Howletts Shoot – 15th October 2011

 
The first scheduled shoot day has finally come around.  A little ice on my windscreen from the clear sky last night and a sunny day ahead widely forecast. I drew peg 8 and we were shooting first.  Although the birds were flying very low, especially the quail I watched glide by early on, I managed to put four pheasant in the bag.

Walking gun on B team’s drive and another pheasant and 2 partridge added, which Laurie’s dog picked for me.

Not a shot fired by me on our second drive, followed by a field lunch in the sun. Two (less than composed) shots on the last drive for no return.

Doom Bar and a bite at the L.B. after to finish a nice day for the Shoot with 45 birds for 168 shots. Let’s see how Paul gets on in a couple of weeks.

Bag for the day (7 birds for 22 shots)
Pheasant 5
Partridge 2

The man with by far the biggest hand in making it all happen; looking rightly proud with some of the fruits…