Just another fruitless update,we decided not to go back to the stables we shoot at last week as another Farmer had said he had seen a couple of scalys near the house so we decided to give it a go.
This time it was back to basics with our kit,off came the night vision dedicated scopes on went the logun lamps we haven't shot this way for probably two years or more, we also took along our 12 v batteries with a red fog light attached,well they worked really well the last time we used them and had helped us account for hundreds of scalys..
When we arrived at the farm the farmer had started work on his new barn so we had to shoot outside,this we hadn`t done for some time shooting in the cold and rain and all that !!!,so we set up just outside a small outbuilding that help probably around forty or so partridge,a quick scan with the lamp and we could see some beady little eyes poking out from a hole in the back wall we had to be careful as them partridge eyes don't half look like scaleys when they are feeding on the ground, well after around two hours we only accounted for one as the others were using the cavities in the wall like a speedway track nothing like last years shooting we would have probably shot at least ninety between us by now but perhaps it just shows that we are doing a good job,we must be doing something right as we had two further recommendations for other farms on the back of our achievement on this one.
So next week I think we are going back to the stables I will keep you updated
This time it was back to basics with our kit,off came the night vision dedicated scopes on went the logun lamps we haven't shot this way for probably two years or more, we also took along our 12 v batteries with a red fog light attached,well they worked really well the last time we used them and had helped us account for hundreds of scalys..
When we arrived at the farm the farmer had started work on his new barn so we had to shoot outside,this we hadn`t done for some time shooting in the cold and rain and all that !!!,so we set up just outside a small outbuilding that help probably around forty or so partridge,a quick scan with the lamp and we could see some beady little eyes poking out from a hole in the back wall we had to be careful as them partridge eyes don't half look like scaleys when they are feeding on the ground, well after around two hours we only accounted for one as the others were using the cavities in the wall like a speedway track nothing like last years shooting we would have probably shot at least ninety between us by now but perhaps it just shows that we are doing a good job,we must be doing something right as we had two further recommendations for other farms on the back of our achievement on this one.
So next week I think we are going back to the stables I will keep you updated
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