comanche 2,799 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Yesterday l was offered an unexpected opportunity to spend an afternoon shooting along the private banks of a river . It was a great offer and as l knew it is unlikely to be repeated l was eager to take it up. With no time to buy cartridges l was glad that at home l had half a pocket full left from the last time l used the 12 bore. The "good thing" was that the shells were bismuth ; thus ducks could shot. The "bad thing" was that my shotgun had been dormant in the cabinet for about three years and l didn't exactly excel myself with it before that . Thus my chances of actually hitting anything seemed slim. So when a duck rose from the reeds l surprised myself by hitting it with my first shot of the day . I almost considered quitting while ahead and heading back to thank my host for a great afternoon , but there was still half a mile of river bank to explore . I'm glad l carried- on. The next excitement came from a teal. A total miss with the first barrel was compensated for by the second shot . Though it did fall in the river. I then returned to my usual form and missed a couple of things ;each with both barrels , four cartridges gone. Reloading the gun left me with just one shell in my pocket. It didn't seem to matter though as the next few hundred yards of reed beds weren't giving much away. Then as l neared the boundary of my permission a pheasant clattered up and took me by such surprise that l didn't have time to miscalculated things like forward lead or worry about my bad posture or technical stuff or the fact that l didn't have ammunition to waste. Hence l hit it! As l wandered back l dropped a mallard from a bunch that came over low just as the Sun started to fall . It made a Grand Finale to the afternoon. I still had one cartridge left but it stayed in my pocket. Ending on a high note seemed a good idea. Edited January 30, 2022 by comanche 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,742 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Great write up, I love an unexpected invitation to do something you don’t often get the chance to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddex96 9 Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Lovely mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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