PHEASANT SHOOTING TIPS

          Here are some pheasant shooting tips:

• Dress for pheasant shooting as for grouse shooting although subtle colours are rather less important and dress tends to be a bit more formal
• Tweed shooting breeks in plus 2 or plus 4 (inches of overhang from the knee) are de rigeur and a well fitting tweed shooting jacket with ‘action back’ is the traditional attire.
• Check whether boots can be worn at lunchtime; if not remember to take your shoes with you if you are leaving your vehicle behind for the day.
• Do not forget your wallet so you can tip the keeper at the end of the day.  Ensure you have enough cash sterling – foreign currency will not be appreciated.
• Walking is usually less strenuous on low ground shoots and wellingtons are quite acceptable to wear.
• Avoid shooting your neighbours birds or “cutting them off” if birds are passing you to get to him.
• Let a few birds through to the back guns and don't be greedy.
• Count your birds and make sure they are all picked up.  Speak to the pickers up – they will appreciate your interest and sportsmanship.
• If you have an unruly dog attach it to a peg; if it sings leave it at home.  For attaching a dog to a secure place a climbing carabiner is very useful as it can be snapped onto a wire fence or stick.
• If you are consistently missing birds and have had your guns fitted properly – go back to basics and move your feet, mount your gun just behind the birds and swing through and shoot keeping the barrels moving.
• Remember "move, mount, shoot" – easy!!

          We hope the above pheasant shooting tips will have been of help to you.