Daz W
Well-known member
OK, I'll kick it off then. Happy New Year all.
Northampton Shooting ground for me on Sun 5th. Cold, raining, snowing and foggy. At least the wind kept down. Fortunately they'd tweaked the course to make some allowances for the weather. Possibly a bit too much. Although I thought it was a very good shoot, a couple of stands were a bit too soft IMO ( especially stand 1). Guaranteed I'll get my pants pulled down on the next one when they dial it up to compensate.
Anyway came out of the gate really well, straighted the first 3 stands. Lazy hold point of the first bird on 4 caused my first miss. Followed by one of the teals on 5. Went over the top of it. Teals are my kryptonite , so wasn't overly disappointed dropping the 1. Dropped the first big battue on 7, right forward lead, not enough drop. Straighted 8, 9 & 10. Lazy single miss on 11. Stand 12 straight through.
Went into the last stand 4 away. Pair dead, pair dead, pair dead. Then that little voice in my head "hit this last pair and you've got an cracking score". Went from trying to hit them, to trying not to miss. You can guess the rest. Missed the first by trying not to miss it, then too busy calling myself random expletives and dropped the 2nd.
Finished on a 94. Which although is a registered PB for me, the last pair on the last stand is going to be a sore point for a while.
Northampton Shooting ground for me on Sun 5th. Cold, raining, snowing and foggy. At least the wind kept down. Fortunately they'd tweaked the course to make some allowances for the weather. Possibly a bit too much. Although I thought it was a very good shoot, a couple of stands were a bit too soft IMO ( especially stand 1). Guaranteed I'll get my pants pulled down on the next one when they dial it up to compensate.
Anyway came out of the gate really well, straighted the first 3 stands. Lazy hold point of the first bird on 4 caused my first miss. Followed by one of the teals on 5. Went over the top of it. Teals are my kryptonite , so wasn't overly disappointed dropping the 1. Dropped the first big battue on 7, right forward lead, not enough drop. Straighted 8, 9 & 10. Lazy single miss on 11. Stand 12 straight through.
Went into the last stand 4 away. Pair dead, pair dead, pair dead. Then that little voice in my head "hit this last pair and you've got an cracking score". Went from trying to hit them, to trying not to miss. You can guess the rest. Missed the first by trying not to miss it, then too busy calling myself random expletives and dropped the 2nd.
Finished on a 94. Which although is a registered PB for me, the last pair on the last stand is going to be a sore point for a while.
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