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  1. comanche
    Has anyone noticed the number of cheap copies of the Goodnature trap that have started appearing? Some are even being advertised as "Goodnature" despite having only tell- tail Chinese writing on them .
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    Tony l'm sorry. It's horrid when they go . My old lad reached his sell by date three weeks ago at 15 . More like a reliable ,ever present friend than just a dog . We had fun and l think he had a good life. That makes it easier but the buggers do leave gap when they go .
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    After seeing nothing but out of season does or unshootable bucks l had started to think of the three cartridges l had been carrying on my last few outings as old friends . Then yesterday evening just as the light was failing and mist was rising l managed to say goodbye to one of them . Sneaking along a hedge brought me up to a fallow buck . He was standing apart from his does angled slightly towards me . At 75 yards and with a fence post to rest on it wasn't a testing shot and a neck shot sunk him without a twitch. He was a lot bigger than l thought. "No matte
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    Pine Martens will actually be a block to effective grey squirrel control . Where greys exist methods for their control will need to be tailored so as to reduce the likelihood of nailing a protected marten . Some proven methods of squirrel control may have to be abandoned . Even if pine martens really did exist historically in some of the places they are to be, or have been, released ; today's is a different landscape . It's been proved that campaigns by properly determined human agency against grey's are effective . Throwing a wild card like a bunch of pine martens at the prob
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    Could it not indicate the reds were avoiding the grey squirrels as well as the pine martens ?
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    Possibly not as old as l thought. The action looks like an AYA model 107 . Though l don't know if they made a straight stock version. Hope this helps a bit.
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    Def not a no4 , they are ejectors. Or a no 3 . Nor a Yeoman. With the side scallops on the action and cross bolt It actually looks more like one of the generic sbs still being knocked out by lesser Spanish makes well after AYA had gone for more modern designs . Maybe an early Aya that's been cleaned up well ? The knocks and screw in the stock show it's seen a bit of life .The proof Mark's look old and should help date it . That that might not help indicated a model name though . Old guns were often sold without model names just as AYAs or BSAs etc
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    It helps that they are usually free! Fill a sack(or more) if you can
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    This is the time of year for windfall apples. Used whole , crushed or fermenting in bucket of water hung from a tree , they'll attract roe and a lot of other animals to your trail cam. As for covering your scent ,lay off the Hai Karate , stay downwind against a backdrop and don't flinch. Even if they sense you , curiosity will even sometimes cause them to walk closer to investigate . A remote shutter activator will keep your movement to a minimum. I bet most people with trail cams have pictures of deer noses where the animal has been intrigued by the camera and come closer
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    A better way to find out if rats are about is to use your eyes . Runs , damaged items . poo, and footprints are not hard to spot . Do a proper recce . Setting a trap randomly is not a great idea . I'm picturing the unlikely event of a particularly stupid rodent , a youngster with ADH or an oldy with dementia perhaps, challenging a horde of peanut butter crazed slugs for possession of the treadle. Yippee", you cry " l have rats ," and grab a gun. Maybe you do ..... But you shouldn't need a trap to to know that .
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    A great picture trumps a thousand words🐿 Squirrel can be bland and begging for Bbq sauce or spices. Or ,get them after a good autumn on mushrooms( the squirrels) wild chestnuts and hazel nuts when they've been flavoured by nature. An Autumnal squirrel and bacon pie cooked by a friend's wife could have graced a top restaurant.
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    Too light and agile to trigger the plate , a bunch of wood mice will clear a trap of bait with glee. Even if the trap triggers they just escape through the holes . If you think it's slugs a dusting of salt or a strip of the adhesive copper tape used by gardeners will deter them. You don't say what you hope to catch, rats ,squirrels? Tougher baits or wrapping a nice chunky bait in fine mesh might help. Unless of course the culprit was Bertie Basset on an SAS- type raid to rescue his chums.
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    A cynic might suggest that by offering the unmade traps at a discount and only selling in bulk Kania could knock up a fairly heathy looking set of figures . They wouldn't have to produce a single trap . Just sell the pattern ,tooling and glowing advance-order book to to some keen innocent.
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    So a company that's supposedly been a leader in the fur and trapping business for 25 years suddenly needs to raise £160,000 . And they need it quick ,and upfront. ????
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    Not sure how true this is but l was told in a kinda " man in a pub( Co OP shop actually )" conversation that the company decided to farm out assets . The biggest asset being the patent or licence for the Kania which was only released when the price was right.* *Edited ; it looks like they actually sat on the patent themselves . As l say , this may well not be exactly true but with the fur trade failing lt would be a good guess that the words " financial poo" might be relevant. Someone like Phil or OTC probably has a better idea.
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    No he is mongrel longdog x collie. Quite handsome when he was younger
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    I miss the grumpy bxgger already Phil. Even though he is still actually here . Albeit with a heart murmur and increasing deafness . He just about has enough eyesight left to respond to me waving my arms like Billy Graham . As in " Praise-be he learned hand signals when he was little." Still has his nose though. Your dog in the picture looks like its spotted a mermaid. Or has designs on the IOW ferry!
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    I had a cattle dog cross that could open a hot oven and eat a sunday joint while it was still cooking . Same dog could remove child locks from a freezer and eat joints of meat, frozen trout and loaves of bread complete with plastic wrapping. My old boy has more refined hobbies.
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    Bird , l must apologise. I said l never had a dog that didn't swim but l have just remembered that l did have one. Only briefly though. I had a classic looking 70s pied deerhound lurcher "sapling" dumped on me after l stupidly said l would find a home for her. She went on a deer on the far bank of a small river. Unfortunately the river was choked bank to bank with duckweed and looked like solid ground. Being swallowed up and plunged into deep water mid flight had quite a traumatic effect on her. After that she wouldn't look at a deer ,which was a blessing as l was li
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    I just take them out as as puppies. Carry them about when they are little so they just take different sights, sounds and terrain as normal . Walk them on the lead in the shallows and through puddles. Once they are retrieving l toss a dummy on the far side of a shallow stream and work up to them wading and eventually swimming for retrieves in deeper water . Having said that. I've had dogs that would gleefully hurl themselves into deep water just for fun and flounder through bogs in pursuit of something , but on a casual walk would step round little puddles as if they were inf
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    Don't think l ever had one that wouldn't.
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    Somewhere under that morning mist is Windermere Suspect this Old Boy won't be around much longer .
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    The obvious question is.......Hopefully as a comedy actor the late Mr Cope wouldn't be offended but... " Will he come back?
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    Neil is right. The old grey"Mk 1" box will pick up signals from both the Mk 2 and Mk3 "Orange carrot " locators. The Mk1 collar only works with a Mk1 Box though. The Mk2 and Mk3 locators both work with Mk 2 and Mk3 collars interchangeably. One difference is that Mk2collars seem to tick a little faster than the Mk3s. The most noticeable difference is that all the Mk 2 collars l've seen are made of black plastic while Mk3s are grey. The picture shows two Mk2 collars above a Mk3. All well used. Interestingly the plastic clips on the battery covers of both of m
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