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Specialist in Realtree, Wildfowling, Goose & Duck Calls, Duck & Goose Decoys, Shooting Clothing, Shooting Accessories & Childrens Shooting Clothing
Website Updated 23rd June 2009

Look out - coming soon! The new Air Gunning Page with Air Rifle Shooting Features, Tips and Pictures. Also look out for a new Shooting Video Clip Page that will show extracts for the new Air Rifle Shooting DVD that we are working on.

  

Look out for the new Paddlesdown Air Gunning pages - coming soon! Air Rifle Shooting features, Shooting Video Clips, Air Gunning Photos, tips and advice.

Trout Fishing


We thought our days of selling Army Surplus had passed us by but constant requests for key products and our own experience of using many of these garments for Wildfowling, Pigeon Shooting and Ferreting has lead to us taking in a substantial delivery from the MOD Disposal Agent. It will take us a while to get them all onto our Military Surplus page but we are getting started.

Testing British Army Goretex

Above, Paddlesdown Pro-staffer Sam tested British Army Goretex whilst wildfowling on the South Solway and Kent Estuaries in January and February 2009.

Other top sellers include the new Softie Thermal Trousers, Army Jumpers and Canvas Army Gaiters,


Just in from New Zealand are the new Ridgeline Buffalo Camo Torrent Jacket and Trousers.  

With it’s roots in the rugged New Zealand Mountains Ridgeline has developed a specialist range of fabrics to suit this most challenging environment. The Ridgeline “Big Four” – warmth, waterproofing, durability and functionality combined with the superior design of their amazing “Hide & Seek” Buffalo Camo has made Torrent Clothing a huge hit.

Ridgeline Torrent Jacket


Paddlesdown will soon be using the experience of their Pro-staffers to introduce Fishing Tackle to our website. Click here for details


Paddlesdown Pro-staffer "Stotty" is currently Field Testing the Lohman Gold Goose Call and the Lohman Gold Duck Call. Initial feedback from Stotty confirms my opinion that the Gold Goose Call (designed for Canada's) will work well as a Greylag Call. Look out for Stotty's review and video of the calls in action.

Lohman Gold Duck Call


This weekend Paddlesdown will be exhibiting at the Yorkshire Game Fair, Harewood House. Click here for details


Paddlesdown Pro-Staffer and Wildfowling expert "Stotty" has just put together for us a Beginners Guide to Duck Calling. To see this series of informative Videos click here


Beginners Guide to Calling Mallard Part I: Lonesome Hen call from Andy Stott on Vimeo.

 


Just in is news of the latest Field Test and Review by Paddlesdown Pro Staff Team member "Stotty". Take a look at his review of the Big River Sweet Cherry and Banded Lady Duck Calls by Clicking Here

Big River Duck Calls 


BASC Scotland Country Fair

Visit Paddlesdown at the BASC Scotland Game and Country Fair, Cardross Estate, Stirlingshire. May 9th and 10th 2009.

Click here for details.


Kenco Lifetimer II Auto Feeder

Paddlesdown have just taken the latest delivery of the very succesful Kenco Lifetimer II Automatic Duck and Pheasant Feeders. We have used these feeders on our shoot since last Autumn with great success and a huge cost saving on other feed methods. You can read the Paddlesdown Pro-staff review of the Field Trials we have carried out over the last 6 months by clicking here


Meet the latest member of the Paddlesdown Pro-Staff Team by clicking here. Want to know what the Paddlesdown Pro-Staff do, click here.

Paddlesdown Pro-staff


Back in stock - Primos Power Crow Call.

Updated today - February Wildfowling Diary and Rough Shoot Photo Gallery. Coming soon Kelmarsh Country Fair.


