well its the 1st at last

pheasntstalker

hurray its the 1st:D:D how did everyone get on? well the morning got off to a slow start for us went out changed tactics at last min,ended up drivein, birds across too buddies the far side off us, my bitch was a bit giddy runnin on too far:o:o will have to fix that a she,s still young, i missed a beut of a cock:mad::mad::o:o that got up 15yrds in front of me,i let him out a bit further as i pulled the trigger at the last min i dropped the barrels and shot under him ritely p1ssed off,too much pressure on myself:(,day got better as i shot the first cock from there on in ,i shot 2 1/2 in the end, the 1/2 in case yer wanderin is i fired the first shot at last cock hit him ,he didnt drop straight down ,went to take 2nd shot discovered i didnt put in cartridge in left barrel :(lol doh anyhow great day very tired ,2 mucky tired, dogs,and six phezzies, hope ye had a good too:D

dicky82

got these two mid morning, had a strange thing happen early on where the dogs put up a cock from down a ditch as soon as he cleared the briars he dropped straight down on the ground. turned and faced me and then took off over my head, anyway lets just say he got away.
this cock was retreived alive by the pup from some very heavy cover. the bitch made a nice retreive on the rabbit. i wont be hunting them together for the rest of the season as the pup was a bit of a handful today and the work rate of my bitch suffered. anyway im chuffed with the day all round. using road kill pheasants for puppy retreiving during the summer has paid off. saw plenty of birds but only got a shot at these two

pheasntstalker

yeah i hear ya:D i think that was the problem this morning with us we ran sammy our new pup and i think my bitch was put off by the wee fella running round its his first real outing ,he redeemed himself tho put up a smashing cock very high over us the ,you,d swear we were on a driven shoot he was that high:eek::D the father-inlaw got em, it was a cracking shot;);), i think i got myself worked up to much today:o as its my bitch,s first real season ,but she played a blinder,i came home very tired,but walking on air:D:D:D she,s still rough round the edges, but im soooo! proud and happy with her,now im delighted i went thru the pain ,sweat, blood agony and despare, training,etc its worth it in the end,we,re not finshed qiute yet with trainin ,but she will be all the better for it nxt season:D:D

macadam

These two came up out of the same spot one left and one right, both retrieved to hand, plenty of birds about, seen a nice flock of geese for another evenings shoot.Some fantastic weather feckin wrecked and so is the dog.

declan1980

Had probably the best days hunting either myself or my father ever had. I shot 4 cocks and my father shot 3. We met 11 in total, but 3 weren't shootable and we missed 1. Our red setter was feckin lethal today she was bang on every bird even when the scents were bad after the frost melted this morning, but she really came into her own in the afternoon once places dried up and there was a bit of a breeze. There were a lot of hens about, way more than other years which is great because it means all the vermin control is paying off.
In the competitions I got second longest bird with 39&15/16" and my father got third longest with 37&1/2". The club treasurer won the longest bird with a monster 42&1/2" long. I also won third longest in another club I'm in with the same bird.

It wasn't me!

Getting jealous lads. I'm heading home on thursday to get out friday for a walk with the shotgun, see about a pheasant or a snipe (Saw a couple and plenty of sign on my ground last weekend), go stalking saturday morning. Nice weekend ahead.

dogsandguns

yesterday was my first day pheasant shooting i didn t get any father got one met 14 pheasants 11 were hens 3 cock got away with no shot fire and 1 met his match . Our dogs worked well even though there first day lots of snipe must have met nearly couple of hunderd every field i went in 20 or 30 got flyin

hughjohn

We were obviously in the wrong places!!!!!!
4 of us went out , saw only 3 cocks and 7/8 hens all day.
lots of pigeon about though.
Bag for the day...........18 pigeons between the 4 of us.

hughjohn

We were obviously in the wrong places!!!!!!
4 of us went out , saw only 3 cocks and 7/8 hens all day.
lots of pigeon about though.
Bag for the day...........18 pigeons between the 4 of us.

