Back up at the shoot

[foxdropper 17,092]

Our part time keeper sent me a pic of our small flight pond .Do you reckon he’s  overdoing the feed as they are like town ducks lol

[ianm 2,594]

Well the 410 day went well. Weather was nice for a change, no rain!

The total bag was sixty five head.

I let my grandson shoot the last drive. He has never shot my 410 but he did alright with it. He killed a nice dark cock pheasant (his first ) and a normal coloured cock. 

[foxdropper 17,092]

Nice mate . Good on the young un .

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

65 head with the 410s that's some good shooting

[BenBhoy 4,706]

8 hours ago, shovel leaner said:

And then I’ve got to start jet washing the trucks .

 

8 hours ago, foxdropper said:

If you need a hand between now and new year mate just say .

Very kind offer...

[BenBhoy 4,706]

5 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Got invited to my mates for a duck flight as the geese have been dropping in regular and I have never shot geese coming in to a pond . Well it was a very quiet night with the geese a no show but I managed a couple of duck.....

Love shooting teal, well done. 

[BenBhoy 4,706]

8 hours ago, Stavross said:

One thing we did find out when we were feeding is she really doesn’t like the great outdoors

I'd call that a lucky escape for ya! I reckon its important for a couple to have different interests/pastimes: I have farming & shooting and she enjoys ironing and cooking..... 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Just now, BenBhoy said:

Love shooting teal, well done. 

It's very frustrating when they drop in when it's dark and you cant get a bead on them , just hear splash on the water

[Stavross 13,720]

51 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

I'd call that a lucky escape for ya! I reckon its important for a couple to have different interests/pastimes: I have farming & shooting and she enjoys ironing and cooking..... 

I don’t mind her coming with me, I think she misses out a lot not coming to the shoot days, getting to know new people and being out in the fresh air. I wish she had different views on where good food comes from and why we shoot, but everyone’s different and if we all liked the same things there wouldn’t be enough to go round 

[foxdropper 17,092]

1 hour ago, FOXHUNTER said:

It's very frustrating when they drop in when it's dark and you cant get a bead on them , just hear splash on the water

Last vestiges of light .You need sky behind them to shoot them off cos you’ll rarely see them in .We get 30/40 teal when weather gets hard and damn good shooting on the right night .Give me a mallard for eating though any day .

[shovel leaner 7,648]

42 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Last vestiges of light .You need sky behind them to shoot them off cos you’ll rarely see them in .We get 30/40 teal when weather gets hard and damn good shooting on the right night .Give me a mallard for eating though any day .

I can’t eat Teal . Not after I saw them dabbling around some sanitary towels at a sewage treatment works .

[BenBhoy 4,706]

19 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

I can’t eat Teal . Not after I saw them dabbling around some sanitary towels at a sewage treatment works .

Additional iron in one's diet can be beneficial! 

When I was working with pigs i regularly would watch sows fighting amongst themselves trying to drink piss straight from the fanny of an on heat sow! But I still eat bacon! 

Edited December 28, 2020 by BenBhoy

[Stavross 13,720]

53 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

Additional iron in one's diet can be beneficial! 

When I was working with pigs i regularly would watch sows fighting amongst themselves trying to drink piss straight from the fanny of an on heat sow! But I still eat bacon! 

You are a whole other level of wrong

[BenBhoy 4,706]

4 minutes ago, Stavross said:

You are a whole other level of wrong

 

[Stavross 13,720]

Feeding this morning and we’ve had a covering of snow, the birds are hungry and waiting at the feed areas in the piggeries drives and Gordon’s pen, even had a few at the forestry pen drive at the centre of the shoot, I had the missus with me again this morning and she seems keen to come beating on Saturday as long as she doesn’t get cold ( not sure I can do anything about that ). I would be happy if we get a little more snow for Saturday to keep the birds where I’ve got them and hopefully keep them hunkered down in the cover of the woods