Wow. My old farm shooting at doves as a kid would have been out of reach for me until I was in my 30s. We're so blessed in the US. A shoot in Britain might be interesting, but I doubt I'll ever do it. Nice video.
Best thing about having an ex keeper for a grandad is most of the things needed for game shooting gets handed down, plus the extras like tips, experience, contacts etc.
This is just brilliant! "Oh ! and dont shoot birds that obviously should not be shot" "Too low, definitely somebody elses, unless you know them, then its funny" This cracked me up lol and as a shoot captain for the last 15 years I have lost count of the times I have said the exact same thing to the novice gun, just much funnier hearing someone else say it.
Part of my business is designing tweed. I appreciated you touching on that. In my opinion, life is too short to wear basic or boring tweed. And just be a gentleman!
Thankyou for this video I’ve only just started out and this was a big help and a good insite into the sport and how to get into game shooting as up to know I have only done clay shooting
The ethos of game shooting is the same for the beaters....have fun and interact with your fellow beaters....have a laugh, have some Sloe Gin, have some Port, enjoy yourself....but also do what is expected of you...Turn up dressed for the occasion, do your part to the best of your ability and you will be asked to come back again and again, you will always get a brace to take home and become part of an amazing community....to be honest there is nothing quite like it!!
Essentially that an invitation in the shooting world is more of an honour/privilege than one outside of it. Each invitation must me carefully considered and any rejection handled delicately
Driven birds, loaders, agents, invites, tweed jackets, good shirts, and neckties. I do like this channel, but sometimes it does remind you just how wide the Atlantic is.
@@tgsoutdoors Ah, imagine bushwhacking through the brush in hopes of scaring up a covey of quail, arms all scratched up, and suddenly you freeze at the sound of a rattler that you know is close, but where is it?. Exciting bird hunting that.
@@williammitchell3633 depending on terrain, it's just like an outing rough shooting over here, but we don't tend to have poisonous reptiles or animals that might try to eat you (Unless accounting for Vegans protesting) :D
Bill Mitchell I’m enamored with this tradition. I found a company very close to me that books these types of bird hunts and simulated clay shoots. I am an avid clay shooter, and a slave to fashion, this is a dream for me.
Hi. Thank for the tips. I hve recently found your chanel and so have subscribed. One question I hve is how do you know whos bird it is when shooting. Do you take it in turns. Or have areas to cover? Thank you. James
It’s so funny as I am from The states the cliche British way of hunting in my mind is all true with the suits tie and hats. but there is nothing wrong with that... over here we wear blaze orange. Do you guys wear full camo when you wildfowl?
Alex Outdoors Step one-get your section 1 fac (deer calibers will need to be on said license) Step two- find a piece of land that the owner allows you to shoot deer on (permission) Step three- confirm with the police that the permission is a suitable and legal piece of land for deer shooting. Step four- go out shooting the deer that are in season. This list is incredibly watered down but gives more detail than just “get a license and go shooting”
would love to get involved, sounds alot more involved than i thought tho, and sadly not from a country background, and dont know anybody in it! fortunately im not too far away in Guildford
Hi, I have 150 bird day booked as an individual gun (+8 other guns), it will be my first time taking part in a formal driven shoot and was wondering how many cartridges to take as I hear it is bad form to run out!, I think the first drive is ducks and the rest of the day is pheasant. (keep up the great work with your channel very helpful with all the info and equipment reviews)
Muzleflash1 In my experience, I always tend to take more than I need, but of course if you can't use them elsewhere that may be a problem. For a 150 bird day between 8 guns, I would say 75 is enough, 100 is plenty.
It depends on how good you are with a gun, I have been on a 50 bird day where two guns did 100 cartridges each between them! I always take as many cartridges as there are birds on the day. So in your case 150. If in doubt, Chuck a slab in the gun bus. At least you can help someone else out if they run out. Where abouts are you shooting?
@@tgsoutdoors Hi thanks for the advice, I will probably take a mix some of the new Eley biowad steel and some standard game shells as we have the duck drive, I am shooting at an estate near Oswestry in Shropshire
TGS Day... Would love to. From Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia... Watching this video during CV19 lockdown 2020. How does one join your future event calendar? Have gun, will travel..!
