the hardest/most skilled sport ?

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Flighting woodcock at Dusk takes some beating. For any keen shots who have never tried it, I suggest you should.

Driven Grouse is an art to perfect, seen some awesome shots over the years(Sir Edward Dashwood being the best Ive seen).

 

Snaring and trapping require an element of skill as well as practice (not everyone is good at it).

 

FTB

 

 

I'd say woodcock shot while flighting at dawn/dusk are the easiest woodcock you will ever shoot.

 

Disagree there mate.

Look at their eyes, they see better in dark/fadeing light.

 

FTB

[FightTheBan 1,147]

i'd say the terrier lads facing a real shitty dig through the roots clay rocks ect

 

 

In terms of hardness, would agree with that.

 

Most work with dogs is as much to do with the dog as it is to do with the owner and obviously some are far more skilled than others.

 

FTB

[blackstaff 488]

What about a double figure bass from the shore / breakwater ? Not an easy feat ? Stalking bunny's that are hammered and see you coming from field away ?

[gonetoearth 5,144]

trout tickerling

[danw 1,748]

I have always wanted to try falconry but reckon I don't have the time to give it I should think it rates as one of the hardest but I could be wrong

[The Seeker 3,048]

Wildfowling definitely

 

Up at 3am to travel to the foreshore, wade out up to half mile through mud and across creaks in the pitch black freezing cold up to you boll*cks in water in some ditch that resembles a trench on the Somme with ice cold rain blowing in your face waiting for the Dawn to break then a widgeon comes screaming past. Now that's a hard hunt

[scothunter 12,609]

Wildfowling definitely

 

Up at 3am to travel to the foreshore, wade out up to half mile through mud and across creaks in the pitch black freezing cold up to you boll*cks in water in some ditch that resembles a trench on the Somme with ice cold rain blowing in your face waiting for the Dawn to break then a widgeon comes screaming past. Now that's a hard hunt

 

fair play to you guys,i know a lad does wildfowling.he comes home in some states.guess its worth it all though

[Catcher 1 639]

Raise a eight week old Lurcher pup to a three year old good daytime coursing dog.

[craigyboy 1,274]

digging 16ft in clay and roots to reach your terrier,now thats fecking hard

Edited January 21, 2011 by craigyboy

[Ideation 8,217]

Flighting woodcock at Dusk takes some beating. For any keen shots who have never tried it, I suggest you should.

Driven Grouse is an art to perfect, seen some awesome shots over the years(Sir Edward Dashwood being the best Ive seen).

 

Snaring and trapping require an element of skill as well as practice (not everyone is good at it).

 

FTB

 

 

I'd say woodcock shot while flighting at dawn/dusk are the easiest woodcock you will ever shoot.

 

Disagree there mate.

Look at their eyes, they see better in dark/fadeing light.

 

FTB

 

I know what your saying mate but the ones you do get a shot at are plodding a long rather than exploding from beneath your dog and twisting off like a leaf in a gale.

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Been a few years since I have flighted them TBH

 

But last time I did, was waiting in a ditch ion the edge of a forestry block on the field side. On their way out feeding they would whip over at incredible speed.

 

Shot to kill ratio like 1:20

Also need a good dog to pick them

 

 

FTB

[Ideation 8,217]

Been a few years since I have flighted them TBH

 

But last time I did, was waiting in a ditch ion the edge of a forestry block on the field side. On their way out feeding they would whip over at incredible speed.

 

Shot to kill ratio like 1:20

Also need a good dog to pick them

 

 

FTB

 

 

Fairplay mate, i think it depends where you flighting them and where you stick the guns, often you can put them with a good view of approach down a valley and get more warning than you would normally with woodcock. Also if they have not seen you they are flying a lot slower. The figures speak for themselves, thats how the biggest number are shot here. Never really been my thing, always seen it as much about the dog hunting them up in the kind of cover they hide in as me missing them with the gun Missing flighting woodcock. . . . well you just shooting at stuff and missing Where's the fun?

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Fairplay mate, i think it depends where you flighting them and where you stick the guns, often you can put them with a good view of approach down a valley and get more warning than you would normally with woodcock. Also if they have not seen you they are flying a lot slower. The figures speak for themselves, thats how the biggest number are shot here. Never really been my thing, always seen it as much about the dog hunting them up in the kind of cover they hide in as me missing them with the gun Missing flighting woodcock. . . . well you just shooting at stuff and missing Where's the fun?

 

 

Aye, but everything in wales is a bit slower anyway

 

What would you rate as the hardest shot?

 

Driven grouse on a windy Scottish moor takes some beating.

 

FTB

[Ideation 8,217]

 

I'm lucky, i can spit from my front door onto a shoot with a good population of woodcock and have free reign.

 

Not sure mate, down to a lot more than the bird. Driven grouse in a proper wind is always a tough one, as is woodcock walked up over dogs in some of the thick boggy forestry round here, because the birds are twisting up through the trees you rarely even have chance for a shot. Low light flighting teal into woodland ponds is tough. Ummmmm. . . . some of the very high pheasants where you need a good long barrel, heavy shot and a hell of a lot of lead maybe.

 

Easiest shot would be rabbits in front of the maize harvesters. But very good fun