Edgar
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Sorry all didn't mean to offend anyone. I don't shoot anything for no reason but a stoat killed a couple of hens a while back and so the farmer is understandably glad for me to shoot any I see near the hen runs. I leave them alone if they are in the middle of nowhere cause they do help with rabbit numbers.
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There are lots of stoats about at the minute and they were quite near the farmers chicken runs. I see nothing wrong with shooting a stoat with an air rifle if the chance presents itself. As for shooting the herons I love watching herons, I think they are amazingly graceful.
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Hi all. Just been out with the air rifle. Shot 3 rabbits but one kicked itself down a burrow, I could see it about 5ft down and quite dead, frustrating but the 2 I took home were lovely fat rabbits. I also saw two stoats running about. Should have tried to shoot one but I was too busy watching them, they are so entertaining! I also saw a flock of 7 herons flying over. Normally I only see 1 heron at a time, has anyone else seen herons in flocks before? Nice evening for it and a dinners worth of rabbits. Myxamatosis seems to have cleared up too.
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There was a bit in seatrout fishing by Hugh Falkus and he smoked seatrout in a tin. Can't remember how exactly and it was a library book.
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Hi, haunches from older deer are good if marinaded in the fridge overnight with wine and herbs. Then roasted. The marinading is probably not necessary for a calf.
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This is only my experience with my own gun but I find flatheads to be very accurate. The flatheads I use are RWS hobbys and find them good to about 35 yards and very hard hitting. I have used many good brands of domed pellets but like flatheads best. Just my own experience and opinion.
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I use RWS hobbys in .22 and find them to be very accurate and good for hunting.
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I have got John Darlings book on air rifle hunting and it is a cracking good read, what amazes me most is that he found time to write a book on sea fishing as well.
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I have an ancient HW 85 that I inherited and its still accurate but quite heavy. There are some junior models in the weihrauch range, I've never used any of them but weihrauchs are usually pretty good.
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Spring guns for me, don't want the hassle of charging up a PCP.
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The book was 'Poachers Way' I think, read it a while ago, the chap used syrup around the edges of the cone. Sounds like it might well work!
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Hello Everyone, I am new to the forum. I went out shooting on Saturday evening with my air rifle which is an weihrauch HW 57 with open sights, I shot five rabbits but one had myxamatosis so I left it where it was. Does anyone know if rabbits with myxamatosis can recover? Does anyone else use the same rifle as me ? and do they get on with it?