favourite game

stevoman

so what do you lads enjot hunting the most? I hope i havnt forgot anything here

Trojan911

My preferred hunt is the fox, night lamping with the .223 & dogs & shotguns on a Sunday, but as it is not game & not on the poll, rabbit will do.

Terrier

Trojan911 wrote: »

My preferred hunt is the fox, night lamping with the .223 & dogs & shotguns on a Sunday, but as it is not game & not on the poll, rabbit will do.

+1
Also is Squirrel game? I think it's classified as a pest !!

jimmyzx

I say snipe as they provide some great snap shooting shots. (Helps keep the reactions fast) :D:D I would follow it with Pheasant as there is nothing quiet like the sight and sound of a fine cock bird rising out of a hedge in front of an eager spaniel.:)

stevoman

Terrier wrote: »

+1
Also is Squirrel game? I think it's classified as a pest !!

you can eat squirrell and not a fox so thats where my logic in that sense came from

Mellor

Terrier wrote: »

+1
Also is Squirrel game? I think it's classified as a pest !!

You could say the same about pigeons and rabbits

there is nothing quiet like the sight and sound of a fine cock rising

:eek::eek::eek:

Banjax

Snipe is, I think, the best craic.

bitemybanger

I enjoy hunting rabbits because there are lots of them and there are so many different ways to hunt them like shotgun, rifle during the day or on a lamp at night, ferrets, Lurchers, terriers, snare, all of which i enjoy, and thier realy tasty

jimbo 22

Snipe got my vote - pleantifull around my area

Very chalanging to shoot

as more often than not you will miss - which favours the snipe population and the hunter

Its a great way of getting yer dog warmed up too.


I dont take any joy in shooting phesents, there too easy with a dog thats rock steady...

stevoman

i like the pheasents so thats what i voted. pity there's not many around!!!!!

Auldloon

Woodcock. Hard to beat working along a sally ditch and the springers tearing the cover apart:)

Mac Tire

Donegal Red Deer by a country mile....was out today and saw 4 good hinds, if they had just presented a good safe shot i would have had a few good Sunday dinners ahead....:(

bogteal

It has to be Duck the last 15 min of an evening flight,even do i shoot a lot of Deer, Duck is no 1.

tiny-nioclas

its definately deer,ive the rest of the week off so im going out every morning and evening till the season ends for some fallow, although its hard to beat a bit of rabbiting with the .22 during the long summer evenings, great craic

Traumadoc

Goats and pigs in Australia, Deer in Ireland

mallards

Snipe and woodcock, followed by partridge, which you forgot Stevoman!!:D

Mallards

alan123

Pigeons every time!


PS: I think you will find that you can eat fox!


(I never said it would taste nice!!)

stevoman

mallards wrote: »

Snipe and woodcock, followed by partridge, which you forgot Stevoman!!:D

Mallards

you got me there mallards:p

cavan shooter

Pheasant because of the way the springer works, your always on your toes:)
Duck I love eating duck preferable to pheasant, love a night flight, love the way teal will lift of a river:)
Pigeons and Rabbitts to keep my local farmers happy (Nrth County Dublin) the pigeon breast tastes lovely ditto for grayzers (3/4 grown rabbits)
Charlie to keep my pheasants and local farmers happy (Cavan) fox drive better crack but also enjoy lamping. I am drawing the line at nibbling on his shanks:eek:
Never shot a deer but have eaten venison:)
Squirrell if I get a chance ate one last year (different)

WallysWorld

bitemybanger wrote: »

I enjoy hunting rabbits because there are lots of them and there are so many different ways to hunt them like shotgun, rifle during the day or on a lamp at night, ferrets, Lurchers, terriers, snare, all of which i enjoy, and thier realy tasty

Agreed, me and a friend spent many evenings and afternoons out for rabbits last summer. One of us with a shot gun, for the ones that would break when you walked by them and one with the .22 for the longer range static shots, great craic as there was massive overbreeding in some areas around me, fire a shot and the entire field would come alive with rabbits darting for the hedge!:D

bunny shooter

Game: Rabbits = 1st; snipe = 2nd; pigeon = 3rd

Vermin: Fox = 1st; grey crow = 2nd; magpie = 3rd; grey squirrel = 4th

Mellor

cavan shooter wrote: »

Pheasant because of the way the springer works, your always on your toes:)

Ditto, weel except for the fact that I love the way a setter works. Totally different but I prefere it. (Tough with low numbers though)

maigheo

woodcock and then snipe, tough shots, challenging retrieves and very tasty.
will come across pheasant and duck too, but mainly duck.

alan123

Hang on a second.... Who voted squirrel?!!!!