I'm Nathan Little, today from here at Llechweddygarth
with the team that I've put together. This is one of the crown jewels of
high pheasant shooting in the UK. It's recently been taken over by Martin Lott, who has put a
tremendous amount of effort into developing and continuing the legacy
that this shot has got a reputation for. I'm an ordinary gun, I love to put teams
together, Martin contacted me and said he's got some
days and I'm a sucker for high pheasant, I love to shoot with different people so
we've got a real group of great characters together today, to
shoot some of the best pheasants in the country.
So, it's a beautiful mid-October day and we're at the Llechweddygarth shoot in Wales.
Just had probably the most spectacular drive my season so far. this is Greenwood,
just the nursery slopes today to get us kind of eased into it, but what a
breathtaking shoot. Questionable companies, today I'm shooting with Nigel
good mate of mine, I've shot the few times before he's a bit of a ruffian and
a neerdowell, so looking forward to spending the day with him. Yeah, some good
challenging birds, there's something for everyone. Some pretty towering
pheasants, but this is pretty still today I can imagine with a bit of wind
underneath them these things would be well outside my range and capabilities
but this is a great thing about a shoot like this there's such a variety of
different heights that the birds can come from there is something for
everybody. So, great drive to start with a few birds on the deck, we've got plenty more
cartridges, but yeah it's gonna be a great day and looking forward to seeing what's coming next.
I'm Martin Lott and I look after the Llechweddygarth shoot in Wales.
We are stood on one of our new drives, it's called Midlands Drive it's just off
the side of one of the oldest drives in the estate the Ochre. We've done two
drive this morning Greenwood and Midlands Drive and they've both gone
very well. So, the shooting estate has been going for hundreds of years, however
the last 15 years has seen it turn into a commercial shoot. The aims for this
year is to put on a few more days, but reduce the bag size to become more
of an ethical shoots and hopefully next year we will be able to do that with the
clients that have joined us this year. We'll probably do one or two drives this
afternoon onto new ground that we've got on the estate and then we'll have a
three-course meal. Izzy Hoskin, who is the owner and founder of Pennant Valley
Game, she processes up to 60% of all of the bird shots on the estate, we use that
widely across our elevenses selection and also for the evening meal.
We're stood here on what is known as the Jet Run, which is one of their signature
drives and it's just been the sort of the cherry on top of a very large cake.
It's been a tremendous day, the pheasants are flown amazingly well, but I
shot here earlier on in the season and I've decided to come back again because
I enjoyed it so much. It's a brilliant estate, the team of fantastic a brilliant
day and brilliant sort of characters to shoot with.
So, there we have it, another magnificent day high pheasant shooting in Wales. Llechweddygarth is all it's cracked up to
be. Now, you don't just need to be a high
bird specialist here, there are birds for all levels of ability but those who want
it can really stretch their capabilities. I wanna say thank you to Nathan for
putting the day together and the guys here at Llechweddygarth for making us
feel so welcome. If you ever get the chance to come shooting in Wales this really is
a hidden gem. It's been run as a very successful pheasant shoot for many, many
years but a new team here has got some great ideas and looking at stretching
the boundaries even further. But, of course shooting isn't just about
shooting, it's all about the people you're with and we're very lucky today
to have shot with some amazing people. They have been picking the birds they want to
shoot of course a lot of the birds that here are way too high for me they're
quite a way outside my comfort zone, but have been some great talented shots here
today and it really has been a pleasure watching them to shoot. One thing
shooting is about is the community that surrounds it, the beaters, pickers up,
the keeper and the under keeper and all of their team and you can see just how
much work and how much passion they put into this
day. It really has been fabulous and I can't wait to come back again.