@@charlestattershall4362 Not at all. The difference is we show the misses and the hits. This isn’t a 2-1 estate. This is a very experienced team shooting very good birds.

@@EdmundDarnton thanks so much.

@@irishmiddle I believe it’s dependant on the shoot rather than taking a sweeping generalisation of the entire activity and community. Releasing pheasant or any game bird into a landscape in no doubt has more benefit than it does harm. Shoots have formed the landscapes here in the UK with hedging, borders around fields, cover crops, woodlands planted etc etc. Not only this but game shoots are one of the only sources that feed wild birds and reared game all season. Economically they have a greater net worth than most activities, more than Golf here in the UK! In many rural areas shooting and its associated activities form a vital part of seasonal income, there is yet no way of offsetting this. With regards to birds being consumed. I’ve yet to visit a shoot that doesn’t have a market for its game, be that human or pet consumption. Either way if the game is eaten I can’t see an issue. Although it’s harder than ever to get people to eat game it one of the healthiest meats around and you can guarantee it’s an as wild product. Thanks and stay tuned for more films.

I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I can’t say I’m convinced by your response, I think the industry and community needs to take a look At itself, but thanks all the same.

@@JonathanMMcGee it does look like a terrific shoot. extremely difficult. A question on game consumption though. "Wild food" is a bit of a stretch when poults are in some but, not all cases, shipped great distances to shoots. Even from France. Also, i think (pls correct me if needs be) that game farms use antibiotics to keep disease down in rearing pens. So in fact, bred game does not meet the standards of, say, an organically farmed chicken. I also think the sheer number of birds put down by shoots across the UK (which I believe outweighs the entire biomass of wild birds of all descriptions) is problematic. Whose insects are these birds eating in the warmer months? Facing up to these truths - which would be utterly unpalatable to great swathes of the population - is the first step to preserving this glorious sport, with the great social and economic benefits its brings.

@@oceanbeliever681 Trout and salmon apparently.

@@christopherking9439 We’ve been to some great shoots and this one was up there.

@@Outdoor_pursuits Thanks guys. A pleasure to show you all this one.

@@alanwilliamson2259 Truly stunning walking down to the river for that first drive.

@@johnnyhatch9052 The difference is we show the misses and the hits. This is a very experienced team shooting very good birds.

Anyone can miss when they are being filmed.missing birds that they would normally knock out the sky.the more you miss the more tense you get and become self conscious of the filming taking your mind from the job.its easy to become self conscious of misses but you must relax and then focus on individual birds.there were some great drives on that shoot and some brilliant filming .thank you.

@@robinbeavan5152We endeavour to show all the shooting not just those birds hit, pointless trying to showcase a shoot and expecting everyone to hit 1-1 as it’s not realistic. Thanks for your comment.

@@_Archie98 What’s off Archie?

@JonathanMMcGee the notification bell has a line through it and is not highlighted. Just corrected what I said apology for predictive text

Nothing like sir

@@benhusthwaite9884I’ve coached a world champion so I think I have the licence to comment!

@@stuartcrane9409 lol of course my friend. Internet idiot

Bens fitted more guns than you have had hot dinners. I am sure her gun is fit correctly

Ok, then

Could be the clothing causing the issue.

Actual length of pull is perfect. She hasn’t shot in a year and only fit a year prior

She wasn’t shooting here. A gun got sick and gifted her the peg.

I have mixed feelings regarding Mr Husthwaite, but that comment is quite appropriate. The movement, the feeling and the technique can all be perfect, but you can still miss because you slightly misjudge the bird, be it lead or be it line. Quite right

What he meant was, the method was perfect, it was just the lead that was wrong.

@@napalmhotdog4365completely correct sir