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We are losing our small farm (c.450 acres) this year after 30 seasons and many good days, we are a team of 10 guns and around 15 pickers up & beaters with a part time keeper. Really need to find somewhere for the 2013/14 season in Essex or surrounding area...
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As someone else has said there is the search facility and if you know what it is you want there's also the Wanted section...
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Might be a daft question but are the 'branchers' the ones you can eat? I remember watching something on TV a while back where someone went and shot some young crows then cooked them up and said they were delicious... funny you say that,i got a dvd here called eating crow,its from america, i not had a chance to watch it as of yet, but going to watch it this week, well, a few peoplei know have said they eaten crow, young birds are said to be the best of course,i eat squirrel , pigeon, rabbits, and most hings, never thought about eating crow, anyone else on here know what crow i
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Might be a daft question but are the 'branchers' the ones you can eat? I remember watching something on TV a while back where someone went and shot some young crows then cooked them up and said they were delicious...
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Hi, Out shooting syndicate in Essex is in need of one full gun and one half gun for the coming season. We put down 400 birds and shoot six days and a beaters' day (all Saturdays) The bag is normally between 50- birds and the shoot is just outside Braintree in Essex The price for a full gun (all six dates) is £850 and a half gun (three of the six dates usually every other date) is £425. Also guns pay £25 each day for the beaters and then there is an optional meal after the shoot which costs between £10-12. For more info call my dad (he's sorting out money and things this year
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Weirdest thing I have seen was when we used a pole to poke squirell dreys. You would expect them to climb out up the tree but when we poked one large drey two squirells jumped OUT of the tree to the floor, was quite a way up too, was so shocked I didn't even get a chance to shoot at them before they ran off...
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How much do you want for it? Also do you have payPal and will you post it? Thanks Ben
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So true! I also tend to put my PIN number in the alarm quite often...
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It might be kale, although might be too early?
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Wild ducks and spring/summer feeding
bmetson replied to bmetson's topic in Gamekeeping, Conservation & Shoot Management
Thanks again for the replies, we are going to feed for a few more weeks I think, use up the rest of the grain...Also looks like there might be a few ducks nesting...There always seems to be the same number on the water... Cheers again for the advice! -
I got a Fiesta for my first car cost me £600, insurance is pretty cheap and its had nothing go wrong with it yet that wasn't my fault! Also spares are really cheap and you could prob pick one up for under £500 at the moment...If you get one with 5 doors rather than 3 there's plenty of room for 4 and a reasonable amount of boot space...
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ok but putting a barrel through the dreys isn't an option as i am using an air rifle A call is probably your best bet then, as a few others have said, good luck!
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Signed... They built a load of new houses near me and it's a pain in the arse! While they were building them there were powercuts and the water would stop for hours at a time as well as thre being loads of traffic all through the town... Now they are built there are too many cars on the roads and far too many people about! And they want to build even more....
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If the poles are going to be expensive then I wouldn't bother with them...We had a day with a set of them about 3 years back, the only time they have been used....By the time you have extended the poles, navigated through the trees (the smallest twig gets the bloody thing stuck ), realised its another empty drey and then collpased the poles again you might as well have put a barrel through it! Also if you're thiking of sneaking up with a set of poles and being quite it's not likely to work as they will p!ss you off so much you'll end up shouting and cursing at them... In short, I w
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I wasn't saying that if people werent members of BASC or CA or if they didn't donate that they were antis...Was simply thinking aloud at ways they could be kept away...My post does also say that these ideas wouldn't work because of the reasons you pointed out... Definitley agree with you about the posts people make though, if people were more thoguthful before they posted then the antis would have no ammunition to use against us and it wouldn't matter that they were here anyway! I agree with your post mate but like you say, it aint that simple. Didnt mean to sound like i was having a
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I wasn't saying that if people werent members of BASC or CA or if they didn't donate that they were antis...Was simply thinking aloud at ways they could be kept away...My post does also say that these ideas wouldn't work because of the reasons you pointed out... Definitley agree with you about the posts people make though, if people were more thoguthful before they posted then the antis would have no ammunition to use against us and it wouldn't matter that they were here anyway!
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Hi mate.I know we wont as they have nothing better to do.But if we can keep them out let,s try.There must be some way to vet a new member ? I agree we shoudl try and keep them out but I am not sure how new members could be vetted...I would suggest asking for proof of membership for BASC or another similar organisation but I am sure antis are also members simply to sh!t stir and cause trouble...Could also make donations compulsory as that may put them off but may also lose genuine members if they don't have payPal etc... I think we will just have to put up with them until summer comes a
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I've not been a member for that long but some posts do give that impression However, I don't think we will be able to get rid of them...Best thing to do is make sure people's posts are sensible and within the law...If we can do that then the antis that are on here shouldn't have anything to moan about and if they do complain then it will become clear to everyone that they are antis and don't belong on here.
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Was just looking for a few recipes so I can finish off what's in the freezer and found this website..it's pretty interesting, some good recipes...everything from pigeon and woodcock to whale and tiger!...
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I had to sort my insurance out for the first time not long ago and it was really, really expensive! If your daughter gets her own insurance and then adds older named drivers (you or mum or both) it may bring the price down a little (especially if you have a few years of no claims). It worked on mine and got it down by about 60quid ...I think it's because they then assume someone else will be driving the car at some point so it wont always be a new driver behind the wheel. EDIT: Just realised this point has been made already...Ignore me!
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Would you buy this shotgun?
bmetson replied to danebrewer10's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
I would give it a go! Like you I can only get on with my s/s but its about 100 years old so can't put steel through it or any 3" cartridges; so it would be no good for wildfowling! Only thing is I reckon it would be a pretty strange looking gun -
I had the same problem they wanted more to insure me than the car was worth... If you are going with someone who is insured though couldn't you get them to drive to where you lamp then you could drive it off road?
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I agree with Rabbithunter; this plan is the same as speed cameras just a way to squeeze a bit more money out of the public who are already over taxed with road tax and the tax on petrol/diesel... It also makes you wonder how it will be enforced, near me in Essex they are even using helicopters as 'traffic enforcement' which is just a desperate attempt to make money and a massive waste of police resources... Rant over...
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Would be very interested if the price was right! Although what are the laws on taking guns on planes...I have heard that it can be quite difficult depending on who you fly with regarding the amount of ammunition, special lock boxes etc...
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I'm a member mainly for the insurance and for their legal advice...as a few others have said...They also have some good stuff in the magazine sometimes, found the history of game shooting bit pretty interesting...