So, it's another beautiful October morning and we're out pheasant shooting.
Now, we're at Wolseley Park in Staffordshire today and this is my
friends day. I have shot here before on the syndicate but, today it's just me and
a group of friends coming together to enjoy some great British sport. I've got
some friends that come from all over Europe I've got Frederic Hanner from
Sauer and now he's come from Germany he's used to shooting wild boar but
today he's going to be shooting driven targets of a slightly different kind.
It's going be interesting to see how he puts a Sauer Applon through its paces.
I've also got Frank Stephenson from Guns on Pegs. Now, you'd have thought a guy who
works in the shooting industry will have pretty much on the metal when it comes
to pheasant shooting so it's gonna be interesting to see how he gets on today
he's also shooting a Sauer Apollon. I've also got Alex who's come all the way
from Spain he's done some driven partridge shooting before but shooting
with his own guns here in England is gonna be a first for him so it's quite
exciting had to be enjoying the day with him. But, there's great friends, great
guests, great camaraderie and this is not just about shooting, this is also about
the fun, the banter, the enjoyment and sharing each other's company. The
hospitality here at Wolseley is fantastic, you know the guys puts so much effort
into not only the shooting and producing great birds but also making sure we have
a great time that all of our needs are catered for and of course the whole day
goes seamlessly. So, far it's been great, it's been well combed we've had coffee
we've drawn pegs and everybody's really excited for the day ahead. There's some
great drives here at Wolseley and they produce some spectacular birds, now it's
not too windy today so it's gonna be interesting to see how the birds perform
and some of the drives here at Wolseley any shoot in the country would be proud
of throwing. Let's hope there's something for everybody here I've got lots of
different guns of different ability we want to make sure that people come off
with good clean kills, good clean birds and great stories to tell so yeah we're
looking forward to the day.
I'm Frederic Hanner from Germany and we are here at Wolseley Park, brilliant
pheasant and partridge shoot, we've just had the first drive which went amazingly
well. Luckily got two partridge and five pheasant can improve my shooting a bit
for the second drive but absolutely love my Sauer Apollon shotgun, it's actually
my first time here at Wolseley Park, being over here in the UK compared to shooting
back home in Germany is something that's completely fascinating for me the
differences of etiquette and what you call an ethical shot back home you would
be frowned upon if you if you shoot at a pheasant over let's say 35 maximum 40
yards and over here that's kind of where you only really start to have a sporting
bird so for me it's always a very interesting thing to also look at the
other guns and see how well they actually shoot because believe me like
home you don't see a lot of people shoot that well as the average shotgun shot
over here. Absolutely fascinating to see it with my own eyes. Super happy super
looking forward to the next drive and see what the rest of the day brings.
Hi there, I'm Frank Stephenson from Guns on Pegs, we're here at Wolseley Park in
Staffordshire. it seems a really nice place to shoot, Steve Wild has done a
seemingly fantastic job here there's a really lovely team of beaters and guys
managing the shoot. A lot of the drives that we've been on so far are located
very close to the shoot Lodge which as well is exceptionally homely so really
looking forward to see what the day has to offer and I'm sure going to be a
really exciting challenge today.
We've just had a couple of lovely drives laid on by Steve Wild, the gamekeeper here. First one
we were stood at six in the middle of the line, near enough some lovely birds
come over we just moved on to the second drive in amongst the woods around the
pond, real snap shooting not much time to react right to the end of the line stood
at number one this time bit on the peripheries but still some fantastic
birds coming over so we had a few things to can test with the sun in our
eyes but it worked out pretty well I know that a few of the guns had some
fantastic shots from what I could see. Certainly Frederic next to me it took
some fantastic birds. Now moving on to third drive and we'll see what comes along.
So when the third drive after we had a phenomenal second driver was on a on a
peg where I had about three or four meters of space and just completely
grown in by trees great, great fun and I think we're right in the middle so we're
peg number five now so let's hopeful for some action and some nice birds.
So we had three pheasants and a pigeon on this should have been an awful lot
more they were fast and I so amazing couldn't wish for an better drive really.
So we're using the the new Sauer Apollon over-and-under shotgun today, available
in 28 and 30 inch 12 and 20 gauge, Prince of Wales pistol grip, four lock systems
so we have four locking points in the mechanism so it's very, very long living
laser grain finish extremely beautiful in my opinion, very elegant as Sauer
shotguns usually are brilliant day to be out with such a nice gun.
So, we just finished the final drive here called Canada as you can see it's lovely
sloping terrain behind us and the birds splashing out of the wood in the
distance. Brilliant drive again, beaters worked really well and they put on a
hell of a day for us today. Unfortunately, one thing they can't control is the
weather and the sun pretty much straight in our eyeline as you can see behind us
but all in all a really, really great day and the whole line had some fantastic
shots there so I think most people be really happy hopefully everyone's had a great day.
So I've had a cracking day at Wolseley park today, Frederic how did you
get on? Amazing, I think especially that that last driver we stood next to each
other it was so tricky so many partridge so many pheasant everything that was to
the right of us was in the sun so until we kind of figured out that I should
shoot your birds when they were on your right side that was just phenomenal so
much fun yeah and I know great fun and it's been a pleasure standing next to
you on the line all day really enjoyable seeing your excitement and it's a
fantastic team today, Steve's put on a hell of a day we don't
get to do it as much because we don't have it at home. If you see the logistics
and how smoothly and perfect everything runs on such a day we're really, really
impressive for us and the dog work and everything I mean if you see how well
trained these dogs are it's a pleasure to watch the pickers up and the whole
team make the day so enjoyable and so successful. Exactly and I think the
actual sort of integration between the two having a good chat with beaters and picker ups
as well sort of makes it. Obviously really passionate and know what they're
doing which makes it run absolutely smooth pretty really cracking day and
now very well shot, thank you very much.
So, it's been another incredible day. Now, These are my favourite days of the
season, we get good bunch of friends together from all different walks of
life, a lot of the guys here haven't met each others before and they've all
meshed together and gelled really well. The banters has been fierce the sport has
been great and Steve and his team really delivered for u.s It's been great to see
people expanding and increasing their shooting ability as well, Martin's
Stratton, a good friend of mine has only been shooting for a few years now and
he's starting to shoot much much better and for me it's great privilege to be
able to watch that. That's also a great thing about hosting the day, it's not
just about shooting, which of course I enjoy when you bring a group of people
together and you see the enjoy in their faces and you see them take a huge
amount value out the day and that's very special for me. It's been another amazing
day, beautiful bright sunshine to put up a shame about the wind because you've
seen the shooters trying some pretty good birds today and I think everybody
is at a great time. I just want to say a huge thank you Steve and all the team at
Wolesley Park for another breathtaking day of shooting and look forward to coming back soon.