Our group of grouse hunters have a bit of a dress code here in the states. Nothing wrong with honoring a bit of tradition. No orange requirements here. It is taken full advantage of. Loosen up Blake, different strokes for different folks.
The Gun Shop I’m a hunter from Australia and from what i’ve seen there is little to no emphasis on “traditional” dress while hunting. Not trying to ridicule you guys at all.. just trying get my head around it!
I’m 15 and really interested in clay shooting and just walking up hedges and getting a rabbit or a pheasant with my 20 bore side by side but I sometimes think my gun lets me down. What would you recommend as a next gun?
Maybe have a coach or knowledgeable shooter see if your gun fits you. That's the important part (assuming it's safe and reliable). I have several shotgun types, but love my sxs's the most.
I tend to get about 6/10 to 8/10 when clay shooting and I find I haven’t improved in a long time and I’ve never had a lesson. I find my gun fits me very poorly so I wonder if a different one would help me improve
OK,......game shooting in the UK. You also have a very deep pool of used guns that are exceptional over there. We Americans do not have that ...........used gun market. Shooting fashion for your country. It is a well known and established fact that one must wear........this and that. In the US, we wear clothing that is more workmanlike than yours. We also have to put up with the blaze-orange craze of so many inches of coverage for safety. Because we have a bunch of numb-nuts that shoot at anything that moves in the woods. I like wool, but in deep thickets I use tin-cloth and impregnated canvas. My Filson chaps are 10 years old and show no wear from all of the thickets of rose bushes, brambles, and other problem flora that I have slogged through. In driving rain, I have yet to get wet from wax impregnated canvas. It may be stiff,.......it may be hard to move in in low temperatures, but it gives me the best protection. The thing that puts me off on going over to hunt in the UK is the attire and the snobbish looks of the gentry as they see the American in his hunting garb. We made our clothing to repel nature with its weather and thorns to give us a mostly dry skin under all that clothing. We used the materials we had to hand. Canvas has been used for centuries on board ships to keep most of the water off of you. Canvas with a wax treatment works in the fields to keep the briars away. This is the snobbish kind of sh#t that I bit#hed about on another channel. I am not going to spend another $400 on CLOTHING JUST SO I CAN FIT IN!! If the shoot demands that I wear this type of clothing,..........I'll go to Ireland. Where they don't care what you wear. You younger crowd have taken-up the snob. 4:24....100 plus cartridge bag? OK....over there. In America,......one box of shells. You are limited to 3 to 4 birds for a limit per day. Unless you go to a game farm or hunting preserve. Then it is how many you shoot for the day by the farm. 10:38......loader.........maybe because I do not know the etiquette of the field or the country,......but loading for me........left hand buries itself in the pocket and comes out with two shells in between the first and third fingers. You will not let me have an auto or a pump gun in your fields so I must do the left hand stuff. Tell me where the birds are coming from? I can hear them or see them. How dimwitted are you people? The guides must be rolling on the floor after you people shoot for them. I truly believe that the more educated the English person gets, the more their common sense shriveled-up and died. And then they get belligerent when they think people do not take them seriously. I fart in your general direction. Shooting culture........ 15:42.....It is around talking with people and trying to see their point of view. The X-Box gen will never see this. Anyone over the Boomer gen will not see or appreciate the nuances. It is another language that school never taught you. You will be snubbed and shoved to the outside. As an American would be. We are the uncivilized idiots from across the pond. Unless you have made a name for yourself worldwide and have multi millions to spend. 16:15.........How much does it cost to do a shoot of 200 to 300 birds? The person in this vid must know people or he has money from daddy. It is too expensive for normal people to be able to go on a one day shoot. Yes ....drop him an e-mail to go do a shoot. He will make a few quid and be able to go on another hunt sponsored by his peers. Listen you........most people in your country can't afford to go on a shoot ! The ne'er-do-well types are the only ones to be able to do it. And the idle rich. I would like to see this thug shoot live game. I have seen him shoot targets. I knew a 14 year old that was a terror on the trap and skeet fields, but when I took him out to shoot real game he wilted like a 5 day old cut rose. Bring your high-end gun here and let me set-up a shoot for you. You will scream mercy within the first mile. Blowdowns and razor sharp briars. Aspens so thick that you can't get through if you have a pack on your back. Oh yes,.......wolves. Temperature extremes in September from 52 F to 19 in the same day. I FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!!!
