New shooting season :)

[josharb87]

first stand or walk shoot yesterday

first drive was crap tbh-farmer had lifted the beat on friday so no birds!

rest of the day was good, not a huge amount about, had to be choosey, fair few squeakers-a few were shot

had a few cracking screamers stop dead, so was well chuffed:)

plenty of drink through the day, then far too much at the dinner, no bad head today though!

 

hows everyone elses season going???

[Dean Lofthouse]

I'm shooting every saturday till the end of jan and a few in between.

 

10 shoots in Huddersfield

6 shoots in Market Weighton

2 in Wales

 

Last sat 96 partridge and duck

This sat 58 pheasant.

 

Bit disappointing but birds are still too young at the mo so got to be choosey.

 

Personally I don't raise my gun to anything less than 150ft high and travelling less than 40mph:001_tongue:.

 

Pigeons coming in on a 30mph wind are the best.

[josharb87]

Personally I don't raise my gun to anything less than 150ft high and travelling less than 40mph:001_tongue:.

 

 

atleast you then got an excuse when you miss

[Big 'Ammer]

First day out for me yesterday on a little walk and stand grouse day over near Penrith.

 

Plenty of birds, but pretty windy so all going with the wind.

 

I only had a couple of rangy shots, as I was out of it all day, buts thats shooting is'nt it.

 

A good start to the season and a bloody good walk.

 

Start pheasants in a fortnight.

 

Where / with who are you shooting at Market Weighton Dean? Syndicate job or let days?

[Dean Lofthouse]

 

Where / with who are you shooting at Market Weighton Dean? Syndicate job or let days?

 

It's a lad from Wakefield who gets a team of ten guns together. The Keeper is called Whinney and he has rights on land all round Market Weighton from North Howden to Thorpe le st and as far down as Willerby.

 

He supplies ten guns also so our team walk and shoot while the other team stand and then swap over and they aim at 100 to 120 bird days which is ok because half of them can't hit them which leaves more for me

[Bear]

start on the 25th, looking forward to beating and i`ve managed to get two days shooting on a local estate, which has some good fast/high birds.... still not shot my first pheasent yet, which i hope to put right this season. (only started last season...rifles are my thing lol)

 

hope you all have a great season and a safe one

[Peter]

atleast you then got an excuse when you miss

 

Deano never misses!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Deano never misses!

 

...and Peter is never wrong

[Dean Lofthouse]

start on the 25th, looking forward to beating and i`ve managed to get two days shooting on a local estate, which has some good fast/high birds.... still not shot my first pheasent yet, which i hope to put right this season. (only started last season...rifles are my thing lol)

 

hope you all have a great season and a safe one

 

Only thing with coming off rifle onto shotguns is getting your head round aiming to miss or putting on lead.

 

Last year I was aiming 20ft infront of some screaming pigeons which were travelling with the wind in order to hit them.

[skyhuck]

 

Last year I was aiming 20ft infront of some screaming pigeons which were travelling with the wind in order to hit them.

 

Why do they scream before you hit them??

 

Sorry but I know bugger all about proper shooting