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  1. shovel leaner
    I’ve been hitting the Fallow hard , every time I gralloch one they are full of wheat. I must be saving the estate a fortune on feed .
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    Hardly a mid life crisis. I’m not getting a Harley or a sports car or getting my ear pierced or getting a younger Mrs . I’m keeping my old Hilux, I’m keeping my ageing and slightly decrepit wife , no piercings either. But I am looking at a second hand Wilson flyer if that counts? ?
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    I’m finishing this season , so February 1st 2022 will be my last day on the estate.
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    The time has come for me to hang up my beaters horn , and retire from keepering. I spoke to the boss a few weeks ago and told him I’m making this my last season . We are parting on good terms and we haven’t fallen out , and I’m not going to another shoot , it’s just time to try something different. I’ve been here nearly 15 years, and I’m not getting any younger, I find that I’m just less enthusiastic about bagging wheat and dragging myself out of bed. Also I find being an “angry farmer”, constantly bollocking stupid dog walkers tiresome. Instead I’m planning a move to
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    Hi all , I thought I’d better check in otherwise you might think I’ve passed on to the celestial pheasant shoot in the sky . Good to see you are all still posting, when I get a minute I will catch up and read through and see what you have all been up to . For my part it’s a hectic time of year , I’m up first thing feeding, then off loading, I don’t seem to have a minute to myself, but it’s my own fault for saying yes to the days , it’s greed basically. The shoot is going well and we have had four good days so far , and the guns seem happy……well most of them, ther
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    I shoot prone off a bipod to test a batch normally. However the last ladder test I did was off fresh cut bales of straw that hadn’t been picked up . I was able to also use a bale as a back stop too . Nice and solid and a comfortable position.
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    My birds are hitting the Beach mast . I wondered why they weren’t exactly where I want them . I watched some hen birds attacking wood pigeons, fighting for them under a beach tree . I looked and the beach casings are just opening and the seeds dropping, there is a huge crop this year and they are small which means they are easy for the pheasants to eat . I just hope the pigeons finish them off quickly.
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    The man is lower than a snakes belly . This is nothing to do with the hunting community picking on him , it’s just some criminals burning a vehicle next to his gates , because it’s a remote area . The countryside alliance should force him through the legal system to retract his statements and apologise.
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    The forestry guys here hate them , they do a lot of low level browse damage . Here’s a funny tale that happened a couple of years ago . A stalker mate of mine who has a building business was doing some work on a house for a couple of “ Artist / vegan “ types. They had created this fantastic garden and spent a small fortune on the plants . But a muntjac was eating them , they asked my friend what to do and he suggested deer fencing, thinking there is no way they would go for him shooting it . But they said they wanted other wildlife to visit , like badgers and foxes , so could he shoot
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    I heard a similar story about some Arabs . They own an estate in Oxfordshire . A very wealthy Arab , maybe a prince or something turned up in a new Range Rover , they had loaders and when it came to tipping them he got out a briefcase fill of £50 notes or as they are known to loaders and keepers (Lobsters) . He picked out a some notes and didn’t count them but but got wedges and asked if that would be enough of a tip . Of course the loaders said that that would be enough. He asked the head keeper later on if he would give him a lift in the Range Rover to the airport to get on his private jet ,
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    There are different levels of autism and or Asbergers . Anne Hegerty on the chase is autistic. She just felt that she was different and so she got herself diagnosed. It hasn’t stopped her achieving things . She may also appear normal to anyone she meets . We now have to label people with diagnosis, oh he has ADHD , whereas in my day a kid like that was just a naughty boy . Packem has some minor personality quirks and has publicly said he is autistic, well he may be on the spectrum, but it’s not limited the amount he has been able to achieve. We had kids like him when I was at
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    Done it himself. Publicity grabbing lunatic !
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    Yep , a frickin Vegan ?. But he went on Joe Rogan , and Rogan seemed to put his point across about ethical hunting and eating what he kills . And he seemed more at ease with that than intensive factory farming. Each to their own .
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    I don’t agree with a lot of his points of view ,him being a Vegan and a socialist, and me a meat eating / Hunter and very right wing conservative type . But I am now a subscriber to his YouTube channel and watch most of his content. I’m fine with his use of big words too , as I am a big fan of the English language, and it nice to hear it , instead of sentences punctuated with “ d’you get me bruv “ and “ for real” . It also makes me hopeful that if a lefty tosser like him is starting to wake up and smell the coffee, and see how corrupt the powers that be are . Th
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    On the positive side , at least the guns can get around easier. Normally we are struggling with waterlogged fields and stuck vehicles. Now I know what I’m up against as regards weather and birds everywhere, I can do something different and try and get around them . The dates I’ve got are carved in stone , so I’ve just got to play the hand I’ve been dealt. We had a few fields of beans that were a big draw to the birds , they have been harvested a while back , but now I’ve got more birds on the one side of the shoot than the other . So I’m just going to shoot mor
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    I’ve got a tunnel trap by one of the feeders near a partridge pen and it’s been accounting for a fair bit of vermin, rats , a few squirrels and two stoats and this morning a Jill polecat. I think I saw this one in the headlights of the mule the other morning when I was feeding. Glad to see the back of it .
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    Well the first day happened Saturday, and it was shirtsleeves and sunglasses. The first drive went well and they shot 59 , and I was thinking, I’m going to be blowing up early on all the others. But it was so hot and sunny the birds were not flying into the sun and a lot were just dipping, I was flushing birds and waiting for the shots and there was none . I radioed the boss to see what was happening and he explained about how the birds were dipping. We got the bag , but it wasn’t the east day I had hoped for . Every keeper I spoke to had the same problem, birds everywhere except w
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    We shoot nearly every Saturday in the season. It’s just a case of cramming the days in .
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    Just for you , I’ve given it an extra rub thinking of a short balding Welshman.??
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    Thanks mate . To me it’s too early, doesn’t seem right shooting pheasants on a sunny day . ?
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    It’s my first day tomorrow, I can’t believe it’s come around this quick. Pegs put out , vehicles clean . Strings cut . Boots polished , suit out of the dry cleaners. Horn polished ( go on Ben , make some innuendo) . Hopefully the birds will be where I want them and they fly well . I’m sure the birds will be good , I just can’t account for the marksmanship of the team . I think there are a few guests out , so I’m not expecting great shooting. Wish me luck ?
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    If I had to choose an all purpose bullet . It’s the Sierra blitz king in 70grain. I shoot fox and deer with it and it . I do however head and neck shoot my deer at very sensible ranges . I’ve not had a fox get up and say that didn’t hurt either.
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    TBH , Unless someone asks for one or it’s a medal and a (client/friend) wants it , I find them too much work . I tend to be busy , and I know once I flatten one , it’s 1/2 an hour gone out of the day , for little return. I will also shoot one if one of the estate tenants complains about the noise , because they can make a racket and keep you up at night .??? If I’m going to put the chiller on , I’d rather it was for a more substantial beast . But curiosity got the better of me this time . I know Bill Johnson who measures for Basc , I’ll get it to him and see what he says .
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    I think that if you turn up to these protests, and stop people going about there legitimate business then like the extinction rebellion guy that was dragged off the train roof and given a kicking , you are inviting this type of outrage . Being stuck in traffic is very stressful. It brings out the worst side of our characters . If you think you are too old and frail to be manhandled then stay the hell away . Otherwise “ reap what you sow”.
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