pavman Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Right then; Orf to Anna in Dumfries Scotland Thursday to Sunday for a lads weekend, goose flighting on the solway, driven fezants and a duck flight on a pond. I understand there may be a problem with cockle pickers putting the geese off??? anyone any local news (will be located at Anna) Anyway should be fun, I have packed my Breeks, a case of larger, 12 bottles of red wine 2 bottles of Port and some Scotch, I have 25 10 bore loads, 150 fibre wad for the fezants and 50 non tox for the duck, space in the truck is limited (4 fat lads) so I have been asked to keep kit to a minimum so I just wonder what cartridges I should leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Right then; a case of larger, I have been asked to keep kit to a minimum so I just wonder what I should leave Best to wait out in the garage for the others to arrive. That way you can pack that case away on the inside and save room. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Although it is on the west coast you will probably find that they do sell alcohol there Have a good time there,you will be shooting smaller tides and a waning moon so all should be well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 You might have problems finding Anna. Best look on the map for Annan instead. Good luck! Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 You might have problems finding Anna. Best look on the map for Annan instead. Good luck! Mark. B) am not the driver so lets hope he has the map, any news on the geese mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 This is where we went recently, well just outside of Annan at Cummertrees, if the guides name is Gavin, be prepared for a personality transplant, probably didn't help that my mate forgot to put his handbrake on the Ford ranger and it rolled into their Volvo half hour after we arrived. B) If the duck flight is on a dammed burn on a hillside take some artic clothing as it is ******** freezing. When we went we shot the first goose of the season for him and this was the 9th December. Our guide thought it was the amount of Brent and Barnacle about that was putting off the Pinks and Greys, that and the fact that we'd driven past 35,000 of them sitting on the North Norfolk cost feeding on the Beet Tops. The sunrise over the Solway Firth is something to behold, and if the geese are out in the Firth the noise as they prepare to flight is incredible, as is the sight of all those thousands of geese (Mostly Brent and Barnacle) taking off over a mile to two miles out. Apart from the Guides Sense of Humour and Personality transplant, the whole 3 days of shooting was good value for money and the Food his wife served up was fantastic. Am very jealous now, wishing I was going back. All the best. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 This is where we went recently, well just outside of Annan at Cummertrees, if the guides name is Gavin, be prepared for a personality transplant, probably didn't help that my mate forgot to put his handbrake on the Ford ranger and it rolled into their Volvo half hour after we arrived. B) If the duck flight is on a dammed burn on a hillside take some artic clothing as it is ******** freezing. When we went we shot the first goose of the season for him and this was the 9th December. Our guide thought it was the amount of Brent and Barnacle about that was putting off the Pinks and Greys, that and the fact that we'd driven past 35,000 of them sitting on the North Norfolk cost feeding on the Beet Tops. The sunrise over the Solway Firth is something to behold, and if the geese are out in the Firth the noise as they prepare to flight is incredible, as is the sight of all those thousands of geese (Mostly Brent and Barnacle) taking off over a mile to two miles out. Apart from the Guides Sense of Humour and Personality transplant, the whole 3 days of shooting was good value for money and the Food his wife served up was fantastic. Am very jealous now, wishing I was going back. All the best. SS Looks like the same spot Sorry me Lod, I shoot a Canada and my dog came back with a Barnacle :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARBINE Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Thats real great place to go goose shooting be sure to have a drive round in the day and look for the geese in the fields and get some pics on here for us jealous ******* have a good un Pavman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Get pics Pavman and check your texts now! LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Get pics Pavman and check your texts now! LB wat txt??? tried on my breeks last night looks like mrs P has boil washed them and thay have shrunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 You might have problems finding Anna. Best look on the map for Annan instead. Good luck! Mark. Mark, perhaps he let slip why he is really going. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARBINE Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Nice one cranners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 You might have problems finding Anna. Best look on the map for Annan instead. Good luck! Mark. Mark, perhaps he let slip why he is really going. Dam it found out again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 This is where we went recently, well just outside of Annan at Cummertrees, if the guides name is Gavin, be prepared for a personality transplant, Apart from the Guides Sense of Humour and Personality transplant, the whole 3 days of shooting was good value for money and the Food his wife served up was fantastic. Am very jealous now, wishing I was going back. All the best. SS SS you are right on all counts! on the bad side, very few birds only two of us had a Goose and a total of about 6 duck showed up on two flt ponds, (that’s Fowling) 3o 0dd fezant to 4 guns over 2 days, we had a location cancel as they had run out of birds so i think we went over ground that had been shot a few days prior. not allowed to shoot at Geese until told was a bit naff (its to stop shots on high birds) and takes account of punters with no experience only, I missed a chgance at shot at a 35 yard bird cause guide had not seen it It rained all the time so I only got a few pics (will post later) on the good side, which is what counts, great food a clean warm bed, the beater/picker up was a great chap (Brendan) Gavin’s dogs are fab his little golden bitch is the best tracker I have seen and made some fantastic retrieves from cover ,and that alone was worth the 6 hr drive, I love to watch a good dog work overall I was a tad disappointed, however the company of my friends and the location is fair compensation for a sore head on red wine and a small bag return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 P - Don`t worry about the duck as they are spread far and wide with all the splashes and standing water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Pavman, We never got told what to shoot at so he must of assumed that you lot can't shoot :o Brendan was a nice guy albeit a large guy. Did you do the rough shoot down alongside the river? We were lucky that we had good weather every day we were there and the scenary down by that river is fantastic. I would have preferred to have done that shoot just before lunch so you could sit and drink it all in 9The scenery not the river). Seems we had more birds than you over the weekend , but we had a mini-driven day over hadrians wall. Did you do that? Food is excellant, beds nice and warm, did you ask him about our party and the guy who let his Ford Ranger roll into his? Strange to park up in that carpark and then trapse to just pass the caravan site for the goose flights. Its so much different to the sticky, smelly black mud we're used to on the east anglian coast. Nice sandy, no smell, good scenery At the end of the day, I used the weekend as a nice break away from Work and stress and the company I went with more than helped. Shooting and hitting anything was a bonus as far as I was concerned, although when we did his rough shoot in the "louisiana Swamplands" I was beginning to think what the hell was I doing. On the subject of his lab bitch, on the rough shoot drive down by the river, one of our guys when we did the release pen wood, winged a hen bird, and it went and hid in the river bank down a rabbit hole. As we wlked back the bitch tracked it to the hole and kept digging and digging until gavin could evetually reach in to get it. that's a dog we could all do with SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Pavman, Did you do the rough shoot down alongside the river? Seems we had more birds than you over the weekend , but we had a mini-driven day over hadrians wall. Did you do that? Food is excellant, beds nice and warm, did you ask him about our party and the guy who let his Ford Ranger roll into his? SS SS we did have a shoot by the river, I dropped a cock bird in the middle and the little dog was right on it, He had a day planned for us and got let down he got a call to say we could not shoot (guess he buys days in?) so we had to go on another one of his bits of rough and wood with very few birds showing, mind you with that weather if i was a fezant you would not have flushed me either Did you know he is quitting? no more next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 He had mentioned it and to be honest with his personality it wouldn't surprise me. He was asking us about Wildfowling on the North Norfolk Coast, so you never know, you might bump into him on a more regular basis. Obviously we went early december so there was still plenty of birds about, but we had empty drives three times on his shoot. I said that no self respecting pheasant would ever live in some of those drives, when they're up to their necks in water all the time, why would they, they not ducks!! Still can't complain as the food/bed and the whole weekend's company made up for it. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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