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Thanks for sharing. What a wonderful time. I'm sure I'll remember it next time I'm slogging up the muddy edges of Iowa cornfields, hoping for a sparse pheasant or two. There seems to be an extremly small selection of hunting boots available over there.  Regards Ken
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Tim, nice when the anticipation is fulfilled as you had imagined. Looks like a great time was had by all. Thanks for sharing.
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There seems to be an extremly small selection of hunting boots available over there. Not to mention hats...Geo
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Great pics!! Thank you for including us in your hunt.
A Clarke? I'm not familiar with that maker.
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You guys and your tales of these shoots make me sick.
With envy!!!!! I thought about this and decided I just had to do it!! Now seriously, I love all of the stories and especially the pictures. A hunt/shoot in the UK is still on my list of things to do!!!
Thanks for the stories and the photos.
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Tim, Great report and photos. We see your sister, but not you! Lemme guess, viewer's far left with your dad to your left? You've been a valuable participant to the board regarding the bios of English gunmakers which I have appreciated and thank you for. The day I don't eagerly anticipate a shoot or season's opener is the day I stop breathing. Thanks for sharing. Gil PS: As to the commonality of the boots, is that a salute to the Duke of Wellington in remembrance of the Battle of Waterloo? 
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Wasn't Clarke a maker from Taunton, Somerset?
I was born in Yeovil, Somerset & kinda remember something about the name & town.
Sounds like a fun time mate
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franc
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Nice pictures. Looks like a great time was had by all. A driven shoot in the UK is on my bucket list when I retire.
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Tim, were you at Okeover? If so I am the Estate River Keeper. Dogs invariably pick a pheasant or two from along the river margins after a shoot day. If so, I missed your original post or I could have looked you up. Lagopus.....
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"It is this anticipation which I find to be important. It is one of the things that those few people who shoot four or five days a week throughout the season miss out on, so I don't end up envying them at all."
I don't know about others but this is not a fair statement in my case. I have guided for waterfowl for 9 years and In January/Feb I hunt club pheasants almost every week. At the start of each hunt, whether I am shooting or guiding, I am full of excitement, anticipation and very eager. Guiding 10 hunts a week for 7 to 8 weeks is very gruelling but it is the anticipation not only of myself but also my hunters that gets me up a 4am every morning to do it again!
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