pontbeck

Drove from San Francisco to San Diego twice, couldn't recommend it highly enough, fantastic.

Please don't swing by the neck, use a priest

No flack as we've all been there. The priest is the best route as killing by braking the neck is much more difficult. An old keeper showed me numerous times, he could do it one handed without any obvious effort but it takes time to perfect

Shot a cracking partridge out of a covey last week, 45 - 50 yds to my right , only problem was I was shooting at the bird in front of the one that dropped

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Bad advice. No kennel club papers. As they won't register a litter from a bitch of that age , especially a first litter .

Yes

No one will mind how good you are, everyone will mind how safe you are.

That means there'll be two teams and you will alternate between beating and shooting. Not being rude you do sound inexperienced and there is too much to tell you to be able to help on the forum. Safety is the main concern and as Kennett said that can go out the window if you become over excited. I took a relatively inexperienced guy last year as my guest . He told be he had shot a fair few days on pheasants but I decided I would give up my gun and stand with him and I was pleased I did. I told him to shoot only into the sky as a background but he attempted to shoot a very low partridge and I stopped him. He said but I would be shooting into the sky, which was true , but it wasn't 6 foot high and the beaters could have popped up at any time. For your own sake and for those of your fellow guns tell the farmer of your experience and ask if someone could accompany you.

Is it driven or walk up ? If it's driven I would take Kennett's advice.

I hope you have as good a time as possible. I can't and don't want to imagine a Christmas without my wife.

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My two oldest granddaughters have attended the local primary school with 90 pupils from 5 years old to eleven. The education was exceptional and much better than the local private schools where some of the neighbouring children were educated.

All our own birds, no shoots around us, 900 birds down 12 guns. Your right ,absolute bargain

I'm paying £450 for a similar syndicate shooting 8/ 10 days averaging 50 birds per day. We also have duck ponds where we feed the wild birds and shoot alternate to the pheasant days. Last year I worked out it cost me £20 per visit, 10 days on pheasants and 12 nights on ducks.

This is the best advice on "Gun fit", for a newcomer, I have read on the forum

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Sorry to hear of your sad loss. Borders are great little dogs and I've had many, mine would retrieve but only for themselves !!!. I congratulate you on getting one to retrieve to hand.

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I 'm now retired but had a commercial property paying £ 10,000 in rates but that didn't include a refuse pick up which was in addition. I'm not looking for an argument but I think your defending the indefensible . My father was a bin lorry driver for most of his life so I have some idea of the day to day problems.

Some time ago we cleared my mother in laws house. Spoke to the council and paid to take two van loads to the local tip. The last item , a chest freezer, they refused saying it was a commercial item . I asked where I could dispose of it and told they didn't know and I should contact the council who gave me the phone numbers of 5 commercial contractors, all of which said they wouldn't collect from a domestic address . I expressed some frustration with the last contractor who advised me to infer to the council that I would fly tip if I didn't get any help. Such a change in reaction , I was told to leave freezer at the top of the drive and they would collect in 10 days, I paid £30 for the privilege. Why couldn't someone tell me that when I first phoned, it was on the van and I would have dropped it off at the site and paid, saving them the cost of collection . No wonder there is so much fly tipping when you get such a negative attitude from the local authority, even when you are prepared to pay the cost.

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I have a photo of a Bulldog circa 1900, looks more like the modern day Boxer than a Bulldog. I know the secretary of one of the Bulldog clubs and she is a very honest and sensible breeder but she has a Jack Russel to take for walks as non of the Bulldogs are capable of walking more than a short distance without discomfort.

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