Thanks Chaps. The real pleasure is the ability to use the gun on the foreshore, although I am paranoid about cleaning it after it has been exposed to the mud and seawater of the marshes of the UK. I enclose a couple of pictures to give a sense as to what the saltmarshes of North Norfolk are like - this is the "mecca" of wildfowling in the UK and it gives me great pleasure to be able to shoot with good friends on marshes like this. Walks out are often at least 1 mile out/1 mile back and across some slippery and glutinous mud so keeping fit is critical. However, once out in the creeks (and watching the tide carefully), cranking back the hammers on the big eight as a skein of pinkfeet move over us is right up there in terms of my favourite shooting experiences.
For anyone interested in reading more about UK wildfowling, I recommend "Folwers Moon" by Thorneycroft, "Norfolk Fowler" by Savory or some of BB's books such as "Tides Ending". Cracking stuff.
Craig.
