Night Pearl International The Ole Hedge Creeper Joins The Night Pearl International Team

Night Pearl International
The Ole Hedge Creeper Joins The Night Pearl International Team

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Many months ago my very good friend and top Russian Hunter and Journalist Alex and I spoke all about the Night Pearl thermal System, we discussed in great detail our experience with this awesome product, I had purchased my own Night Pearl Thermal Spotter some three years previously when I was with that amazing British Company NiteSite, alas its with great sadness to me they had to close their doors, I still love their products and the people behind the company too, Alex had been testing the Night Pearl systems for several months and reported to me how great they were, this was no surprise like I say I parted with my hard earned cash to buy one of their units personally for myself and my professional hunting etc, now this is something I don't do easily, for those that know me will tell you I am tighter than a ducks backside and that's water tight, I don't part with my hard earned unless I am 101% positive what I am buying suits my needs and does what it says on the tin, this ethos I carry on in my humble scribbles and reviews etc, for if it does not do what it says on the tin I wont say it will, you don't have enough pieces of silver in your bank to buy my soul, I was brought up your word is your bond, your firm hand shake and looking in your eyes seals that contract, so when I say something works for me it does, my word is gold and that you can take to the bank.

Alex and I discussed further not only the thermal spotter system, but what really caught my eye was the front add on thermal scope, the Seer 35 Elite system to be precise, Alex assured me this was a quality product and exactly what I was looking for to replace my awesome NiteSite Dark Ops set up, as many of you know I am not only a passionate hunter and conservationist, I also do this professionally, I need no demand a good quality set up, for me the price matters not it has to do what it says on the tin, I tried several other leading brands of thermal and night vision, but quite simply they did not work for me, this was when the light went off with Alex, I had a look at this Night Pearl system, immediately it just worked for me, so Alex kindly put me in touch with the right people at Night Pear International, with several months of talks and well getting to know each other, I was just about to put my hand in my pocket and buy a Seer front add on Thermal scope, this was when the wonderful people at Night Pearl asked would I consider joining their international team, WOW what an honour, apparently I have impressed them on my professional/ethical approach to hunting and conservation, as it turns out the folks from Night Pearl are exactly the same as me with the same ethics etc, I did make it clear from the start I don't blow smoke up backsides, my word is my bond and I shoot straight, if a product don't do what it says on the tin they will hear about it, I was relieved to hear this was what they wanted, true honest reviews of their products by real hunters, no glory boys being told what to write with 20 pieces of silver, as it turns out almost all the staff at Night Pear from the top to the bottom are all hunters, so I can officially say these products are made by Hunters for Hunter with ethical Hunting and Conservation at its core, the fact the quality of these products really are up there with the world leaders in my book says it all.

I arranged to meet Jacob on The Night Pear stand at The Game Fair Ragley 2021, we signed the contracts and so this Night Pearl Adventure has really started, although I did have a 3 year head start with the unit I purchased myself, I have told Night Pearl I will buy a Seer unit for myself as I am that impressed with it, I must send out a massive thank you to my dear friend Alex for the introduction, Alex can you send me an English version of your articles for the Russian Hunting magazines, the photos are awesome I just cant read the words without a translator.

​The game Fair Ragley 2021 was awesome, I only managed to get off my stand and show wring once to go and see Night Pearl, the show itself looked amazing and the atmosphere was simply buzzing as my Young Sports would say, I have to say my stand and show ring really did look spectacular, a massive shout out to my team of volunteers here they did a truly magnificent job helping run it all, the stand was rammed packed full all weekend as was my show ring, one particular show took an unexpected hijacking, we finished the hilarious show as normal parents and other show goers calling for more, this is not unusual, as the saying goes don't work with kids or animals, the kids didn't want to leave the show ring, they wanted more, so we sat down Ole Hedge Creeper Style and did an ad lib story time round the fire, just like we do on the young sports camp outs, only this time we were sat in the middle of the show wring around my decoy display, I passed the microphone round the circle of kids saying tell us a story, I could see the parents cringing what their little darlings were going to come out with, all was going well with the usual funny stuff kids come out with, that was until we got to a five year old girl, I believe her name was Crystal, blonde hair, big blue eyes, a lovely little dress and a denim jacket, actually she reminded me of my daughter Shannon (26) at that age, so I handed her the microphone expecting tales of her toys and her big brother not being very nice, you know the usual stuff, OH NO HOW WRONG CAN I BE, first of all she said her name, pointed over and said that's my Mummy and big brother and sister, both were trying to hide behind their mother, Mummy waved and gave a glaring look, then Crystal came out with it, just like a right hook from Mike Tyson, she proudly announced that her Mother is a Doctor and she has a double jointed backside? Of course the whole place erupted in laughter, her Mother glared even more with steam coming out of her ears telling Crystal to shut up doing the cut sign, so I stupidly asked what makes you think your mum has a double jointed backside? She proudly said in a loud clear voice over the microphone that her mummy breaks wind a lot, actually she used the F word, as her mummy was a Doctor she explained her mummy told here this was why, Crystal also announced her mummy blows off so loud and it stinks, I think mummy fainted at this point.

​Now Crystal was not done here, she then proudly announced loud and clear, do you know what my Mummy and Daddy do when her and her brother ans sister are in bed? She also said I know as I snook down and saw them on the sofa doing it? Doing what I asked? People were in fits of laughter and her mother still trying to tell her to shut up, she then loudly said my Mummy is trying to get fat? It tuns out when the kids are in bed Mummy and Daddy eat all the good chocolate and snacks and soft drinks, phew that was a close one, oh but no Crystal was not finished there, why Mummy was trying to get fat was that she sneaks down when Daddy is not there and scoffs al the good chocolate, Snacks and soft drinks all to herself, tears were rolling in fits of laughter all around my show ring, then Crystal out of the blue came out with you know slugs are snails who don't have a house, out of the mouth of babes, that innocence just fills my heart with joy, I did say I think your not in Mummy’s good books right now, she said no its OK she promised to buy me an ice cream, I thanked all the kids and sent them out of the ring, that has to be one of the funniest show ring demos I have ever done, I am tears of laughter just writing this and remembering it.

