Ravenwood
Well-Known Member
Beaters Day today! Well, we woke up to snow and sheet ice
I really didn't think I was going to get there as my car just wont get up our lane when its iced over (we live in a dip!).
OH was shooting and Son couldn't get to school so he was keen to go too as he beats there when he can, in the end we all squeezed into OH's two seater pick up truck with the dogs in the back - it was pretty hairy!!
There were only four of us picking up (me in charge today) and just about everyone else had a gun - there must have been at least 20 of them!
At the beginning we have a sweepstake, where everyone puts in a pound and guesses what the bag will be and how many shots (remember that bit!)
So we all traipse off to the first drive in convoy, there were many more birds than I thought and I think everyone got a shot, the guns were placed out far and wide as there were so many of them!
It was bloomin cold or so the beaters said
.....
Not many shot where I was but Flyn picked a cock bird.....
Second drive, very few birds but everyone stayed jolly. Third drive and lots of birds and lots of shots (I put a high number of shots on the sweepstake so I was willing them to shoot at anything!!)
Flyn bringing in a hen.......
Then back for soup but OH and I decided to whizz home and get my car as the roads had started to clear by now.
It really turned into a beautiful day....
Next drive and my son had the gun (with OH supervising!) unfortunately he wasn't in a very good place and there wasn't really a good shot for him to go for
(son on the left, OH on the right)
But on the last drive he hit three birds!! OMG he was chuffed to bits, this is his first time shooting live game. It really made the day
All back to the shoot room for a lovely meal. And guess what....I won the sweepstake on the shots!!
Feeling very guilty that I didn't get any pictures of Toby picking a bird, so just a rather boring one of him to finish off to relieve my guilt!!
Out again on Friday and then the following Saturday for Beaters Day at another shoot and then that really is it - End of the Season
OH was shooting and Son couldn't get to school so he was keen to go too as he beats there when he can, in the end we all squeezed into OH's two seater pick up truck with the dogs in the back - it was pretty hairy!!
There were only four of us picking up (me in charge today) and just about everyone else had a gun - there must have been at least 20 of them!
At the beginning we have a sweepstake, where everyone puts in a pound and guesses what the bag will be and how many shots (remember that bit!)
So we all traipse off to the first drive in convoy, there were many more birds than I thought and I think everyone got a shot, the guns were placed out far and wide as there were so many of them!
It was bloomin cold or so the beaters said
Not many shot where I was but Flyn picked a cock bird.....
Second drive, very few birds but everyone stayed jolly. Third drive and lots of birds and lots of shots (I put a high number of shots on the sweepstake so I was willing them to shoot at anything!!)
Flyn bringing in a hen.......
Then back for soup but OH and I decided to whizz home and get my car as the roads had started to clear by now.
It really turned into a beautiful day....
Next drive and my son had the gun (with OH supervising!) unfortunately he wasn't in a very good place and there wasn't really a good shot for him to go for
(son on the left, OH on the right)
But on the last drive he hit three birds!! OMG he was chuffed to bits, this is his first time shooting live game. It really made the day
All back to the shoot room for a lovely meal. And guess what....I won the sweepstake on the shots!!
Feeling very guilty that I didn't get any pictures of Toby picking a bird, so just a rather boring one of him to finish off to relieve my guilt!!
Out again on Friday and then the following Saturday for Beaters Day at another shoot and then that really is it - End of the Season
