“The land slopes up to a steep wood — this shoot demands a degree of leg-thrusting stamina” GAME CARD
Name: Sallicombe shoot, Devon.
Date: 17 December.
Drives: Wet Wood, the Pen, the Orchard Goyle, High Bank, Big Wood.
Guns: Hugh Corbin, Stephen Fisher Crouch, Jonathan Walker, Andrew Parr, Paul Arnott, Hugh Davey, Chuck Guest, Chris Lee, Ed Parr.
Weather: Calm, mild, sunshine and cloud.
Terrain: Around 95 acres of steep, wooded hillside.
Bag: 17 pheasants, one woodcock.
The Sallicombe shoot, tucked away in deepest Devon, may not be unique but it is in its own way a remarkable DIY shoot. Consisting of little more than 95 acres on the north-facing side of a steep valley, the banks are densely wooded, interspersed with patches…