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Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 06 1:28 pm Post subject:
I think that you'll find that Woodies are at it for most of the year but not quite to the extent that rabbits are ! They slow down a bit in winter but I've come across baby rabbits in December and January !

Colin & Jan

Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 203
Location: Dover, Kent

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 06 5:44 pm Post subject:

Woodpigeon shooting continues under an open general licence issued by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions for England and Wales, the Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department for Scotland and the Environment and Heritage Service for N. Ireland. No individual application is required for any licence. Therefore they can be shot by anyone who has permission to shoot over the land or where it is considered safe to do so.

I try not to shoot them between May and Sept unless they are causing real damage to crops because that is when the bulk of the youngster are born/fledging.

Pigeons build a simple flat nest of sticks and lay 2 white eggs which hatch into the ugliest youngsters. It is generally accepted that there is one male and female in each clutch of eggs (thats where the expression pigeon pair comes from). In the early days they are fed by the parents on a milky substance made from regurgatated corn/seeds/buds.

The old method was to find a nest with youngsters and tie their legs to the branches. When they were fat enough you would go round and collect them before they fledged.

Regards
Colin

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 06 6:31 pm Post subject:
Thanks for the comments everyone, looks like I'll wait until September then.

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 06 3:50 pm Post subject:

Pah - sentimental poltroon! I'm afraid I have no such qualms as far as the marauding flying Hoovers are concerned.
If anyone is shooting pigeon - or crows, or Canada geese or indeed any other pest/vermin species and gets sniffy comments from neighbours or walkers, they might care to download a copy of the general licence from the Defra site here. If nothing else, it gives a semblance of officialdom to your shooting.

Snap Cap

Joined: 16 Apr 2006
Posts: 553
Location: Outside a warren armed to the teeth.

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 06 6:51 pm Post subject:
The best laugh I had was when two walkers saw the guns and then tried to shoo the decoys into the air. I admit the best time to shoot pigeon is now September but I am out this Weekend on a forege and will not think ywice if one flies within range.

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