Today is my first day on pheasants, this season. In to the back of Larry Landrover will go the trusty Beretta & useless but reasonably well behaved Labrador of Libertarianism. Cartridge bag will be stuffed with these

Eley’s excellent VIPs – 1 1/8oz of No.6 shot @ 1,450 ft/sec is hot enough for anything I am capable of killing.

The weather forecast:

... 15 degs, light winds...

won’t be needing my shooting coat then. Still, with a bit of luck, a couple of good pegs, I’ll be smoking out those birds by lunchtime.