hi all

Today i was just sitting at the computer slaving away, when i noticed, that i deserved a lunchbreak the weather was nice and sunny temp. 15 dgr. thats around 56 farenheit and a slight breeze from the east.
i convinced niicky that enough was enough, so we should go and train sako for an hour or so.
i grabed the adams just for the fun of it and of we went.



well the birds were there, actually all over the place.



nice point



up up and away



nice crowd, but to young



he is staying like he should



just enjoying a small rest, damn life is good



back to work and point



nice work, and it is just opening season



still young, not full feather



one for the pot, and to him for doing a great job



got it



good dawg nice work

Today i went on one part of the field only 3,5 hektar(10 acre) and we raised and counted 75-80 pheasant and 25 partrigde. it seems like the start of a fun year...

wish you were here

peter

You can't beat a day at the office

What a great photo sequence. Is this you in the pictures Peter, and is "Sako" your favourite German Shorthair featured prominently as well??

Be happy Danish agriculture still maintains its structure of small fields interspersed with hedges and insular areas of trees and bushes. That has saved your populations of game birds compared to most other Western European countries (the UK probably being the exception).

In your introductory post, you mentioned your location as 45 km south of Copenhagen?? Koege, Roskilde or in one of those general areas?? (During lunch, it occurred to me, that Roskilde is probably only 30 kms or so south (west) of Cph, so I guess that leaves that one out...)

- mike

P.S. Not being a bird hunter myself, it was highly encouraging to hear you assess the various birds in terms of age. That would be an interesting subject to expand on, should you care to take the time.

Waidmannsheil!

What a great way to spend a little time outdoors. a bit of good shooting and a good working dog.

Don

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Originally posted by mho:
What a great photo sequence. Is this you in the pictures Peter, and is "Sako" your favourite German Shorthair featured prominently as well??

Be happy Danish agriculture still maintains its structure of small fields interspersed with hedges and insular areas of trees and bushes. That has saved your populations of game birds compared to most other Western European countries (the UK probably being the exception).

In your introductory post, you mentioned your location as 45 km south of Copenhagen?? Koege, Roskilde or in one of those general areas?? (During lunch, it occurred to me, that Roskilde is probably only 30 kms or so south (west) of Cph, so I guess that leaves that one out...)

- mike

P.S. Not being a bird hunter myself, it was highly encouraging to hear you assess the various birds in terms of age. That would be an interesting subject to expand on, should you care to take the time.

hi mike,

yes it is me in the pictures, along with the brown hurricane also known as sako my 6 year old GSP.

well farming in denmark is a big industri and you can see it in most of the places around here. but there is also alot of small farm owners like me, who has jumped at the chance of making our littlel piece of land into a piece nature again(with the very welcome support from the danish goverment and the EC)
in both denmark and england most of the birds come from released birds from the estates and private syndicates that release alot of them each year, the gamekeepers raise the birds in enclosers and release them at a given time usually a coppel of months before the season starts(danish law). as long as people will pay for the shoots there will always be enough phesant around here.

i live about 75 km south of copenhagen wich is 35km south of koege. in the prime land of estate hunting with plenty of forest all around but also lots and lots of hunters.

the birds age is no big mystery, if the feathers is still ruffeled and and the bird look unfinished then they are to young, most of the time they have not been released soon enough or the gamekeeper did'nt know his job very well.
i will find a picture and blow it up for you to see, it aint that hard. the reason i dont shoot them is that they dont fly like a phesant should and it is not sporting then.

peter

Thanks Peter,

So, if that is you (and Sako) in the pictures, who is the photographer, then??

30 Kms south of Koege - somewhere on Stevns, perhaps??

Thanks for the clarification on ageing of the gamebirds. Not being a bird hunter, I had no idea you had any way of doing this, or even had time to do so when they fly. But it is very encouraging to see that you manage (or at least attempt) a selection. I'm sure that will benefit your bird population in the long run.

- mike

hi mike

the photografer is my wife niicky, and you will get a picture of her as soon as i can get that ugly italian o/u away from her.

stevns is pretty close, i live just south of roennede at a farm callede axelved.
www.axelved.com

even if you are not a bird hunter, go and try a few shoots, driven birds it is great fun.

peter

Peter, you are a lucky man to share your interests with your wife.

I can deal with Roennede - between Naestved and Faxe.

I'm afraid I could not dare to take a shot at a flying bird - my only chance would be for it to fall down dead of laughter. Besides, the dog would be too embarrassed to even want to know me...

- mike

Peter,

My compliments to you and your wife; verynice pictures indeed!

I am also jealous at what you can do during your dinner break! i must be very nice to be able to pop out for an hour or two at the drop of the hat!

Regards,

Pete

Good birds, good country, a good dog and a good woman to share it with! What more could one ask for.

quote:

Originally posted by mho:
Peter, you are a lucky man to share your interests with your wife.

I can deal with Roennede - between Naestved and Faxe.

I'm afraid I could not dare to take a shot at a flying bird - my only chance would be for it to fall down dead of laughter. Besides, the dog would be too embarrassed to even want to know me...

- mike

well mike thats why you start out with clays, if they laugh then you shoot them on the ground

peter

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Originally posted by Pete E:
Peter,

My compliments to you and your wife; verynice pictures indeed!

I am also jealous at what you can do during your dinner break! i must be very nice to be able to pop out for an hour or two at the drop of the hat!

Regards,

Pete

yes she is very good with that camera, if you envy the birds think about what one can do in the summer roebuck season






besides the taxes danish living can be quite good

peter

Very good photo sequence Peter.What an idyllic setting to live in.Congrats there.

BTW,could you please share more info on the Adams SXS you were using?Looks rather nice.Thanks.

Best-
Locksley,R

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Originally posted by RobinOLocksley:
Very good photo sequence Peter.What an idyllic setting to live in.Congrats there.

BTW,could you please share more info on the Adams SXS you were using?Looks rather nice.Thanks.

Best-
Locksley,R

sure no problem this is lifted of www.nitroexpress.com

here is my adams 12 gauge hammer shotgun, im using it for upland birds when the weather is nice and my GSP sako is up for it.









still searching for its history. it is in good condition barrels as clean and nice as when it was made.

peter

Thanks Peter.As I said,that is a fine looking gun.

Best-
Locksley,R

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Originally posted by RobinOLocksley:
Thanks Peter.As I said,that is a fine looking gun.

Best-
Locksley,R

thanks locksley it is a joy to handle and shoot.

peter