Woodcock shooting: how Wild Justice is trying to ban it

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The woodcock may be an abundant bird but anti-shooting organisation Wild Justice has found a way of presenting the figures to make it sound sensible that they call for a ban on woodcock shooting. Deborah Hadfield looks at how they are trying to bump the government into a ban.
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@TurinTuramber Жыл бұрын

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.

@ddoherty5956 Жыл бұрын

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.

@modernspacegamer3273 Жыл бұрын

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.

@john.t645 Жыл бұрын

Yeah nah, leave the woodcocks alone.

@shaunjones6049 Жыл бұрын

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.👍

@THE_ECONNORGIST Жыл бұрын

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.

@crazyferret9409 Жыл бұрын

And that's just what the antis want to hear 🤷

@ddoherty5956 Жыл бұрын

Pete Graham's going to be so disappointed by the lack of support for shooting woodcock.🤣🤣🤣

@macrolly23 Жыл бұрын

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.

@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 Жыл бұрын

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

@charlesgould1962 Жыл бұрын

Most shooters I know wouldn't shoulder a gun at Woodcock...just ain't enough about.

@unidentifiedobject2922 Жыл бұрын

Iv never seen as many woodcock here in scotland as this year

@daleostle9156 Жыл бұрын

Stop dropping woodland for vegans and keep our nesting birds rising

@bensmithkent22 Жыл бұрын

Haha yes plant based 😂 lets start a movement for the welfare of plants

@joelhall5124 Жыл бұрын

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.

@bigglesbiggles4999 Жыл бұрын

Whatever the reason of decline...there can be no justification for taking the life of a wild bird that is threatened

@crazyferret9409 Жыл бұрын

And that's just what the anti brigade want to hear 🤷

@stevenroberts970 Жыл бұрын

Woodcock snipe or corncrake i never seen one never seen any evidence thr even exist at all. N i never bin any sorta townie

@stevenroberts970 Жыл бұрын

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