Better times ?

[Sausagedog 7,381]

9 minutes ago, ianm said:

That woodcock was unlucky flying into the fence post.

It was, that's what prompted the snap

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Boy do I miss her....

[Stavross 15,349]

Game shooting how it should be done, Hugo’s dad ( pre Hugo ) on peg 1, me on peg 2 on what is known as Gordon’s pen drive, I’m guessing this was about 8 years ago because we have changed the way we do this drive now so peg 1 is about 400 yards away from where it was, this is now the best drive we have and if you pull peg 5 or 6 you are going to get some first class birds, longshanx’s has shot peg 6 while I was on peg 5 and for the first time in an age I never made a fool of myself, dropping 3 consecutive birds behind him ( to his and also mine amazement )

me and mosh a couple of years ago with a ginger that chanced it’s luck on a pheasant drive, the no ground game rule only applies to most of the guns

 

[Longshanx 833]

5 hours ago, Stavross said:

First couple of times I took longshanx out for a go at the hoppers,  I’ve not known him that long but has become a good mate, even fitting in with my pheasant syndicate

he’s even managed to get himself an invite to join the shoot ( he must of done a lot of arse kissing for this because he certainly wouldn’t get in on looks and personality )

Now, now, the jealousy is showing, just because I'm the better looking with bags of charismatic charmHad some cracking nights mate, the threads been a good read so far, great idea.

[Longshanx 833]

12 minutes ago, Stavross said:

Game shooting how it should be done, Hugo’s dad ( pre Hugo ) on peg 1, me on peg 2 on what is known as Gordon’s pen drive, I’m guessing this was about 8 years ago because we have changed the way we do this drive now so peg 1 is about 400 yards away from where it was, this is now the best drive we have and if you pull peg 5 or 6 you are going to get some first class birds, longshanx’s has shot peg 6 while I was on peg 5 and for the first time in an age I never made a fool of myself, dropping 3 consecutive birds behind him ( to his and also mine amazement )

me and mosh a couple of years ago with a ginger that chanced it’s luck on a pheasant drive, the no ground game rule only applies to most of the guns

 

You were on fire that day Stav, I think the total for you that day was 8, to my 1. 

I think you even surprised yourself that day

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11 minutes ago, Longshanx said:

Now, now, the jealousy is showing, just because I'm the better looking with bags of charismatic charmHad some cracking nights mate, the threads been a good read so far, great idea.

You certainly miss it when it’s gone, but it will be back and I’ll never take it for granted again, I’ve really enjoyed looking through my collection of pictures and remembering things  I’d forgotten about, we’ll definitely have some more cracking day and nights out in the future

ive just got off the phone to mosh and the poor lad is going mental stuck in the house, like the rest of us he’s going to work and nothing much else, only difference is we don’t have a farmer John to cope with

Edited April 7, 2020 by Stavross

[Longshanx 833]

5 hours ago, Sausagedog said:

How about a tribute to my dog, Tia. The best sprocket in the world. Retrieved fox and would try roe. Would folly hot or cold deer blood. Do anything. Go on point too.

She looked a cracking dog SD

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Look at this handsome fellow. And what's he doing with my dog!

[Longshanx 833]

On 05/04/2020 at 22:49, lllluke1 said:

The jackdaws with me are that clever.  They only need to see a gun and they are off.  I'm sure they even recognize my car

Join the club, I get set up after a bit of recon, then only one or two come over. As I'm driving out the farm the other fields are full of the feckers, they definitely take the piss

[Longshanx 833]

16 minutes ago, Stavross said:

You certainly miss it when it’s gone, but you will be back and I’ll never take you for granted again, I’ve really enjoyed looking through my collection of pictures

At first I thought you were on about my good looks, but then I carried on reading wait a minute you are (no edit was made to your post promise) 

Poor Mosh, he doesn't like staying in and likes his long walks with the dogs. John must be driving him mad

I can't wait to get back out, of all the fooking times, the weather is going to be cracking the flags this Bank Holiday

 

Edited April 7, 2020 by Longshanx

[Stavross 15,349]

Up at the shoot at first light on an early February morning just as the season had ended, on my own just surrounded by nature, there’s nowhere else I would rather have been

[Longshanx 833]

2 minutes ago, Stavross said:

Up at the shoot at first light on an early February morning just as the season had ended, on my own just surrounded by nature, there’s nowhere else I would rather have been

You've took some belting pictures over the years I'll give you that

[Stavross 15,349]

Pigeon shooting with mosh, we have never had big bags, partly because I’m terrible with a shotgun, if we have 50/60 birds we have had a cracking day 

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17 minutes ago, Longshanx said:

You've took some belting pictures over the years I'll give you that

I wish I’d started taking them when I first started out with the dogs and the fishing ( even the poaching with the lads that took me out as a kid ) I had some amazing times out, but they are all just distant memories now ( I’m talking like I’m 110 )

[Longshanx 833]

My first permission a little 20 acre stables. It was a cracking summers evening and bagged myself a triple in under 15 minutes. June 2018 

There wasn't many left after that, typical farmers millions