Wow. My old farm shooting at doves as a kid would have been out of reach for me until I was in my 30s. We're so blessed in the US. A shoot in Britain might be interesting, but I doubt I'll ever do it. Nice video.
Great video for novice first timers John ...very well explained.
It’s now an old video, but if it happened, what a treat it must have been for those that got to hunt with your team. 👍🏼
Best thing about having an ex keeper for a grandad is most of the things needed for game shooting gets handed down, plus the extras like tips, experience, contacts etc.
This is just brilliant! "Oh ! and dont shoot birds that obviously should not be shot" "Too low, definitely somebody elses, unless you know them, then its funny" This cracked me up lol and as a shoot captain for the last 15 years I have lost count of the times I have said the exact same thing to the novice gun, just much funnier hearing someone else say it.
Great video!! This is John from NYC, great meeting you guys last month and most definitely keep me in the loop on a shoot!!
Don't forget about the dogs on the shoot you can't have a shoot day without smelling of a wet dog 🤣🤣.great vid as allways guys
Thanks 👍
Nothing like wreaking of wet dog and gunsmoke on the drive home.
Well put! I went on my first shoot last week to film it and everything you say resonates with me 👍🏼👍🏼
Part of my business is designing tweed. I appreciated you touching on that. In my opinion, life is too short to wear basic or boring tweed. And just be a gentleman!
Great video guys. Definitely some key points that would apply to me. Looking forward to getting "properly attired". Thanks again.
Just be careful of pheasant jumpers Dan!
Life’s to short to be all in green. Awesome!
Well done great idea too help first timers.
I very much look forward to getting something organised on my next trip to the UK.
Thankyou for this video I’ve only just started out and this was a big help and a good insite into the sport and how to get into game shooting as up to know I have only done clay shooting
The ethos of game shooting is the same for the beaters....have fun and interact with your fellow beaters....have a laugh, have some Sloe Gin, have some Port, enjoy yourself....but also do what is expected of you...Turn up dressed for the occasion, do your part to the best of your ability and you will be asked to come back again and again, you will always get a brace to take home and become part of an amazing community....to be honest there is nothing quite like it!!
Interesting video. I didn’t really understand what was said about Invites. Would you please clarify?
Essentially that an invitation in the shooting world is more of an honour/privilege than one outside of it. Each invitation must me carefully considered and any rejection handled delicately
Thank you for clarifying.
Would really like to shoot a game day with you lads
Driven birds, loaders, agents, invites, tweed jackets, good shirts, and neckties. I do like this channel, but sometimes it does remind you just how wide the Atlantic is.
It never ceases to amaze me how different our Hunting styles and traditions are.
@@tgsoutdoors Ah, imagine bushwhacking through the brush in hopes of scaring up a covey of quail, arms all scratched up, and suddenly you freeze at the sound of a rattler that you know is close, but where is it?. Exciting bird hunting that.
@@williammitchell3633 depending on terrain, it's just like an outing rough shooting over here, but we don't tend to have poisonous reptiles or animals that might try to eat you (Unless accounting for Vegans protesting) :D
Gary Palmer If they have ruffled feathers, they are fair game!
Bill Mitchell I’m enamored with this tradition. I found a company very close to me that books these types of bird hunts and simulated clay shoots. I am an avid clay shooter, and a slave to fashion, this is a dream for me.
I love filming game shooting. Video doesn't lie!
Hi. Thank for the tips. I hve recently found your chanel and so have subscribed. One question I hve is how do you know whos bird it is when shooting. Do you take it in turns. Or have areas to cover? Thank you. James
Thank goodness that I live in the USA and I can just go in the backyard and shoot birds in bluejeans.
@Monti Dell having a bunch of snobs in ties tell you what to wear is better than shooting outdoors on your own?
It’s so funny as I am from The states the cliche British way of hunting in my mind is all true with the suits tie and hats. but there is nothing wrong with that... over here we wear blaze orange. Do you guys wear full camo when you wildfowl?
