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    They used to be in every airgun mag. I am surprised that you don't really see them these days. Loads of fans, mod, support on t'internet.
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    Of course you can, get yourself over to the other part of this site http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/forum/129-airgun-hunting-write-ups/ Sadly Mr Rabid is likely to be right. With all the legislation for everything and added toddler shootings, it is only a matter of time. Spring gun, gas ram, Co2, PCP, the choice is yours.
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    It is a cooperative. I know it is slanted as I get the lions share. If we take your advice and can get the feed costs significantly reduced, it will be even better. It is about keeping pigs and the meat at the end is the bonus. Money left at the end is always returned to members. We were unlucky this year because one pig got ill and we had to add the vets bill to the costs, though like the slaughter and butchering I pay half. We do have fun and I recommend it to anyone with a smallholding. Or even rent an acre and divide the field to allow for rotation. Maybe in later years we
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    Did you buy from here: https://www.db-schietsport.nl/nl/lucht-wapens/weihrauch/ I believe this is run by an Englishman. They also dispatch to the UK if anyone here fancies one. The continental shops are cheaper than ours, even including delivery. Though not sure about returns.
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    In reality people don't source food, nor do they regularly attend to look after the pigs. So they pay for the feed, which I usually collect and visit a few times a year. Peak times, April/May when the pigs arrive. Summer when it is nice to visit the countryside. And again just before slaughter, to wave goodbye. One last cuddle. The agreement is also that they pig sit when I go on holiday. It didn't work out too well this year. I have stalwart members who help with hut moving and windbreak assembly and food collection when I was poorly. I would prefer it if they were more involved a
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    I pay for the slaughter and butcher for these 2.5 but yes. Members are shown the rules before they sign up. The first year was 2 pigs, 2 halves for the two members and one pig for me. It isn't a true sliding scale. It we go to 12 pigs, that would be 6 pigs for me. My conscience never mind my freezer won't allow it.
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    Thanks a lot for this information. We didn't realise we were paying over the odds. I will get an account with someone.
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    I am down for 2.5 pigs this year. It was 3 but I let another member join. I supply the environment. Feed them at 6.30 am and again at 6pm. Do all the looking after, though members are encouraged to join in, else it is expensive pork. Cart them off to the abattoir, sob on the way home. But we also have socials, I supply the meat and usually they are at mine. It is a big social event. Encouraging people to get involved with real farming.
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    Thanks for the replies. It goes to show that if you are trade you can really get the costs down. I will see if I can deal directly with a feed source. There is Keith Drake in Honley, near Huddersfield. I thought I was making a good saving, going a bit further to get a bag at £8. Because the onus of buying the feed is with members, they have the choice of looking elsewhere. Again, most are in non-farming jobs. It is all so different for them. Pesky
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    And any money left over at the end is returned to members. The main cost is food. Members are encouraged to source as much as they can. We have missed out on the local micro breweries, those are already spoken for. Members are told the fixed cost - slaughtering. They could do their own butvhering if they wanted. We get apples but they tend to be at this time of year when pigs are going through half a bag of wheat each per day. Using commercial feed, we would have to buy in bulk to get it any cheaper, but then where do you store it? If I get a container big shed, that would have
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    I can't see you winning this one. All that shelter and a constant source of food. Time to report it to Environmental Health, if a friendly but firm talk doesn't change things
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    Thanks for the replies. A neighbour, up the road has been quoted £70 for butchering his, these will be in freezer bags. He hasn't mentioned sausages, so I wonder if he will get these made from offcuts. I am running up Pig Club, this is how it works: Members pay for the pigs - currently £20 for 3 month old weaners. Members pay for all the feed. They are encouraged to source legal food - eg nothing from the kitchen but milk, bread and veg and fruit is ok. I supply the environment - hut, fencing, field and do most of the donkey work. I also have an eggs for veg exchange going with a vo
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    Hello I have just had 3, 8 month old boars butchered. I estimate they were about 15 stone each - it is hard to get them on the bathroom scales. Last year I had 2, appx 18 stone pigs slaughtered and butchered. Slaughter was £20 (slaughter and delivery to butcher) Butchering was £50 per pig. With more sausages - 5 varieties, than joints. This year it is £85 per pig. More joints less sausages. The joints all look quality, scored rolls, decent sized pieces, vacuum packed. The sausages - 4 varieties, 1 KG bundles, in freezer bags Is this to be expected or is the butcher going up
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    You're better off asking what people currently use and how their works for them. Otherwise wait for a torrent of Landcruiser v Land Rover v Cherokee v etc etc. I have a 1972 Series 3 Land Rover. I would never part with it but it is like riding in a horse and cart and does 65 miles on a tank of petrol. But it is amazing for carrying tree trunks, pallets, towing tractors and wagons and bowsers, pulling field shelters around. Carrying any old crap without worrying about the paint work. And I can fix it. Services are more £40 than £500. So wait for it.
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    I prefer stalking to waiting. Plus I tend to fall asleep or forget why I have gone out there. My fields are reasonably level but with undulations. I can usually get quite close to the ground. If you miss though and you are prone, well that really is where you think, have I got the right gun? Multishot PCP, no problem, break barrel roll to the side and reload and hope you haven't made too much of a show. Underlever- well. HW97, not too bad as it has a wide aperture to get the pellet in. But it is a big gun. ProSport, okay I dropped the pellet, I will try another. TX200, blast it dr
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    Wix are pretty good. You can buy a domain name and set up a diversion to one of these free website builders. So you can keep a snappy, easy website name
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    They need to be lined, plywood is the norm. And benefit from air vents to keep the moisture down. Installing them is a big issue though. Getting them to site and keeping them level and not sinking.
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    If you are considering a German gun. Get it sooner rather than later. The Brexit scaremongers are influencing price rises. Has anyone bought from these people? It seems so easy. http://www.sportwaffen-schneider.de/index.php/cPath/40_1678_942_944_950_2038 Currently £375 euro is £330
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    keeping flies off cakes? Or a cheese cover?
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    But Mark, the HW80 is the same era as the FWB Sport and the Hw77 follows closely. The Hw95 is the odd one out, just by being lighter. Why 77 not 97?, Or are you wanting all these with open sights?
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    https://en-gb.(!64.56:886/cinderhillfarm/ These are in Todmorden. they do a lot of poultry and fowl. I got some quails some years back for £7 each. You can give them comedy names like I did, Gail, Anthony... etc
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    I have always stuck with Superdomes or Superfields (if others out of stock) on my Hw35. I expect the reifling will be the same.
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    I think they are about even. But... I think you would regret not buying the Hw99 as it has a wider customer base - more tuning and fixing solutions. I know people with Hw99s but no one with a Terrus even though it has been out a while and has a good reputation.
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    Rats are a big problem aren't they? Maybe it is a rat farm, if they have more rodents than pigs. Bear that in mind as you tuck into your next bacon sandwich. Good shooting, they are 'orrible things
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    Rings swap or shim it.
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