What Do You Get Out Of Hunting / Shooting

[vizlauk 1,568]

Just bagged another 1500 acres today but for 6 months for starters !

[Durham John 693]

just aswell you getting back into it mate, would have been a tough one for Mac to cover the lot

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Just bagged another 1500 acres today but for 6 months for starters !

It's in your blood - accept it. It won't go away. Put your kit in storage for now.

 

You will want it again

 

Atb

[vizlauk 1,568]

Going hit this new Land hard ; as it will end up being more, I might end up charging for my services lol

[bigmac 97kt 13,816]

So 5000 acres has just turn,d to 6500 acres feck me we will have the lot before long lol

 

we are defo going to have to get a cupple of quad bikes and leave them at the farm

 

nice one bud

 

i tell you lads you could push this twat out of a plane at 35000 feet and he would walk away laughing

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

[mark williams 7,563]

C`m on Sean - you would be lost without Mac

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Fetching" for you, would`nt you

 

p.s. well done with the new permission. " Pair of Twats "

[vizlauk 1,568]

So 5000 acres has just turn,d to 6500 acres feck me we will have the lot before long lol

 

we are defo going to have to get a cupple of quad bikes and leave them at the farm

 

nice one bud

 

i tell you lads you could push this twat out of a plane at 35000 feet and he would walk away laughing

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

got to be in it to win it; chucked in a sh1te job yesterday so more time for shooting lol

[bigmac 97kt 13,816]

 

So 5000 acres has just turn,d to 6500 acres feck me we will have the lot before long lol

 

we are defo going to have to get a cupple of quad bikes and leave them at the farm

 

nice one bud

 

i tell you lads you could push this twat out of a plane at 35000 feet and he would walk away laughing

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

got to be in it to win it; chucked in a sh1te job yesterday so more time for shooting lol

 

So when are we going up mate

 

this week end by any chance

 

And Mark i would be lost with out my bro , ill fetch and carry any time for him

 

as he would me thats just the way we are

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

[villaman 9,982]

Looks like Viz has got his bitch back or is it the other way round

[philpot 5,045]

As far back as man has been on this earth, men are 'hunter gatherers' by definition although through evolution we have changed to take on other roles both in our work but also in our pursuits, it is just that some of us still remain in part that original group.

 

I had my first gun, a GAT, air pistol at the tender age of about 11 or 12, very quickly moving on to air rifles and shotguns and so I follow in my grandfather's footsteps as he was a gamekeeper. At the age of 16, I was buzzing around Derbyshire on my scooter with a gun slung on my back eager to get on to feeding pigeons or to bag a rabbit or two for my mom even travelling the 72 miles to the East Coast after the duck. Shooting and fishing is really in my blood and at 64 years young, one or both of these activities has always been with me and at present I am shooting with both air rifle and shotgun, along with lure, carp and fly fishing and they all sit well together. I have on many occasions found my interest waning and so simply stopped for a few years but always returning to that aspect of life that I cannot be without for too long.

 

I used to shoot many types of quarry but as time passed by, I really didn't want to kill things any more and found great passion for clay shooting at quite a high level and only recently finding my interest in live quarry once again. I have pheasants and woodies in my garden which I could easily shoot but instead prefer to watch them from the cottage or greenhouse although would not think twice about shooting them in the field. Friends and family have said in the past that it is strange that someone who loves nature and wildlife can also kill them, not so easy to explain away but it is true.

 

To me shooting with whatever type of gun and fishing is what I live for along with my love of my family and is part of life itself for me at any rate and long may it continue.

 

Phil

Edited April 6, 2016 by philpot

[si brown 8,486]

As far back as man has been on this earth, men are 'hunter gatherers' by definition although through evolution we have changed to take on other roles both in our work but also in our pursuits, it is just that some of us still remain in part that original group.

 

I had my first gun, a GAT, air pistol at the tender age of about 11 or 12, very quickly moving on to air rifles and shotguns and so I follow in my grandfather's footsteps as he was a gamekeeper. At the age of 16, I was buzzing around Derbyshire on my scooter with a gun slung on my back eager to get on to feeding pigeons or to bag a rabbit or two for my mom even travelling the 72 miles to the East Coast after the duck. Shooting and fishing is really in my blood and at 64 years young, one or both of these activities has always been with me and at present I am shooting with both air rifle and shotgun, along with lure, carp and fly fishing and they all sit well together. I have on many occasions found my interest waning and so simply stopped for a few years but always returning to that aspect of life that I cannot be without for too long.

 

I used to shoot many types of quarry but as time passed by, I really didn't want to kill things any more and found great passion for clay shooting at quite a high level and only recently finding my interest in live quarry once again. I have pheasants and woodies in my garden which I could easily shoot but instead prefer to watch them from the cottage or greenhouse although would not think twice about shooting them in the field. Friends and family have said in the past that it is strange that someone who loves nature and wildlife can also kill them, not so easy to explain away but it is true.

 

To me shooting with whatever type of gun and fishing is what I live for along with my love of my family and is part of life itself for me at any rate and long may it continue.

 

Phil

 

great post philpot

im 20 years behind you, and more or less on the same path!

hale the gat gun and hand line.... the start of grate hobbies that never leave you!

si

[Michael J B Lancaster 69]

I've yet to shoot a live target, as I'm still new to shooting. I wouldn't risk a slow painful death for my target, should I fail to dispatch it in the first shot. I'm also completely unsure as to whether I'd hunt for anything other than necessity. It would be great to be skilled enough to rely on it if needed and times were hard and the way the world is going, that may be sooner than we think. I could quite happily dispose of rats on a permission but I probably think I'd be more comfortable putting holes in paper.

 

Maybe that's because I've never been hunting, I don't know. I'd love to give it a try but there's no rush. I'm still young(ish) myself so hopefully time is on my side.

[charlie caller 3,654]

Friends and family have said in the past that it is strange that someone who loves nature and wildlife can also kill them, not so easy to explain away but it is true. Phillpot that is the ambivalence of the true hunter, something our dear towny/anti friends could never comprehend, I really pity them at times.

[pianoman 3,587]

It's because we love wildlife and nature that makes us take care in how we do the job of killing when we have to. With great respect and humanity for our prey. Even if they are only vermin. At least, that's my point of view. They have a right to live and thus I pitch my skills against their instincts. I have greater respect for the rabbits I shoot than some people I've encountered on my life's journey.

 

I have never in all my life, set out to wipe out every rabbit warren on my permissions nor will I shoot the Kittens unless the landowner insists on it and I absolutely have to. I go for the fully grown males and the sick and the Mixy rabbits first and foremost. Then I'll think about the youngsters. I want my rabbit sport to continue through the year and the next year; not end it all in a few nights out. I shoot enough to show the landowners I'm doing a good job by them and I keep my permissions going to make it worthwhile returning and keeping it active.

 

I just think, is not the countryside a better place for the wildlife in it? Including the rabbits and squirrels? Or why go out to shoot and hunt when there is absolutely nothing left to hunt? What then? Or am I missing something of a point here?

[mark williams 7,563]

I could not agree more with you Simon

 

 

atb