Here’s what a day at Devon Clay Days teaches you: Dan Thor loads one cartridge at a time. His girlfriend Shannon loads two at once. Which is better in a high-pressure situation such as a simulated game day? Find out in this film.
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Who is the fastest cartridge stuffer in the West (Country)?
Here’s what a day at Devon Clay Days teaches you: Dan Thor loads one cartridge at a time. His girlfriend Shannon loads two at once.

How not to roost-shoot pigeons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVAYffKgO4 It could have been superb – but Dan Thor is having a bad day. The pigeons are flocking into the wood where they roost

Fabulous end-of-season pheasants at the Brent Pelham shoot, with Dan Thor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOHlDKBG7F4 What a way to end the pheasant-shooting season. Dan Thor is out with friends from the beaters’ line shooting driven birds at the Brent

Dan Thor shoots the ‘bog rabbit’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDF22FZ-lbc Simulated game? It’s competitive battue clayshooting, as Dan Thor and friends take to the field in Hertfordshire for a simulated game day. The clays

Decoying: how to turn the pigeon tide in your favour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAGAtNLhO0 You know the pigeons are there. You set up your hide, you put out the decoys, you stack up the cartridges – but no

Bangs and banter with Dan Thor on beaters’ day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdPSn1UTJAo It’s beaters’ day on a pheasant shoot in Hertfordshire, and there are still plenty of birds to reward everyone who worked so hard on