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I rough shoot and decoy with old 12g Baikal O/Us and love em to bits. Now the wife is showing an interest and considering her hit rate of 24/26 clays on her first time out I reckon she'll be pretty good. So I am looking for a decent 20g Baikal O/U for her. Doesn't have to be ejector but single trigger would be preferable. Don't want to spend a fortune on her first gun but want something half decent. I have cash waiting and can arrange for delivery to my local gun shop. I might entertain something similar from another maker. thanks folks Mat

I've got a 1st Cross beddy whippet. She stands at 18" @ 18months. Small fields round here so she's a wicked little lamping dog. Great at ferreting too. She marks well but tends to grab the nets when the bunnies hit them and she isn't too keen on letting go. Big rabbits are hard work for her cos she's so titchy but she'll bring them down and wait for me to come to her cos she can't carry them. Would never work her on anything else tho, she's not big enough. I also have a 10 month old Beddy/whippet x champion coursing whippet. Smooth as silk, 21" at the moment, beautiful looking dog but

I've got it on ALL my permission in Cornwall, looks like it's going to take a firm hold this year. We'll be ferreting tomorrow as its cooled down a lot. We'll just be doing a mixi cull, all healthy bunnies get to go free for a change. We need some healthy bunnies for this coming lamping season. Cheers Mat

I pick my 1st x whip/bed up on Saturday. She will be blue and broken coated when she grows up. There will always be some variation depending on the parentage. If you have a liver dam and a liver sire you'll likely get some liver pups. It also kind of boils down to which was mated to which, the pups parents and a bit of luck. There are no guarentees that the pup will be blue or broken caoted. Cheers Mat

Very nice! How do you go about smoking a bunny?? And no stupid replies involving Rizla/centerfire/shotguns please Cheers Mat

I'm not marrried. I just moved in with my girlfriend after 5 years on the proviso that I get to have a dog. The 1st Cross Bedlington/Whippet will be ready to pick up mid August Ha Ha Ha Ha I'm off to my permission now to have a scout about for some ferreting spots for this winter and day dream about my new pup chasing the beam. Cheers Mat

I have the same scope and never move the zoom off of 5. Once it's zeroed 5x seems to be perfect for everything over 15yds up to 35yds. I tend not to shoot over bigger distances. Cheers Mat

The weather has broken a bit here in Cornwall so I might pop out for a couple of hours with my friends lurcher a lamp and the Supersport. It's always good hunting after a days rain. Cheers Mat

Aaron You are cruel and you need a haircut Heh heh You have a wise head on your shoulders for a youngster. Do what you like to do and do it well and you will get more respect from the people who matter. Ignore those who mock you. They don't understand why you do what you do and probably never will. Let them eat their nutritionless twizzlers and be done with it. You could try to avoid the confrontation in the first place by simply not telling people what you do or what's in your sandwiches you goon??? I still cop it occasionally from lost walkers and such. Even on m

Another thumbs up for the RWS Superdomes Cheers Mat

Could be but most likely not. Black rabbits are wild rabbits simple as that. It's very rare to find a domestic breeding with a wild. That's a slightly blunter and shorter post than usual Cheers Mat

I went out last night about 9 oclock with my friends lurcher and the gun. It was just a reccy for a weekends ferreting plus give the dog a run and maybe take a couple of shots. There is a black rabbit on my permission that I normally leave alone but last night was different. He was squatting in the middle of the field which is unusual as he always hangs out near the hedge. I couldn't help but slip the dog for a chase. I kind of hoped the blackie would wake up and run before the dog got it. No chance! The dog saw the rabbit and after a pretty good run she picked him up and brought

With the right setup pretty much anyone should be able to make the long shots after a good few hundred practice shots. If you have one of those cheap chinese guns or even a decent gun with a crap scope even the best of us would struggle to make the shot. I can make long shots with the supersport if I need to but there is always the problem of external factors that will determine the pellets flight path. The effect of wind, nerves and snatchy fingers and whatever else are going to be amplified the further away your quarry is. It takes time to become 'in tune' with your gun so that you subco

It happens sometimes and there is nothing you can do about it. At least you had the nouse and respect for the animal to go and find it and do the necessary. Whenever I arrive at my permission I always pop a target up against a tree or something and take 10 or so shots just to make sure that the scope hasn't got knocked out of true or something. If I hit 10/10 in a 1/2inch group at 20yds I'll then go looking for rabbits. If I can't hit 10/10 I'll shoot another bunch until I have got my eye in. Adrenaline (buck fever) plays a big part in screwing up your accuracy. Sure you can hit a

Cheers mate I've only been on here for a couple of days and I only came here in the first place to look for a dog but I'm finding myself drawn to posting for the benefit of inexperienced hunters and the animals they point guns at. Appreciate your kind comment Cheers Mat