adam f Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Picked up a new farm a few weeks back - a real beauty, right behind my house, 300 acres of mainly pasture but with a few small copses and a couple of maize fields. Ive not had a chance to shoot it yet due to work commitments, but finally got out this morning. It's a great rough shoot, a few wild phesent, pigeons, rabbits etc but the maize got cut on Weds whilst I was away and I have been chomping at the bit to get on it.... so I decided to have a few hours on it this morning. It took me all of 1 min to drive to the maize stubbles (which is a delight after shooting on friends permissons all summer which are up to 1hr away) I parked up and had a walk around - frustratingly the field was full of spilt maize cobs but most of them were empty! Looks like the pigeon had fun whilst I was away! Anyway I decided to give it a go - I only had 2 hours anyway as family over at lunchtime, and I was keen to 'christen' the shoot. I set up against a hedge - the steatlh camo net was perfect, invisable against the background. I chucked out just a dozen half shell deeks and sat back... the black stuff was everywhere, hundreds off them and they came in straight away, but as I mainly shoot for the pot I'm never too keen on shooting too many so I held out for a piddie... one came in after 10 mins and caught be by surprise but I missed! Anwyay I decided to shoot a few blackies which was good fun and great shooting... before I knew it an hour has passed and I'm getting low on carts, I had just the one pigeon which I was quite chuffed with, a high fast shot. With the clouds building fast and not long left I decided to leave the blacks and have a little walk to see if I could walk up a phesent - Ive not shot one before.... sure enough about 500 yards into the next field I flushed a nice hen out of the hedge and dropped her with the first shot as she flew away. Very pleased! I lost a few blackies in the hedge behind, and whilst it's not the biggest bag it was only a few hours work and it was great fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Well done for getting your first permission and nice shooting and especially good luck for all your future trips. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Congratulations mate its not always the size of the bag that counts its wether you enjoyed yourself and by the looks of it you did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Sounds like it will be great fun and "nice and local" too! Just what you want when you need an hour or two of "Quiet Time"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 good job buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Looks a nice place there Adam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdowns_stalking Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Well done mate, very nice to have it close to home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 good bag mate well done looks like you will have a few more now atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad1 Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 well done mate its a good feeling to have your own permission just remember to be sensible and look after it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyrapid177mk2 Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 nice shooting mate.happy hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left & right Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Top stuff mate great way to Cristen your new permission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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