Who is ready for pheasant season?

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

Who's excited and ready for the pheasant season! Is there many pheasants ducks around ye?

sniperman

all ready,counting the hours,know where there are a few cocks,hope they will be there in the mourning,very few ducks around,

nigelm485

Yup yup all ready was our the last 3 days with the dog I think numbers are way Down this year in my spots anyway. Tell me this do ye go out at first light or wait a while. Some Lads wait and say they won't be down off roost . What ye think

sniperman

out first light,with my mates,the minute we can see,that does us,some years gone by,rose one on the first ditch we tried,but that was then

cavan shooter

nigelm485 wrote:

Yup yup all ready was our the last 3 days with the dog I think numbers are way Down this year in my spots anyway. Tell me this do ye go out at first light or wait a while. Some Lads wait and say they won't be down off roost . What ye think

Out at first light.....but to listen as they come off the roost.

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

Know there are a few pheasants around! A few duck on our river aswell! Not sure if I'd shoot them though! I have to wait for awhile as one of the guys comes from a bit of a distance so it'll be about 10 or so before I'm out! Do ye stay out all day?

cavan shooter

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote:

Know there are a few pheasants around! A few duck on our river aswell! Not sure if I'd shoot them though! I have to wait for awhile as one of the guys comes from a bit of a distance so it'll be about 10 or so before I'm out! Do ye stay out all day?

Break it up with a large breakfast...out till around 3

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

cavan shooter wrote:

Break it up with a large breakfast...out till around 3

Ah right we usually stay out most of the day broke up with lunch or dinner a good breakfast in the morning before we start!

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

What sort of dogs do ye have?

cavan shooter

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote:

What sort of dogs do ye have?

Springer

nigelm485

Ya I think there's a few lads all aiming for a maize field so early bird gets the bird. Our all day bar quick pub dinner. Springer too.

cavan shooter

nigelm485 wrote: »

Ya I think there's a few lads all aiming for a maize field so early bird gets the bird. Our all day bar quick pub dinner. Springer too.

I'm lucky that there isn't too many lads around me so its rare ill meet anyone in the fields. Neighbour and myself will do the hunting around a few farms, i mostly shoot.

Sam Kade

Do ye eat the pheasants? Not much meat on them.

cavan shooter

Sam Kade wrote: »

Do ye eat the pheasants? Not much meat on them.

skin them and Pull the breasts and the legs..

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

Sounds good I have a lab x not too many lads shooting around us! Plenty of food for the birds though!

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

cavan shooter wrote:

skin them and Pull the breasts and the legs..

We usually cook them whole!

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

Anyone got much since the 1st?

sniperman

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote: »

Anyone got much since the 1st?

9 so far,getting out again this weekend:D

cavan shooter

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote:

Anyone got much since the 1st?

Every Sunday since first..have 6 got. Might back off with the weather getting hard and just put our some wheat. Will see weather tomorrow.

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

sniperman wrote:

9 so far,getting out again this weekend

Are you shooting where ye have released pheasants?

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

cavan shooter wrote:

Every Sunday since first..have 6 got. Might back off with the weather getting hard and just put our some wheat. Will see weather tomorrow.

You don't seem to be doing so bad! Do ye release pheasants?

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

I got 2 since the first but I don't really want to shoot that many as I depend on the wild ones breeding as I don't release any!

sniperman

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote: »

Are you shooting where ye have released pheasants?

no,just going round on my permissions

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

sniperman wrote:

no,just going round on my permissions

Ah right! Fair play! I don't want to shoot them all off the land that I have permission on! I saw three the other day shot one left the others as I had to find the fella I shot! I find that it's not about the size bag ye get often it's the craic ye have!

dodderangler

Went out Sunday with a friend and used him as my dog basically. Spotted 3 cocks in the ditch so I went one side and him the other and two flushed his side and one my side so I dropped him. Big breast but feck all tail

garrettod

dodderangler wrote: »

Went out Sunday with a friend and used him as my dog basically.....

... have you him trained on the whistle, out of curiosity ?


Congrats on the bird. While a long tail might have been nice, we don't eat the tail when all is said and done... hope you enjoyed him

dodderangler

garrettod wrote: »

... have you him trained on the whistle, out of curiosity ?


Congrats on the bird. While a long tail might have been nice, we don't eat the tail when all is said and done... hope you enjoyed him

Well he's a big ****er so he just bursts through the ditches ha
Not gonna eat the pheasant till Xmas day. Be nice to have a variety. Seen some snipe in field aswell so gonna try get a few of them aswell for Xmas day.

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

dodderangler wrote:

Went out Sunday with a friend and used him as my dog basically. Spotted 3 cocks in the ditch so I went one side and him the other and two flushed his side and one my side so I dropped him. Big breast but feck all tail

Yeah pity about the tail but nice bird! Nice dog as well!

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

dodderangler wrote:

Well he's a big ****er so he just bursts through the ditches ha Not gonna eat the pheasant till Xmas day. Be nice to have a variety. Seen some snipe in field aswell so gonna try get a few of them aswell for Xmas day.

Yeah! I could shoot mallard, teal or snipe but my family wouldn't approve really so I'll just stick to pigeons and might try get a pheasant for Christmas!

dodderangler

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote: »

Yeah! I could shoot mallard, teal or snipe but my family wouldn't approve really so I'll just stick to pigeons and might try get a pheasant for Christmas!

Feck all crop farmers out my way but there's a lot of roosting areas so dusk is best to hit pigeons but the trees are on edge of my permission and it leads into a priests college and they have given out before even when I'm shooting in field beside their grounds on my own permission.

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

dodderangler wrote:

Feck all crop farmers out my way but there's a lot of roosting areas so dusk is best to hit pigeons but the trees are on edge of my permission and it leads into a priests college and they have given out before even when I'm shooting in field beside their grounds on my own permission.

Yeah that's annoying when you're on yer own permission! Plenty of crops around us but they don't decoys very well unless you sit under a sitty tree! There is loads of pigeons and crows around! I'll just have to wait and try get a bit of time to go out! Might put a few decoys out and try under a sitty tree!