Who's out shooting cocks today
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Tom
keep an eye out for those buggers that also shoot the one's going forward if the banter gets to much for them
out today to give the dog a run
should get plenty to retrieve me thinks
shootingduckdog
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Yup, out today and Tuesday. Everything on the menu today and we have a lot of birds around. Tuesday likely cocks only. Have a good day everyone
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out yesterday(my day) and thursday, now out today mon and tues as well, some are beaters days some are for keeping the foxes down and managing the deer levels, (huff) its a hard life.
I was beating today and yesterday, our beaters days are Monday and Tuesday at the same place.
The keeper was not letting the syndicate shoot hens today so I think there is very little chance of us being able to shoot hens on our days. Cocks only each day will be about a hundred I expect.
The keeper was not letting the syndicate shoot hens today so I think there is very little chance of us being able to shoot hens on our days. Cocks only each day will be about a hundred I expect.
Was out today on my local shoot - Three of us took out our muzzle loaders - Got loads of stick till we started poleaxing pheasants! The comments changed then!! I took a couple of good cocks with my double 10 Charles Boswell percussion gun and Christopher had a few with his 14 bore - One was a real screamer at 40 yards - Brilliant day out - pitty the sun didn't shine!
Just spent the evening cleaning the beast It wouldn't be right to leave it fouled with black powder residue to rust overnight! - Now I remember why I don't shoot it more often!
Just spent the evening cleaning the beast It wouldn't be right to leave it fouled with black powder residue to rust overnight! - Now I remember why I don't shoot it more often!
Yesterday was the smallest bag I had seen all season, and by some distance, but it was also the most enjoyable day I've had all season. And not only because it was the only shoot day I've not been working on! Atmosphere was excellent, no one took things too seriously as 80% of the beating team had never beat on that shoot before, but we still managed to show some good birds. There were a few young lads game shooting for the first time, including one of my students, and a good time was had by all. The slightly less than traditional but still brilliant homemade curry and karaoke down the pub afterwards topped off a day that to me showed shooting at its very best!
Young Shot
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Sounds like you all had a good day yesterday,
I went out with dad and some neighbouring friends on a bit of a rough shoot,
I shot a woodcock and a hen pheasant the woodcock i was very pleased about.
It has been my first season shooting and iv loved it
Cheers Dan
I went out with dad and some neighbouring friends on a bit of a rough shoot,
I shot a woodcock and a hen pheasant the woodcock i was very pleased about.
It has been my first season shooting and iv loved it
Cheers Dan
Thats one of the things about back end days. The measure of the enjoyment level is not always based on the size of the bag.
Some of the best pheasant shooting days I've ever had have been towards the end January with fit birds out of rough corners and small spinneys. These birds have been real screamers and very testing. Just as much of a challeneg as the massed flushes off welsh and scottish hill sides and west country banks.
Still you can't beat that feeling of hot barrels and a box of cartridges on each drive. Unless its that long 60 yard crosser on that hard won cock bird flushed by your spaniel out of a thick hedge on the boundary.
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