Available: Woodcock Shooting

[woodland stalker]

I have a couple of vacancies for the coming season shooting on a walk & stand basis 5 saturdays over 2000 acres of mixed woodland and cover crops on the devon/somerset border @ £250 per gun, for the five days preference given to guns with working dogs, please contact me for more details.

 

[josetxo]

Hi, I am interested in your offer. I have just bought an English Setter in France, with great pedigree in working Setters and my intention is to shoot woodcock walking after my setter, in the style hunt, point, retrieve. If you think there is room in your group for me, please let me know. I live in Exeter. Thanks. Jose

 

[woodland stalker]

The format of these days have changed , and will now be Pheasant/ Woodcock days, they are very good value and i would welcome anyone to contact me to talk over the detail of the days and come and have a look around the estate to see whats on offer, i do not think you will be disapointed, w.s.

 

[Trufflehunting]

Hi, I am interested in your offer. I have just bought an English Setter in France, with great pedigree in working Setters and my intention is to shoot woodcock walking after my setter, in the style hunt, point, retrieve. If you think there is room in your group for me, please let me know. I live in Exeter. Thanks. Jose

On various woodcock shoots i have attended, the gundogs were less than well trained
They dont need to be, the purpose is for them to put up birds to be shot, in a safe manner
The are various spanels and labradors and riotus to boot.
If you were to turn up with a setter, that you were hoping to train to HPR, it would be mayhem
As your setter came on point the others would barge in and flush the cock, as for retriving the fastest one gets there first get to retrive it if not having it taken away by another dog. !!
It would be a almost impossible to train a setter to point and retrive in these circumstances
I suggest you would be better looking for people who only run HPR dogs
Good luck with your new puppy

 

[EssBee]

Hello.
Can you let me have dates please and location - hopefully your dates will not clash with shooting already organised.


Thanks - essbee

 

[josetxo]

Thanks.
yes you are right, I cant shoot mixed with spaniels etc...
Just joined a rough shooting group, and will go on my own to start with until I find someone with dogs like mine
thanks for your post

 

[bruce w]

Thanks.
yes you are right, I cant shoot mixed with spaniels etc...
Just joined a rough shooting group, and will go on my own to start with until I find someone with dogs like mine
thanks for your post

that sounds a good plan ,i work a english pointer and it dosnt take long for even a puffing old lab to suss out your dogs points and stop working for its self and take to bombing in on your dogs work as you close in on a point ,a world of diffrence to putting a dog in to flush