Will Hewland
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I nipped along today. I bumped into Steve Lovatt and David Kempley who had already been round once. Steves body language was more reminiscent of how I usually look after a hard shoot. 
Well, I won't bore you with the full stand by stand summary, I can say that I found three fairly easy stands (still dropped 3 on one of these..). Then there is the grouse. Same as last year and I had forgotten how quickly they are going so missed the easier birds in there. Rubbish!
The new 20 bird sequence is good, not too hard, but has a very elusive C bird. Long l-r midi. Never touched it, nor did Steve, but I hit everything else. (NB folks, there is full use of gun on this sequence, so take extra cartridges).
Two stands I found very hard. A sim l-r pair that looks fine but deceived me severely. The last stand is some high driven / crossers from the Stratstone tower. Screwed that up too!
A rotten 70. I think an 80+ could be on for me, on a good day, but we all agreed that its a firm call to hit your CPSA average here.
Next time!
Well, I won't bore you with the full stand by stand summary, I can say that I found three fairly easy stands (still dropped 3 on one of these..). Then there is the grouse. Same as last year and I had forgotten how quickly they are going so missed the easier birds in there. Rubbish!
The new 20 bird sequence is good, not too hard, but has a very elusive C bird. Long l-r midi. Never touched it, nor did Steve, but I hit everything else. (NB folks, there is full use of gun on this sequence, so take extra cartridges).
Two stands I found very hard. A sim l-r pair that looks fine but deceived me severely. The last stand is some high driven / crossers from the Stratstone tower. Screwed that up too!
A rotten 70. I think an 80+ could be on for me, on a good day, but we all agreed that its a firm call to hit your CPSA average here.
Next time!
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