Flighted sandgrouse

For our sandgrouse shoot we move North to the Kalahari desert. This handsome little bird is merely bigger than a dove, but with a skin no human fingers can tear. It is the only bird known where the male bird’s breast feathers act as a sponge, taking in water which he then takes to his chicks, and they drink it from his feathers. Of course this happens out of the shooting season.

These birds offer incredible shooting, with hundreds of birds jinking and dashing over your butt, resulting in some of the highest adrenaline rushes and barrel temperatures in the shooting world. Great fun for a group of good friends.