BASC Eden Game Shooters Evening

Come and see Paddlesdown on the 2nd April at the BASC Northern Region,  Eden Game Game Shooters Evening in Carlisle. Click for details


Meet the Paddlesdown Pro Staff and learn "About Us" 


Jack Pyke Clothing now back in stock including English Oak Hunter Jacket, Green Hunter Shooting Jacket, Long Sleeved English Oak T-Shirt, English Oak Hunter Trousers, Green Hunter Shooting Trousers and LED Wildfowlers Cap

Easy Hit

Paddlesdown are pleased to announce that we have now been appointed stockist's of the Easy Hit!! One of the Paddlesdown Pro Staff, Sam Griffin, has serious Master Eye probles and he is testing the Easy Hit!! on his semi auto and you can read about this by clicking here. To learn about Easy Hit!! click here

Good results with Easy Hit!!

Click Here to buy Easy Hit


Wildfowlers amongst you will be please to hear that we now have Pinkfoot, Greylag and Wigeon Decoys under production in a joint project with Flambeau, Paddlesdown and Tidepool Wildfowling. Click here for details.

Wigeon Decoy, Greylag Decoy, Pinkfoot Decoy


The next Game Fair you will find Paddlesdown at will be the Kelmarsh Country Fair on the 12th and 13th April. We will have a range of shotguns, rifles, air rifles, realtree, shooting accessories, shooting clothing, gun care products, childrens shooting clothing and wildfowling equipment. Look out for the Paddlesdown Marquee and call in to see us.

Paddlesdown at Game Fairs


Paddlesdown have just returned from a fantastic weekend at the British Shooting Show where it was great to meet so many shooting enthusiasts.

The Shooting Show


The Wildfowling Season is now over and we are working hard to bring our Wildfowling Diary up to date, see what we did in February.


Wildfowler, waiting for geese!
Wildfowling involves long periods of time laid in a small hole waiting for action! South Solway, morning flight, 17th Feb '09

Wildfowling, Feb 2009.
Young Wildfowler with a goose in the bag at morning flight.
This week’s deliveries include new products like the exotic Banded Lady Diamond Wood Mallard Call and the Sweet Cherry Mallard Call from Big River Calls, fantastic Duck Calls for the demanding wildfowler. We also have the Lohman Squirrel Call, Lohman Gold Crow Call, Lohman Gold Goose Call, Lohman Gold Duck Call and a host of other Calls. Back into stock come the every reliable Kenco Pheasant Feeders as well as most of our Duck Decoys and Goose Decoys.


We have just returned from 2 weeks in the USA and things are now getting back to normal. The purpose of our trip was to visit the Shot Show and meet up with potential suppliers in the States. The trip was very productive and during 2009 we will be bringing you many new and exciting products - keep watching!

Looking for a cold and wet weather hat? Well we have just taken delivery of Gore-tex and Thinsulate Lined Realtree Hats - a great Waterproof Shooting Hat.

Waterproof Realtree Hat


Recently we received substantial deliveries of Goose Decoys, Duck Decoys, Decoy Bags, Lohman Duck Calls, Crow Calls and Goose Calls, Big River Duck Calls, Decoys Anchor Cords, Pheasant Feeders and Fox Calls

Duck Decoys


If you are looking for shooting vacancies for 2009/10 then please take time to have a look at our Rough Shooting webpage We are now taking applications for vacancies in our Shooting Syndicate.


New in today are Canvas Cartridge Bags, Mini-Maglites, Children's Realtree APG Trousers, more Grub's Wellington's and the Jack Pyke Realtree Knife.


Sorry folks but our Wildfowling Diary has fallen way behind - to much work and not enough time to play! Not totally true as we have over a dozen flights to report including excellant flights at the Pinks, Wigeon and an odd Pintail. To keep you interested here we have a picture from a good morning flight at Lindisfarne with 4 Pinks in the bag. Our own Young Wildfowler Sam, aged 10, is on the right. 

 Wildfowling - Pinkfeet in the bag


New products into stock include 8 Bore and 10 Bore Cleaning Brushes, the new Jack Pyke English Oak Fleece Hats and Balaclava, Gun Security Locks, Jack Pyke English Oak Hide Net, Grub's Boots, Jack Pyke Gun Care Products, Shooting Videos, etc.....


