Woodcock

johnny3

Well lads
Has anyone came across any woodcock
Yet are there many in yet

ferrete

Shot 4 so far

Stonehall9

ferrete wrote: »

Shot 4 so far

Mind me askin what part of the country your in lad??

charlie10

would u be north of the country jasus 4 is fair going

RICKYD

4 is good going. just saw the 1 here on the first, resident id say.nothin much here in the midlands till the full moon at the end of the month usually.

mallards

Seen one last Monday evening when I was out at the ducks in Tyrone. Won't have my first outing over the ground for another two weeks, so hopefully there will be lots more by then. I usually see the first of them around the start of November, so not that unusual to see one a week early.

shotie

i met 6 the other day while out plenty snipe around too .

WATERFOWLER

Hi was hunting for pheasant on 1St Nov and only flushed one maybe the weather is not cold enough yet. Great shooting do.

landyman

Is the first moon on the 17th of this month ?

woodcock89

landyman wrote: »

Is the first moon on the 17th of this month ?

I think it's the 13th not 100% sure.

stoeger2000

Full moon is on the 17th

Snakezilla

Havent seen 1 yet and walked through a fair bit of woodland on the 1st. There was a lot around Christmas time last year.

charlie10

read an article on woodcock society of ireland saying that although some woodcock fly by the full moon the majority of travelling is done by daytime hours .:)

dodderangler

charlie10 wrote: »

read an article on woodcock society of ireland saying that although some woodcock fly by the full moon the majority of travelling is done by daytime hours .:)

Don't forget the all year residents.
Also says about some being ringed. Has anyone shot a woodcock with a ring on it? And would you have to report it then?

charlie10

no dodderangler havent shot a tagged bird be interested to see if anyone has in america they tag ducks and if shot the relevant department pay u a fee to hand the tags in

dodderangler

charlie10 wrote: »

no dodderangler havent shot a tagged bird be interested to see if anyone has in america they tag ducks and if shot the relevant department pay u a fee to hand the tags in

Be interesting to see the journey it took before it was shot.
Didn't someone shoot a duck on this last year and it turned out it was from Wales

richj

Seen one on Saturday near Gorey, Co. Wexford

Flew up in front of me getting over a gate into a field, hadn't even got a chance to load the gun!

snipe02

had a quick walk this morn met 2 that's the start of it ...apparently the gales and bad weather have delayed the migration

dodderangler

snipe02 wrote: »

had a quick walk this morn met 2 that's the start of it ...apparently the gales and bad weather have delayed the migration

Was out after me fox last night and one got up in front of me.

ferrete

rose 5 yesterday and shot 3

johnny3

Good to here there starting to get here prob wilm be the weekend after nx before there are good numbers in 😛😛😛

johnny3

Good to here there starting to get here prob wilm be the weekend after nx before there are good numbers in 😛😛😛

kfod

Put one up today. Missed though

blatantrereg

Saw four today. Not a hunter, but my dog is a vizsla crossbreed and she is.

ace86

met one this evening while i was out unfortuantely my accuracy left me down again

snipe02

ace86 wrote: »

met one this evening while i was out unfortuantely my accuracy left me down again

been having a lot of that myself tried to reason with a pheasant the other day asked him to come back I wasn't ready ,,,,he just ****ed off though:(

dodderangler

snipe02 wrote: »

been having a lot of that myself tried to reason with a pheasant the other day asked him to come back I wasn't ready ,,,,he just ****ed off though:(

Least he was nice enough to come out. Ones up my way fcuked off somewhere else without telling me

ace86

snipe02 wrote: »

been having a lot of that myself tried to reason with a pheasant the other day asked him to come back I wasn't ready ,,,,he just ****ed off though:(

Ya u have them days that was my 1st woodcock of the season he was flying away from me from me and I fired the 1st shot and he turned and came back at me and passed me by and I think he winked at me well the 2nd shot we know how that went:D

johnny3

Put up 5 today

johnny3

Put up 5 today

shoot to kill

First woodcock of the season today in the north west. First I seen so far. "Up she flew and the benelli flattened it!!"

RICKYD

tumbled my 1st 1 of the season today. hopefully thats the start of the influx. they really are cracking shooting

snipe02

Got 2 today met one more no shot

mallards

We shot four and flushed another seven.

sniper83

Hunted a lot of heavy cover saturday and not a sign of one.:(
Then went out sunday morning with a young springer to hunt light ditches for an hour, rose two and shot them. Next wkend should be good!!

charlie10

met 8 yesterday hunting drains with springers and shot 3 ,couple of them hardly had got off the ground and they were back in the drains again so maybe they are only in?

Birdnuts

Alot of snow and deep cold is forecast over mainland Europe over the next few weeks so there is the potential for a surge of woodcock into the country in the run up to Christmas. I'm headin down to my place in North Mayo for Crimbo so hope to have a few for the pot by the new year all going well:)

WATERFOWLER

i hope ur right about the cold weather and maybe we will get some more DUCK as well
Thanks Birdnuts.

johnny3

Seems to be a good few in now tomaro will tel

johnny3

Seems to be a good few in now tomaro will tel

dodderangler

johnny3 wrote: »

Seems to be a good few in now tomaro will tel

So certain you said it twice.
Il be out tomorrow t hopefully get one
Fingers crossed

dodderangler

Didn't meet any woodcock this morning. Lovely morning to be out though.
Dog is really finding her nose. Put up a jack snipe and usually I wouldn't shoot a snipe but she worked well and deserved to see her work paid off. Went through hell to get it back and she eventually found it and retrieved to hand.
All in all happy with her progress.

woodcock89

Was out today my self and another lad must have scene about 15 an shot 7 between us.

landyman

shot 2 out 8 seen today east county limerick

johnny3

What part of the country are you
In woodcock 89

woodcock89

on the galway/mayo border.

kermitpwee

woodcock89 wrote: »

on the galway/mayo border.

What type of ground are you seeing them in? Here in north mayo they are in heavy cover at the moment

woodcock89

we war hunting Hazel and blacktorn it was heavy enough alright.

dodderangler

woodcock89 wrote: »

Was out today my self and another lad must have scene about 15 an shot 7 between us.

Maybe I'm alone but if I shot 2 woodcock I wouldn't shoot anymore.


Tbh I'm bit annoyed at some lads shooting too much when they are out.

sniper83

dodderangler wrote: »

Maybe I'm alone but if I shot 2 woodcock I wouldn't shoot anymore.


Tbh I'm bit annoyed at some lads shooting too much when they are out.

what's too much!? obviously 7 between 2 lads?:rolleyes:

If I stopped after shooting 2 birds Id have a very short day as would a lot of lads like me that invest a lot of money on gear and time training dogs!

ace86

dodderangler wrote: »

Maybe I'm alone but if I shot 2 woodcock I wouldn't shoot anymore.


Tbh I'm bit annoyed at some lads shooting too much when they are out.

7 between 2lads is not 2 much bcos there is days you would meet 15 and might only come away with 1 or none like. Myself and my friends were out yesterday and we met 12-14 roughly and 1 thats all we came away with and thats the luck on the day bcos woodcock shooting is hard but a very enjoyable sport.