Great video. Was a really enjoyable day.

Jonathan, once again, lovely filming. You are so good at it. But, now, a little rant. Living near Exmoor and doing A fair bit of picking up, I know that commercial shoots need a certain number of birds in the bag to be viable and that a lot of us appreciate what this does to the local economy - and my pocket! I do query the guns though. When I was young several thousand years ago, in Suffolk, we were lucky enough to shoot driven wild pheasants. The man who taught me the rules of the game said: "at the end of the day, when you are home, feed the dogs, clean your gun, light the fire, pour yourself a decent whisky and think through the day, remembering every bird you shot and how the other guns got on. A fantastic shot should be appreciated". Great advice. Shooting was not about stuffing in cartridges as fast as you can, but watching a drive unfold and watching your other guns. A day like this one should be a once or twice in a lifetime. Money talks, but I doubt these guns get as much satisfaction as we did on much smaller days. We need to be careful to make sure today's guns realise the privilege, the hard work behind the scenes and the history of the sport

@JonathanMMcGee

5 жыл бұрын

David Davenport We couldn’t agree more, these days really are something special as we hope our film shows. These guys truly appreciated their day and many had not seen such quality and quantity in presentation. Appreciate your comment, always welcome.

@davidoddy157

5 жыл бұрын

So you don’t like commercial shooting this is your view, don’t try and impose your values on others. I’m sure they remember the screamers, the quality of birds, the pickers up retrieves, the whole day in general , the comradeship, hospitality etc etc etc. Why judge others for their enjoyment of a great sporting day out, very sad!!

@C0nstance1

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, David, I didn't mean to appear too critical. I pick up a fair bit on Exmoor and there are guns and guns. It is a pleasure to have a day with a group who enjoy themselves, join in and have a joke or two. There are some, though, who appear to want to get their gun (s) off as fast as they can, murder a large number of pheasants or partridges and then climb into their Range Rovers with no smile, no wave, no word of thanks. Sure, beaters and pickers up have a joke behind their backs, but some of these people give no sense of having enjoyed their day. There is a true story about a newly elevated peer who took a shoot years and years ago. On the first day when they shot over 1,000 pheasants, he shot virtually nothing until he killed a woodcock. At the end of the drive, he picked up the bird and asked the keeper, "what bird is this?" The keeper replied " a woodcock, sir". The response from the 'noble' Lord was: "well, rear 10,000 of them next year". I love shooting, love the whole days, agrre that commercial shooting is good for the sport and local economies. Sadly it is the uneducated guns who fail to appreciate the traditions who give themselves less chance to enjoy the WHOLE day and may tarnish the perception of shooting. You sound as though you enjoy it - long may your enjoyment and the sport continue! Best wishes to you! @@davidoddy157

Wonderful video. The girl in the video at 5:58 deserve a role in some where a movie TBH.

This is excellent, really nice job!

Love watching these. Still waiting for that "mostly dogs" compilation video though. :-)

Great video loved it 👍

Amazing great video

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