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The behemoth cock pheasant


coneyhunter
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hello all,

 

i decided to treat myself to a mini boundary day today on some permission that i control the rabbits on, i also wanted to check to see how my newly accuired SKB semi auto was shooting.

 

I arrived and duly plodded alon the hedges, i upset a cock bird that came crashing out the hedge but was too far away, i continued my walk and upset a small group of birds, the hen in my picture flew to my left i swung on and the auto barked, claiming its first, very satisfying Pheasant paced out at 32 yards.

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Placing the bird into my gamebag i carried on, feeling quite happy with my marksmanship ( for once :lol: ) i upset another cockbird who got up and as i swung on frustratingly flew over my boundary, one for another day.

 

I turned a corner and went into a small patch of woodland, feeling confident that i would flush a bird, making as much noise as i could, sadly nothing went up so i decided to walk th adjoining hedge, id got about 50 yards along the hedgeline when the cock bird pictured burst out from underneath some brambles, making a huge racket and veering sharply high and to the right, i swung on and again squeezed the trigger, he stopped in midair and fell to the ground, tumbling several times.

 

i ran over to retrieve my prize and was gobsmacked at the size of him, the pics dont really do it justice. He was an old boy with very long spurs and without doubt the biggest pheasant i have ever shot :D

 

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all in all a great couple of hours, and the auto functioned flawlessly despite being 23 years old :good:

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