Pheasant hunting 19.12.15

Happy Christmas everyone. This is a video from last Saturday 19th December on the syndicate shoot, here in the Glens of Antrim Northern Ireland.
The pheasants were very testing with 30-40 mph winds up their tail most of the day, but it made for good shooting.
I spent most of the day beating so didn't get loads of footage, but captured some nice shots.

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Happy Christmas everyone. This is a video from last Saturday 19th December on the syndicate shoot, here in the Glens of Antrim Northern Ireland.
The pheasants were very testing with 30-40 mph winds up their tail most of the day, but it made for good shooting.
I spent most of the day beating so didn't get loads of footage, but captured some nice shots.

http://youtu.be/cPbEdMlD34k

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Sorry to be a party pooper old trout BUT: I think a more accurate name for this activity is "pheasant/tame chook SHOOTING".
Not exactly "Hunting" is it?????

Awesome clip. Thanks for posting.


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Originally Posted by top gun

Sorry to be a party pooper old trout BUT: I think a more accurate name for this activity is "pheasant/tame chook SHOOTING".
Not exactly "Hunting" is it?????

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Each to their own fella. If you hunted this ground you would know about it. Briars up to your waste, steep hill sides & deep burns. I can also assure you that these birds aren't tame.

What would define as hunting if you don't mind me asking?


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Awesome clip. Thanks for posting.


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Thanks fella.


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Originally Posted by top gun

Sorry to be a party pooper old trout BUT: I think a more accurate name for this activity is "pheasant/tame chook SHOOTING".
Not exactly "Hunting" is it?????

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you can get much wilder than that??
great day by the looks;)

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Originally Posted by gsp follower

you can get much wilder than that??
great day by the looks;)

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Thanks. To be honest there is very few truely wild pheasants nowadays, most birds have originated from released birds at some stage.

These birds were bought at 8 weeks old in august, put in a holding pen, released at the end of September, started shooting in November. So they had 2 months in the wild getting chased by foxes & birds of prey before we started hunting them.

I know not everyone will agree with this hunting. However, if you watch the video you will see that a lot of non-sporting birds were left to fly another day.


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Great video - enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Great video - enjoyed it.

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Thanks for watching!!!


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Thanks. To be honest there is very few truely wild pheasants nowadays, most birds have originated from released birds at some stage.

These birds were bought at 8 weeks old in august, put in a holding pen, released at the end of September, started shooting in November. So they had 2 months in the wild getting chased by foxes & birds of prey before we started hunting them.

I know not everyone will agree with this hunting. However, if you watch the video you will see that a lot of non-sporting birds were left to fly another day.


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many here forget that f&g used to do exactly that here in some regions to boost bird numbers until it became ''uneconomic'
they flushed as wild as any wild bird from what i saw on the vid and certainly bear no resemblence to ''planted'' stateside preserve birds.
you havent lived untill you.ve had a wild pheasant flush 3 feet in front of your gsp,s nose cackling the whole way up or from a bush you wouldnt think would hold a sparrow via a flushing dog.

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many here forget that f&g used to do exactly that here in some regions to boost bird numbers until it became ''uneconomic'
they flushed as wild as any wild bird from what i saw on the vid and certainly bear no resemblence to ''planted'' stateside preserve birds.
you havent lived untill you.ve had a wild pheasant flush 3 feet in front of your gsp,s nose cackling the whole way up or from a bush you wouldnt think would hold a sparrow via a flushing dog.

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I know what you mean, the cover is so tight in this place that quite often the dogs & hunters have to almost step on the birds to flush them.

I hope you all had a nice christmas.


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Thanks for posting, looks like a place where the shooting is quite challenging.

I would like to try a driven shoot one day but my pockets are not deep enough

everyone should experience a driven shoot at least once, even if it is only as part of the beating team.
it will at least put the tame chook myth to bed for a few.

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Originally Posted by mikee

Thanks for posting, looks like a place where the shooting is quite challenging.

I would like to try a driven shoot one day but my pockets are not deep enough

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I would love too also, but like you I can't really afford it at the moment.

I'm actually paying for a walked up day on an estate on Tuesday, so I'll hopefully get some footage.


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everyone should experience a driven shoot at least once, even if it is only as part of the beating team.
it will at least put the tame chook myth to bed for a few.

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Although our shoot is not a formal driven shoot, we do take turns in beating birds to each other so they do end up being driven birds.

I would like to see the individual who claimed they were tame chooks shooting some of the birds from our best drive, they would get their eyes opened!!!


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Originally Posted by top gun

Sorry to be a party pooper old trout BUT: I think a more accurate name for this activity is "pheasant/tame chook SHOOTING".
Not exactly "Hunting" is it?????

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Slagging visitors and other cultures who do things differently just ain't the Kiwi way in my book.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Slagging visitors and other cultures who do things differently just ain't the Kiwi way in my book.

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Don't worry, you get people like that on all forums.

I know a few kiwis over here & they are all very decent people!!


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Thanks for posting, looks like a place where the shooting is quite challenging.

I would like to try a driven shoot one day but my pockets are not deep enough

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Mike if your over here between Sep to Jan pm me I'll sort you out a day.
My pockets ain't deep! I pay £550.00 each year and we get eight days out of it.

There are bargains to be had & you can do game shooting on the cheap like we do on our syndicate. Our syndicate costs about £200 per person every year & we release about 150 pheasants each year.


