It’s the fun of the hunt
Being a dog man I always enjoy the after-Christmas shoots rather more than those earlier in the season.
The hunting down of the cunning cock pheasant has a peculiar attraction all of its own. It tends to be more akin to foxhunting than any other form of shooting, particularly where the ‘hounds’ used are springers.
In fact, having hunted a pack of beagles, I would venture to suggest that hunting cock birds is infinitely more difficult, requiring a greater degree of hound knowledge and physical fitness, plus imagination.
In the final week of the season it is sometimes hard to get around your own bit of ground to make
