Recent content by Oscarsdad

Hi chaps, I have not been on here for a while and have been concentrating on fishing a lot more but thought I would pop on to wish everyone luck with the upcoming season ? the pheasant season here in England starts tomorrow! Although most shoots won?t start until November so that the...

Happy Independence day to all from England! Hopefully our Anglo - American relationship will soon replace the idiots from Europe to a greater extent haha!

Well we saw a lot... Started in San Francisco and did all of the touristy city stuff - although I am not a fan of big cities SF is very nice. Then we went south down the coast towards Monterey and stayed in Carmel before driving down Highway 1 with the awesome sights of Big Sur. Montery...

Hi all, just a quick post to say although I have not been on here much for a while that is because I have been on my honeymoon over in California...I don't think I met any of you guys whilst I was over but as usual, I came away with the overriding impression that Americans are some of the nicest...

No wild game birds anywhere near me apart from woodcock in season but I can't shoot those so all pheasants are reared and released - which is the case everywhere in the UK. There will be birds left from the last season but there are no truly wild game birds. The only wild indigenous game birds...

I think we were a little optimistic on the weight actually - the first one I butchered I weighed and it was just under 30lbs after gutting, skinning and removing the head / feet. So I guess perhaps 45lb ish deer - I only use pounds being a fisherman - we still measure fish in pounds lol! They...

They are very strange looking things...still considered sporting game and since the population is confined to such a small area they are very sought after by stalkers. I was very lucky to get a free invite, the cheapest guide I can find charges $200 outing fee then $150 shot fee for a doe so it...

I was lucky enough to be invited out by a true gentleman from another UK shooting forum that I use and he was determined to get me my first deer. The deer we were after are Chinese Water Deer, a non indigenour species to England that escaped from a country estate and now have a small population...

I would really enjoy that...as I said, driven birds are not my favourite, a bit too artificial for me and walked up is my favourite type of shooting. With that sort of size of area to hunt I think I would be a little daunted to start with and not know where to start - the biggest area I have to...

$3! I only get 30p (49 cents) if I sell pigeons to a game dealer! But then it's not uncommon to shoot 100-150 in an afternoon at the right time of year.

Driven birds are not my favourite at all....I would much rather shoot fewer birds but walked up wild birds hunted by my dog in front of me rather than driven towards me. It's enjoyable a few times a year but I wouldn't want to pay the $1000 a day to shoot them that people do on that farm!

Well chaps, the pheasant season in England has now come to a close and I shot for the last time at game birds on Saturday. Firstly, the weather was a lot nicer than it was on Wednesday! There was a bitterly cold wind on the exposed parts of the farm but in the more sheltered parts it was quite...

Thank you - there are some great tips in there, my wife wants to go to Alcatraz (maybe I could leave her there haha!) but I wasn't that fussed but I do like the idea of the last tour there. We have some friends over for dinner tomorrow (I am cooking them pheasant!) who have been to California...

that's a great story haha!:D

Thanks for the tips...I will definitely check out Ojais. I don't think I have heard anyone within a good word to say about LA - it's the only place I have been in CA as I was there for work and I stayed in Long Beach - it was ok but a bit touristy for me. The fishing sounds good and the...