Back up at the shoot

[shovel leaner 7,648]

Talking of livestock finding weird and wonderful ways to die , a mate sent me this picture a while back , saying “ only a pheasant could manage this “.

[Stavross 13,711]

Cheers for that, I’ve not been doing this to long so I’ll happily suck as many eggs as I need to 

( go on Ben you know you want to )

[Stavross 13,711]

52 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

Talking of livestock finding weird and wonderful ways to die , a mate sent me this picture a while back , saying “ only a pheasant could manage this “.

They really are thick

[si brown 8,486]

1 hour ago, Stavross said:

They really are thick

Call um stupid chickens round this way!

if you live on the estate they sort your smashed windscreens and lights through there insurance... they really are stupid

[Stavross 13,711]

Well the birds look a lot more settled this evening, what a difference a day makes, I had a walk over the far side to have a look for a ginger as in the coming weeks this is where the birds will be heading, no sign of a fox but forestry have been in and removed a lot of timber, now I’m not saying this is a bad thing but it would of been nice to be told as this may change the drive, but we’ll see 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Frustrating but not surprising ,they,re not known for their soft cuddly demeanour our Forestry companies are they .

[Stavross 13,711]

We fully understand that it’s a farmed for timber and it works well for us because they never clear fell, they take out rows which open up the forestry blocks creating new drives, they always do it in the summer so come November everything has settled down nicely, this is the first time they haven’t shown us the cut plan, so I’ll have to have a word to see what else is coming out and if it will change any of the drives

they have definitely stirred the deer up, I’ve never seen that many in that area, I seen 6 roe and 9 fallow including a very nice large fallow buck

i also managed to scare the life out of a truck driver that was spending the night in the forestry before been loaded in the morning, I thought he was going to have a heart attack and all I said was “ alright mate “

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Poor driver, i understand you don't own a mirror

[BenBhoy 4,706]

8 hours ago, Stavross said:

i also managed to scare the life out of a truck driver that was spending the night in the forestry before been loaded in the morning, I thought he was going to have a heart attack and all I said was “ alright mate “

Understandable. 

[Stavross 13,711]

You lot are orrible to me

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Back to wind and rain again today Stav , bloody pain. 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Only guarantee in the UK ,the weather people dont have a clue.There as much use as an outside loo on an airplane. 

[Stavross 13,711]

15 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Back to wind and rain again today Stav , bloody pain. 

I know, it doesn’t look any better for next week, I think we’ve had summer 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Just now, Stavross said:

I know, it doesn’t look any better for next week, I think we’ve had summer 

Yep rain all next week mate. Summer is gone , hope we have a dryish Autumn. 

[Stavross 13,711]

2 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Yep rain all next week mate. Summer is gone , hope we have a dryish Autumn. 

I hope so, the start of last season was a wash out, it rained for most of November, I remember the first day we did 6 drives in the pouring rain and shot 12 birds, it came good in December and January with some respectable 50/60 bird days, I’d happily not shoot all season until there’s snow on the ground then I’ll shoot every drive because to me pheasant shooting is at its best in the snow