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Cracking vid again Ollie.
Not the best terrain to get about on but sure earns you the birds.
Thanks Dave. That's what I love about the place, it's challenging for us & the dogs.
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Great video as always. Enjoyed that.
Thanks joe
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I saw this on YouTube (as a Subscriber) and forgot to comment on this thread.
Another good extreme workout video, very watchable.
You and your dogs must be super fit, I get worn out just watching.
Must be the only Shoot I know of that need a dinghy for the picker-ups.
Pickers up in dinghys in the bay would be handy lol.
We are starting to do the prep for next season now.
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Great as always Ollie - really lovely weather too. Is it always that sunny in the glens?
You really need a lab for those water retrieves, but then im q bit biased!
I know mine would love all the water work.
Thanks for posting.
To be honest we never have as many water retrieves as we had this year, maybe one or two a season normally. The issue with labs is that the cover is extremely tight in our place & although I know some labs will hunt it, it's probably more suited to the spaniels.
The cocker tries his best with the water retrieves but I sent him on one this year & headed to one of the fisher buoys, I called him back but I thought he wasn't going to make it back. He's not the best swimmer!!!
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Enjoyed that Ollie cheers for posting,stunning place on a cracking day!
Thanks mate.
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This video is from the last few days on our pheasant syndicate at the end of January 2017. So they were really just clear up days, trying to get the percentage return up a little.
We were very lucky with our return which ended up just shy of 70% for the season and the weather was good most days (sometimes too good with bright sun & mild temps).
I hope you enjoy
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Good video & shooting. I enjoy those incoming birds going into trees, it's satisfying to drop them just in front of the hide.
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That was good stuff as usual, well done and thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate
Nice Ollie! Just one observation,Any bird that crashes down onto them rocks on the shore must take a fair auld bruising given the height they fall from
Ref- Cara Dillon' I used to get My baps and sausage rolls of her in the mornings when she worked in a bakery yrs ago when we worked in the North. She inquired as to who I was to a couple of the younger labourers but I was way to shy to make a move.lol Shd used to get some "Wolf whistling" when she passed the Job we were working on. She was fine and she had a beautiful voice.
Thankfully not many of the birds hit the rocks. On occasions when they have it bursts the breast on them.
Good story about Cara 😂
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Nice one Ollie.You actually missed a couple for a change!I wish I shot in such beautiful surroundings. TFP.
I miss my fair share. The week before I shot those cracking birds & then the following week I missed 2 of the easiest birds all year. We are very lucky where we shoot, great outing even if you don't get a shot.
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Is that the ancient land of the McDonnell's?
It is, in fact one the syndicate members is a McDonnell lol
Lovely again Ollie. Some cracker shots there. I liked the Caravan Dilton at the end. I have that album and it's a good one.
I'm quite fond of cara too. I've a couple more rough shooting videos & 1 more syndicate video to make and then I'll finally be caught up.
Some cracking shooting and more of that great scenery, I never get tired of that.
You should get a grant from the Tourist Board.
Thanks cranfield, a wee grant would be nice, can you imagine the uproar in getting a grant for shooting ha ha.
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I still have a couple of videos to make from the back end of the shooting season on the pheasant syndicate.
This one is part 1 filmed over a couple of days. The first day I shot 2 of the best birds I have shot all year and the 2nd day I could hardly hit a barn door...
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Agree absolutely Ollie. Re read what I wrote and it did sound a bit harsh BUT if you watch any of these go pro videos of shooting, it is very difficult not to have this problem and I am sure he realised that as soon as he reviewed it. I cannot se any way around it. By the nature of what you are doing, your head is swinging from side to side looking for birds.
A barrel mounted camera with a thumb operated switch to use as you mount the gun might work. Not easy at all. The main thing was he enjoyed his day.
I make videos with a head cam too & it is difficult sometimes to concentrate on shooting & the camera; however, I think we are lucky in this day & age that we have all this technology to make videos that we wouldn't have had 10 years ago.
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Yep, stopped looking after a couple of minutes as the constant movement got me dizzy, but all these Go Pro videos are the same unfortunately, recording the slightest movement and of course if your shooting your constantly scanning the sky.
I hate all that noise from beaters, totally unnecessary if the keeper knows his job. The same as shouting between guns.
That apart, pleased you enjoyed your day. Richard does do his best to set things up right.
What's that long piece of whatever on the muzzle of your shotgun? Not referring to the extended choke .. looks like some sighting set up.
