Bandit At 10 O'clock

[PeskyWabbits 464]

Not only am I combating rats (seem to have got numbers down) in my duck run, but now bl**dy magpies

 

The mesh in the wire is only about 6" x 2.5" but they are squeezing through.

 

I got this blighter in the top of a tree, about 30 yards from where I was standing.

 

It jumped to another branch then dropped on to my Metro bonnet with a loud thud, then on to the floor. No twitching.

 

Going to have to be more vigil, they normally see me heading down the path, and are gone, shaking their match boxes as they go.

Another kill for my classic HW35. I don't why I bought other guns, oh yes, it's that compulsion that we all have.

 

 

Pesky

[bunny bandit 98]

Lovely old rifle. Good shooting.

[villaman 9,983]

Another one down

[Underdog 2,337]

Good for you.

As for buying others, it is an illness of which no known cure exists.

The only treatment there is that gives temporary relief from the condition is the Mrs tongue!!

[bigmac 97kt 13,807]

 

Good for you.

As for buying others, it is an illness of which no known cure exists.

The only treatment there is that gives temporary relief from the condition is the Mrs tongue!!

That depends what she's doing with it.

 

:rofl:

 

:good:

 

:thumbs:

[stealthy1 3,964]

One gun is never enough. You've go to have at least one spare.

[PeskyWabbits 464]

Got another one today at tea time. It was lucky as they had already seen me outside but had worked themselves up into a frenzy.

They follow a pattern, they sit on a neighbour's leylandii until the jackdaws go in first, then they circle round (when they saw me) then drop down on to the duck run roof. They have worked out how to wiggle through the wire.

I got this one as it was jiggling its botty through the wire. It propelled itself up but fell dead against my shed. No death throws or twitching.

Shame as it must be one of this year's hatch, the feather colours are so vibrant. But everyday another egg is lost. Today it was like a festival campsite, broken shells all over.

If I am lucky enough to get ducklings, how long before they succumb to these varmints?

[mark williams 7,561]

Shooting Pesky

 

Lovely, classic 35 mate.

 

 

atb

[tomburras 2,730]

great pesky, are you driving a series 3?

[PeskyWabbits 464]

great pesky, are you driving a series 3?

 

I am it's a 1972 109. Like riding in a horse and cart though

[random 659]

Hey pesky not to piss on your chips because i do agree with small scale corvid culls where necessary,but couldnt you beef up the wire on your run to keep them out,preventions better than cure and all that,and tou cant watch it round the clock...

[Jonjon79 13,358]

That's my favourite way to see my pellets - wrapped up in a Magpie

[j j m 6,555]

good shooting another pest gone

[tomburras 2,730]

 

great pesky, are you driving a series 3?

 

I am it's a 1972 109. Like riding in a horse and cart though

 

 

excellent - great choice of vehicle!!! wouldn't swap mine for anything else!

[PeskyWabbits 464]

 

 

great pesky, are you driving a series 3?

 

I am it's a 1972 109. Like riding in a horse and cart though

 

 

excellent - great choice of vehicle!!! wouldn't swap mine for anything else!

 

 

I have a MK3 Metro as my daily driver, old cars are more reliable. But the Land Rover is a necessary truck. Thirsty, slow, unwieldy but essential for moving lots of stuff around and pulling big heavy things. Mine is ex-RAF, so it has a dial switch for the lights - for convoys etc where you can drive just with the back, or just the front, or normal so you can see and be seen