well within 5p at 27 yards.... Which is a nice heavy pellet to use, I plinked around for about half an hour and ended with shooting the twigs off a downed branch, so confidence booming I got into my LLCS and headed out. Went back to where I saw the bunnies run off before and nothing around....on my way back on the small walk to the famous rabbit warren I have on my permission something caught my eye. After a quick scan again I worked it out to be the beak of a Cockbird sunning itself in the land owners veg patch..... For the past couple of months I have let the pheasants breed a bit, I have taken the role of managing the area so that I don t wipe the pheasants off the property completely, I'm glad to report that 3 of the hen birds on the permission have recently hatched and there are now 10 or so hen birds wondering round...the potatoes won't be dug in until at the very earliest December and the mustard is just used as fertilising so I have let the pheasants breed and mature. The Cockbird however was too ripe for the taking....the position I was at was unsafe to shoot at because a bunline lay 70meters behind which then leads on to a back road which is rarely used but even still not worth the chance in case the pellet didnt hit the mound..... I managed to side crawl a full 90 degrees all the time the phesant not even paying the slightest bit of interest, I ended up being about 15 yards away from it where I dispatched it cleanly (I would hope so)!.... A nice start to the evening.

 

 

With my game bag bulging because of the pheasant I set off. All the fields now have been seeded with mustard and grass, the ones with grass have been used for grazing the local farmers herds....on walking to the warren I had this strange sensation I was being watched, on turning round I realised why...

 

 

Eventually I managed to loose the welcoming party and make it to the warren, peering over the bunline I managed to spot a rabbit, the only one out for now... about 25 ish yards and in a part with not much decline... A little hold under, and I slowly squeezed the trigger, a loud TWACK and over he rolls, a nice big buck rabbit... Perfect placement.

 

 

Off to the woods to check around...after an hour sit down, not much happening, a few woodies around but nothing worth even contemplating a shot.. Light slowly going down I headed back to the warren for one last look, on peering over two rabbits spotted but one bolts while the other stays... 30ish yards and I line up again, crosshairs placed, squeeze and drop....a doe with perfect placement again......

 

One happy man....and two lovely furs for the freezer, almost enough for a batch of tanning.

 

Couple more photos

 

 

I honestly cannot rate the s200 enough, for me its the perfect rifle.

 

Hope you enjoyed the read.

 

Craig

That's big of you not shooting the pheasants in the summer, pity they are still out of season until Oct the 1st!

[Craig Fosse 286]

are you being serious??? With 2,000 odd posts I would have thought u would have learnt to read the whole topic first BEFORE accusing, I have no time for people like you.

[inan 841]

are you being serious??? With 2,000 odd posts I would have thought u would have learnt to read the whole topic first BEFORE accusing, I have no time for people like you.

I read the whole post, you say you shot a pheasant on the 25th of September.

 

What I've learnt is to respect shooting seasons and my quarry.

 

I've also learnt to begin a sentence with a capital letter.

 

Pheasant shooting season does NOT begin until OCTOBER 1st.

 

What you have no time for are two things .

 

1. Game-shooting seasons

 

2. The Law.

 

Were you expecting a pat on the back?

[Alan... 172]

As he said, read the whole TOPIC, again.

[Dan23 3]

nice read mate and good shooting

[Craig Fosse 286]

Sigh, I meant read the topic, as in did u not think someone would have asked the same question as you?, (or maybe some of them already know the answer due to my previous topics and outings) and why the fact people were not asking the same questions as you? Maybe because 3 or four posts down I apologised for not putting it in the statement as I NORMALLY do, however I'm sure you will find the reason if you look a little harder,

 

I apologise for my bad grammar, I didn't realise I was being marked down for that, I'll try my best next time, Unfortunately its not one of my strong points,

 

I on the other hand have complete time for the law, on the other hand you are right I do not have any time for seasons, I do not need to have time for them, however if I did, I would have the upmost respect for them too. I may be 5 days short for your shooting season, but certainly not mine, not everyone here is from where you live.

[Craig Fosse 286]

A little light reading for you mate.

 

I apologise if there is any bad grammar it was taken directly off the BASC website along with the other part I posted.

 

 

Jersey

 

1. In Jersey there are no game seasons and gamebirds can only be shot under licence for the protection of agriculture. All wild birds are protected with the exception of carrion crow, magpie, feral pigeon and woodpigeon which may be shot under licence. However the Minister for Planning and Environment may license any person to do anything which would otherwise constitute an offence against wildlife (Conservation of Wildlife (Jersey) Law 2000 Article 16(1) as amended).

 

If you would like print outs and copies of my environment license, I would be happy to send them to you if you pay for postage.

 

Atb

 

Craig

[Mister Gain 1,764]

Sounds like you had an enjoyable session. Good shooting.

[Craig Fosse 286]

Highly enjoyable!!the one thing I love about hunting is that its always a different experience every time you go down, it started raining half way through yesterday and watching the rain come down the leaves reminds you how lovely nature really is.

Edited September 26, 2013 by Craig Fosse

[inan 841]

A little light reading for you mate.

 

I apologise if there is any bad grammar it was taken directly off the BASC website along with the other part I posted.

 

 

Jersey

 

1. In Jersey there are no game seasons and gamebirds can only be shot under licence for the protection of agriculture. All wild birds are protected with the exception of carrion crow, magpie, feral pigeon and woodpigeon which may be shot under licence. However the Minister for Planning and Environment may license any person to do anything which would otherwise constitute an offence against wildlife (Conservation of Wildlife (Jersey) Law 2000 Article 16(1) as amended).

 

If you would like print outs and copies of my environment license, I would be happy to send them to you if you pay for postage.

 

Atb

 

Craig

I didn't realise you were in Jersey, which makes you right, and me wrong.

My first post was facetious my second was not, because I didn't care for your reply

. I've said I was wrong ,if you send that crow I'll eat it ,how's that?

[Craig Fosse 286]

I wouldn't dream that on anyone at all mate, what I will take is your apology,your a bigger man than alot of people nowadays for saying such, in all fairness I should have edited my original post but I have written enough, or so I had thought, to warrant it being ok.

 

Apologies all round and itchy trigger fingers I think!

 

Atb

 

Craig

[inan 841]

I wouldn't dream that on anyone at all mate, what I will take is your apology,your a bigger man than alot of people nowadays for saying such, in all fairness I should have edited my original post but I have written enough, or so I had thought, to warrant it being ok.

 

Apologies all round and itchy trigger fingers I think!

 

Atb

 

Craig

Good man , have a good year!

[j j m 6,537]

top shooting mate

[Craig Fosse 286]

Cheers pal thank you

[Elliott 436]

Nice one Craig, never shot a pheasant, in fact I don't think I've ever eaten one either

 

I've got my brother's S200 for 12 months whilst he visits Oz. I must admit, I recommended him buying one for his first rifle having read so many good reviews. It is certainly an accurate little rifle and at the moment the only PCP I have access to

Edited September 29, 2013 by Elliott