ABSTRACT
With roost shooting, the guns congregate in the evening around the roosting areas that the birds are currently using. In the aftermath of the Second World War, when pigeons were a serious agricultural pest, the government organised roost shoots on designated evenings in an effort to maximise the number of birds shot as they moved from one roost to another. With the decline of the pigeon population, organised roost shooting has been replaced by a more ad hoc system, which has often become an adjunct to rough shooting. As with duck flighting, rough or windy weather is best for this type of shooting as the birds are more likely to continue to fly into the roosts, being less disturbed by the gun shots.
