Thread: 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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Originally Posted by dretopshot

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?????

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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Originally Posted by R93

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?????

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

Originally Posted by gsp follower

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

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.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Great video - enjoyed it.

Thanks for watching!!!


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Originally Posted by dretopshot

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.

Originally Posted by gsp follower

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.

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.

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

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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Originally Posted by kawhia

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.

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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