Collecting pheasant eggs for a new season
22 April 2026
Spring is here, and across the country preparations are underway for the season ahead. For part-time keeper Kevin Copeland, this year is about more than just rearing pheasants — it’s
JP Gaudin, The Seated Gun, is shooting fast-flying partridges at the Balsham Shoot near Cambridge. As if that wasn’t challenge enough, he starts with a 20-bore, then moves on to a .410 – and still manages to bring down some stunning birds with the little Eley Fourlong cartridges, to the delight of young Harley who is loading for him.
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Spring is here, and across the country preparations are underway for the season ahead. For part-time keeper Kevin Copeland, this year is about more than just rearing pheasants — it’s
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