TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 My eldest son and a Mate accompanied myself and a Mate up to Ripon to shoot a few pheasants on Saturday. Dry and bright but a bit too warm, the birds were reluctant to fly well in the morning. After lunch a bit more cloud came in and they started to fly wonderfully. Mike had set his phone up to record video and then grabbed some screen shots from the footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Nice one T C , might be slightly different in Yorkshire but around this way the Partridges have mainly taken care of October and the long tails start towards the end of the month or early November , our old boss who is now long gone didn't start till the second Monday in November as he always shot on a Monday , he used to say it wasn't worth starting until the leaves are off the trees , now you would have to wait a lot longer than the second Monday in November to see the leaves off the trees . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 Between the guns there were only two partridges shot for the day. But down at Audley End in Essex on Tuesday it was an all partridge day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Pheasants have been in season for nearly a month and I have not yet considered raising my gun to one. Done three order full days on the partridge though. First pheasants for me will be in ten days time in Shropshire. Nice pictures TC, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Well done our first shoot is on 2nd November this saturday coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehb102 Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 7 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Between the guns there were only two partridges shot for the day. But down at Audley End in Essex on Tuesday it was an all partridge day. It was all ladies too. Mr Tightchoke was out getting the charm on, left me for a lady whose need was greater than mine To be fair, he had already kicked me into shape, I got some beautiful high partridge, highest I've ever seen on the last drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 It was a lovely day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted Tuesday at 20:48 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:48 (edited) My mate had a peg on a partridge drive last Saturday about an hours drive south of Ripon just outside Keighley! I was beating on our usual family shoot it was glorious the spaniel even behaved herself! Though a couple of the early drives had problems with pheasant not wanting to fly into the sun which over the guns. did you call in at Churchills clay ground TC Agriv8 Edited Tuesday at 20:48 by Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted Wednesday at 06:03 Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:03 9 hours ago, Agriv8 said: My mate had a peg on a partridge drive last Saturday about an hours drive south of Ripon just outside Keighley! I was beating on our usual family shoot it was glorious the spaniel even behaved herself! Though a couple of the early drives had problems with pheasant not wanting to fly into the sun which over the guns. did you call in at Churchills clay ground TC No, it was dark on the way up and most of the way back, they don't open the correct hours for me to fit it all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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