I didn't quite understand the invite things... So you get an invite, for what? To become part of the a consortium, or going hunting, or what?
I love the tweed, i just don't wear it. Suits the wife great tho.
Flat cap is a must 😆
Can we get a gettin' started on Deer Stalking? I'd like to know how it is in the UK.. Just get your licenses go out and shoot?
Alex Outdoors
Step one-get your section 1 fac (deer calibers will need to be on said license)
Step two- find a piece of land that the owner allows you to shoot deer on (permission)
Step three- confirm with the police that the permission is a suitable and legal piece of land for deer shooting.
Step four- go out shooting the deer that are in season.
This list is incredibly watered down but gives more detail than just “get a license and go shooting”
would love to get involved, sounds alot more involved than i thought tho, and sadly not from a country background, and dont know anybody in it!
fortunately im not too far away in Guildford
Hi, I have 150 bird day booked as an individual gun (+8 other guns), it will be my first time taking part in a formal driven shoot and was wondering how many cartridges to take as I hear it is bad form to run out!, I think the first drive is ducks and the rest of the day is pheasant. (keep up the great work with your channel very helpful with all the info and equipment reviews)
Muzleflash1 In my experience, I always tend to take more than I need, but of course if you can't use them elsewhere that may be a problem. For a 150 bird day between 8 guns, I would say 75 is enough, 100 is plenty.
It depends on how good you are with a gun, I have been on a 50 bird day where two guns did 100 cartridges each between them!
I always take as many cartridges as there are birds on the day. So in your case 150. If in doubt, Chuck a slab in the gun bus. At least you can help someone else out if they run out.
Where abouts are you shooting?
@@tgsoutdoors Hi thanks for the advice, I will probably take a mix some of the new Eley biowad steel and some standard game shells as we have the duck drive, I am shooting at an estate near Oswestry in Shropshire
TGS Day... Would love to.
From Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia... Watching this video during CV19 lockdown 2020.
How does one join your future event calendar?
Have gun, will travel..!
We shall be putting out a list of dates for this year just as soon as we have them.
And you would be most welcome
100% interested in a day with you guys- email to follow!
Is that a Gras Rifle Bayonet i see in the back left Sir???
Could i take the pump Jonny 😂
Hmmmm
Foum it!
I live in Canada we were camo for hunting do you use camo there to
Yes we do, when it’s needed.
A green tweed does blend in with the surroundings quite well
Very interested if you are organising a day :)
So basically you can walk out of the woods and right onto the golf course without changing clothes...lol
Somewhat, although Golf has modernised a lot more than Game shooting!
For those of us here in the states, here is a link to an outfitter who does these traditional types of shoots.
www.royalunitedgb.com
Looks awesome
Do you have an Instagram to follow?
So I can't turn up with my joggers and t-shirt?
You can turn up in that if you want. Whether the outcome is something you are happy with is another question.
I seriously don’t understand the hunting “dress code” going on in the uk!
Why?
better than orange camo I guess.
Our group of grouse hunters have a bit of a dress code here in the states. Nothing wrong with honoring a bit of tradition. No orange requirements here. It is taken full advantage of.
Loosen up Blake, different strokes for different folks.
The Gun Shop I’m a hunter from Australia and from what i’ve seen there is little to no emphasis on “traditional” dress while hunting. Not trying to ridicule you guys at all.. just trying get my head around it!
I’m 15 and really interested in clay shooting and just walking up hedges and getting a rabbit or a pheasant with my 20 bore side by side but I sometimes think my gun lets me down. What would you recommend as a next gun?
My experience is its very rarely the tools.. . Keep it up you'll get better
My experience is its very rarely the tools... Keep it up you'll get better
Thomas 12345 a bad worksman blames his tools, a bad shot blames his gun.
Maybe have a coach or knowledgeable shooter see if your gun fits you. That's the important part (assuming it's safe and reliable). I have several shotgun types, but love my sxs's the most.
I tend to get about 6/10 to 8/10 when clay shooting and I find I haven’t improved in a long time and I’ve never had a lesson. I find my gun fits me very poorly so I wonder if a different one would help me improve
first !!!
I thought with this being a shooting channel there would be some level of maturity....
