Stimmt, mit der DF kann man nicht konzentriert hohe Stückzahlen schiessen..
On August 28, 1888, Tom de Grey, the 6th Lord Walsingham, killed 1,070 grouse, shooting by himself, on Blubberhouses Moor. Forty beaters were employed, and 20 drives undertaken, as he shot from dawn till dusk, with four guns and two loaders. It’s often said that he undertook this feat because an invitation he had made to a VIP – reputed to be the Prince of Wales – had been turned down, because he thought that there were insufficient grouse on the moor to make the journey worthwhile.
It’s a great story, but, in fact, Walsingham had previously killed the remarkable total of 842 grouse (his brother records the total as being 843), on August 28 in the extraordinary record grouse year of 1872. On this occasion, he shot only (!) 16 drives, and used four guns – two of which were breech-loaders, and two muzzle-loaders. For years afterwards, doubt was cast upon this feat, and Walsingham decided to repeat the attempt in 1888.