​Back top Night Pearl, contracts signed we did a small photo shoot to welcome me on board as a member of The International Night Pearl Team, I must say their stand and products looked amazing, the sort of professional show stand I would expect to see at the prestigious British shooting Show at The NEC Birmingham or at the IWA in Germany or even The Shot Show in Las Vegas USA, the stand really was magnificent and the products well displayed, this just goes to show this brilliant companies ethos to professionalism and quality that really show in their products, especially where the metal meets the meat.

I will say before I go any further the weak link in this chain is me not the equipment, my first time using the Seer 35 Front Add On Scope, the first thing I learnt here was the importance of having the right coupling to fit your normal scope, measure your scope and order the right size coupling to fit it, if you have more than one scope that's a different size then you might need more than one coupling, take a look at my video that's with this article it visually shows you better than I can write it, but changing scope to scope takes just seconds with this clip on system, the clarity is quite simply the best to date I have seen, the fact you don't have to re zero any rifle etc is a massive bonus too, the fact I don't like to waste expensive ammunition either really made this a product I am will to spend my own money on.

The first hunt this was a learning curve in setting up a thermal scope system, read the instructions I hear you say, no I am a man I don't read instructions I just go at it man style, I can see the ladies tutting here and shaking their heads saying typical man, yup I sure am I am a rough ole country boy that's for sure, I got there in the end and got it all sorted, I was waiting for a Charlie Fox to come along, I had been called in by the estate manager, there was a fox playing havoc with the ground nesting birds on this nature reserve, especially the English Grey Partridge population, I watched Hares, Rabbits, Deer, Badgers, Voles, Tawny and Barn Owls go about their business none the wiser I was there in the complete darkness, this new Scops 50 Max II made everything clear as day, I could even see the vegetation, then the weather came in it started to rain so this stopped play.

The very next night I was back at the conservation site again all set up and ready to go, the weather was perfects, a slight breeze with a little cloud about, it was not too hot or cold just right, I had a sporting rifle evening at the shooting club, so came straight from there after awarding the winners trophies out, Uncle Dave who many of you know as I have written about in my books and magazine articles before was there too, I told him I was heading out and he offered to come spot for me, this was a truly magical family moment for me, Uncle Dave was the man who started me off on my rifle shooting career along side my Pappy (Grandfather) my father was always a shot gun man, but in recent years has got into precision air rifle and rifle shooting, Uncle Dave was from childhood my mentor, in adult life he not actually seen me shoot, so this was the first time for both of us, now I could show this old master his student had mastered his teachings.

We got out in position, I let Uncle Dave spot with the Scop Max 50 II he was amazed as he was always a tradition lamping man, but this New Thermal System just blew him away, he was just like a cave man that had just discovered fire or the well or something, this made it even more special for me especially showing my old mentor a new dimension bringing the darkness to light, again all the wild animals and birds of the night never knew we were there, a young roe buck walked right up to Uncle Dave not 10 yards away happily grazing none the wise we were there, of course we had the wind in our favour and a good back drop of the woodland behind us, he trotted off round the hillside to go see some roe doe, entrance stage left Charlie Fox, we both spotted him with the Night Pearl Thermal Spotters, I was using the one I bought 3 years previously as I wanted Uncle Dave to get a brilliant experience, I bumbled around trying to turn on the Seer Scope, like I say I am the weak link not the gear, I had actually turned off the power source, by the time I had figured out my mistake and growling like a grumpy bear, the fox was almost across the valley, I range found it with the in built range finder and it said 200 Yards, no time for any further adjustments I had to take the shot, I gave a loud rodent squeak, the fox stopped looking left to right with a good broad side shot, I squeezed off the shot, click bang thump, the fox was dead as soon as I let that lead injection go, a good clean ethical heart and lung shot to the engine room, this was made even more special as my old mentor let out a yes you got him my boy, that was a topping shot if ever I saw one, I don't know who was more proud at that moment, my ole mentor Uncle Dave, or me who was a boy again holding the lamp for Uncle Dave to Shoot dreaming I would be as good as my mentor one day, all this was made possible by the brilliant Night Pearl Company, just for that alone I cant thank them enough, I range found the fox with my own range finder just to see how accurate the gear was, yup bang on the money 203 yards.

So there you have it folks I am now part of Night Pearl Team International as well as The Eley Ammunition International Out Doors Ambassador, I am that impressed with this gear, like I said I am going to buy my own scope with my own money, that's not something you will hear me say every day, I hope you have enjoyed my humble scribbles, take a look at the videos that are with this article, one for the Night Pearl thermal System and one for The Game fair Ragley 2021, if you would like to see this Night Pearl Gear in Action drop me a line or come see me display it at The South Yorkshire Shooting Show 2021 at Doncaster Race Course in the end of September.

Please keep all the letters, emails, smoke signals and carrier pigeons coming into The Countryman’s Diary Magazine, I do try to get back to you all personally but some do slip through the purse net like a bolting December Rabbit on a cold frost morning, so until my next humble scribble please stay safe and well one and all.

Night Pearl International
The Ole Hedge Creeper
Joins The Night Pearl International Team​

By The Ole Hedge Creeper
www.theolehedgecreeper.co.uk
www.nightpearl.com
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