Hi From The States

[kyboy44 11]

Ok got it just wondering does anyone take one along big game hunting in case you get a shot at small game

[Greyman 28,627]

Ok got it just wondering does anyone take one along big game hunting in case you get a shot at small game

I carry one with me all the time, it's an opportunist,s weapon, I have one hanging up in my truck, and one in my pocket, I very rarely go out to hunt with a catty but I shoot a lot of stuff when I,m doing other things, if I,m fishing I get lots of opportunities to bag a duck or a pigeon, if I,m out with the dogs I also shoot the odd pigeon or pheasant, they are also the choice of poachers so many won't want to talk to much about what they get upto with there's, but I recon you can get the full picture if you use your imagination,

[gamerooster 1,179]

Big game huniting is different here to the states,

There's no bow hunting here so all shots are took with large calibre rifles, though there's no reason why you couldn't take one with you whilst hunting, though I suggest you look up a benjamin marauder pistol, they're developed with exactly what you have in mind

[kyboy44 11]

Ok I was wondering because there was a history of them being used some time ago but it was something a young boy would start out with when he was two young to be out alone with a gun

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Exactly mate, public footpaths are heaving with edible quarry, with the added bonus that they're used to people, roads through estates are also prime spots, all made possible with a catty in the pocket

Feck me, that single post really took me back

 

When I was a small kid, I used to go with my grandad to collect in his snares.

He never went anywhere without a homemade catty and some homemade shot.

He'd never do it in front of nan but, I saw him take pigeon off telegraph wires, lamp posts, all sorts, while we were out walking.

They'd all go into a pocket inside his coat.

Happy days

 

..... I keep meaning to get into it.

[gamerooster 1,179]

Do it mate you won't regret it, the catapults that are made and the elastics used are miles better than back in the day, I'd be lost with my catty

[kyboy44 11]

So would you guys have any idea of a good one to start out with it just something was thinking about when they passed the laws for it just takes me back as a kid playing big game hunter in the back yard

[kyboy44 11]

Also is pigeon something you guys eat

[gamerooster 1,179]

Look up bill hayes, he makes some good ones

[kyboy44 11]

Ok do you know how to get up with him

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Also is pigeon something you guys eat

Yes, woodpigeon.

I take the breast off and dispose of the rest.

[kyboy44 11]

Wow I wonder if that the kind we have over here they are seen as pets over here

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Wow I wonder if that the kind we have over here they are seen as pets over here

They're pests here as well - tasty ones

[kyboy44 11]

That looks like the ones we have over here

[gamerooster 1,179]

If you type bill hayes into youtube it'll come up with a load of his videos, and I'm sure links to order one, or if you have a few basic woodworking tools then you can easily make your own