Nice looking dogs dicky 82.

declan1980

How did the deer stalkers get on? Any does/hinds?.

underthetumb

went out yesterday morning, pulled up at the let and went to put on me boots,
feckn left them at home, was fuming didnt know what to do, would of took an hour and a half to get there and back. decided to stroll up the forest road(in me runners) looking down on a clear fell, saw plenty of deer however they were too far away and the terrain wouldnt suit my runners. was keepng an eye on 2 deer grazing up towards me, when a doe and calf appeared to my right about 90 yards away, took the calf first, and waited 5min for the mother to appear. some craic dragging them to the road in my runners, slipping all over the place great morning out, weather was grDSCF0707.JPGeat.

J.R.

Was out yesterday morning - lovely morning...nicest I can remember for a long time.....great to be out.

I was away for the weekend in Kerry but heard from fellow club members that there were lots of poachers out on land Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday.

2 of us met 11 cocks & 4 hens but no luck. Birds were as wary as hell & ran like mad when human spotted. Was using a cocker & birds were definitely runners.....as soon as she'd pick up scent they'd run rather than fly....often running through cover 50 / 70 yards then rising out of range. Got a shot at two...no luck....snap shots as they veered out through trees.

Had intended to go out again this morning on my own but dog not well. She picked up the scent of a pheasant yesterday on opposite side of barbed wire fencing. Couldn't get through and jumped it before I could get to her.....caught her chest in the wire.....a right good gash...not deep but pulled the skin back.

She wasn't in form to go this morning...licking wound & lying down...didn't push it with her. I'll let her recover...hopefully she might be back in form for the weekend.

beretta686s

me and friends went out had a great day great weather too 10 cocks 1 woodcock and 1 snipe my bag 5 cocks and the woodcock saw loads of birds cocks and hens couldnt have asked 4 a better day out with dogs and friends and knocking a few birds think i have the hang of this new semi now:D:D:D

stevoman

i went out. i had a brutal day. i never even put my gun to my shoulder.

Tawny Owl

Had a great day on the 1st this was my first time year slow to get started but we found the Birds wanted to run for cover rather than fly we think too many people walking dogs near the land we shoot anyway was later in the day when the first bird was got we had the Springer in the morning and the pointer after lunch then back to the local at 6pm for the Measure up on the Pheasants saw lots of snip as well me legs were killing me I must have walked for Ireland thought I would be sore this Morning but not that bad.:D

EPointer=Birdss

2 ring necks & a melanistic
Plenty for me for a few days

Dupont

3 of us were out yesterday rose two hens and never even seen a cock.one of the lads shot a wood cock

cavan shooter

stevoman wrote: »

i went out. i had a brutal day. i never even put my gun to my shoulder.

You will get days like that... I remember going 3 years without a bird on the first...not anymore.:D

stevoman

cavan shooter wrote: »

stevoman wrote: »

i went out. i had a brutal day. i never even put my gun to my shoulder.

You will get days like that... I remember going 3 years without a bird on the first...not anymore.:D

went out late yesterday evening missed a cock. went out this morning walked for 2 hours and seen nothing. walking the ditches back and i got two. stevos season has begun! lol

stevoman

cavan shooter wrote: »

stevoman wrote: »

i went out. i had a brutal day. i never even put my gun to my shoulder.

You will get days like that... I remember going 3 years without a bird on the first...not anymore.:D

went out late yesterday evening missed a cock. went out this morning walked for 2 hours and seen nothing. walking the ditches back and i got two. stevos season has begun! lol

dicky82

hughjohn wrote: »

We were obviously in the wrong places!!!!!!
4 of us went out , saw only 3 cocks and 7/8 hens all day.
lots of pigeon about though.
Bag for the day...........18 pigeons between the 4 of us.

Nice looking dogs dicky 82.

thanks, only noticed after i up loaded the picture that the pup (as my ma says) has his lipstick out. he must be pleased with the days sport too:D

dicky82

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

2 ring necks & a melanistic
Plenty for me for a few days

is that five in two days? nice shooting. you always seem to have plenty of of good stocky birds around, when are you going to invite some of us down for an auld shot as part of the inter county relations programme. :D:D

EPointer=Birdss

Nope that's 3 for the 2 days dicky
Plenty for me til the Wkend.
There's a few alright. There only there through a lot of work, money & effort from a few dedicated members. 100% of lads involved put in the effort all year round. No slackers whatsoever

stevoman

got a cock yesterday. 3 was the tally for the week and missed a few more. the dogs will be glad of the break now im back to work.