Photos thread -Hunting. MOD NOTE in post #1.

kerryman12

First deer of the season - late I know but worth it.

tikkamark

bitemybanger wrote: »

Sweet, nice brace of fox.
Just out of intrest, what mod is that and how much are they(fitted)
Have the same rifle in the lite model.
PS: any chance of a night out foxin with ye???

The t3 tactical comes factory threaded and the t8 reflex mod cost me €300 its fairly quiet with it.
Your not a million miles away from me but i dont know much about you tbh;)

Stevo i shoot them coming into a large coniferous wood beside me i set the decoys up and call them in over me its a very productive way of nailing them.

J.R.

stevoman wrote: »

tikkamark wrote: »

Tell me what type of areas did you fing most effective for roost shooting the greycrows?

You will need to find the wood they roost in, in the locality. No real clues to give here really as they seem to choose a certain wood and avoid others (that sometimes look much better!) - don't know the reason for this.


The magpies will roost in one wood (usually loweer flimsy trees), the greycrows will roost in a seperate wood (usually more mature, taller trees) and the rooks will roost in seperate trees to them (rookery)

They approach the wood to roost 10 - 15 minutes before dusk. When you find the wood they will return to the same wood each evening to roost. Don't hammer it night after night but every 10 - 12 days (like evening duck flighting)

Just sit in the wood, fully camo, and when they come in to perch you can pick them off. They will continue to come in until darkness and don't seem to mind the shots.If you have a few shooters spread throughout the wood then large numbers can be had.

Be careful when roost shooting and you see a bird approaching - could be a bird of prey - as usual be certain of the target before pulling the trigger.

We have two peregrine falcons resident in the greycrows wood and at dusk you have to be 100% sure, when you see the grey chest approaching, that it's a greycrow.

mallards

Wow, The woodcock are well and truly here! Over the past two outings I've seen 20 Birds! Anyone else seeing numbers of woodcock?






Mallards

jellybaby21

Here's a picture of my 2 girls with their first cock pheasant.
The other picture is of them with the old gundog Cassie they are her replacements :rolleyes:

mallards

Here is the product of some recent hunts,

The woodcock are still here, saw 9 in total but was pleased to get one.










Mallards

Double Barrel

Looks like you had a good day afield Mallards.
In for a penny in for a pound, count me in for extending the season to the end of Feb.

maigheo

well the end to another season for most people today. here's a few pic of a young bitch that we had to get before the season, and a pup that my shooting buddy bred and is now training.

Mac Tire

Shot this beauty last Sunday while i was out blasting at a few of the local crows. No sooner had i hit a crow but i turned around and saw 6 hares breaking up the ditch about 300 yards away. I had seen them before, all Summer in fact as they pranced around after each other, so after a bit of stalking and moving up a ditch i decided to put one in the freezer!
There are more Hares around my gaf than rabbits, going to visit them tomorrow again...She (Mrs. Hare) weighted in at 8 and a half pounds, which i thought was pretty good.

jimbo 22

Took this pic on christmas Day when i was out hunting early .

Two Foxes sunning themselves in the early morning sun

I called one of them to within < 40 yards.

Unbeliavable how it didnt smell me or the dog.

Must of been cos of the heavy frost...


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Double Barrel

Good number of woodcock high up in mountain glens.
Mixed bag:

meathstevie

Maybe a bit on the graphic side but it's my best ever shot on a fox so far. About 60 yards, slight elevation ( halfway up a cutting bank in a bog ) in driving sleet last Tuesday night out lamping. Got him right through the eye.

Rovi

Mellor wrote: »

What do you mean by undrawn?
With the organs/entrails still inside?

From Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)-

Mrs. Isabella Beeton wrote:

ROAST WOODCOCK.

1053. INGREDIENTS.--Woodcocks; butter, flour, toast.

_Mode_.--Woodcocks should not be drawn, as the trails are, by epicures,
considered a great delicacy. Pluck, and wipe them well outside; truss
them with the legs close to the body, and the feet pressing upon the
thighs; skin the neck and head, and bring the beak round under the wing.
Place some slices of toast in the dripping-pan to catch the trails,
allowing a piece of toast for each bird. Roast before a clear fire from
15 to 25 minutes; keep them well basted, and flour and froth them
nicely. When done, dish the pieces of toast with the birds upon them,
and pour round a very little gravy; send some more to table in a tureen.
These are most delicious birds when well cooked, but they should not be
kept too long: when the feathers drop, or easily come out, they are fit
for table.--See coloured plate, I 1.

_Time_.---When liked underdone, 15 to 20 minutes; if liked well done,
allow an extra 5 minutes.

_Average cost_.--Seldom bought.

_Sufficient_,--2 for a dish.

_Seasonable_ from November to February.


