We’ve agonised over this a lot. Do what everyone else does and put up photos of your best days or just give some hint of the enjoyment to
be had from pigeon shooting. The problem with those big bag photos is everyone expects that to be the norm and it most definitely isn’t where
Woodpigeon shooting is concerned. Even a poor day out shooting pigeons is, to our minds at least, worth a damn site more than a good day stuck
in the office! Just look at the smiles on these faces.
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A later winters afternoon bag over rape
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Sicilian bandits or what! A dodgy looking bunch maybe but more than happy with the bag.
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Our oldest shooter (the one on the right) 80+ years and still going strong! For a healthy, happy life shoot and eat pigeons!
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Sometimes no matter what the bag they just don't want to smile for the camera.
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Not the biggest of bags but a shooter very happy with his afternoons sport.
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If at first...try again.
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3 very happy Danish hunters.
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Even the dog wanted to get in on this one and he's never retrieved a pigeon in his life.
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A brace of Italians with a bit more than a brace of birds.
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An international effort, Danes and Spanish.
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Bagged a Nice Variety
A small team of guns who shot well and bagged a nice variety
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Difficult Windless Day
A difficult windless day for a novice shooter turned out well in the end.
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Father and Son
Father and son first time out and someone’s pleased with the bag.
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Happy Pigeon Shooter
One very happy pigeon shooter. Need we say more?
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Happy Team of Guns
A happy team of guns with the beating team
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It might only have been a Rough day but these smiles say it all.
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Large Early Flock
A large, early flock over harvested wheat in October.
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Smiling Faces
Plenty of smiling faces in spite of the poor cartridge to kill
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Straight to the coolerStraight to the cooler, nothing gets wasted and at the back end of the year pigeons were fetching more than game at the dealers.
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Two very lucky first time Frenchmen who can’t wait to return
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Small but nice mixed bag
2 hours one sunny summers evening and another happy bunny!
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The Result of Good Field Craft
Well hidden, well shot.
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We're not really into 'trophy' hunting and most of our quarry is of the 'cull' variety but just occasionally we do have some nice animals to offer. We can cater for novice stalkers as well as the more experienced shots. Our stalking is unpretentious, enjoyable and generally fruitful. Take note; this year it's been a rare outing when we haven't found and shot a deer of one sort or another.
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Beautiful Muntjac
A beautiful Muntjac buck in prime condition. Note the pronounced scent glands and fine colouring to the head. Good well developed antlers.
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Couple of Muntjac
A couple of firsts on the Muntjac for some Dutch hunters
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Even Heavier Head
An even heavier and thicker head (although smaller) than the last. Note the almost continuous bone structure around the base of the coronets. The left antler is well worn through hard use. Antler sizes; span 60cm, length 50cm circumference of beam 15cm. The dressed carcase weighed 108kgs.
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Fallow bucks
Fallow bucks showing the range of animals we offer from a broken headed cull buck to a fine heavy old boy.
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Nice Cull
An example of a nice cull animal, a Fallow Buck taken on a fine early morning stalk.
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Roe Buck
A first Roe Buck taken this summer by a stalker who only started shooting earlier this year. A Muntjac was also taken during this stalk.
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Unusual Antlers
A very unusual and heavy set of antlers, note the secondary growth on the left palm and the split left front tine. A BIG, well conditioned possibly 8 year old buck. The left side antler has a number of unusual features. Shot locally to here. The carcase weighed out at over 118kg dressed. Antler sizes; span 69cm, length 53cm circumference of beam 11.5cm
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Bale HideThis is a bale hide using extendable hide poles and a straw coloured net to extend a large (just under 2 metres square) bale. Loose straw was then woven through the net. A great way to get a set-up right out in the field. The crop was harvested barley and the bag was pigeons, rooks and the odd jackdaw.
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Bracken and Net HideThis hide was built on a rabbit fence line against a pine tree that gave overhead cover. Again extendable poles and a net, a green/brown one this time, were used simply set straight against the fence and bracken woven into the net. Total concealment! The guys using it said they couldn’t find it when returning from retrieving shot birds even from 3 metres away! In fact we wouldn’t have picked it out in the image unless one of the guns decided to get in on the picture. The field being shot was harvested barley and the bag was mainly pigeons.
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