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Hi i have been shooting for many years, but only a few years ago got into shooting Clays. But i never seem to have much time spare with working 18 plus hours a day 7 days a week.
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We had a cracker today, the birds that were in hiding last time out appeared today. I barely shot, i back gunned with the beaters and stretched my legs... One of the guys has an app on his phine that logs distance and its 12-15k a day beating!we saw plenty of pheasant and woodcock. Sunny chilly windy perfect! Had this months CoTM which was a little cracker!
tidy up shoot on monday... Then we're done!"Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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Sounds like a fantastic day. Ours was good fun, but a bit brisk - today was the main beater's day with all the frivolities.
All the regulars were there for keeper's day yesterday though, and a homemade curry went down well as it was getting a bit nippy by the end!
Final bag, 497! Mixed bag (though mostly partridge), with a couple of woodcock thrown in. Will doubtless find out what they shot today at some stage. One more for the old boys on Monday too.
Really appreciate just how good a shoot it is now - having loaded several times and taken a couple of teams with my agency, so I'd seen they were good birds - actually shooting at them, however... Haha!
Naughty pic from the peg...
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Simon-JG-hr; 31-01-2016, 01:23 PM.Comment
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Buggerme thats a big day....ours was ten percent of that! That said we're a self run self managed shoot! Albeit we shot x3 number of woodcock! Those that shot them, wanted to eat them. I saw close to a dozen that didnt go anywhere near the line, and more that went through the line without being shot at- bizarely our wood seems to bring them in, and yet a neighbouring shoot who dont shoot the, as they were taking part in the count, have seen barely any.
Bet the birds roar off that hill towards the woods!Last edited by Emaresee; 31-01-2016, 10:11 AM."Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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I can well believe the distance beaters walk in a day and maybe more than 12-15 in one day we normaly do 6 to 7 drivesOriginally posted by Emaresee View Post
and some drives seem to never end when you are walking in the woods through thick cover.
Few of the guns yesterday having seen themselves what the beaters do they came over at lunch time and said what a good job we do to drive the birds to them
without us they woulden't be shooting the the amount they shoot on syndicate days which made us feel good.Comment
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Always nice when a bit of extra appreciation is shown.
Six or seven drives!? There would be a rebellion on my 'regular' shoot. It's good exercise though, and scary to think that the dogs do four or five times the distance!Comment
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Our tidy up day was similar, we walked up as a line, 2/3rds of a 100 acre wood in every which direction!!! its fair to say I slept well last night!!
none of the scrub/ bramble undercover has diedback in this mild winter, so was all done high stepping through the thorns!!"Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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Yes! This mild winter had been a pain when out beating through the undergrowth. We've got 7ft high nettles still through all the woods - and I'm sure they've been genetically modified for their stings!!!
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Hot shower... Long drink... Sorted! right up until i got up this morning.... Bit creaky! All good now though.... Shame the seasons ended i was enjoying walking with the beaters and seeing every inch of the shoot!"Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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Roll on next season that's all I can say out in the country with nature
what a nice sight it is when the deer are disturbed from one wood where we are pushing it through and they all take off.Comment
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Vermin shooting started last Saturday 12 squirrels one fox
today 47 squirrels and another 2 foxe's another 3 got away.Comment
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We've had squirrels of all sizes recently.... Reckon the mild winter has given them another opportunity for another brood...
Was up in Cumbria last weekend and they have kicked off grey shooting in defence of the reds in earnest again.... The virus they pass is apparently thriving in the warm winter too...."Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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I used to love shooting squirrels, it reminded me of those war films when they shot the Japanese snipers and they fell out of the trees'Cigars are a hobby, cigarettes an addiction'Comment
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Thats a vivid and accurate image! I think its one of the best forms of sporting shooting going... Greys are destructive wee buggers, and we need to protect the red... But sadly thats a challenge for the far north.Originally posted by PeeJay View Post"Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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