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Originally Posted by dretopshot

There are bargains to be had & you can do game shooting on the cheap like we do on our syndicate. Our syndicate costs about £200 per person every year & we release about 150 pheasants each year.


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puts how lucky we are ,even with region to region numbers differences ,into perspective.:yaeh am not durnk:
200 quid[round 500 dollars] to create your own compared to 90 odd buks do f all but go for your life most anywhere you like.;)

we get some 'ok' to pretty 'piss poor' rough shooting for our 90 bucks, and it can be a fair amount of time between birds.
if ya want decent bird hunting it does cost money and time even here in nz, pest controlled areas and private release sites do provide decent hunting, pretty similar to the videos shown in fact...I for one am please syndicate shoots are becoming more common.
it at least makes plenty of tame chooks available to the 'we got so good crowd.'

For or money we release 200 partridge 150 pheasants. Then there's feed 3tons of wheat last year looks to be less this year as warmer.
Then with the shooting we have pest control. 28days on pigeons plus a few nights out on foxes last year.
Plus after all the work we are actually putting something back into the environment, with knock on effect on the plus side for all the other birds that eat off the feeders and don't get chewed by the foxes etc.
IMO better than paying ya 90bucks and not doing anything but just taking it all how long will that last and what will be left for the next generation.
By the way if you take away the £ $ sign the buying power is abut the same if not better here in the uk:thumbsup:

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For or money we release 200 partridge 150 pheasants. Then there's feed 3tons of wheat last year looks to be less this year as warmer.
Then with the shooting we have pest control. 28days on pigeons plus a few nights out on foxes last year.
Plus after all the work we are actually putting something back into the environment, with knock on effect on the plus side for all the other birds that eat off the feeders and don't get chewed by the foxes etc.
IMO better than paying ya 90bucks and not doing anything but just taking it all how long will that last and what will be left for the next generation.
By the way if you take away the £ $ sign the buying power is abut the same if not better here in the uk:thumbsup:

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I totally agree, it's more than just the pheasants, we get wild woodcock which are present normally every week.

There is all the pest control. I particularly like shooting the foxes at night with my .223.

There is also the pleasure of seeing the birds grow into stunning birds & watching them fly past guns untouched by the lead flying past them lol.

As stated the other wildlife benefits from the feeders put out. Not all the birds released are shot, so some of them will rear young for the following year & without us there wouldn't be pheasants roaming the countryside.


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QUOTE]IMO better than paying ya 90bucks and not doing anything but just taking it all how long will that last and what will be left for the next generation.
By the way if you take away the £ $ sign the buying power is abut the same if not better here in the uk[/QUOTE]

very few are in the position of taking lots maybe 10%
most get a few and are happy but yes if you want better hunting often you,l have to spend a bit to get it.
but thats why we pay 90 odd bucks for f&g to manage and improve the resourse .
we feed our ponds we shoot all legally takable predators but waterfowl are a mobile lot and are not as stuck to a area as upland birds.
id still hate to see put and take mallards here i know its already happening but if its happening under the british and even american way of doing it then its wrong.
couch it anyway you want as aw f&g said mallard releases are a localised fix often as local as most not getting off the property they were released on.
plus the fact they,l drag in any wild birds within miles and you have a worse situation for those hunters who cant afford to participate in syndicates or properties with special conditions hunts.
f&g has a policy no duckshooting on preserves stick to it? slap eastern down like you did southland when they didnt tow the line.
at least make them follow the policy and get rid of that rediculous hen pheasant take?? who does that benefit other than preserve operators waiting with open arms for hunters driven there by the depleted wild populations of pheasant and duck who flock to join thier tame mates .
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Walking behind the pointer on a two hour circuit & stalking up to the spot where that big FAT cockbird got the drop on you last time, nerves a twitter, finger poised & reminding yourself NOT to jump out of your skin when the sneaky bastard gets up AGAIN,but he goes in a completely different direction, chortling away with his tail feathers giving you the "churchill" salute!!!! NOT going after tame chooks that come running to the rattle of corn in a bucket.


That's what is happening here on our "tame chook" preserves where the gifted ones arrive in their Hughes500's and stretched limo's & cough up $5000 or so for an afternoon's slaughter followed by drinkies at the marque!!!!

If your shooting is different from this then I apologise if I offended you old chap. it's only 120 sleeps & a wake up 'til our next gamebird hunting season!!!!

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Walking behind the pointer on a two hour circuit & stalking up to the spot where that big FAT cockbird got the drop on you last time, nerves a twitter, finger poised & reminding yourself NOT to jump out of your skin when the sneaky bastard gets up AGAIN,but he goes in a completely different direction, chortling away with his tail feathers giving you the "churchill" salute!!!! NOT going after tame chooks that come running to the rattle of corn in a bucket.


That's what is happening here on our "tame chook" preserves where the gifted ones arrive in their Hughes500's and stretched limo's & cough up $5000 or so for an afternoon's slaughter followed by drinkies at the marque!!!!

If your shooting is different from this then I apologise if I offended you old chap. it's only 120 sleeps & a wake up 'til our next gamebird hunting season!!!!

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You didn't offend me at all. I'm not about to start criticising anyone's form of hunting because everyone has different methods & techniques.

Thanks for watching & commenting.



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