Elby Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_0AiT5v9f0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Some of the birds are ridiculously close, others are just average. Not really his fault though it's just that kind of terrain and that kind of shoot ! Pheasants presented like partridges, just about the only thing you can do here is take them 50 yards out to prevent smashed game, not my ideal day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I was going to post the same thing. Those birds were poor and I would have left the majority of them. Shame on The Shooting Show for trying to show them in a different light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 **** the bed! Some of those shots on the first drive!........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 not i would say. surely it would have been better to take the partridges behind and as for the pheasants the barrels should not have been raised to some of them. not the first time we have seen bad shooting practices on that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Commentator saying he's a good shot course he is there about 20 yard high i think you could literally poke them with the barrels bad sportsmanship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Commentator saying he's a good shot course he is there about 20 yard high i think you could literally poke them with the barrels bad sportsmanship 2 minutes 53 discusting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) 03.48 Jesus, Joseph and Mary! Baring in mind the beaters are at the tree in front of him and his barrels are almost horizontal !!!! Edited January 30, 2014 by Colc08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 The pheasants seemed very low for sure. Partridge, I recall only a few times beating drives for English partridge and they were mostly hedge hoppers, if you want high partridge they should be driven over valleys. There again my scant knowledge of grouse shooting is that these birds are not high flyers but contour hugging jet propelled feather clad bullets. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewluke Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Andy Murray could have taken out most of those birds(with his tennis bat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 glad i don't beat there, some were OK, others would have been better left imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_79 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Wow that was special..... But not in the good way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elby Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 4 of the guns on there used to be syndicate guns on my shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 To be fair it was sunny and probably not a good flying day. However as a sportsman not a numbers man I would have probably been much more selective or taken a small bore with light cartridges for the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longy0710 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 agree with the above, too much emphasise on the "bag" and shooting etiquette has gone completely out of the window here. Not nice to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 come on he was shooting a Browning (remember the 725 video ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Some were pretty poor birds,probably due to the conditions but im nay seeing just too much wrong with it.As always you will get different opinions but if "sporting" means high birds then ive seen too many "sporting" birds pricked and carry on never to be picked and die a lingering death.Withoot actually being there i cant comment on the dangerous side and some of the birds he was taking well oot in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBS Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Some were pretty poor birds,probably due to the conditions but im nay seeing just too much wrong with it.As always you will get different opinions but if "sporting" means high birds then ive seen too many "sporting" birds pricked and carry on never to be picked and die a lingering death.Withoot actually being there i cant comment on the dangerous side and some of the birds he was taking well oot in front. Have to agree with you, just out of interest have all of the people with negative comments actually shot partridge? Just asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 The saying "shooting fish in a barrel" just about sums up the entire video as far as I'm concerned but the 2 shoots that I have been fortunate (?) enough to be invited to were pretty much the same. There is no way on earth that this is sporting unless you blindfold the guns and put bells on the birds-nothing that could not have been shot by a boy with a .410. The single redeeming feature of the shoot was the variety of shots presented-one minute the birds were low and head-on, the next drive the birds were head on and er.......low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffryn Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 A poor show of birds but then I have occasionally been in the same situation and understand the pressure placed on you to shoot. Personally, from this video I wouldn't have lifted the gun to a lot of those birds but so easy to pass judgement from the comfort of a laptop without actually being there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Where the birds from pets at home The 1 at 25.16 made me grin 20 yds away happy as Larry not a care in the world feeding In front of the gun ,, ok if your mopping up but not really hard sport birds, I'm sure even I could have got 1 or 2 Edited January 31, 2014 by delburt0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Most driven partridge shooting is at fast low birds, that have to be taken well out in front, in fact the nearer they get the harder they are to shoot. It is fast testing shooting. With the possible distortion of camera angles, distances can be difficult to assess, as are geographical detail. I don't think the film is as bad as most seem to think, I saw a lot of low pheasants being left and never saw any unsafe shooting. Turning round and shooting going away partridges is not considered "sporting". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elby Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yes but they were shooting as many pheasant as partridge. The one that nearly hit the camera man was on the end of his barrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dignity Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Not sure what you would call this type of shooting,its definitely not my cup of tea but each to there own I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brent52 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I think he needs to take lessons from duffryn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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