Some keepers stress on the day, berating the beaters as they race around trying to ensure that the birds are moving in the right direction and the right numbers to provide guns with the perfect day’s sport. Others spend their summers stressing over the chicks in the rearing field, clucking around like mother hens RSS [...]
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Also posted in Driven Shooting
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Tagged brood, Catch, driven pheasant, field, Keeper, nipple drinkers, partridge, pegs, pheasant, rearing, season, Shed
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As you stand on your peg waiting for the high bird of the day to glide over you (and hopefully fall at your feet), stop to consider the commitment and effort of the keeper who got it there. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
Well, its like this. I was bored, the sun was shining, my friend had left his lab with me for the weekend, and sitting in the shed was the portable hide I purchased on my trip to Texas. So how better to occupy everybody than with an hour or two at the pigeons? RSS news [...]
By Howard
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Tagged decoying, dog training, gundog, hide, Labrador, pigeon, retrieving, Roe, Texas, wood, woodpigeon
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I’ve always fancied a minor breed (hence why I married an American), and eventually got given one last year for my hrmpfth birthday. Hector WAS a cute puppy, but ten months after his arrival in the kennel it is hard to remember he is still just a pup. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list [...]
The rain has put paid to my attempts to bag that muntjac, and I have resorted to gazing out the window at the moist pheasants in the Keeper’s laying field for amusement. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Also posted in Driven Shooting, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged bag, Byzantis, Egg, Keeper, Michigans, Muntjac, pheasant, rain, season, wood
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For the more technically literate among our friends and clients, you may feel this addition to our website long overdue. Over the season, many of you express interest in what I do with the rest of my time (aside from attempting to appease my wife). RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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