Work Day – Feeders 24th August

Work Day report from Alistair. Hi Neil, We had a hard productive day. Weather was kind to us. There were nine of us altogether and we got going shortly after 9 am. We must have bagged up over half of the grain- having to climb into the hopper and shovel grain to the...

Pigeon watch – 24th May

From Alistair…. I was surprised just how windy it was when I arrived at Tulchan this morning. The Beeches Wood was quite chilly as I sat there watching the cover crop field. I had been surprised that there was little sign of the artichokes poking through as the...

First work day

From Alistair Well, it was a chilly start with 3c registering on the car en route to Tulchan. Folk met up at 9 am the new location to view the recent arrival of the latest shoot lodge. Fortunately, Dave had managed to work out where to come. A strong cold easterly...

Shoot Report – 17th January (Thursday)

Bag: Total 18 16 Pheasant 1 Duck 1 Woodcock The day started off very chilly at -1c and a biting wind from the north. The usual huddle by the cars was missing at 9 am with everyone in the hut and lighting the stove. Frank was in bed with ‘flu (hope he gets well...

Shoot Report – 12th January (saturday)

Saturday Syndicate Bag: Total 80 63 Pheasants3 Partridge3 Pigeon6 Woodcock2 Mallard2 Teal1 Other Drives DellFrank’s/ Wind-blowBeechesRoad DriveThe ArmPlantation + Drummick What a day! Blue skies (at points) and no rain! With the Thursday syndicate having enjoyed...