We have just completed our Wildfowling Diary for September and we have now started on October's Wildfowling Diary.

We will be starting October's Wildfowling Diary with a report on our most recent flight which brough us 3 Geese with my old Ithaca Semi Auto 10 Bore. It must now be 7 or 8 years since I last used my 10g and it still works well! Oh, and it's also for sale if you are interested?

 3 Geese with the 10 Bore


We will be updating our Wildfowler's Diary next week, we have just come back from Lindisfarne where we got our first Pinkfoot of the season at morning flight.  

Teal brigs back a Pinkfoot

Above: My young dog Teal brings back his first Pinkfoot, morning flight at Lindisfarne.


Paddlesdown will be exhibiting their huge range of Realtree, MAX-4 & Mossy Oak Clothing, Children's Shooting Clothing, Shooting Accessories, Shooting DVD's, Collectable Shooting Books, Guns and Calls at the Midland Game Fair.

You will find us on stand A10, Gunmakers Row at the North West of the Showground near to the Show Office and Weston Park House.


Young Shot Sam tells you about an afternoon Pigeon Flighting, click here to read his new article.

We have also started our day by day and flight by flight Wildfowling Diary starting with "September 2008"


A new wildfowling season 

It's here - a new Wildfowling season!

Sam and I had a great flight on the evening of the 1st September and this morning the 2nd September. Here we are with 3 Canada Geese, 5 Greylags and a Mallard that we shot on those first two flights.


We have just added a few Shooting Pictures to our Young Shots, Pigeon Shooting and Rough Shooting Galleries.


Read our latest Young Shots feature about 10 year old Sam who has just tried out his new Wildfowling Gun. Click Here to read how he got on with his 12 Bore Semi Auto.

Sams new Wildfowling Gun


11th July 

Paddlesdown have recently extended their range of Gundog Training equipment to include Dummy Launchers, Dog Whistles, Starting Pistols and Dog Training Dummies. Click here to see our range of Gundog Training equipment.

Dummy Launcher


8th July

 

The staff at Paddlesdown have just returned from the Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace and what a Show we had. Thanks for all your custom and we enjoyed meeting so many old and new customers. Thanks you to you all and we hope you enjoyed the show as much as us.

 

Our next event is the CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace between Friday 25th to Sunday 27th July. The CLA Game Fair - the World's original, largest and most prestigious countryside exhibition will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in style this year at Blenheim Palace. With every imaginable country sport and rural activity comprehensively represented, this very special annual event appeals equally to country sports enthusiasts, countryside lovers and visitors of all ages. CLICK HERE to visit the CLA website

 

Paddlesdown can be found on stand R1645 close to the Main Ring, BASC & Countryside Alliance on Gunmakers Row. Paddlesdown will again have an extensive range of Realtree Clothing, Shooting Accessories, DVD’s, Calls, Shotguns, Rifles and Air Rifles.


19th June 2008

THE SCOTTISH GAME FAIR, 4-6th JULY 2008

The Scottish Fair

Our next event will be the Game Conservation Trust Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace just outside Perth on Friday 4th July to Sunday 6th July 2008.

Paddlesdown will have one of the most extensive & varied displays which will include Shotguns, Rifles, Air Rifles, Realtree Clothing, Shooting Accessories, Shooting DVD's, Calls, Shooting Books, Childrens Clothing and much more. Our stand number is P2 which is on Pheasant Row just off the main ring.

