PLEASE READ - CHANGE IN HUNTING SEASON 2011/12

rabbit assassin

hey all ,
Proposal from the governing body of the NARGC is to change the duck season from 1st Sept to the 1st Oct and change the pheasant season from1st Nov to the 1st of Oct also. The NARGC has asked their gun clubs to discuss this at local level before they vote in October 2011....

cavan shooter

heard that and have discussed it at club level, most say push the ducks to October and leave the pheasants opening on the 1st November.

rabbit assassin

cavan shooter wrote: »

heard that and have discussed it at club level, most say push the ducks to October and leave the pheasants opening on the 1st November.

Agree completely

cavan shooter

maybe someone who is handy with the IT could put a handy wee poll up....at the start of the thread..;)

rabbit assassin

cavan shooter wrote: »

maybe someone who is handy with the IT could put a handy wee poll up....at the start of the thread..;)

good idea haha done it

landkeeper

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

tell them to leave things alone and mind their own buisness nargc only speak for some of the shooters in the country it's time they realised they don't have a mandate from everyone who shoots :mad:

ace86

is there any reason why they want to move the seasons around?

deeksofdoom

I don't see anything about this on their website.

cavan shooter

landkeeper wrote: »

tell them to leave things alone and mind their own buisness nargc only speak for some of the shooters in the country it's time they realised they don't have a mandate from everyone who shoots :mad:

I dont think its coming from only the NARGC, cant find my notes from the meeting:o its something to do with trying to put things on a par with our border cousins (me thinks).

I dont shoot ducks after the 1st September till November when the peasants start so it wont affect me (selfish git that I am).

Did some looking on the CAi website and the NPWS nought..

kildare.17hmr

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

isay leave it as it is, this coming season will be my first with a shotgun and i dont wanna wait any longer!


Agree with landkeeper too, they dont represent me

landkeeper

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

well afaik the duck season starts in NI on the 1st of september ,the pheasant season starts on the 1st oct and they shoot hens quite merrily maybe we should start asking for that concession :rolleyes: too

cavan shooter

Now Landkeeper you are making a very valid point......not shooting hens isnt as good as it sounds. Old matriarchs will not let young fit birds mate (all puns and innuendo deliberately put in there)

4gun

what of the licence to shoot game birds...was that issue sorted, did I miss the brief
Is it now issued through gun club membership

cavan shooter

All sorted by an amendment to the existing legislation, see the NARGC website half way down article entitled WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010 RECTIFIES GAME HUNTING LICENCE. Your shotgun licence is it..

Antoennis

This was a face book poll we featured in last months e-zine. To be fair to the NARGC they were not proposing a change merely asking a question. As i said then i think they should change the duck season to 01/Oct and leave pheasants the way it is.

Grizzly 45

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

Great thinking on somones part!! NOT!!!:mad:
So with the Winters going the way they have been and cold weather bans being slapped on willy nilly,despite the NARGC recommendations and suggestions.[Remember folks your Govt minister knows best.Despite all evidence to the contary!!].By the time the first sprinkling of snow hits the ground there will be another cold weather ban in place nationwide,thussly cutting the season down again by 4/6 weeks.With the usual exclusion of hand reared commercial pheasents:rolleyes::rolleyes:.
Then of course because of EU Furherbefehl [aka EU directive]on migratory birds, no ducks or migratory birds can be shot after Jan31st.
So that makes a mockery of the "seasons extensions"granted here.
IOW look forward to a duck season of proably12 /14 weeks.

FS people, we have enough trouble with this sport without people who should know better suggesting these mad cap ideas.If it aint broke,dont fix it applies here well and truely.

djflawless

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

im only 20 so wouldnt have too many years under me gun belt. .
But its the way its been for a long time.why change it?
Dont fix what aint broke

doyle61

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

To start with I think leave the pheasants season alone. They'll be too young and small to shoot from 1 oct. As for ducks I think leave it aswell. In my area we get very few duck till later on in season so it doesn't really affect me but for lads on lakes/coast there are plenty of duck from 1sept so basically changing season doesn't benefit anyone

Hawk-eye46

Doyle 61, I think your absolutely right . it's ok thinking about a change in dates for the open seasons, but as you have pointed out, the poults may not be big enough and more's to the point, the ducks coming in on the coast or over lakes will be in their most plentiful on the 1st Sept. And as some one has already said, "If it's not broken, Dont fix it" that's when things start to go pear shaped when people interfere.

pheasntstalker

i,d agree with leaving pheasent as is,reckon the best of duck is from nov on so may changing to 1st oct would be

flanum

No leave all seasons as they are

this is definitely an issue with gun clubs with land along the border.... there is the thought that there released birds are being shot by the northern lads a month before they are allowed to shoot.

Longranger

Move the Duck season to Oct 1st but leave the pheasant season as is.

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Great thinking on somones part!! NOT!!!:mad:
So with the Winters going the way they have been and cold weather bans being slapped on willy nilly,despite the NARGC recommendations and suggestions.[Remember folks your Govt minister knows best.Despite all evidence to the contary!!].By the time the first sprinkling of snow hits the ground there will be another cold weather ban in place nationwide,thussly cutting the season down again by 4/6 weeks.With the usual exclusion of hand reared commercial pheasents:rolleyes::rolleyes:.
Then of course because of EU Furherbefehl [aka EU directive]on migratory birds, no ducks or migratory birds can be shot after Jan31st.
So that makes a mockery of the "seasons extensions"granted here.
IOW look forward to a duck season of proably12 /14 weeks.

FS people, we have enough trouble with this sport without people who should know better suggesting these mad cap ideas.If it aint broke,dont fix it applies here well and truely.

I'm with you on that Griz. Just wait until we get 2 mm of snow and that'll be another month gone cos of some poxy closure. Would the PTB please leave things well enough alone cos ye aint got a clue!