Much as I enjoy shooting pheasants with a rifle, I wouldn't choose to use my stalking rifle.Stalking on land next to a pheasant shoot = free pheasants
Pheasant shoot questions.
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countrryboy
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I must admit i always used to estimate a bit more than some on here have around 1T per 100 birds, thats ground with little natural food, feeding late in spring/early summer.
That allowed u plenty, often a bit much but always better to allow for more if needed
The biggest problem going forward and i think it will be worse this year will be actually sourcing the birds, bird flu restrictions could cripple things, even moving stock of for laying is fairly problematic at moment if following the rules.
That allowed u plenty, often a bit much but always better to allow for more if needed
The biggest problem going forward and i think it will be worse this year will be actually sourcing the birds, bird flu restrictions could cripple things, even moving stock of for laying is fairly problematic at moment if following the rules.
Sadly I missed the opportunity to own a pistol. I would really have liked a Ruger Mark V with silencer. I can imagine one to have been a lot of fun.
tim@tcs
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Sadly in those days sound moderators were pretty much only available on.22 rifles for pest control, I’m not saying that folk broke the law but it was a different time and long ago
Dunwaters
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You didn’t miss out on too much, pistols are a lot of fun but they’re also intrinsically more dangerous than a long gun.
Theres actually not a lot that you can do with one either, I swoped mine for another shotgun with no regrets.
enfieldspares
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I shot a Welrod, once upon a time. The only sound you heard, pretty much, was the firing pin hitting the striker.
I shoot my .308 with subsonic ammunition sometimes for a spot of fun and the odd. Fox around the farm house. It’s hugely satisfying. Hearing the click of the firing pin and a the sound of the heavy round whistling through the air and hitting the target.
I have shot pistols on range but a little Mark V Ruger with a silencer and red dot at squirrels would be a hoot. A totally different experience to a rifle in the same scenario. I genuinely don’t see how they would be intrinsically more dangerous other than you can hide them in your pocket.
Leec6.5
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Very very wise, plus factor in the threat of bird flu as well!
Completely pointless exercise
I have no idea what the laws were back then. But the idea would have been nice.
Dunwaters
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It might be a hoot ( we certainly had one popping at the pheasants) but all you’re doing is educating the squirrels that you miss and you’ll miss lots because a pistol is hard to shoot accurately, use a rifle and kill them.
The increased danger comes from how easy it is to pivot a handgun through 90 degrees plus just by wiggling your wrist and bending an elbow. Even on a well policed pistol range you will see a lack of muzzle awareness, a moment of inattention and the gun is pointed where it shouldn’t. Its much harder to do that with a long gun.
Of course it’s all down to the user at the end of the day. It’s quite incredible what can be achieved with a red dot on a pistol and not open sites. But alas it will only be a pipe dream. It will never happen.
Dunwaters
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Keep trying, if you poke hard enough you may get something approved for humane dispatch, that opens the door to carrying it while out and about, so who knows what might happen?
A .22 to the head will kill any deer…. Trust me, I know.
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