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Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

Title:	The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:	Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:	SALEM::PAPPALARDO

Created:	Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1561
Total number of notes:	17784

439.0. "The glorious twelth" by LASHAM::PHILPOTT_I (Col. Philpott is back in action...) Mon Aug 14 1989 08:31

    
    Well I'd have entered this on the day, but there aren't many terminals
    on grouse moors.
    
    Saturday was of course the Glorious 12th when the hunting season
    starts. (If you have to ask which hunting season, I'll never speak
    to you again :-)) - actually of course the British grouse season.
    
    Despite some sporadic interference by Hunt Saboteurs (uncouth louts
    who were trespassing on private land), which we didn't see, and
    also the affect of a parasitic worm which has rather reduced the
    numbers of grouse, the opening day wasn't bad.
    
    Anyway my new shotgun got a blooding: 6 1/2 brace on the day...
    
    Now maybe the rifle barrels will be as good and I'll get a red deer
    when that season opens?
    
    /. Ian .\

    (Also entered in the firearms conference - the shotgun is a Valmet 412S 
    for which I have a 30-06 barrel set and a 12 gauge barrel set...)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
439.1	???	XCUSME::NEWSHAM	I'm the NRA	`Mon Aug 14 1989 08:43`	7
	Pray tell Ian, what is 6 1/2 brooding ? Does this meen you got 6 1/2 Grouse ? Just kidding... Inquiring minds wanna know, Red
439.2		XCUSME::NEWSHAM	I'm the NRA	`Mon Aug 14 1989 08:45`	6
	Correction, that what's a brace, not brooding.. Inquiring minds don't function too well at 04:45 in the U.S. of A. Red
439.3		LASHAM::PHILPOTT_I	Col. Philpott is back in action...	`Mon Aug 14 1989 11:13`	26
	rep A brace is a pair (as in two). Traditionally the game bag is counted in brace, so 6 1/2 brace is thirteen birds. Also counted in brace are foxhounds (as in "the pack has 41 and a half brace of hounds...") And of course a shotgun (traditional side by side) is sometimes referred to as a "brace". And of course a matched pair of duelling pistols in a case is a "cased brace of pistols"... This sort of obsolete terminology is fun: I once was passing through immigration control at Logan airport and had the following dialog with the immigration officer... IO: "uh, how long you stayin'?" ME: "oh, about a fortnight." IO: "How long's a fortnight buddy?" ME: "Two sennight" At which he actually looked like he was about to arrest me... (fortnight: 14 nights. Sennight: 7 nights... easy, yes?) /. Ian .\
439.4	Sounds like fun	DECWET::HELSEL	Legitimate sporting purpose	`Mon Aug 14 1989 16:14`	10
	13 birds? Great! What's the bag limit? I'd have to hunt 4 or 5 states to legally shoot that many grouse in a single day. /brett
439.5	Thanks	XCUSME::NEWSHAM	I'm the NRA	`Tue Aug 15 1989 02:26`	3
	Ian, thanks for the reply. I also like the deal with the forthnite.. Red
439.6		ODIHAM::PHILPOTT_I	Col. Philpott is back in action...	`Thu Aug 17 1989 10:46`	17
	re bag limit: there isn't one. However I was lucky enough to get an invite from the owner of the moor (he's my landlord, next door neighbour, and rapidly becoming a good friend). Most people have to pay a daily fee to shoot. Bearing in mind its a driven shoot, so the beaters have to be paid, and also that the gamekeeper and his assistants have to be paid year round, perhaps it isn't surprising that it's expensive: paying guests on a good moor may pay $500 a day (though you get overnight accomodation in the shooting lodge and champagne picnic lunches for that...) Still you can sell your kill to offset the costs... (London buyers are paying about $25 each for them, though I didn't get nearly that much from the local hotel, I did get enough to pay for my fuel, and cartridges...) /. Ian .\
439.7	few birds = expensive shooting	LESNET::JUCH		`Mon Aug 28 1989 21:11`	8
	Just got a quote from one of the more exclusive grouse estates. Four out of six estates have cancelled their shooting this year because of small numbers of birds. The estate had one opening at 1200 pounds per day for the shooting ALONE. They had an estimated bag of 100 brace. That's $1920.00 per day!!! No wonder it's a rich person's sport!