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22 July 2026
Dan Thor is back on the pigeons near his home in Essex – but the birds are giving him the runaround. All week he has watched them flocking to feed on this field of beans, but now the barley fields
Instagram star Dan Thor is a regular beater on the Brent Pelham shoot in Hertfordshire, but today he swaps his beating stick for his trusty Miroku, stoked up with Lyalvale Express steel cartridges, for a day on the peg. It’s a memorial day for his partner Shannon’s grandfather, and she is shooting too. Dan hasn’t drawn the best number, and after a thrilling first drive he’s out of the action. Meanwhile Shannon is in the hot seat, and buzzing after shooting four partridges for four shots – but how will Dan react to her success?
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Dan Thor is back on the pigeons near his home in Essex – but the birds are giving him the runaround. All week he has watched them flocking to feed on this field of beans, but now the barley fields
Dan Thor is excited to be back on the pigeons after an unusually quiet summer. He is out with his friend Dean @essex_hunter_ and there are plenty of birds about – but they are spread over several large fields that
Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean near Epping in Essex, and they’re hoping for a good day decoying pigeons. There are plenty of birds about, they set up a great pattern with floaters and a whirly, the hide
Dan Thor is on summer crop protection, keeping the pigeons off growing crops on the farm. He starts on a patch of laid barley, but there’s a problem: his gun keeps jamming. Today is Sunday, so to avoid upsetting the
Dan Thor is out on the pigeons near his home in Hertfordshire. It’s a lovely warm spring day, the birds are decoying well, and he’s shooting a stunning Browning 525 Exquisite. Trouble is, the gun is made to standard off-the-shelf
Instagram star Dan Thor has been invited to a lovely driven partridge and pheasant day by his friend Fred the Gamekeeper. He’s decided to leave his usual Miroku in the cabinet today, and he’s shooting an old favourite Browning 525.