webber Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Due to unforeseen circumstances, a long established South Lancashire shoot has the following dates and pegs available to shoot alongside existing syndicate members. 100 bird, fully driven Pheasants on 3000 Acre estate with over 30 possible drives, duck and woodcock may also present. £250 per peg + £15 beaters tips. Current BASC membership is required. 27th. Novenber Saturday 1 peg available. Syndicate * 1st. December Wednesday 1 peg available. Let day. SOLD 18th. December Saturday 3 pegs available. Syndicate.[/b] 2days sold, 1 to PW member; 1 day remaining. 5th. January Wednesday 1 peg available. Let day. SOLD[/b] 8th. January Saturday 1 peg available. Syndicate day. *SOLD[/b] The shoot is run by the keeper, Jimmy Edwards, who can be contacted on his mobile telephone. Jimmy does not do emails etc. hence my involvement. If you have any problems trying to contact Jimmy, please email me, and I shall ensure that your enquiry is attended to. You may book through me if you so wish. Cheques payable to J. EDWARDS. I am advised that the January shoots will be challenging and are only recommended for experienced game shots. Please contact me via the PW PM system. * Doc Savage and I are both shooting on these dates; we would be pleased to host any PW member. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 8th January sold to PW member. Availability above amended. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Recommended, I bought a day on this shoot yesterday with my mate. Met Webber and Doc Savage, who wasn't shooting but just having a walk round and loading for Webber. Ended up with a bag of 110 comprising of about 80 pheasants, 3 woodcock and the balance of duck. I know the area quite well, it is on the Lancashire plain and is so flat they used to test spirit levels there but the keeper and beaters put some more than decent birds over the pegs. The other guns were good company and though it's a formal driven shoot the day was really quite informal. I have booked a further day in January and if that is as enjoyable as yesterday I could well be seeking a 1/2 gun (if available) for the 2011/12 season. I'm also going to tap up the keeper/captain to see if there is any possibility of February roost shooting (£?) as there are enough little blocks of woods to make it look as if that could be really good sport pest control Anyhoo, if anyone is thinking about taking up the remaining days (see above), for what it's worth I would unhesitatingly endorse it. Mr Potter PS At one point after lunch as we were driving to the next drive we passed a field with a couple of thousand geese feeding, I know next to nothing about geese but was told they were pinkfeet and bean geese. This was some sight, the field looked bare but was told it was a potato field, well it used to be, that lot must of cleaned it off. About 40 mins later, as we were on our pegs for the drive the noise of geese got louder and louder, looked up and the sky was dark with huge skeins coming in from every direction, don't know how many but I would guess at a further 1000 plus, an amazing sight. And before you ask, yes they were way out of range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Looks like you had a good day & enjoyed yourself How many guns were shooting Mr P / Webber & how much did it work out per bird £££ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 10 guns out; £250 per gun +£15 tip for beaters. Bag was set at 100, but ended up at 110 with no overage charged. There were some really good birds shot, its simply a case of picking your birds. The keeper and his team do an excellent job. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Availability above amended. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 1st. December SOLD Availability above amended. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 1 day on 18th. December sold to PW member. Availability above amended. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Can I not tempt anyone with the peg for this Saturday 27th. November? Unfortunatly, the gun who's position you would fill feels unable to shoot as his dog is ill, and he won't shoot without his dog! Doc Savage and I are both shooting on Saturday, we would be pleased to host a PW member and provide transport around the shoot in my Range Rover. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 5th. January SOLD. Availability above amended. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Can I not tempt anyone with the peg for this Saturday 27th. November? Unfortunatly, the gun who's position you would fill feels unable to shoot as his dog is ill, and he won't shoot without his dog! Doc Savage and I are both shooting on Saturday, we would be pleased to host a PW member and provide transport around the shoot in my Range Rover. webber Still available. The shoot is TOMORROW. This is an excellent days sport going begging. Please don't be shy; webber and Doc Savage will host you and transport you around the shoot to the various drives. It would be a great pity to see this day go to waste. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Availability above amanded. Only 1 day remaining, 18th. December. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 All positions now filled. Thanks to all those who showed interest, especially those who have booked. There will be a limited number of pigeon roost shooting spaces available. Those who have booked days will be given priority options for any openings. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