Give the lad a break, it's his first video & I think sometimes people are very quick to judge without appreciating the time & effort that goes into making & editing the videos.
The beaters sounded like a Native American tribe at one point lol, but the original poster could hardly do anything about that.
Keep the videos coming fella!!!
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As entertaining as ever, thanks for posting.
The thought crossed my mind , "if the devil should cast his net" , when I saw the group photo at the end, a motley crew indeed.
Do you breed and release birds, that Michigan Blueback looked fine.
We don't breed the birds Cranfield, normally buy poults at 6-8 weeks old around the start of August. The Michigan is one of last years birds, we didn't have any bluebacks in this years birds.
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Here is a short video from New Years Eve on the pheasant shoot. My shooting was worse than usual, with one really bad miss on a hen bird with 3 shots.Finished the day off with a nice Michigan Blueback from last season, he had a cracking tail on him & some nasty spurs.Thanks for watching
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These video's are not so easy. Thx for making the effort looks like a great day out. Something on tonight about declining woodcock over here.
It's so difficult unless they reach the skyline its sometime difficult to make them out, especially with the speed of the birds. The decline seems to be on the resident population, a lot of that I would put down to loss of habitat; I used to have some of great marshy ground for woodcock but the farmers are removing cover & draining ground. This is pushing some of the birds into blocks of forestry which makes them difficult to count.
Another great offering, good to see the dogs and some sharp shooting.
Thanks for watching as always Cranfield.
Such beautiful coutryside with the water in the distance.You guys are so quick on these birds-esp. the snipe! I would be standing there with my mouth open & too late to shoot?Savour what you have there.Thanks for sharing.I think the dogs have as much fun as you by the way.
You always need to be prepared when woodcock shooting, especially is you are doing ditches as they quite often dip over the ditch before you get a shot. We are very lucky with what we have here and we are always mindful not to overshoot the wild bird. We could have shot more this day but we let some of them fly on. Dogs love it, that's what they live for.
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What county was that in some fine weather their lads
We are in County Antrim on the coast.
Good shooting Ollie. Unbelievable blue skies in December. Great ground you have to shoot over.
Thanks Al. The weather has been unreal this Winter, not always the crisp days I enjoy but the sun has been shining more than not.
Very good shooting Ollie, we've had a fantastic woodcock season here in north wales big numbers of woodcock around with good shooting weather for a change, that was a great video I really enjoyed that thank you.
It's been a better season for woodcock this year than last year that is for sure. Thanks for watching.
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Some more woodcock/rough shooting from Ireland. This was recorded on the 17th December 2016.We seemed to come on a fall of birds that had arrived in with the recent full moon. We flushed 21 woodcock, 10 of which made it into the bag along with 1 snipe & 1 pheasant.Apologies about all the slow motions, however, it is sometimes quite difficult to pick up the birds without slow motion shots.Thanks for watching
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Another most enjoyable watch, blue skies, sun, sea dead calm, that looked more like August than December.
Your dogs all work well and hard, I don't think you could shoot that land without a good dog.
Been very lucky with the weather this season!!! Definitely couldn't do it without a trusty companion, thanks again for your kind words.
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Wow, you shot some cracking birds in this video. Do you have to thump the gun everytime to start the Shotkam recording?
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Another video out on the Pheasant Syndicate. This one is from Boxing Day, so after loads of turkey & wine on Christmas Day the shooting wasn't great.Was a really great day weather wise but the sun constantly proved a hindrance with it in my eyes and also shining off the sea.I hope you all enjoy, plenty more videos to follow!!!
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Nice video that. Good reaction time on that woodcock shot over the fence as well !
Thanks. I climbed onto the ditch on my knees, was about to take cartridge out of the chamber when I heard the flush. It was quick & instinctive from my knees lol.
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What a beautiful November day , there are few things better than a casual stroll with the dog.
A couple of woodcock and a rabbit is a nice bonus.
Yeah lovely day it was. Love being out with the dogs, the bag is a bonus.
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Some Sunday viewing for you all. Only got this video made from November, a short outing on the woodcock.
Managed to capture a lovely bird on video & it shows up really good in slow mo. Hope you all enjoy:
Pheasant Shooting January Part 2
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Thanks for watching.
That's the mull of kintyre across the sea, it's about 15 mile across the Irish Sea from us. Rathlin is further north off ballycastle.