a scottish break

[woodga 170]

well traditionaly the 12th of may is the time to cull the branchers (young rooks ) every year sees us travelling up to scotland for a few days to help out the famers by thinning their number a little there are thousands of rooks up here and they can do an awful lot of damage to crop fields so they need to thinned out and we have that job .a little get together of boys ratcherman, rob sharpe, mr teapot , nemo, nighttimenellie my dad and his pal allen , darren and his son micheal and me, well we arrived at tyhe farm on the friday around noon my dad was following on the saturday and was shooting for just the one day here are a few pictures from a great couple of days

setting up base camp

rob and nemo wer mother and did some tasty meals

mr teapot with his first scottish rabbit

his second rabbit

his third and first snared rabbit in scotland

ratcher, nemo, and rob having a breather

taking a few feral pigeons out

the long walk up to the rook wood

a few victims

i managed a dog fox out of some cover the lads pushed through

nemo caught a good sized brownie out of the loch and i made a prat of myself by getting a bit pissed saturday night and the rain came down so the boys went and got a few cans and we all had a few drinks reminising about a great couple of days

poor lad couldnt stand the pace lol

loads more pictures to add on later cheers lads for a week end to rember

[wildfowler-2007 0]

sound's like you had a cracking weekend but you will need more than just one weekend to thin the rook's out up here

 

regards

[noddy10 411]

bet it was a good few days

[ukshooter 0]

Im going to have to give scotland a go this year looks great!

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

So the rooks werent ready then ?

[RAPID 7 1]

i would say next week its been so wet this year eveythings behind

[woodga 170]

So the rooks werent ready then ?

they were ready we should have been a few days ealier and we would have had a good tally we still shot over 1000 rooks at least but they were all ready on the wing so shotguns did most of the damage all though the lads knocked a good few over with the airguns

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Well kitted out there lads looks the business, A good weekends craic too by all accounts..............

[moley 115]

So the rooks werent ready then ?

they were ready we should have been a few days ealier and we would have had a good tally we still shot over 1000 rooks at least but they were all ready on the wing so shotguns did most of the damage all though the lads knocked a good few over with the airguns

 

 

nemo must have a blood lust cos me and him were out last night shooting young rooks , we managed 1001 for 47 shots

[Yokel Matt 918]

Brilliant... nice thread Woodga and good pics. Looks like a good crack

[H. BROCKLEBANK 0]

Hello this is Hector Brocklebank from HB FASH, thats looking a canny days sport there, wer yiz no dayin ony fashing, or wiz it jist shootin, thers some nice pics [bANNED TEXT]

[Nemo 0]

just nearly pissed my self at the H B FASH post any how just like to thank woodga and the boys for their hospitality and a great weekend cheers nemo

[martin 332]

Brilliant post,and,a brilliant idea getting away somewhere in a little group of like minded people.Can't wait to see the rest of the pics Woodga...............Martin.

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

What can i say a cracking weekend with a good bunch of lads a bit of shooting snaring and a few laughs.

NEMO your cooking was fantastic that rabbit was the best i have ever tasted,as was your breakfast ROB.

WOODGA was not very well,i can't think why

Here he was about 4 hours after getting up

I did not take any photos of scotland as i forgot my camera

 

A big thank to all the lads for making it a weekend to remember

 

And a really big thank you to woodga for inviting me along and who also put me up at his house.

 

My legs are still aching and i am struggling to walk,but it was worth it.

 

THANKS AGAIN WOODGA AND THE LADS

Edited May 13, 2008 by MR TEA POT

[gilly-93 31]

Nice one i want to go lol