Howletts Shoot – 31st December 2011

Both Paul and I were shooting on this re-scheduled Partridge Day shoot. Six drives, straight through.  During the day, everyone was a walking gun at some point and so we shot four out of the six drives.

Whilst the guys pushed through College Wood from behind the farmhouse we lined up in the field just down from the Home Pen pegs.  Spotted a really nice woodcock too late as it flew down the wood edge at the start of the drive. Things picked up and ended up with four Pheasant (from peg 1), but had I moved in closer to the trees I may have had a few more as the birds were flying along the edge, rather than out of the wood.

One for one from peg 3 in College Wood as they walked it through from the east side.

Walking gun on Nelsons – not a shot.

Woodcock Pen drive(?) last and I should have had at least three partridge from a good peg; but I blew it.

Paul eneded the day with 7 for 22 and Joseph won the ‘total shots’ pot of £79, being closest to the 322 shots which resulted in 88 birds.

Bag for the day (5 birds for 14 shots)
Pheasant 5