To view details of the show CLICK HERE


16th June 2008

Duck Calls and Duck calling can be very daunting for the novice (and even the expert!) so we have put together a feature on Duck Calls. To learn about the benefits of Wooden Duck Call, Plastic Call, Acrylic Duck Calls, Double Reed Call and Single Reed Duck Calls CLICK HERE

Duck Calls


13th June 2008

FOX CALLS, SQUIRREL CALLS, CROW CALLS

With the start of summer comes Grass Cutting and harvesting which often acts to move Foxes, Crows, Rooks and other vermin. We have just added a few calls to our extensive range of Fox, Crow and Squirrel Calls so we have updated our guide to Vermin Calls. Our guide is based on our own experience of using these calls - unlike some sellers we have not just read the back of the packet!! To learn about our range of Fox Calls, Crow Calls and Squirrel Calls CLICK HERE


6th June 2008

 

Flambeau

***NOW IN STOCK****

 

Within the next week we will be taking in our first delivery of products from Flambeau Outdoors and this will include Flambeau Decoys, Calls, Gunslips, Rucksacks Decoy Bags and Anchor Cord, Lohman Duck, Goose and Fox Calls and Big River Duck and GooseCalls

 


We have just extended our range of Children's Shooting Clothing with the addition of the new Children's Realtree APG Growler Jacket. Click here for details

Child's Realtree Growler Jacket

 

 


Paddlesdown have just started to take delivery of Decoys and Decoy Accessories. New in are Flock Coated Pigeon decoys and Flock Coated Crow Decoys. Click here for more details

 

 


 

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Doing this means we will send you details of our Special Offers, New Products, Product Updates, News and Features. Starting from March 2008 we will also e-mail our subscribers details of our monthly free to enter competitions.

Free Newsletter

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 We have just added a few photos to our Driven Game Shooting Gallery (& have more as soon as we get a new USB lead for the camera!). These pictures are from our most recent shoot day and to view CLICK HERE

 


The Young Shots out there will be pleased to see our new Young Shots Photo Gallery 

 


We have also increased our range of Shooting Clothing, most noticeably we added a number of Realtree Jackets and Advantage Timber Jackets.

 

Advantage Timber Growler Jacket

13TH NOVEMBER 2007

They new Jack Pyke Shooting Clothing range includes the English Oak Camo Hunter Shooting Jacket and Trousers that have arrived today, these are really fantastic products click here to view them.

 

Jack Pyke Shooting Jacket

 


8TH NOVEMBER 2007

Updates to our website mean we have had to change our link to the Top 100 Waterfowling Websites. Wildfowlers can now access the site by clicking the following link:image linking to 100 Top Birds and Waterfowl Sites  

 

In stock today are new garments from the Jack Pyke Range of Shooting Clothes and Shooting Accessories including the new Fleece Jacket in English Oak, Waterproof Shooting Overtrousers and Jack Pyke Gaiters

 

29TH OCTOBER 2007

Today Young Shot Sam, aged 9, tells you about his day out rabbiting with his two Ferrets. Click here to read Sam's Ferreting story.

 

If any other Young Shots would like to e-mail us their Shooting or Fieldsports Tales or Pictures we will be glad to put them in our Young Shots section.

The young Ferreter

 

 


24TH OCTOBER 2007

Read about our morning flight Wildfowling at Lindisfarne. Click here to read how our Wildfowlers got on.

 

 


28TH SEPTEMBER 2008

Paddlesdown Gift Vouchers are now available, for more details click here

 Paddlesdown Gift Voucher

 


26TH SEPTEMBER

The Wildfowlers amongst you will know that tonight is a full moon! Wildfowling demands that the Wildfowler takes advantage of any favourable conditions (wind, moon, tide) that will help him contact with his quarry, in this case Ducks and Geese. Here we have some helpful links:

CLICK HERE FOR TIDE TABLES

CLICK HERE FOR MOON PHASES

CLICK HERE FOR WEATHER FORECAST

 


21ST SEPTEMBER 2007

We have just taken delivery of a range of Gun Covers and Shooting Accessories in the new Realtree APG HD

Realtree APG HD

The gun covers that include a Rifle Cover, Shotgun Cover, a Long Assault Case and a Short Assault Case can be viewed by clicking here

 

 

 

 

 

 

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