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It's our Christmas catch-up with George - who is looking particularly festive if not fashion
conscious.
To be honest with you I don't care what it looks like as long as my head is warm.
On a crisp December afternoon he's taking time out from shooting to do someů shooting.
At this time of year the 20 times world champion is flat out looking after his sporting days,
but for George this really is R&R with a bit of pest control thrown in.
It is always nice to have a break and get out and have a shot when the season is on
- do you know what I mean.
It is really hard work for us at the moment, especially this year.
So to get out and have a shot at the weekend is just a nice break.
He's been shooting this particular spot on the English North Downs for a decade and it's
some of the most challenging sport around.
When you are shooting pigeons like this.
This is where your technique has to be absolutely sound because you will get a good pigeon come
in fairly close to you, come up wind and swing round over the top at 15 or 20 yards and then
the next pigeon you shoot at will be 75 yards.
So your technique has to be sound and you have to be confident of being able to judge
your distance and judge your lines.
It is not about a big bag today, it is about having some fantastic shooting and we should
get that.
George doesn't have any decoys out - just a magnet to his left at about 65 yards.
He is tucked in the shadow of the wood behind us which is, again, about 60 yards away.
It's worth mentioning these distances to get a sense of perspective.
90% of the birds George is shooting today are more than 60 yards away with some nearing
100.
And you know when George is pleased.
Ooh that was a beauty.
Ooh what a beauty, ooh what a pigeon.
Ooh ... look at that.
Ooh and again, ooh.
Still enjoying your shot George.
Absolutely.
No point in doing it if you can't enjoy it.
Now it cannot be denied that 2012 has been a fantastic year for British sporting achievement
and with the BBC's sports personality of the year coming up surely a man who has been world
champion so many times in his chosen discipline would get some sort of recognition - or may
be not.
I can't imagine why they would ask me this year.
They haven't asked me many other years.
That was a nice one.
They haven't asked me many other years.
I went 3 times and the last time I went was in Birmingham and they put me up in the ceiling
and it was just a waste of time.
I hope Pete Wilson goes and gets some good coverage.
I hope he gets invited to it and I hope they interview him and I hope he comes across well,
because he has got an ideal opportunity to promote the sport.
The one thing Pete didn't have to worry about during the games was a cold cartridge - George
will now explain why it is important to look after your shells during the winter months...
Yes, if you look up the barrels there, just up in to the sky you can see the residue there
left up in there which is where the cartridges have been kept in damp conditions.
The powder has got a little damp so they burn a bit slower.
It doesn't really affect the performance hugely, but obviously it is not ideal.
Now these are some I have had on the radiator and you can see now that there is no residue
up there at all.
George warned us we'd see lots of birds today and he has not disappointed.
His friend Will described today's shooting as like the best presented highest pheasant
drive and it lasts for four hours.
He's not wrong.
Many people would find shooting at these ranges too extreme but George makes it look easy.
At this time of year George gets a lot of invites to shoots all over the country as
well as looking after his own.
One thing that he has noticed is an upsetting trend that some guns are not using their second
shot to ensure the bird is dead.
You see people that shoot in a flush of pheasants they hit the first one and then go straight
on to another bird.
When the first one is not dead and they should finish that bird off.
If I am shooting I will always finish off.
If I have hit a bird I will always finish it off rather than go to another bird.
With the sun dropping fast George starts to tidy up.
It's going to take a while..
We have done a good job here today killing pigeons that are going out to the rape.
It has been quite a difficult day I would say, but no it has been a very good sporting
day and when they come like that there is no finer bird in the world.
With three other guns keeping the birds moving, the group have shot slightly more than George
predicted: an impressive 813.
George shot 140 once again proving he is king of the hill.