Ferret664

Its funny isn't it how a good day can make you change cartridge. I only tried those extremes 2 years ago and had a great day in that wood taking the best pheasant I have ever shot and some real lovely crosses through dense canopy and haven't looked back since(actually had my best ever.season that year as well ) but like I say everywhere else I just use clear pigeon 30g as I know they're far too much cartridge for anything else round here apart for that one wood ..

This is a subject that always fascinated me . What are peoples choices and why ? I only shoot a few beaters days and keepers days (obviously with covid not this year unfortunately but here's hoping to next season) and am on the Herts/Essex border so birds aren't that high . I generally use a 30g 6 normally clear pigeon but I switch between high pheasant extreme 32g 5s depending on which drive . I always shoot as a walking gun as I like to work my dogs and on one shoot there is very big wood and I use the 32g 5s there to great effect. I pick my birds very carefully and I find shooting through

Had 5 last week 1572

I know what you mean rabbit numbers this way are very low but I've gotten a new permission which seems to be running alive which is nice to see

3 more today to the s410 carbine. 1462

Well they seemed to work well tonight. Took 6 rabbits. Furthest 40 yards and flatterned them.

1458 another one falls to the s410 carbine

Another one today foraging around in the leaf litter s410 put pay to that. 1440

And another one . Nice 27 yard shot this one 👍

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I followed it for quite a way and it just ran and ran and never stopped i lost sight of it eventually. Carried on looking for a while after that but never found it .

How do people find them? They seem to group nicely through my s410 carbine but the other day I hit a squirrel a bit low ( was going for a head shot and rushed it as it was so close and pulled down ) hitting the squirrel in the shoulder . He was broadside to me standing on his hind legs . He was only about 10 yards and it looked like it thumped him but didn't penertrate and he merely ran off not looking any worse for where ? Now I know it was my fault with the placement but I have shot plenty of squirrels at similar range (never more then 10 yards ) in the body in the past and never had any

1434 Another one today with the s410 carbine

Finally after the rain had let up after 4 days !! Managed to get out and bag this chap . Only about 8-10 yards flicking his tail at me.

I only take one woodcock a year for myself to eat . Only if I had the chance at a left and right would I take 2 but the chance of that has yet to happen 🤣 i think they're beautiful birds that deserve great respect and are a joy to see