it was our 4th shoot day saturday gone its been ok for a small shoot the bag has been ok ,with the partridges hanging about for more than a few days before dissapparing off to the sunset ,the woodcock seem to have made an appearance a little earlier on our ground last year we only had a couple late on ,not sure if its the same by you? , what a top class bird they are a class sporting bird , anyway saturday i was waiting in line my turn to stand for the beaters to bring somne gorse down to us 4 in the line ,i had a shot at a passing pigeon but missed well and truly , a little later i see thi