Personally I have never shot a woodcock and had several pass me on the peg. I just doff my cap at them, there just aren't enough around to shoot them for your ego.
Absolutely agree, there is no reasonable person who would shoot them. They do no harm and there's no meat on them. If your just into shooting to hear a bang then you should stick to the clays. Sustainably farmed species and pests are one thing but killing anything that moves is as moronic as pouring milk out in supermarkets.
Theres actually roughly as many wood cock as black birds, they're not as endangered as people think and as long you shoot sustainable numbers I don't see the harm. Personally I'll only ever shoot 1 when I'm out rough shooting.
3 of the pheasant shoots i go on don’t shoot Woodcock ,and the guns are told in no uncertain terms at the start of the day they won’t be allowed back if they do. Don’t like the idea of a ban on shooting them ,but I would like to see more shoots not shooting them. I don’t think they are that testing to shoot anyway, stick to the Pheasants and tip your hat to the Woodcock.👍
I find it strange that British hunters do not hunt woodcock with setters? and it is known all over the world that setters are the best hunters for hunting wooscock. I personally find a minimum of 10 woodcocks with my English setters for one hunt
Refreshing to see so many comments on here from presumed shooting enthusiasts advising against shooting woodcock. It’s just a shame that this sensible thinking appears to be lacking from the people fronting their organisations in the video. To me it’s quite simple, woodcock numbers are declining and it makes absolutely no sense to shoot this species until at least the trend has been reversed. I find it incredible that the people in the video are trying to justify shooting them, it would appear that they’ve abandoned reason for madness simply because they don’t like Wild Justice. It’s not a good look.
I'm a Hunter from Ireland. I hunt birds, but I don't Creabhar (what we call woodcock). In my opinion, they're tiny, there is feck all meat on them in comparison to Pheasant or even Grouse. If my country is anything to take from there's probably thousands of Wood Pigeon in the UK, shoot them instead. On the population on Woodcock, there's a decline all over Europe and this goes for literally all birds, its mostly because of habitat loss. But I'd say just leave the Woodcock alone. There's plenty of Pheasant and Wood Pigeon to go around
The problem here in Ireland is that some shooters are shooting large bags of woodcock and snipe. They are doing this here because pheasants , grouse are gone too scarce to hunt here due to wildlife habitat loss due to intensive farming practices in parts of the country. i think shooters should release more reared game such as partridge and pheasant and shoot very little snipe or woodcock. Wild game is under huge pressure as it habitat is continually cleared away on farms.
Easily solved, just update every year, or even through seasons. There's no real reason to shoot woodcock now, so I don't see any problem with an indefinite hiatus until it can be shown that shooting then is worthwhile for conservation. An outright ban just seems ludicrous.
Or a bittern i expect these birds are extinct mostly except some places thr well known or reserves etc nitejars are common ive heard them several times thr is a game bird thrt isnt rare but never now eaten its a blackbird im going to get a trap you know why he likes my taynerries to much yer maybe Anyway though if id seen a woodcock flying i wuda called it a plover n not noticed so so i dnt visit thr eastern marshland its never especially
Personally I have never shot a woodcock and had several pass me on the peg. I just doff my cap at them, there just aren't enough around to shoot them for your ego.
Absolutely agree, there is no reasonable person who would shoot them. They do no harm and there's no meat on them. If your just into shooting to hear a bang then you should stick to the clays. Sustainably farmed species and pests are one thing but killing anything that moves is as moronic as pouring milk out in supermarkets.
Theres actually roughly as many wood cock as black birds, they're not as endangered as people think and as long you shoot sustainable numbers I don't see the harm. Personally I'll only ever shoot 1 when I'm out rough shooting.
3 of the pheasant shoots i go on don’t shoot Woodcock ,and the guns are told in no uncertain terms at the start of the day they won’t be allowed back if they do. Don’t like the idea of a ban on shooting them ,but I would like to see more shoots not shooting them. I don’t think they are that testing to shoot anyway, stick to the Pheasants and tip your hat to the Woodcock.👍
I find it strange that British hunters do not hunt woodcock with setters? and it is known all over the world that setters are the best hunters for hunting wooscock. I personally find a minimum of 10 woodcocks with my English setters for one hunt
Yeah nah, leave the woodcocks alone.
Refreshing to see so many comments on here from presumed shooting enthusiasts advising against shooting woodcock. It’s just a shame that this sensible thinking appears to be lacking from the people fronting their organisations in the video. To me it’s quite simple, woodcock numbers are declining and it makes absolutely no sense to shoot this species until at least the trend has been reversed. I find it incredible that the people in the video are trying to justify shooting them, it would appear that they’ve abandoned reason for madness simply because they don’t like Wild Justice. It’s not a good look.
And that's just what the antis want to hear 🤷
I'm a Hunter from Ireland. I hunt birds, but I don't Creabhar (what we call woodcock). In my opinion, they're tiny, there is feck all meat on them in comparison to Pheasant or even Grouse. If my country is anything to take from there's probably thousands of Wood Pigeon in the UK, shoot them instead. On the population on Woodcock, there's a decline all over Europe and this goes for literally all birds, its mostly because of habitat loss. But I'd say just leave the Woodcock alone. There's plenty of Pheasant and Wood Pigeon to go around
The problem here in Ireland is that some shooters are shooting large bags of woodcock and snipe. They are doing this here because pheasants , grouse are gone too scarce to hunt here due to wildlife habitat loss due to intensive farming practices in parts of the country. i think shooters should release more reared game such as partridge and pheasant and shoot very little snipe or woodcock. Wild game is under huge pressure as it habitat is continually cleared away on farms.
Pete Graham's going to be so disappointed by the lack of support for shooting woodcock.🤣🤣🤣
Most shooters I know wouldn't shoulder a gun at Woodcock...just ain't enough about.
Whatever the reason of decline...there can be no justification for taking the life of a wild bird that is threatened
And that's just what the anti brigade want to hear 🤷
Iv never seen as many woodcock here in scotland as this year
Stop dropping woodland for vegans and keep our nesting birds rising
Haha yes plant based 😂 lets start a movement for the welfare of plants
stop killing them they are low on numbers
Easily solved, just update every year, or even through seasons. There's no real reason to shoot woodcock now, so I don't see any problem with an indefinite hiatus until it can be shown that shooting then is worthwhile for conservation. An outright ban just seems ludicrous.
wherever there's proper woodland management Woodcock are abundant! i have no issues taking them in moderation at appropriate times of the year.
Woodcock snipe or corncrake i never seen one never seen any evidence thr even exist at all.
N i never bin any sorta townie
Or a bittern i expect these birds are extinct mostly except some places thr well known or reserves etc nitejars are common ive heard them several times thr is a game bird thrt isnt rare but never now eaten its a blackbird im going to get a trap you know why he likes my taynerries to much yer maybe
Anyway though if id seen a woodcock flying i wuda called it a plover n not noticed so so i dnt visit thr eastern marshland its never especially
Let them ban woodcock, whats next, waterfowl, Pheasant? Its a "Pandora's Box" once they start they won't stop.........
Why shoot them? They are just vibing, shoot true pests like coyotes
where do they get these numbers from chris packem
@@davec1768 are you takeing packhams word for these numbers the man can not lie stright in bed
@@davec1768 sorry but the numbers do not add up how many bird species for all is good as he pulled from the brink of disaster