Bush Rummager 4,529 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Belting thread this JD.. cheers for taking the time out to put those piccys up.. much appreaciated by myself and one or two others i assume I could look at these pics all day long.. Judging by you're photos... looks as though you you've got the nack of roost shooting. Can you give me any pointers on the roosting front if you don't mind?? Do you just rock up whenever? or lay up in the day time and wait for the birds to fly in to roost and pick them off?? Do you, or, can you, use a light on them?? Cloudy night or full moon?? I've got some magpies to moderate...before spring kicks in.... basically: wait for cloud.Go out and whack em. despite what the 'old poaching songs say, ignore the moon. Cant ask for more than that!!thanks for getting back mate... aplreaciate that ?? bisley... L.R.G .. coming their way!!! 177.... just saying like!!! Quote Link to post
Bush Rummager 4,529 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 light.. (tourch)... or no light??? If you hit them with a lamp..have you got the time to get a shot off??? Can you shoot them off their roost?? Sorry for all the questions..I'm still learning fellas Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 No torch. It's illegal for a start. And it serves no purpose other than to scare everything. You can pick out the roosting birds against the pink cloud. 2 Quote Link to post
Bush Rummager 4,529 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 No torch. It's illegal for a start. And it serves no purpose other than to scare everything. You can pick out the roosting birds against the pink cloud. Thats great, thanks. Quote Link to post
random 659 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 No torch. It's illegal for a start. And it serves no purpose other than to scare everything. You can pick out the roosting birds against the pink cloud. Good advice from someone who looks like he knows what he's doing!! Quote Link to post
Plucky1 1,119 Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 Belting thread this JD.. cheers for taking the time out to put those piccys up.. much appreaciated by myself and one or two others i assume I could look at these pics all day long.. Judging by you're photos... looks as though you you've got the nack of roost shooting. Can you give me any pointers on the roosting front if you don't mind?? Do you just rock up whenever? or lay up in the day time and wait for the birds to fly in to roost and pick them off?? Do you, or, can you, use a light on them?? Cloudy night or full moon?? I've got some magpies to moderate...before spring kicks in.... basically: wait for cloud. Go out and whack em. despite what the 'old poaching songs say, ignore the moon. Thats not how we did it on the estates,we shot open sited and practised pulling up the gun to the shoulder whilst standing directly underneath,when you can pull it up every time without adjustment to align the sites then you are ready for live quarry, you must be stealthy and quiet,took a dog to pin flappers that hit the ground and a lad behind to pick up, took some large numbers this way and yes we were aware of the moon but found the wind as cover was more important,great exciting days, Plucky Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Belting thread this JD.. cheers for taking the time out to put those piccys up.. much appreaciated by myself and one or two others i assume I could look at these pics all day long.. Judging by you're photos... looks as though you you've got the nack of roost shooting. Can you give me any pointers on the roosting front if you don't mind?? Do you just rock up whenever? or lay up in the day time and wait for the birds to fly in to roost and pick them off?? Do you, or, can you, use a light on them?? Cloudy night or full moon?? I've got some magpies to moderate...before spring kicks in.... basically: wait for cloud. Go out and whack em. despite what the 'old poaching songs say, ignore the moon. Thats not how we did it on the estates,we shot open sited and practised pulling up the gun to the shoulder whilst standing directly underneath,when you can pull it up every time without adjustment to align the sites then you are ready for live quarry, you must be stealthy and quiet,took a dog to pin flappers that hit the ground and a lad behind to pick up, took some large numbers this way and yes we were aware of the moon but found the wind as cover was more important,great exciting days, Plucky Without cloud you won't see the birds in the trees. If you can't see them then you can't shoot them. Surely? Quote Link to post
tjones3862 3,423 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 these was all shot with 2 daystates, iff my memory his right,,,,, 2 days shooting when there was rabbits a round avimore,, 7 Quote Link to post
mackem 26,264 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 these was all shot with 2 daystates, iff my memory his right,,,,, 2 days shooting when there was rabbits a round avimore,, Excellent pic,we used to have permission just north of aviemore,dont know what its like nowadays but used to be heaving back then. Quote Link to post
tjones3862 3,423 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 the hole area his crap ,,to what it used to be like,,this place was newtonmore,,,good old days,, Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Wouldnt fancy pulling the puddings out of that lot, What happened to them Jim? Game dealers? Quote Link to post
tjones3862 3,423 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 they went to a wild life zoo,, on the side of the A9 A HANDFULL OF MILES SHORT OF AVIEMORE,,, with guts in, 3 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,781 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 these was all shot with 2 daystates, iff my memory his right,,,,, 2 days shooting when there was rabbits a round avimore,, Feck me when i first saw you photo i thought it was a wall until i read your post then look,d back at the photo and saw it was a wall , a wall of rabbits thats some shooting lol what did you use as a bag ,,,,,,,,an 8 wheel scania top class atvbmac :thumbs: Quote Link to post
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 the hole area his crap ,,to what it used to be like,,this place was newtonmore,,,good old days,, And you wonder why theres no rabbits on it anymore lol Quote Link to post
tjones3862 3,423 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 the hole area his crap ,,to what it used to be like,,this place was newtonmore,,,good old days,, And you wonder why theres no rabbits on it anymore lol 25 YEARS AGO IT WAS LIKE FIGHTING THE ZULU.S LOL THE MORE YOU TOOK THE BETTER THEY BRED,,,THEN THERE WAS NEXT TO NONE,,,VHD OR WHAT EVER TOOK NUM,S IN THE 100000,S 1 Quote Link to post
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