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Reminiscences of woodland stalking--- Leo Ritchie. Reflections of a countryman--- Fred J Taylor. Its my delight --- Vesey-Fitzgerald. The ferret and Ferreting guide - Graham Wellstead. Sporting Riffle - Robin Marshall-Ball. They are not in the right order, and to be fair i have collected hundreds of books all across the field sports spectrum and all are a pleasure to own and read over and over, preferably in front the open fire with a glass of port or sloe gin to hand, roll on the autumn.
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HI THERE.
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do you shoot these or leave them
mole trapper replied to apollo's topic in Deer Stalking & Management
Good mate of mine who does a lot of stalking has several white ones knocking around, he was asked by another friend of his if an american client he had over could shoot one of them, the american was willing to pay around a grand and a half to shoot a buck, my mate declined the offer, he just likes seeing them around. -
Have a great one both of you, all the best from FPO and ME. :clapping: :clapping:
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Why is john Smeaton the luckiest man in the uk??, Simple, he managed to do something everyone would like to, but will never be able to !....... He got to put the boot into one of those ass stabbing rag heads, and wont be getting done for it. John Smeaton for prime minister, better than all the frock wearing spineless no hopers that apply. Vote for Smeaton. :clapping: :clapping:
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HI YA.
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From the time i was five the majority of my time was taken up by forced labour by my mother and step father, we had a farm, as soon as i came home from school, that was if they let me go to school instead of keeping me home to work i would have to pick up literally thousands of eggs, shovel shit etc etc, BUT, they did let me from the age of seven have air rifles and shotguns, they let me wander any spare time i had wherever i wanted, my step father would give me some good kickings for any reason he could find, then he would buy me some more cartridges or pellets or whatever. Bloody good child
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Air Pistol Recommendations Please
mole trapper replied to john b's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
Chalky, if you go round dispatching squirrels by stretching their necks you got my vote, . -
He also concludes that figures for rabbits caught at random in the wild are unreliable because the methods of catching may influence the result. This would make sense, as i said earlier, i will now keep records ie methods, location, sex ratios, not that it matters as the customer said kill em all, but it is interesting.
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OTC, The last two nights have been lamping with the rifle, rabbits at all distances from cover, When the rain finally abates will be ferreting and night time long netting, watch this space as they say for statistics.
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does usually outnumber bucks 6/1. 6-1, , well lastnights was 20-1, the night before was 18.5-1, wish i had been keeping tallies of gender ratios before not just tallies in general for customers, will do from now on, just out of curiosity.
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The last two months i have been almost exclusivley on rabbit clearance, during this time something has become very obvious and that is the ratio of does to bucks, to the extent that i am now quite suprised when i get a buck. Last night i had sixty only three were bucks four nights before that i had a hundred and thirty odd, only seven were bucks. Now personally i have never seen numbers as high as they are this year, every doe is milky and got between five and seven in her as well, i dont remember ever seeing anywhere near as high a ratio of does to bucks as this year. Anyone else experienci
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Hi Claude, where roughly in cornwall are you, and welcome.
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Sorry if i am being slow, but what is going on with the hunting chat, it went all modern and had a bit for people who wanted to be really serious, now it is back to the old one, please could someone enlighten me as to why it keeps changing.
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That will set you back a bob or two, deffinetly worth the money though. The 6.5x55 is a very popular choice i am told for long range target shooting, certainly out to 600 yds down here on the military range, not that affects me as i probably could not see let alone hit a target past 300 so not a chance at 600.
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whats the pros and con of the two.243.6.5x55 Both very flat shooters, but 6.5x55 out to a greater distance, 243 marginally cheaper ammo and most shops will keep a wider choice in this calibre, but 6.5 is readily available in most places as it is becoming very popular. Obviously the 6.5 has a much greater knock down as you can use 156 grn head, but will also take a much lighter one for a fairly hot fox round. 243 a little less recoil and quieter, i bought two steyr pro hunters one in each of the calibres, both s/s synthetics the only difference one has a swarovski on top the other a sch
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Ricky npp, i was a tackle tart, i bought every rapala etc etc, the more expensive the better, but only one ever got wet, rapala j 13, blue and white, bass love them. Anyone know anybody that wants to buy a collection of top quality plugs and lures in A1 condition.
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I have a 243 and a 6.5x55 both very capable but on big fallow or red in the rut i think the latter has the edge, it has very low recoil but deffinetly needs a can, unless you like your ears to bleed that is.
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As Sako said, but also Norma 100 grn sp worth a try, can be very good in some guns.
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Good post and a great picture, when things go fubar like the first buck sure gets the old adrenalin going, i was right there with you for a moment. all the best MT.
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All the best mate, best wishes from me and FPO, HAVE A GREAT ONE.
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Oi you nutter, , reckon they might be off the moor. League of gentlemen all over again. Did i mention my hancock dogs were playing in the sea at boscastle the other day and they caught this 20 ft big white fishy thing. :whistle:
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Molly i know where there is a very tidy 04 double cab nevara, £160 a year tax 30,ish mpg new BFG all terrains, new ifor williams top, FSH etc etc going reasonable. :whistle: :thumbs-up:
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Are you sure your quite ready for that sort of power, . Very nice job though MC. iSNT SUFFOLK FLAT THOUGH. :thumbs-up:
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You ever tried going the other way ?, we drove the landy down to Gibralta, £60 to fill up here, £47,ish France, Spain £40,ish Gibralta which is British, well until that shithouse bl.ir finally finishes giving it away £30,ish, something a bit fishy there me thinks.