Simulated Game Day – Aug 2017

Dear All, I am planning on organising our Simulated Day at Hopetoun House again this year, previous days have been early August and these dates fitted well with most of the members so I would aim for around the same again. For those who haven’t been yet, it’s...

Thursday 2016/17 – Shoot report 1 & 2

From Alistair:It is hard to believe that the Thursday Syndicate has now had two of its shoot days. The first some three to four weeks ago is now a distant memory. That was a fairly still and overcast day, and being early in the season the birds were...

Thursday 2016/17 – Shoot report 1 & 2

From Alistair:It is hard to believe that the Thursday Syndicate has now had two of its shoot days. The first some three to four weeks ago is now a distant memory. That was a fairly still and overcast day, and being early in the season the birds were...

Start of the Duck Season – 1st September 2016/17

All The Satruday guns are due to kick off the duck season this year which for us begins on the 1st September (i.e. this Thursday). Sunset is 8:06pm so we will meet at 7pm at the Shoot Hut (Half way up Tulchan track for any newcommers). When you arrive please go into...

I spy with my little eye….

10s of ducks on the duck pond. Loads of pheasant poults scrabbling around in the foilage near the top pen. New fencing at the back of the top pen for a permanent game crop to be planted. A game crop in two fields that is waste high. A very sturdy new pen in the...