Bluebarrels Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Anyone got a point of contact for the above shoot please prices,times thanks in advance BB Edited March 23, 2015 by Bluebarrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hi BB Clays or game shoot drop me a PM if got the details somewhere. WW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hi BB Clays or game shoot drop me a PM if got the details somewhere. WW Clays please Daf,was up there last Wednesday but had to leave before I could get the info How did you find the Game shoot for the money ? seems quite reasonable for this area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisondan Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'm a member, I will send you the details if you like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'm a member, I will send you the details if you like? Cheers mate,BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Can you post them on here bisondan? Do you need to be a member? I did a charity shoot in Sherfield [i think..] years ago, but I didn't even know about this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Are we talking about the clay shoot run by Turners of Reading on the Duke of Wellington's estate or the Pheasant shoot on the old MOD camp? I used the clay shoot and was a member of the pheasant shoot back in 1968, it would be nice to hear how or whether it is still going. In 1968 the Shooting Times had a voucher in it which, if you cut it out, and presented it at the clay ground entitled you to 25 Eley cartridges and a round of 25 clays. Ah those were the days. Edited March 23, 2015 by EMcC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Clays please Daf,was up there last Wednesday but had to leave before I could get the info How did you find the Game shoot for the money ? seems quite reasonable for this area Never got out on the game shoot but know the guy who ran it last year and assume he still does. IVe ot heard good thing about it. clay shoot is good think the guy who runs it is now head of ARA clay shooting. Just wash your hands well if they get muddy you know what was stored there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ah ! you are talking about the ammo depot and the old Army School of Ammunition then ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ah ! you are talking about the ammo depot and the old Army School of Ammunition then ;-) Yes the old ammo bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 That was a very good Pheasant shoot as I remember even when it was full of bombs and bullets. There was also a trout stream running through what was the depot at the time. I wonder what has happened to all the big sheds and the railway lines that ran all through it. I believe DDM manage the Deer on the old depot site now. I seem to remember a guy that had a lot to do with it at the time whose surname was Dance. I'm not sure whether he was a local farmer from there, he was certainly a civilian. There was also an area fenced off where Polish workers lived down the end of Coopers Lane. I wonder what has happened to that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Sheds where mostly still there last I was there and lots of tracks DDM have all the training areas as beats now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I've heard it's members only and there's a waiting list. It's on MoD land and access is limited. A pity as we've few enough places in this part of the world and some of those are under threat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I've heard it's members only and there's a waiting list. It's on MoD land and access is limited. A pity as we've few enough places in this part of the world and some of those are under threat. Waiting list for clays or Game shoot ? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Never got out on the game shoot but know the guy who ran it last year and assume he still does. IVe ot heard good thing about it. clay shoot is good think the guy who runs it is now head of ARA clay shooting. Just wash your hands well if they get muddy you know what was stored there! Cheers Daf I have all the info I need funnily enough had paperwork to join this shoot about 10 years ago price I was given last week would make it very well priced for game shooting around these parts and its pretty local to me,might ask around a bit more and see what the crack is,I have a contact who shoots there so will pick his brains next time I see him,and then decide whether its worth a punt, BB Edited March 24, 2015 by Bluebarrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisondan Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 That was a very good Pheasant shoot as I remember even when it was full of bombs and bullets. There was also a trout stream running through what was the depot at the time. I wonder what has happened to all the big sheds and the railway lines that ran all through it. I believe DDM manage the Deer on the old depot site now. I seem to remember a guy that had a lot to do with it at the time whose surname was Dance. I'm not sure whether he was a local farmer from there, he was certainly a civilian. There was also an area fenced off where Polish workers lived down the end of Coopers Lane. I wonder what has happened to that now. The little stream running through there is called Bow Brook, I've fished parts of it further back and had chub to over four pounds, some decent perch, roach, and gudgeon to. It flows in to the River Loddon just past the camp. Lots of the sheds are still there, along with the railway lines, they can't actually do too much digging around there as there is still a lot of munitions buried under the ground. They filmed parts of the film 'The Monuments Men' there to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) The river Loddon used to flood the grassed area at the back of the Pub just off the main road in Sherfield and the ducks used to come right up to the back door. Yes fond memories indeed. I was there in 1960 when the School of Ammunition was there, that was were all the AE's now called AT's were trained. Then after passing the exams I went my merry way, Far East for a few years, then came back in '68 until '70 A few of the local girls I fancied in 1960 had married a few of the Polish guys and were still about in '68 but not much else had changed. Edited March 24, 2015 by EMcC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Waiting list for clays or Game shoot ? BB Clays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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