Driven grouse - all you need to know

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11 жыл бұрын

We are out on Bransdale Moor in Yorkshire with two of the best-known faces in grouse shooting - Simon Ward and Mark Osborne. They explain all you need to know about shooting driven grouse - how to do it, what to use and how to behave. If you want to go to the top level of driven shooting, here's your walk-through. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 144. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain144
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@MrWolfyWolfy Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of loading for Simon Ward on a big day at Stags Fell in Wensleydale, a few seasons ago. I have to say that he is the most relaxed, smoothest, consistent gun I’ve ever loaded for. He is simply a phenomenal shot!

@BenCrenshaw95 11 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Someday I'm gonna do that. It's interesting to see the different traditions in different countries. I'm a pretty doggone good shot--but there's no doubt those Red Grouse would put me to the test!

@mohammadibrahim1836 8 жыл бұрын

Its a great shoot of the day, Simon has solved the mysteries of shooting grouses. Thanks for sharing the discipline, unique techniques of shooting.

@josephhearnden5156 8 жыл бұрын

6:12, that labrador is gorgeous!

@cowboyupland 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Very different from chasing sharptail coveys around the hills of Montana.

@mannequinfukr 9 жыл бұрын

any tips on how to not be scared (startled mainly) by grouse? I live in a wooded area, not a field btw.

@petarbengalov8647 11 жыл бұрын

Are those Rio Birdshot shells in the beggining?.Anyway awsome hunt keep it up guys

@whhicks 11 жыл бұрын

I'd love to give it a try. I enjoy pass shooting canvasbacks and bluelills in the sleet and rain, so shooting some Ptarmigan (Red Grouse) zipping bye shouldn't be too much of a stretch. It'll be expensive, but its on my bucket list. As to nice shotguns, I've shot a Holland and Holland Royal, and it was surprisingly light and whippy , well adapted for this sport. I just can't justify 60 or $70,000 for a gun (USED).

@russellturnbull5384 11 жыл бұрын

Lovely guns!!

@samduffield 10 жыл бұрын

brilliant shooter

@mannequinfukr 9 жыл бұрын

***** I looked on the website and there was a 20 gauge for £23,000. The 12 gauges were around £1,000-£5,000

@Ovalbalka 8 жыл бұрын

I hunt with a stoeger coach gun 20 inch barrel, in heavy wooded area's for grouse. It's long walks with quick action when the birds break, you don't come home to offen with something. But to me, it seems I have a lot more fun then these fellows.

@coreyg7575 7 жыл бұрын

Ovalbalka yup, when hunting ruffled grouse in eastern Canada, if your not bushwhacking, scraping thorns, and cursing a little, you are in the wrong spot!

@AAAGTE 11 жыл бұрын

Joe driven game, is not hunting, its shooting. A true test of a british shooters talent. Grouse are a completely wild species, the grouse moor is cultivated to allow them to proliferate naturally. Its very very different to sporting tradtions in the americas. But each to their own. We here in britain are incredibly proud of the red grouse, arguabley the most testing game bird to be found anywhere in the world.

@tarkov_gamer9474 8 жыл бұрын

It's much more fun when the grouse are in the thickets, the shot only appears for a few moments

@livingofftheland9736 8 жыл бұрын

What shells you using?

@fieldsportstv 8 жыл бұрын

6s or 6.5s are best. / Charlie

@adamjohnson2624 9 жыл бұрын

what type of side by side shot gun dose he use???

@tadbarker7082 6 жыл бұрын

William Powell

@ThulioASB 11 жыл бұрын

Ai in england need to Tues gun license? And to hunt also need?

@fraserwalker7166 8 жыл бұрын

armsan or beneli is the best for automatic

@STEVE-ow5ki 9 жыл бұрын

5:12 Neil Young in a white undershirt?

@Ptarmi 8 жыл бұрын

Are you still using Lead Shot?

@harry25162136 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, its more humane as it deforms on impact, killing the bird outright. Steel can pass through and just cause suffering

@sheldream981 6 жыл бұрын

yes they do, even on United Utilities land -- which is water catchment ---- Lead poisoning for the oiks , so who cares?

@MuppetNLL 11 жыл бұрын

I think his walking stick costs more then my car... Still, he probably did something very well and is rewarded for it. Or it's family money, in wich case he's just lucky, Or he has established a business of some sort. Good for him in either case.

@sergefog 11 жыл бұрын

Having your gun reloaded for you (2:20)... I think I misunderstand something in this life...

@coconut54 11 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the shooters clean them themselves.

@westlinwinds2202 8 жыл бұрын

What would happen to any hen harrier that attempted to breed on one of these grouse moors?

@user-vg1fs2uk4p 7 жыл бұрын

westlin winds you will never find out.when it's banned the ecosystem on the moors will crumble foxes crows and other predators will eat everything including harriers.the moors will choke up and burn.who will manage it.the rspb know these rich people are ploughing millions it this pastime and the truth is the rspb cannot match the conservation costs.harriers will be lost through the ignorance of a few idiots.

@sheldream981 6 жыл бұрын

So Harriers will be lost if Gamekeepers didn't shoot them? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

@VC57UK 8 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone want to go to all that effort of shooting the grouse when all the keeper needs to do is lay out just a little bit more carbofuran, and they can poison the lot of them in one go - just as they do with the Hen Harrier and many other raptors that dare to enter these over-managed grouse farms.

@user-vg1fs2uk4p 7 жыл бұрын

VC57UK I guess when it's band and the bird numbers plummet and the Heather turns to scrub.people like you will blame something else.all them ground nesting birds will soon be eaten by predators and the hen harriers will become extinct.but you people are not conservationists are you your course hunters looking for conflict with those who dare live and do things differently.