I was obviously wrong
@@busta87 I regretted it afterwards, but was too lazy to go back and delete it.
Do you need a licence to go game shooting?
No, it’s not licensed
The whole thing about dressing in that particular way to go shoot birds is really dam weird.
I suppose it is a bit. Very comfortable though
@@tgsoutdoors I'm sure, looks smart too, just odd :D
OK,......game shooting in the UK. You also have a very deep pool of used guns that are exceptional over there. We Americans do not have that ...........used gun market.
Shooting fashion for your country. It is a well known and established fact that one must wear........this and that.
In the US, we wear clothing that is more workmanlike than yours. We also have to put up with the blaze-orange craze of so many inches of coverage for safety.
Because we have a bunch of numb-nuts that shoot at anything that moves in the woods.
I like wool, but in deep thickets I use tin-cloth and impregnated canvas. My Filson chaps are 10 years old and show no wear from all of the thickets of rose bushes, brambles, and other problem flora that I have slogged through. In driving rain, I have yet to get wet from wax impregnated canvas. It may be stiff,.......it may be hard to move in in low temperatures, but it gives me the best protection.
The thing that puts me off on going over to hunt in the UK is the attire and the snobbish looks of the gentry as they see the American in his hunting garb.
We made our clothing to repel nature with its weather and thorns to give us a mostly dry skin under all that clothing. We used the materials we had to hand. Canvas has been used for centuries on board ships to keep most of the water off of you. Canvas with a wax treatment works in the fields to keep the briars away.
This is the snobbish kind of sh#t that I bit#hed about on another channel. I am not going to spend another $400 on CLOTHING JUST SO I CAN FIT IN!!
If the shoot demands that I wear this type of clothing,..........I'll go to Ireland. Where they don't care what you wear.
You younger crowd have taken-up the snob.
4:24....100 plus cartridge bag? OK....over there. In America,......one box of shells. You are limited to 3 to 4 birds for a limit per day. Unless you go to a game farm or hunting preserve. Then it is how many you shoot for the day by the farm.
10:38......loader.........maybe because I do not know the etiquette of the field or the country,......but loading for me........left hand buries itself in the pocket and comes out with two shells in between the first and third fingers. You will not let me have an auto or a pump gun in your fields so I must do the left hand stuff.
Tell me where the birds are coming from? I can hear them or see them. How dimwitted are you people?
The guides must be rolling on the floor after you people shoot for them. I truly believe that the more educated the English person gets, the more their common sense shriveled-up and died.
And then they get belligerent when they think people do not take them seriously.
I fart in your general direction.
Shooting culture........
15:42.....It is around talking with people and trying to see their point of view. The X-Box gen will never see this. Anyone over the Boomer gen will not see or appreciate the nuances. It is another language that school never taught you. You will be snubbed and shoved to the outside. As an American would be. We are the uncivilized idiots from across the pond.
Unless you have made a name for yourself worldwide and have multi millions to spend.
16:15.........How much does it cost to do a shoot of 200 to 300 birds?
The person in this vid must know people or he has money from daddy. It is too expensive for normal people to be able to go on a one day shoot.
Yes ....drop him an e-mail to go do a shoot. He will make a few quid and be able to go on another hunt sponsored by his peers.
Listen you........most people in your country can't afford to go on a shoot ! The ne'er-do-well types are the only ones to be able to do it. And the idle rich.
I would like to see this thug shoot live game. I have seen him shoot targets.
I knew a 14 year old that was a terror on the trap and skeet fields, but when I took him out to shoot real game he wilted like a 5 day old cut rose.
Bring your high-end gun here and let me set-up a shoot for you. You will scream mercy within the first mile. Blowdowns and razor sharp briars. Aspens so thick that you can't get through if you have a pack on your back. Oh yes,.......wolves.
Temperature extremes in September from 52 F to 19 in the same day.
I FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!!!
This, is a miserable person.
Are you stupid?
As an Englishman, I agree with you! Driven shooting are for rich people and know nothing about bird hunting..
What a sad little life, Jane
Am i the only one who thinks tweed looks daft? Hate the game shoot outfits.
Burnt Toast Nope
I’m not going to listen to a piece of burnt toast! Haha lol