bell 3,606 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Our annual trip up the west coast was a productive affair this year. We were informed that woodcock were in short supply this year and we should show restraint.........well they weren't where we were and we didn't ..............The usual spots held good numbers of birds and with the dogs working hard we managed to squirt a few down and put a bag together. By the end of the first day the dogs were knackered. its really hard going for them working in the bracken and briars. The second morning we were up at 6am to flight duck on the foreshore, there is normally plenty of teal around at this spot and we did see a good few but my mate plugged a good few mallard and I nailed a solitary pinkfoot........the first I have seen on this island The final couple of nights saw us flighting woodcock out of a big forestry block.....great sport. we finished the 3 days with 17 woodcock, mallard, pinkfoot.teal, hare,bunny and pheasant..... 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Well done Bell, a mixed bag is brilliant. Had a bad enough days rough shooting yesterday and we were just discussing how we've seen more Woodcock then Snipe, never happened before, Pigeon are scarce and the Teal and Wigeon are only arriving with us now. Our Pheasants disappearing on us has made for a bad enough season. It was a funny sort of season for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Great post! Funny, BASC and the GWCT have said that we should restrain on the Timber-dicks this year but everyone seems to be seeing good numbers and cracking on as usual. I don't think very many people actually make an effort to target them, rather being shot opportunistically while out shooting anyway so it stands that if numbers were low then less would be shot. Hunting can self regulate in that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 15/01/2018 at 20:06, neil cooney said: Well done Bell, a mixed bag is brilliant. Had a bad enough days rough shooting yesterday and we were just discussing how we've seen more Woodcock then Snipe, never happened before, Pigeon are scarce and the Teal and Wigeon are only arriving with us now. Our Pheasants disappearing on us has made for a bad enough season. It was a funny sort of season for us. Expand Yes Neil, definitely good numbers of Woodcock and saw plenty of snipe but shooting them is a different matter !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 16/01/2018 at 11:48, Born Hunter said: Great post! Funny, BASC and the GWCT have said that we should restrain on the Timber-dicks this year but everyone seems to be seeing good numbers and cracking on as usual. I don't think very many people actually make an effort to target them, rather being shot opportunistically while out shooting anyway so it stands that if numbers were low then less would be shot. Hunting can self regulate in that way. Expand Youre right BH, most folk will shoot them as part of a general bag. The spot we go to is predominantly woodcock ground. We must flushed/seen close to 100 over 3 days. There will be thousands of them tucked away on the forestry blocks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 16/01/2018 at 13:09, bell said: Youre right BH, most folk will shoot them as part of a general bag. The spot we go to is predominantly woodcock ground. We must flushed/seen close to 100 over 3 days. There will be thousands of them tucked away on the forestry blocks. Expand Sounds fantastic tbh. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 What's worse is city wankers on a shoot hitting them and not picking them up just leaving them injured ..... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Socks: that photo reminds me of a Golden Plover similarly injured and left with a badly broken wing. A mate of mine took it home and gave it to me. It lived in my garden very happily and became almost tame, until a bloody great crow came along and killed it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 16/01/2018 at 16:44, socks said: What's worse is city wankers on a shoot hitting them and not picking them up just leaving them injured ..... Expand That’s a snipe mate, can’t believe anyone would shoot one and leave it behind injured.......you see it happen ?....... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 16/01/2018 at 22:41, bell said: That’s a snipe mate, can’t believe anyone would shoot one and leave it behind injured.......you see it happen ?....... Expand I'd hope they at least tried to pick it. Snipe can just fecking disappear though. Especially if the dogs aren't used to picking them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 it was on the local shoot, one of the drives is opposite my house and the picking up team they have is useless so after they shoot and move on I send my dogs out and always get a few pricked or dead birds they've missed ... the pup found this ..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.green 3,231 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 17/01/2018 at 09:26, socks said: it was on the local shoot, one of the drives is opposite my house and the picking up team they have is useless so after they shoot and move on I send my dogs out and always get a few pricked or dead birds they've missed ... the pup found this ..... Expand Deffo its abit mad what the lurchers can bring back to ya after a shoot day. Birds are probably chucked in a hole or burned anyway 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,566 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 very good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,522 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 A nice mixed bag that better than shooting 100s of pheasants Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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