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If you haven't watched this video, you are really missing out. The last shot Carrie he hits at the very end is hard to believe. Stunning camera work as well.

Carrie Shooting

Thanks!!!!!!! That would be my dream shoot!!

Wow- what range, shot size and chokes were these gunners using.? Tall birds indeed.. I've seen some videos of British gunner George Digweed, noticed the principal gunner in this video was also using a 12 bore Under/Over, as does Digweed.

I wonder how many of those "tall" fezzants hit the ground dead, and what % might have been lost without those fine Spaniels doing the retrieving.

Since steel shot became mandatory for waterfowling, I prefer to take geese and mallards at or below tree-top level, and either incoming or crossing shots. I'd guesstimate my average shots at waterfowl are under 30 yards, especially in the later part of the season(s) here.

I'm am also guessing that I would miss way more than I'd even hit (not dead in the air, but hit) even if they would let me use my favorite M12 30" Full solid rib.

Fox you're on the wrong thread...no ducks here just one quack

Driven birds would be a treat but I don't think I could enjoy all the hoopla that seems to go with it. I'll take a GA dove shoot any day...Geo

George, I agree with you. Having never been on one of your State's dove shoots/hunts, nor quail in Thomasville for that matter, and living in a State that will never see a legal dove season, at least in my lifetime-I can only dream of it, from reading Nash Buckingham and other great Southern Gentleman-writers (Robert Ruark, Archie Rutledge, et al.)

Granted, a video may Not always reflect the true distance of the shots that dropped birds- but I am no judge of what wing-shooting is in Wales, Scotland or England, and never will be.

But I share your view that all the "extras" are also NOT my style- especially if they were consuming alcohol between the movement to shooting stations. Apres the shoot, perhaps, but NEVER while afield with a lethal weapon in your hands--But, the beef Wellington sure looked tasty- RWTF

If a man likes good service, there�s no reason not to enjoy a driven day.
Driven pheasants and partridges have the �blue sky� rule
And excess drinking is a great way to be removed.
There is no obligation to drink anything
And I don�t.

At a tall shoot, you choose/shoot the birds that you can hit. The birds fly at different elevations. Take your pick.

Teams of dogs sit well back from the pegs, and every bird hit is recovered as soon as it hits the ground. Remember they are going to market after processing.

It was a surprise to see no carcases anywhere on an estate, unlike most game farms I�ve shot on stateside.

For those interested, apparently Dave shoots a MK60 or MK38 Miroku choked full and full.

I think it an mk38 with a mk60 stock
I shoot a pair of MK60 �High pheasant� 20�s.
Dave has a pair in newer videos. In earlier vids he shoots the trap stocked hybrid.

Thanks- Not being an "Under and Over" man, I thought perhaps it was a Browning. Not surprised at the F&F choking- those birds look way up to my old eyes.

I learned my water-fowl shooting from an old market hunter, who knew the live decoys and no 3-shot plug days quite well. He shot a 30" full choke M97 (which I now own)- I asked him once "How close do you want the birds to be when you shoot?" His answer: "When I can see the color of their eyeballs".

He also taught me" When a duck is droppin', shoot his toenails off, when he is climbin', shoot his bill off!" This works for puddle ducks working the decoys, and also geese- howsome-ever, divers are a "whole 'nother ball game" indeed.