Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2010/January 2011 | Page 120

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Island Life - December 2010

Michael Cass

A great day for the guns
The annual Pagham Shoot is proving as
popular as ever this season, with organiser
Chris Brown saying: “Overall it has been a
great success.”
The shoot began 12 years ago with guns
covering a 2,000-acre site around Pagham,
Merstone and Arreton, with neighbouring
land at Perreton and Birchmore also used.
Around 5,000 red-leg partridges are
released on to the land towards the end of
July, with the shoots usually commencing
on the first Saturday of October and
continuing through until the end of
Mick Brown

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January.
Four let days are available to gun teams
for a day’s shooting early in the season,
with syndicate shoots taking place on
Saturdays, and four days sold cheaper to
members when the bird numbers diminish
in January.
Chris said: “Special thanks must go to
keeper Malcolm Clayton and his family, as
well as the many helpers, for keeping the
shoot going, and making it so successful.”

Kenny Morris

Howard Yates

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