In a moment of complete madness, I suggested to the Editor that I head off to a high tower to investigate whether or not we should be shooting high birds, hopefully highlighting that it’s more a case of a Gun’s ability.
Here in the West Country, where I am lucky enough to reside, we tend to shoot fairly high birds. The shoots I visit offer sport that will test the best of Guns. When I moved to Devon some 25 years ago, I had left my usual Hampshire lowland shoots and walked smack-bang into high-bird heaven, with birds like nothing I had shot before.
So here I am at the wonderful Lady’s Wood Shooting School, standing at the foot of their 75-yard tower, thinking, “Me and my