german hunter Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Hello everyone, I had a day at this wonderful place and I really enjoyed it. We met in the morning and Webber was so nice to introduce me to the other guns and the Gamekeeper. Webber was a perfect host and I learned a lot from him during the day. It was my first English pheasant hunt and I got absolutely addicted!!! I shot pheasants before in Tschech republic and also in Germany but this pheasants were much fitter and better prepared. All guns had some great opportunities and even if the country is flat the beaters and flaggers did a great job and presented some challenging birds. I am sure you are interested in the bag 117 Pheasants and Ducks, there was no overcharge what demonstrates the generosity of this syndicate and its Gamekeeper Jimmy who is doing a great job in game keeping but also in hosting his guests. If there are next year free pegs I will definitely ask Webber whether I may come again! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTG Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Bickerstaffe Shoot 11th Dec 2010 My old friend John Webster put me on to the Bickerstaffe Shoot and knowing "he says it as it" I quickly sorted out a 100 bird day for both myself, and fellow gun Ian Bibby. On the day we met up with the keeper Jimmy Edwards and his very professional team who went on to produced some amazingly high birds, taking into consideration the flat nature of the ground. We had a terrific days sport resulting in a bag of 105 birds, consisting of mostly Pheasant with few Duck and Woodcock. This was a great day out and I look forward to any available Pheasant or Pigeon oppertunities next season. Many thanks to Jim and John. DaveTG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky T Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Bickerstaff Shoot 1st Jan 2011 Wanting to indulge in a bit of pheasant shooting over the Winter , I eagerly read Mr Potters recommendation of this shoot and swiftly decided to book onto one of the available days that Webber (John) posted up a few weeks back so that I could see what the Bickerstaff shoot was like for myself. Having booked on to shoot on the 18th December, the day was sadly cancelled due to the lack of accessibility caused by the heavy snow in the week preceeding. Thankfully John liased with Jimmy (the keeper) and to my delight the shoot was swiftly rearranged for today I couldn't have been made to feel more welcome, not only by Jimmy and John, but also by the other guns on the day, who incidentally were a mixture of syndicate members and guests like myself and the beaters and pickers up, who were all more than happy to discuss various aspects of the day and shooting in general. The drives were varied encompassing a mixture of cover crops as well as woodland and afforded me the chance to experience being a walking gun en-route to a peg and a standing gun on peg for an entire drive. All in all we had 7 drives today resulting in the following success rate (personally): 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 making my contribution to the bag 9 pheasants. Highlights of the day for me included walking and talking with Brian for an entire drive whilst seeing him work his dogs, getting a pheasant on my first and last shot fired of the day, as well as my two best shots of the day both of which happened in the final drive. All in all I had an excellent day out Fair enough the facilities aren't teh most luxurious, but thats not what is important to me on a day like this as safety and good company IMHO are far more important. Huge thumbs up to Jimmy and John and I look forward to returning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Savage Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 (edited) glad to see you had a good day Nicky Edited January 1, 2011 by Doc Savage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Due to unforeseen circumstances there is 1 peg available on Saturday 15th January. £250 + £15 beaters tips. I am not shooting that day, but will be there looking after a guest gun. I shall be happy to transport any PW member around the shoot and take care of them. Please contact via PM. webber Edited January 7, 2011 by webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesman Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Do you need any beaters here? I'm laid up with a bad back this week but can be available mid week and weekends from the end of next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Do you need any beaters here? I'm laid up with a bad back this week but can be available mid week and weekends from the end of next week. Thanks for the offer, but the beating line and picking up are well covered. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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