dogmandont 9,838 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, WILF said: The shame is mate there is plenty of ground that would lend itself to something like pheasant shooting, nice woods sitting above valleys that would present birds really well, plenty of water that you could feed for ducks.....but as has been said it’s spread out. Now, the local gun club would have permission over all this in an area but they just ain’t interested in raising a few birds, feeding a few ponds and having a few days a season as well as the pest control that would inevitably go with it. They would rather wander up a lane, blast a couple of things and go home or shoot clays ! Wankers like ! Used to be like that here as well wilf but this last few years theres a lot of small shoots all releasing birds and feeding flight ponds. A good friend puts 200 birds down on his farm but will only shoot a handful every year. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,057 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Ireland should be lifting with tackle considering how rural the vast majority of it is, but it isn’t because f**k all is done to promote or rear game, the red tape is bollocks and nobody can be arsed ! Crying fecking shame really ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,057 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Born Hunter said: Shame, the gunclub system even puts the framework in for it to happen then. Just a total lack of direction. Or motivation mate.....genuinely if they see 1 pheasant in a hedge row there are texts flying about in a group like they have seen Elvis ! I was a member of one for a year and f****d it off because they were all jokers ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogmandont 9,838 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Born Hunter said: I walked away from nearly two thousand acres of free reign arable permission few months ago because I got sick of the agro on shoot days so maybe you have it right. Two thousand acres. Id let the land owner sleep with the wife ffs. Lol. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,775 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, WILF said: Or motivation mate.....genuinely if they see 1 pheasant in a hedge row there are texts flying about in a group like they have seen Elvis ! I was a member of one for a year and f****d it off because they were all jokers ! The thing that I don't get is that I enjoy the management side of things as much as the shooting. Its really rewarding looking at what you have as a problem and figuring out short term and long term strategy to improve things while getting to do it all in the beauty of the outdoors. They're missing out in more ways than one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,057 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Born Hunter said: The thing that I don't get is that I enjoy the management side of things as much as the shooting. Its really rewarding looking at what you have as a problem and figuring out short term and long term strategy to improve things while getting to do it all in the beauty of the outdoors. They're missing out in more ways than one. Exactly the same as that mate, you are spot on. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,096 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Had 6 dinlos catapulting all song birds,pheasants,anything that moved.i had an emotional chat with parents from our local bronx.kids are 18 yrs old,but bit like that fella out of duelling banjos. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,057 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, sid g said: @ wilf i aint read all your posts is it worth you getting eggs or poults sent over to run on at your place .. ? I probably will end up buying a few mate but only once I have a few more main things in place, pheasants would be more a hobby if you get my drift 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,501 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, WILF said: I probably will end up buying a few mate but only once I have a few more main things in place, pheasants would be more a hobby if you get my drift Just put a pair in with you chickens if you have them and turn out the poults as and when they are ready to go, and admit nothing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,057 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Just now, Greyman said: Just put a pair in with you chickens if you have them and turn out the poults as and when they are ready to go, and admit nothing That sounds like a tidy little idea mate, strange but the simplest things are the things you never think of. Cheers pal 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,501 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Just now, WILF said: That sounds like a tidy little idea mate, strange but the simplest things are the things you never think of. Cheers pal It takes a simple person mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinkell 787 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 48 minutes ago, Greyman said: Just put a pair in with you chickens if you have them and turn out the poults as and when they are ready to go, and admit nothing That's what I was doing with grey partridge but rat got in over winter killed my 3pair 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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WILF 47,057 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, Wideboy said: See the thing is a different culture. Most lads just go out for a shot and yes some cream themselves if they see a pheasant. But the want to buy good boots, cloths or anything of the sort isn’t there. If you were seen with a tie or any form of tweed you’d be labelled a gobshite or a wanker. Most lads go out with bottoms that they use for painting or something. The want to have some organised fun is not the done thing. I can’t see it change either. PS: WILF, only one gun club in the whole country have their own shooting rights. The rest let on they do, eg: say a club from dingle, co Kerry will tell everyone they have the shooting in that area but they don’t, the only thing they have is the same name as the area. Remember these clubs were formed by a few lads that had permission not rights. I sick of reminding lads this. Didn’t know that mate, they say every day is a school day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, WILF said: Ireland should be lifting with tackle considering how rural the vast majority of it is, but it isn’t because f**k all is done to promote or rear game, the red tape is bollocks and nobody can be arsed ! Crying fecking shame really ! I was a member of a few clubs down through the years, the first one was the best, but to small, the other two were just interested in clays and nothing else really. That's all the younger ones wanted, the expensive guns and clothes, with thropys. One fox drive, that just a few other members and myself organised, we said we would build the pens for rearing birds and look after them, the club foot the cost, they didn't want to know. I left it and haven't joined any other since. Sad really, as you said there's great potential here. Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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