Assynt3

Thank you. The message is clear - I will revise plans to buying a domestic bird! But as these opportunities (a couple of days off with domestic approval!) are so scarce, I would still dearly love to get out and have a go if I can. Thanks to everyone for your replies and if anyone does have time to fit this in for some extra funds before Christmas please let me know. The odds are long I know. All the best for the festive weekend ahead.

Thanks - it’s Edinburgh but happy to drive a fair way!

Thank you - that’s certainly a good point about edibility! I will bear that in mind. Noting the odds are against me, if anyone might know someone who might be able to guide me (I’m happy to pay) for either foreshore or decoy please direct message me. Thank you for the quick and helpful replies - yes it definitively would be better to get one from the shops, but it is of course about more than just that!

Hello everyone, I’ve just joined the forum to ask a question which might seem a bit whimsical or naive. Feel free to say so! It’s been a reasonably tough year (as for many of us!) and an idea which has been living in my mind for a little while has risen to the surface. It’s to get cold, wet and tired but with a chance of shooting a goose for Christmas. I can take Thursday and Friday (21/22) off this week and wondered if anyone has any advice about going wildfowling in preferably a coastal setting at short notice like this. I don’t have a dog, I own a 12G over and under with multi chokes (a silver pigeon) not a semi-auto, so ideally would need a guide with a dog. As noted on the forum this is a topic of some sensitivity and I understand there are people who disagree with the sport. I have contacted a couple of commercial outfits on the internet and had an option in Orkney which sadly I can’t take up as the forecast is so bad I might get stranded if the ferry back is cancelled! Others said they can’t accommodate a single gun. Please do feel free to point out this is all a bit too late, which I certainly would agree with, but just wanted to try see if I can find a way. From what I understand if you do have any specific advice about guides or places please direct message me instead of posting on the open thread. I’m based in Edinburgh but happy to drive distance (car is fingers crossed working after some repeated repairs!), will be able to leave the night before. Thank you for any suggestions and also please let me know if I’m not on top of any forum etiquette - it’s my first post.

Hello everyone, I’m a middle-aged frazzled dad with an air rifle and shotgun that are seldom used these days but hoping to reconnect a little bit. Based in Edinburgh.