THE WOODCOCK.--This bird being migratory in its habits, has,
consequently, no settled habitation; it cannot be considered as
the property of any one, and is, therefore, not game by law. It
breeds in high northern latitudes, and the time of its
appearance and disappearance in Sweden coincides exactly with
that of its arrival in and return from Great Britain. On the
coast of Suffolk its vernal and autumnal visits have been
accurately observed. In the first week of October it makes its
appearance in small numbers, but in November and December it
appears in larger numbers, and always after sunset, and most
gregariously. In the same manner as woodcocks take their leave
of us, they quit France, Germany, and Italy, making the northern
and colder climates their summer rendezvous. They visit Burgundy
in the latter part of October, but continue there only a few
weeks, the country being hard, and unable to supply them with
such sustenance as they require. In the winter, they are found
as far south as Smyrna and Aleppo, and, during the same season,
in Barbary, where the Africans name them "the ass of the
partridge." It has been asserted that they have been seen as far
south as Egypt, which is the most remote region to which they
can be traced on that side of the eastern world; on the other
side, they are common in Japan. Those which resort to the
countries of the Levant are supposed to come from the mountains
of Armenia, or the deserts of Tartary or Siberia. The flesh of
the woodcock is held in high estimation; hence the bird is
eagerly sought after by the sportsman.

Here's a text version from Project Guttenberg.
Search for "CHAPTER XXII." and go from there.

Double Barrel

Great find Rovi.

In the best tradition of Mrs. Beeton but with the in-trails made into a sauce.

Epicurean delights.

Rovi

DeVore wrote: »

Er... I'd need about 17 of those for a decent nosh-down!

DeV.

This what you want (fair play to you if you can eat the woodcock by the time you get to it-

Rôti Sans Pareil (Roast without equal)

Take a large olive, stone it and stuff it with a paste made of anchovy, capers and oil.
Put the olive inside a trussed and boned bec-figue (garden warbler).
Put the bec-figue inside a fat ortolan.
Put the otolan inside a boned lark.
Put the stuffed lark inside a boned thrush.
Put the thrush inside a fat quail.
Put the quail, wrapped in vine-leaves, inside a boned lapwing.
Put the lapwing inside a boned golden plover.
Put the plover inside a fat, boned, red-legged partridge.
Put the partridge inside a young, boned, and well-hung woodcock.
Put the woodcock, rolled in bread-crumbs, inside a boned teal.
Put the teal inside a boned guinea-fowl.
Put the guinea-fowl, well larded, inside a young and boned tame duck.
Put the duck inside a boned and fat fowl.
Put the fowl inside a well-hung pheasant.
Put the pheasant inside a boned and fat wild goose.
Put the goose inside a fine turkey.
Put the turkey in a boned bustard.
Having arranged your roast after this fashion, place it in a saucepan of proper size with onions stuffed with cloves, carrots, small squares of ham, celery, mignonette, several strips of bacon well seasoned, pepper, salt, spice, coriander seeds, and two cloves of garlic.
Seal the saucepan hermetically by closing it with pastry. Then put it for ten hours over a gentle fire, and arrange it so that the heat penetrates evenly. An oven moderately heated would suit better than the hearth.
Before serving, remove the pasty, put your roast on a hot dish after having removed the grease, if there is any, and serve.


Enjoy, and watch out for the Wildlife Rangers when you're assembling the ingredients.

IRLConor

Sounds like a hardcore Turducken!

stevoman

here's one to lift the spirits. only in america......

alan123

I have to say Im guilty of cammo overload! Its only for pigeons and crows but if you are showing any skin you can turn a weary pigeon away.

As for the yanks, the gear is usually reversible with blaze orange on one side and cammo on the other, they even have orange vests for the dogs... doesnt say much about their shooting if the dog is a potential target!!!!!

In saying that I was talking to a yank friend of mine recently and their shooting is diferent to ours, they pheasant shoot in groups and blast away as soon as they see the bird, no sky in the background or sporting shots. He even asked me "Why would you let it fly off the ground before shooting it?" Id wear orange too!!!

Deer Hunter DL

big stag foot print

marlin

first fox using my new scope mounted lamp ( lightforce 170).
so much easier than trying to shoot with one hand while lamping with the other,should have got one years ago
nice big dog fox 100yds came running to a lip squeak,next field was full of sheep and lambs

flanum

finally found an old pic of me and me dad with our ferrets (circa '84). also in the pic is "mr" our wee 3-legged half yorkie terrier, he used to tear after the bunnies when we were out ferreting, god love him but his wee 3 legs... the rabbits used to laugh at him! (also in the pic, that feckin cat was more like a dog..used to follow me across the fields when i headed off fishing, i used to throw her any perch i caught and shed wolf them down still flapping!)!

happy days!

flanum

excellent view through a scoped up air-rifle, despatching a few rats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dN0lvkhFbc

sixpointfive

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one of theese has to work

sixpointfive

Shot this lad last week in New Zealand

wallyhering

i found the little buggers

pullandbang

Dinner Time.gif

Forget the hunting, the walking, the climbing ditches, crossing rivers etc etc etc.....This is the best part of a days shooting.:D

breatta

Sorry about bad quality photo tuck it with phone this evening. Hope he's still there the first of november one for the taxidermist

whitser

trying to put up some pics of my dogs. hope it works.

breatta

I went looking for the phesant that i tuck a picture of with the phone recently no look but i came really close to a deer & was lucky to have the camrea. I dont hunt deer but i know i would have this one if i had the rite gun and it was deer SEASON

pullandbang

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I was on the road from Trim to Athboy one October morning - about 2 weeks before opening day. Came around a bend and there was a Grey Crow, Magpie and Cock Pheasant sittng side by side on a telegrapgh wire. We had to drive past and turn around to try and get a pic. By the time we got back, the maggie was gone and the grey flew just before I got a chance to get a shot (with the camera of course). Got the cock though!