ten days to go

terminator2

Only ten days to go ,have ye been driving along the roads with one eye on the road and the other in the fields:D:D well a bit of advice keep two eyes on the fields:D:D

ayapatrick

Not long now indeed! cant wait now to get out for a shot.

Cass

There is a large cock pheasant at the end of the field behind my house. The noise of the f***er everyday. See if he is as loud in ten days.

vermin hunter

oh yeh bring it on

clivej

There's big cock pheasent and his hen that come up to the back door of the house most days.

Can't kill them cos the misses will kill me :eek:

macadam

Seems to be a lot of birds about, but they are still very small,roll on the first.

kowloon

Maybe I'm just a wuss, but I can't shoot anything that lives in close proximity to the house, there are a few rabbits at the end of the garden that I won't touch and a cock pheasant who stands on the gate in the morning that I could never bring myself to go near. Anything in the fields I hunt in is fair game.

the_syco

kowloon wrote: »

Maybe I'm just a wuss, but I can't shoot anything that lives in close proximity to the house

Some people call it not ****ting in your own back yard.

kowloon

kowloon wrote: »

Maybe I'm just a wuss, but I can't shoot anything that lives in close proximity to the house, there are a few rabbits at the end of the garden that I won't touch and a cock pheasant who stands on the gate in the morning that I could never bring myself to go near. Anything in the fields I hunt in is fair game.

Its just a feeling of domestication when they're at your front door, You get used to seeing them,And think meh.

Cass

clivej wrote: »

Can't kill them cos the misses will kill me :eek:

Spray paint a hen, cockrel or crow for that matter so the missus won't miss them. Then its fair game.

Eddie B

kowloon wrote: »

Maybe I'm just a wuss, but I can't shoot anything that lives in close proximity to the house, there are a few rabbits at the end of the garden that I won't touch and a cock pheasant who stands on the gate in the morning that I could never bring myself to go near. Anything in the fields I hunt in is fair game.

Where exactly is this gate!!!!!

deeksofdoom

Don't know about the rest of ye but the birds are way down on previous years around here. I'm just hoping for a good frosty winter to bring in the woodcock.

EPointer=Birdss

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Don't know about the rest of ye but the birds are way down on previous years around here. I'm just hoping for a good frosty winter to bring in the woodcock.

Have you released any? How is your vermin control?

iwsf

9 days to go ....
I also have a couple of cock pheasants just beside the house but would not shoot them , actually like to have them arround

EPointer=Birdss

I keep a few around the fields near the house that no one shoots.
Keep a hopper for them so they hang around.
Great to have to a run the dogs for a half hour on a Friday. Esp the young dogs as young birds are good to sit... Nice to see them as well. Will remove most of the cocks if possible before they start breeding though to give the hens a chance.

terminator2

just polishing the hip flask ,all i need with that is two nice birds:D:D

iwsf

5 days ...

Dusty87

There was 3 cocks and 4 or 5 hens down the bottom of the field the other day, all together(well, within 20yards). Thought it funny they were all together. Do you think they were released or is that normal?

terminator2

Maybe they were cold ,come monday ill have a nice warm oven if you want to put them somewhere:D:D