adam f Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 LOVE this time of year! A couple of weeks until we start on the driven birds, so Ive got a local permission that I can usually manage a few walked up days over with mates. It's never big bags, usually just a handful of shots / birds, but its a lovely walk. It shoots better earlier on in the season as it only has natural cover, which, by Xmas is pretty thin and the birds then start to drift off to the woods. I was out with Tom0787 off here, he couldnt get over early and his 1pm turned into 2.30pm by the time we got going. He bought 15 month old Leo over, as the shoot is ten times better with a dog to flush the game. It was Leo's first ever time out with the guns and in an area with game. He did really well, didnt range too far ahead and managed to put up quite a few birds - unfortunatly most caught the wind and flew out off the permisson. After maybe a dozen birds leaking out of the wrong side of the hedge, we split and covered both sides of a hedge with a fair bit of cover - half way up the hill a cock got up on toms side and a hen on mine. Tom had only loaded one shell (long story!)and missed, I allowed mine to get up a bit and she caught the wind and came back almost over head - a nice testing shot and down she came! Leo had a go at finding it and after a bit of encouragement found her and got his first ever taste of warm feathered game! The next hour or so was fairly quiet, so we turned around and re-traced our route out. About 500 yards from my house we worked the last section of hedgerow where Ive put a feeder this year and it seems to be working holding a few birds in the area, again the winning tactic was to cover both sides of the hedge. Tom called straight away that Leo had pricked his ears and as he stuck his nose in the cover a nice pair of hens burst up - I missed with both shots! As I'm stood there with an empty gun, tom calls 'Cock' and a fat birds buzzes right out in front - no shells in the gun, no shots! I'm still stood there bemused when another hen flushed behind me, I just had time to spin, jam a shell in the top chamber, switch barrels as I closed the gun and bought her down about 40 yards out - real snap shooting and a fantastic few minutes! This sums up rough shooting for me - not the numbers of shots but using fieldcraft to flush the birds and a nice amble around to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsey Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Sounds like a nice way to spend an afternoon tho - and a great training exercise for Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Well done mate :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 sounds like a great day, cannot wait for my next guest day! good shooting sounds like you were in good company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon - Good company, a young do that worked well and a few shots, nice one! As for not having your gun loaded when you needed it, fair doos to you for admiting it, there are many others that wouldn't have said anything or made up an excuse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyotemaster Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 It's not always about quantity. I love to see good dog work and enjoy seeing a good shot made as well as making one. It sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddypower999 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Sounds like a great waste of time to me. Give me a shout if you ever need a second dog Pebbles is always up for a bit of hedge bashing Ps Bam bam is looking like she is going to pop Cheers Paddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam f Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Paddy - you would be most welcome to come over for a walk around. Ive got a guest this weekend, so lets sort a date out after then? Great news re. Bam Bam - nearly ready to go this end, crate and kennel etc - she has another 3/4 weeks yet? So she will be massive then!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_0787 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yeah it was a great afternoon, I was chuffed to bits with Leos first day out with the gun. I could have left the gun at home as I was perfectly happy just working him! ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPPY-72 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 goodstuff guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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