Season Bag 2013-2014
 Howletts Driven and Evening Flights (39 birds for 93 shots)33 Pheasant 5 Partridge 1 Duck (Mallard) Wildfowling (4 birds for unknown shots) 1 Mallard (Not Picked) 1 Pintail (Hen) 1 Teal 1 Rook |
Season Bag (2012-13)
 Howletts Driven and Evening Flights (48 birds for 122 shots)30 Pheasant 8 Partridge 8 Duck (Mallard) 1 Woodcock 1 Goose (Greylag) Wildfowling (0 birds for 6 shots) |
Gardeners – 9th October 2012
Second trip out with Nick; this time I took Harry along!
Things didn’t start well when Harry grabbed Nick’s favourite chicken by it’s arse. Lucky he dropped it pretty quickly.
Anyway, a quick drive around to Gardeners and we were soon walking along he sea wall to the BWA owned salt marsh. Nick showed me the crates sunk into the mud for crossing on to the strip near the caravan park which can only be shot from November. Then onto the main section of marsh, where Harry confirmed he was a Springer, by tearing around, down in the mud for 40 minutes.
After showing me around, Nick and Nell set up on the far bridge 80 yards from where Harry and I settled down by a creek. As the tide came in I chucked a few Deek’s out and we both sat quietly whilst the marsh gradually came alive. Three small groups of ducks flew within 100 yrds, but not close enough.
After getting home, quick shower for the lad.
Bag for the day (0 birds for 0 shots)
Harry’s first shooting trip – 25th February 2012
Well, Harry and I have finally been out together with the gun this afternoon. Time to move on from cold game birds to something freshly shot.
Took him over Begrums and we sat together for half an hour in the little copses around the dried pond. Couple of tellings off for making a noise, but otherwise he didn’t fidget too much. As the purpose was to give him a retrieve, I took a rather unsporting shot and dropped a Pigeon that had landed in the trees above us.
He was good and stayed until sent out, had a sniff and a half arsed attempt at picking a couple of times, then tried to have a little hunt around. Recalled him and tried again with the same result. So I brought the bird in, got him to “hold” it for a few seconds and then took bird back out again.
This time he went out and retrieved straight to my hand.
Very pleased with him; good boy.
Bag for the Season (2010-11)
Driven
2 Pheasant (1 Cock, 1 Hen)
1 Woodcock
1 Mallard (Drake)
1 Partridge (French)
Wildfowling
1 Mallard (Hen)
1 Shoveler (Drake)
Rough
1 Pheasant (Cock)
1 Woodcock
1 Rabbit
Walk About – 6th February 2011
Walk about with Clive. First wabbit, but not much else to talk about.
Walk About – 31st December 2010
I got this Woodcock in a wood during a walk around with Clive, getting him comfortable for the Wrentham shoot.
Bag for the day
1 Woodcock