wymberley Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, Smokersmith said: That would be someone misquoting Simulated Game Shooting ... Nope, sadly not. They were talking about me as I do simulated clay shooting. Simple, I just miss everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 My rifles have started collecting dust, not even been out this year. I have booked a few shooting days when the season starts .. so at the minute im a 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 The passion is as strong as ever , but at 72 you have to realistic and know you cant do the amount as you once done when the body was more mobile , from February I do a fair bit of pigeon shooting , now I don't sit it out in the really cold weather and when I go it is normally for three or fours hours instead of all day , this past week I have been four times , dead easy really , drive across the Pea stubble , set up , hide your motor and then the reverse when you pack up , this carry on till the stubbles are pulled up and then it's the start of the game shooting season , last season I done around 20 days and this year if the good lord above spare me then it will be about the same , still very passionate about wild fowling but it is now inland instead of coastal , then at the end of the season it is not the end but the beginning of another sporting year . I would say 7/8 out of ten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Smokersmith said: That would be someone misquoting Simulated Game Shooting ... Sadly not. Look in the clay pigeon section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sako7mm Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 I blame the summer for my general lack of desire to get out. I went stalking last weekend and the midges made it unbearable. I am shooting a few crows but have no desire to get out foxing or anything else. I bought a NV scope over a week ago and haven't zeroed it yet. Maybe it's an age thing, but my wish to get out shooting has rarely been weaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) I shoot mainly because I enjoy the occasion; Clays I shoot virtually all my clays (most weekends) with the same group of friends and we have a great laugh, break a few clays and simply enjoy ourselves. Game, I enjoy a day or two of walked up grouse with a friend with whom I have been shooting for over 30 years, though at 62 (me) and over 70 (him), this is getting a bit like hard work, and we don't cover the ground as we used to! I also have about 6 or 7 days on a small (very local) farm shoot, again with good friends and we have a great time, and a bit of food for the freezer. I have far more interest in enjoying using vintage and 'interesting' guns than I have in the technical aspects of multichokes, back boring, raised ribs - or the other fashions that come and go. With my standard of shooting, I can do just as badly with a 100+ year old English gun as I would with the latest expensive clay busting masterpiece. All of my shooting is more about a good day out with friends rather than breaking clays, or taking game. Edited July 14, 2019 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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