cock pheasents

MIDLAND

hi guys,

im looking to buy 50 adult cock pheasents in august, does anyone know where i could get, im in the midlands, (kildare)

Dusty87

MIDLAND wrote: »

hi guys,

im looking to buy 50 adult cock pheasents in august, does anyone know where i could get, im in the midlands, (kildare)

Plenty of adds in ISD. I got a few off a fella in slane. Aidan was his name. His adds are in the buyandsell.ie 16e a cock and 11 a hen.

MIDLAND

THANKS FOR THAT DUSTY, I GIVE HIM A CALL,

pullandbang

Dusty87 wrote: »

Plenty of adds in ISD. I got a few off a fella in slane. Aidan was his name. His adds are in the buyandsell.ie 16e a cock and 11 a hen.

He's Aidan Wogan and his birds are well worth the money. They are all half wild and are great fliers.

Dusty87

pullandbang wrote: »

He's Aidan Wogan and his birds are well worth the money. They are all half wild and are great fliers.

Thats him, wasnt sure was it Wogan or Gogan, remembered because of Terry wogan and Larry Gogan. Good birds is right

deeksofdoom

Dusty87 wrote: »

16e a cock and 11 a hen.

That's absolute robbery you could have brought in birds from High Flier in England for something like €7 a cock and €7.50 a hen back in February delivered and everything, that's where most suppliers get their birds from here in Ireland.

marlin vs

We paid €6.50 for cocks and €8.00 for hens off highflyers in May.

fish slapped

Ah well, a bird in the hand is worth 2 on the ferry :D

pullandbang

deeksofdoom wrote: »

That's absolute robbery you could have brought in birds from High Flier in England for something like €7 a cock and €7.50 a hen back in February delivered and everything, that's where most suppliers get their birds from here in Ireland.

We bought end of season birds in Donegal a while back for €4/€5 per cock and they were useless. Ex estate birds that just vanished on the ground. There is any amount of cheap birds early in the year. The birds from Wogan are delivered just prior to the season as adults and are ready for shooting.

Dusty87

I thought it was a bit steep alright but in fairness there good birds. As pullandbang said there good and wild. As his add says 'released to wild, caught to order'. I dont know how true that is. He not easy to budge on price but a big order probably would help. Anyone have any details of highflyers?

deeksofdoom

pullandbang wrote: »

We bought end of season birds in Donegal a while back for €4/€5 per cock and they were useless. Ex estate birds that just vanished on the ground. There is any amount of cheap birds early in the year. The birds from Wogan are delivered just prior to the season as adults and are ready for shooting.

I don't get this, we had the same argument in our club before we got birds this year 'estate birds are useless' but where else do any bought birds come from but estates, try catching wild birds in a trap! and aswell as that most of the birds released here to my knowledge come from England either as poults or adult birds from estates in the UK and France.

marlin vs

The birds we bought from highflyers were ones that survived the shooting season but when you leave them go here you have to put out feeders for them, there's not much for them to eat between febuary and july.It's a mistake a lot of clubs make, on top of that if the foxes aren't controlled you may as well just pull their neck's.

deeksofdoom

marlin vs wrote: »

The birds we bought from highflyers were ones that survived the shooting season but when you leave them go here you have to put out feeders for them, there's not much for them to eat between febuary and july.It's a mistake a lot of clubs make, on top of that if the foxes aren't controlled you may as well just pull their neck's.

Thats true estate birds are fed by hand every day of their lives, comes as a big shock to them when they're released to the wild and there's no readily available food source for them. They just **** off first available oppoutunity, you need feeders.

Dusty87

If this is the case, are they not more used to humans, making the hunt less of a challenge and less enjoyable??

deeksofdoom

Dusty87 wrote: »

If this is the case, are they not more used to humans, making the hunt less of a challenge and less enjoyable??

Well, they certainly do behave differently to wild birds and a bird isn't considered wild until it is at least 3rd generation away from a bird that was released.

cavan shooter

For the past few years I bought birds from adian wogan and they are a great bird. Yes they are expensive but they are worth it for the hunt. I remember long way back buying ex estate birds and the pluckers would sit on the headland and not lift even with a spring.

This year we have changed tack and instead of adult birds we are getting poults. I went to Adian for these and a chap outside Virginia who has excelent birds, who is into it in a small way but very proffessional about it.

Dusty87

Like a fella around here years ago. Spent big money buying ducks, released them onto land, in which he has land along the shoreline. Came back when season opened and the ducks practically swam up to him. Used to being fed by picnicers all summer and associated people wit food. Actually few weeks later someone did shoot a lot of them. Fish in a barrel

ronn

any one know names of people selling adult pheasants in the wexford waterford area

MIDLAND

RONN,

WE BUY BIRDS OFF A GUY CALLED , DAVID TEL 0862464170, (WEXFORD)
WE GET 100-150 EVERY YEAR FROM HIM,

HE TAKES ORDERS EARLY IN THE YEAR, HE MIGHT HELP YOU,

MID

locum-motion

pullandbang wrote: »

He's Aidan Wogan and his birds are well worth the money. They are all half wild and are great fliers.

I got 20 cock pheasant from Aidan last week for €100! (Juveniles, not adults)

cavan shooter

locum-motion wrote: »

I got 20 cock pheasant from Aidan last week for €100! (Juveniles, not adults)

Yep thats what I paid this year.

For those who buy adult birds from Adian,

Adian feeds his adult birds maize, so make sure if you do buy from adian you continue to feed them maize ....or they'll head back to Slane

Gortglas

Wallslough Game & Waterfowl Kilkenny 0877749277 or 0567765363.....

we bought 275 poults from him earlier in teh year, but think he does adult birds as well, worth a phonecall anyway.

EastTyrone

how effective would your fox control need to be? and would 20 pheasants do just you for the season?

locum-motion

EastTyrone wrote: »

and would 20 pheasants do just you for the season?

The 20 was just a top up.