Back up at the shoot

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

I would walk those pheasants off that are in the rape field on the boundary and shoot as many as possible

[Stavross 15,168]

12 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

I would walk those pheasants off that are in the rape field on the boundary and shoot as many as possible

That’s the plan, I’m thinking I might push them through the rape and over the trees and stand the guns on the track the other side of the trees ( that’s where the gutter is we walked past that looks like it should be full of roe ) I’m getting a few of their partridge along my oak wood drive as well, which will be something a bit different as we’ve never put partridge down

its a shame he is the way he is, the keepers that have been there before have always been spot on and we would help each other out and never do anything like this, but if you are seen dogging birds off my fields, if I catch some of your beaters walking one of my drives through and if you don’t treat the old girl with the respect she deserves I will ruin you he must be really bad at it, because I’ve never had as many of there birds on my land as I’ve got, why you would put pens near boundaries is beyond me, mine are smack in the middle of the shoot and I still have to work to keep the birds on my land

[Borr 5,726]

16 minutes ago, Stavross said:

That’s the plan, I’m thinking I might push them through the rape and over the trees and stand the guns on the track the other side of the trees ( that’s where the gutter is we walked past that looks like it should be full of roe ) I’m getting a few of their partridge along my oak wood drive as well, which will be something a bit different as we’ve never put partridge down

its a shame he is the way he is, the keepers that have been there before have always been spot on and we would help each other out and never do anything like this, but if you are seen dogging birds off my fields, if I catch some of your beaters walking one of my drives through and if you don’t treat the old girl with the respect she deserves I will ruin you he must be really bad at it, because I’ve never had as many of there birds on my land as I’ve got, why you would put pens near boundaries is beyond me, mine are smack in the middle of the shoot and I still have to work to keep the birds on my land

Put an empty pen near your boundary lol. They may have put ridiculous numbers down, but dogging in on the neighbours is a big no no. Just start catching up else his birds might lead yours off, and put some English down ffs. Lol

[BenBhoy 4,706]

1 minute ago, Borr said:

put some English down

I'd get some stick if I said that...

 

[Borr 5,726]

Just now, BenBhoy said:

I'd get some stick if I said that...

 

Wrong on a few levels....

[Stavross 15,168]

4 minutes ago, Borr said:

Put an empty pen near your boundary lol. They may have put ridiculous numbers down, but dogging in on the neighbours is a big no no. Just start catching up else his birds might lead yours off, and put some English down ffs. Lol

His birds are no where near mine, ( they put about 3000 down ) by this time of year they know where they live, so what you get is his birds coming out onto my shoot and you just need to keep them interested with feed and go around them to stop them heading for home, we are not set up for partridge with it been 80% woodland, saying that nether are they, that’s why you find them walking down forestry track looking confused 

[Borr 5,726]

Sounds like straw rides might be the way forward, that's a large percentage of woodland, atb...

[BenBhoy 4,706]

19 minutes ago, Borr said:

Wrong on a few levels....

Yep. That's me in a nutshell. 

[Stavross 15,168]

11 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

I'd get some stick if I said that...

You should be grateful that this fine land has welcomed you with open arms, even though your lot has a dubious history with our woolly friends

[Stavross 15,168]

14 minutes ago, Borr said:

Sounds like straw rides might be the way forward, that's a large percentage of woodland, atb...

Yeah, it’s a lot of woods, it does make some really good pheasant shooting, it’s all farmed for timber in forestry blocks by the forestry commission, but it’s privately owned and leased to them, we have got a few fields and if we were to put strip cover in ( like maize ) we could probably hold partridge but that would just be another thing for me to worry about and most of them don’t appreciate what I do now, so sod’em

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Now it's cooler, woohoo.

Now I feel like it's shooting season.  

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

4 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Now it's cooler, woohoo.

Now I feel like it's shooting season.  

Yep , just walked the dog , freezing wind out there.

[Stavross 15,168]

This is what it should be like, lovely clear blue sky and about 6 degrees, we need a bit of frost on a night now and I think my birds will be ok for the first day in November

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

49 minutes ago, Stavross said:

This is what it should be like, lovely clear blue sky and about 6 degrees, we need a bit of frost on a night now and I think my birds will be ok for the first day in November

Next doors birds will be ok for 1st day in November

[Stavross 15,168]

1 hour ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Next doors birds will be ok for 1st day in November

I’d shoot them now, just to annoy him, obviously I’d want him there to see me do it