@billsiviter9272 6 жыл бұрын

Not very well educated are you Sam? You sound like a typical estate worker, gamekeeper perhaps?

@poontang8035 3 жыл бұрын

sam smith You chat shit man.

@shakeybeatz 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-vg1fs2uk4p Stop talking shit and making excuses for this pathetic sport. Wake up!!

@blackbob3358 6 жыл бұрын

where's the patsy, botham ?

@Learnsom 11 жыл бұрын

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@JesseP.Watson Жыл бұрын

Mmm. "Glorious" they say... Stretching the usage of the word I reckon. Nope, try as I might to see something valid here, I remain unconvinced. "Mindless" fits better, to my eye.

@jordanhuggins991 9 жыл бұрын

I have nothing wrong with reared driven game shooting. However I do have a problem with grouse shooting for the sole reason grouse can not be reared like partridge, pheasant and duck so when the snobby rich come and shoot all the birds down into endangerment (which is now the case). It is us the tax payer that has to fork out to restore the wild population through government funded conservation projects and organisations such as the RSPB. So in short the average Joe is paying for the upper class traditions which disgusts me. Other than that nice shooting! God Bless.

@gazpal42 8 жыл бұрын

Incorrect regarding shooting numbers to the point of endangerment. Grouse are at greater risk to harsh weather conditions, wet springtime and parasites in particular, than organised shoots. You'll rarely find the birds displayed during a shooting day exceed 50% of the existing population, as they migrate between areas of moor.

@ralphmodjeski2020 7 жыл бұрын

Oh the grouse populations are not in dwindle as the head keepers number one priority is to preserve the grouse so there is a stock for the next season there is more going on than shoot them into extinction We have been doing this trade since the game parks of Africa where keepers would protect and make sure the animals would breed so there were some to be shot. These animals only started going into extinction when poachers began the uncontrolled shooting of them ( after the British couldn't be arsed to use game parks anymore ) so the populations became unstable and they are going extinct

@shaunythefaunyfauny8545 8 жыл бұрын

why should someone even buy a expensive gun ive there are cheaper and maybe more reiable and better shotguns its not because the manufacturer is british that they are the best guns to hunt grouse i have a chapuis armes artisan round desing with side plates lovely gun and shoots so smooth and its only 4410 euro!!

@gazpal42 8 жыл бұрын

Chapuis are good guns. Expensive guns tend to be far better made to much tighter tolerances, so capable of being put through much more punishment re number of shots fired through them from season to season and year to year. A top grade gun will remain tight for much longer than an off the shelf gun. Many are more than capable of firing approaching 1 million shots with negligible maintenance during in excess of a 100 year working life. try the same using less expensive guns and you tend to find them breaking down for various reasons - most often parts wearing out due to poorer quality steel used for parts. There's often a trade-off when certain gunmaker's name elevates the price, but you can always have a problem dealt with without much trouble as they'll stand by their products and don't fob you off to some customer service dept where all you amount to is a number among the thousands of gun buyers they've sold to.

@ralphmodjeski2020 7 жыл бұрын

Britain is the staple shotgun manufacturer of "British shotguns" ie the over & under or side-by-side and you can get a good shotgun for £10 000 if you look in the right place

@drgerardhobley1599 7 жыл бұрын

Isn't this the Mark Osborne that had his tenancy revoked by the National Trust in Derbyshire for illegal raptor persecution?

@AmericanHero911 7 жыл бұрын

How much does it cost for a shooter to take part all day provided they bring their own ammo and gun. Lets say they'd want a reloaded, a full squad of beaters and bed and food. I know it may vary but I want to get an idea if that is okay.

@fieldsportstv 7 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Hood Have a look at GunsonPegs.com for a quick answer.

@AmericanHero911 7 жыл бұрын

Fieldsports Channel That's not a quick answer, I have to fill out a form lol I just want a ball park figure

@MrAngry3232 7 жыл бұрын

A 125 brace bag would be around £2500 ($3200) with full hospitality on the day. Excluding hotel, cartridges, keeper's tip, travel which youwould have to add another £500 for that.

@AmericanHero911 7 жыл бұрын

WJ Cooke £3000 in total, that's pretty easy going :)

@Ptarmi 6 жыл бұрын

With the news of the landmark decision by Scottish National Party delegates to adopt officially a policy supporting licensing of driven grouse shooting estates, it would appear that Scotland's largest party are not convinced by this video.

@jimmyhumes9615 11 жыл бұрын

Why don't you just shoot skeet, driven birds seems very unsporting.

@kevinbyrne7963 8 жыл бұрын

the gun comes out of a slip not a sling Sir

@sofalugger 5 жыл бұрын

Was £2-3K a Day. . Only for deep pockets . . .

@andrewwilton6809 7 жыл бұрын

What a bunch of flankers

@diamonddog257 11 жыл бұрын

Everybody Shut the Hell Up.....this is fascinating: ] the best 'Shots' in the World ]years of expert preparations ] If I had to Pay for this; I'd make sure I was Olympic-level first ] WPowell guns are cheap - compared to 'London Best' ] if North American land-owners knew game management as well as Europeans.......

@AmericanHero911 7 жыл бұрын

Here's an idea - find a way to support all populations of bird without anyone shooting anything.

@auchen888dolly8 10 ай бұрын

To many predators today hunters make the best conservationists fact …

@billsiviter9272 6 жыл бұрын

How many raptors successfully reared young on this moor for the last 4 years? Grouse aren't royalty the raptors are! It's a privilege only a few very wealthy clients can afford!