Lord Geordie Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 The alarm went off at 6am. I hopped out of bed got washed and sorted with my gear! Grabbed the cheese from the fridge and hopped into the car. I set off for the hours drive to the shoot with mixed feelings about the day ahead! Weather man says it's raining pretty much all day! I pulled off the A1 down the road go the farm! My hopes were high when I saw a good few pheasant in the bushes on the drive down. How wrong I was! My first drive saw me get one shot off and miss. My second drive saw me fire 4 shots missing a belting pheasant! Other than that there was nothing. Third and final drive I was in the woods on the track through. This started badly, as I took a shot at a nice fast moving partridge the gun slipped off my shoulder and the lever smacked into my thumb ripping the thumb tip open Still, not to worry! I manned up and reloaded in time to see a pheasant heading my way! Slid the safety off, gave it a little lead and squeezed the trigger! Boom. The bird folded to the first barrel and came down with a thud! I reloaded and didn't have to wait long for another chance! I saw a pheasant heading through the trees and brought my barrels up to meet it. Then I heard a rustle in front of me! I looked down to see a Hare stop dead and just stare me out! I froze as I stared back for what seemed an eternity! Just Him and Me in this little moment! After what must have been 25 seconds he just took a sniff of the air and casually walked off Of course I lost the bird but that was amazing! After getting my head round my encounter I heard a call and saw a pheasant through the trees left to right! I mounted the gun, brought the gun through and just as it was clearing the canopy about 45 yards away I let fly with the rear trigger! Wings crumpled and down it came. Number 2 of the day! I never really had any more chances, but 2 is better than 0. Back next week! See how it goes? May do better as I shot like a **** today. A few easy shots totally fluffed. They are now in the shed and will be sorted monday afternoon. Pheasant curry me thinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Since when was pr at a swear word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Two quality birds...perfect but I am worried.....you hopped out of bed! So your only 25 then! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Two quality birds...perfect but I am worried.....you hopped out of bed! So your only 25 then! U. yes! Only 25! Add another 17 to that though :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Your a couple years younger than me then......that explains it then yer whippersnapper lol...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Good write up fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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