Times Change

[dazbrowne 13 334]

Ha gat gun f***ing useless weren't they anyone on here get a confirmed kill with one just reading all the posts brings back memories

[Nik_B 3,790]

Great pic that Nik, her face says it all

 

Cheers

 

She still has those tail feathers as well but more teeth

[Nik_B 3,790]

Ha gat gun f***ing useless weren't they anyone on here get a confirmed kill with one just reading all the posts brings back memories

 

Not sure if anyone would make such a bold claim....they'd get ripped to pieces ha ha!

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Fantastic pics from Dan and Nik

 

My little 'un took her first rabbit with an air rifle when she was 9. She was so proud of herself. She carried it all the way back to the car, talking about what we'd make from it

 

I agree - times have changed, not for the better.

I was a council estate kid. I remember walking a mile to the local woods with an air rifle on a sling, no bag, in the early to mid 90s and no one cared. We used to give the pigeons to a couple of old folks

[Nik_B 3,790]

Used to run around with an old bsa snipe and a dog or 3,pocket full of cartridges doing as we pleased,nothing was safe-we used to jump onto the coal trains and have a day at the beach lol, ride for miles on push bikes with fishing rods,scrumping apple and damson trees,nesting,peg guns and dutch arrows-taking home flea ridden hedgehogs and getting a clip off mam-owls,jackdaws,buzzards in the shed without her knowing-oldman would just laugh and say leave him to it.my own children's friends have been in the garden when I'm chopping up various bits and bobs for the dogs-screaming at the sight of a dead rabbit-little f***ing faggots that are molly cuddled by their weirdo parents.I make sure all 3 of mine are out and about-down the farm riding and mucking out-ferretting,fishing,shooting,building fires and toasting mash mallows etc,pond dipping anything to keep them off those brain draining computers lol.type in 50 things to do before your 10-great way to get the little ones out and about-collecting frogspawn,build a rope swing over a river loads of stuff we all did and took for granted.atb dc20161228_144638~2.jpgPhoto0284_001.jpg

 

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[Nik_B 3,790]

Fantastic pics from Dan and Nik

 

My little 'un took her first rabbit with an air rifle when she was 9. She was so proud of herself. She carried it all the way back to the car, talking about what we'd make from it

 

I agree - times have changed, not for the better.

I was a council estate kid. I remember walking a mile to the local woods with an air rifle on a sling, no bag, in the early to mid 90s and no one cared. We used to give the pigeons to a couple of old folks

 

and nowadays you'd have been arrested

[Fieldsporthunter 1,864]

 

Ha gat gun f***ing useless weren't they anyone on here get a confirmed kill with one just reading all the posts brings back memories

 

Not sure if anyone would make such a bold claim....they'd get ripped to pieces ha ha!

I could not even hit a tin can at five yard with one

[Nik_B 3,790]

 

 

Ha gat gun f***ing useless weren't they anyone on here get a confirmed kill with one just reading all the posts brings back memories

Not sure if anyone would make such a bold claim....they'd get ripped to pieces ha ha!

I could not even hit a tin can at five yard with one

 

 

Does anyone still have theirs? No idea what happened to mine....my pacifist mum probably binned it lol

 

[Kay 3,709]

Things have changed beyond all recognition, one of my neighbours granddaughter's just qualified to be a nursery nurse, she has been accepted at a private nursery & is looking after 2 yrs to pre school nursery age children .

 

She was telling her nan that nearly all off the kids she looks after turn up with an I pad each & most of the older ones cant do simple tasks like blowing there noses & doing a button up on a cardy or coat

 

I must be totally out of touch I mentioned this to a work colleague who does a dinner lady job up the school , she looks after the reception class & confirmed that most of her kids struggle with simple tasks like buttons & 2 of the boys had been sent in pull up nappy pants when they started in September

 

I have no doubt that electronic gadgets are the future but how can that kind of '' learning tool'' develop dexterity when your simply touching a flat screen , in my day kids had puzzles where they had to put squares into a square hole & so on.....

 

I fail to see how all '' senses'' can be developed when they dont come out of the house only to be sat in a car seat in the car

 

You cant smell rain stuck in the house on a f***ing I pad

[low plains drifter 10,289]

Ha gat gun f***ing useless weren't they anyone on here get a confirmed kill with one just reading all the posts brings back memories

The goldfish hanging up in water filled bags at the Spanish City used to keep their heads down as the next quick draw Mcgraw attempted to smoke the nailed to the shelf empty matchboxes, I reckon the yoke would have been more use being lobbed at the coconuts anti theft chain and all

[The one 8,463]

I could nip out my dads back door with a shotty shot a rabbit for tea and nobody bothered in the village , im really scared for my son at 22 is never going to see let alone do the things i took for granted

[gnasher16 30,025]

Its called adaption and every generation does it i remember my ol man constantly saying " it aint like it used to be ".....you just have to stay true to yourself i didnt grow up around hunting/wildlife/countryside whatsoever but having found it later in life i,ll never be without it again in some form or another but i wouldnt push it onto my kids or grandkids as its a different time and they must be left to find their feet if somethings right for them they,ll find it like i did.

[king 11,972]

Its called adaption and every generation does it i remember my ol man constantly saying " it aint like it used to be ".....you just have to stay true to yourself i didnt grow up around hunting/wildlife/countryside whatsoever but having found it later in life i,ll never be without it again in some form or another but i wouldnt push it onto my kids or grandkids as its a different time and they must be left to find their feet if somethings right for them they,ll find it like i did.

What sort of hunting do you do gnasher.

I remember you talking about the bulldogs.

[Guest Ronny]

We use to use trains to get to local golf course.we would ferret all day and catch plenty of rabbits .back on train home we often gave away some of our catch .couldn't do that now.properly wouldn't even let you on train.

[Silversnake 1,099]

Its called adaption and every generation does it i remember my ol man constantly saying " it aint like it used to be ".....you just have to stay true to yourself i didnt grow up around hunting/wildlife/countryside whatsoever but having found it later in life i,ll never be without it again in some form or another but i wouldnt push it onto my kids or grandkids as its a different time and they must be left to find their feet if somethings right for them they,ll find it like i did.

I wouldn't say I push it on to my kids but I make sure they experience hunting and the outdoors, as if I don't get them out they would probably never know if they like it or not as it is not easy to find a place to hunt or to meet someone else to give them the experience. I have always loved hunting of any kind and I hope my kids do too but it is so uncommon and difficult I think that most kids would not even consider it an option.