jetro 5,349 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, TOMO said: yep....I loved my folder....shot loads of bods with it..... What's meant by bods tomo Atb j Quote Link to post
fred90 3,313 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 where tomo is from its what pheasants are locally called. 1 Quote Link to post
jetro 5,349 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, fred90 said: where tomo is from its what pheasants are locally called. Thanks. Atb j Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,983 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 its the way the locals say the word bird...... "went out shootin bods last neat"....... or in English..... we were out last night shooting birds.... just local dialect from around the Mansfield area ..... 1 1 Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,983 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 10 hours ago, fred90 said: that's when bods were worth something yep.....was getting £4.50 a brace from that big game dealers at holme wood.....and that was one big place.....proper factory unit ..red deer going in there from the highlands to get prosesed .... Quote Link to post
tatsblisters 10,445 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 11 hours ago, TOMO said: yep....I loved my folder....shot loads of bods with it..... Fully moderated them pedrettis were in big demand back in the day.lol Quote Link to post
joe ox 2,638 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, TOMO said: yep.....was getting £4.50 a brace from that big game dealers at holme wood.....and that was one big place.....proper factory unit ..red deer going in there from the highlands to get prosesed .... I can remember them being a fiver a brace, why did the price go down I don't remember? Roe was a pound for a pound which was good money back then, not sure its that much more now? Quote Link to post
tatsblisters 10,445 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Just now, joe ox said: I can remember them being a fiver a brace, why did the price go down I don't remember? Roe was a pound for a pound which was good money back then, not sure its that much more now? Mid to late 90s I would say I think it was when shoots started to get more days in and most shoots on the big estates started leasing out to syndicates there for having to rear thousands more birds. 1 Quote Link to post
joe ox 2,638 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: Mid to late 90s I would say I think it was when shoots started to get more days in and most shoots on the big estates started leasing out to syndicates there for having to rear thousands more birds. I remember hearing it was something to do with imports, I have no idea if that was true or not. I remember saving grey partridges up in the freezer thawing them out when I had around 2 to 3 hundred then taking them to the game dealers and getting around 700 quid for them which was a nice wad 30 year ago. Got different prices for what they called young and old birds, the dealer used to look at the wing tips if they were well rounded they were classed as old birds. Edited January 30, 2020 by joe ox 3 Quote Link to post
fred90 3,313 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, TOMO said: yep.....was getting £4.50 a brace from that big game dealers at holme wood.....and that was one big place.....proper factory unit ..red deer going in there from the highlands to get prosesed .... Rick bestwick, its even bigger now. 1 Quote Link to post
tatsblisters 10,445 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 41 minutes ago, joe ox said: I remember hearing it was something to do with imports, I have no idea if that was true or not. I remember saving grey partridges up in the freezer thawing them out when I had around 2 to 3 hundred then taking them to the game dealers and getting around 700 quid for them which was a nice wad 30 year ago. Got different prices for what they called young and old birds, the dealer used to look at the wing tips if they were well rounded they were classed as old birds. Remember getting £3.50 a brace in 92 for partridge from the gamedealer and the same price for a couple of woodcock we took to him. Quote Link to post
tatsblisters 10,445 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Just now, fred90 said: Rick bestwick, its even bigger now. Is that were they processed game that went to batchelors for ingrediants in their soups that used to be popular years ago. Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,983 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, fred90 said: Rick bestwick, its even bigger now. yeh that's the place.... Quote Link to post
stormyboy 1,352 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 15 hours ago, TOMO said: yep....I loved my folder....shot loads of bods with it..... Still got mine, fitted with 12" hushpower moderator. Shot more with that than any other gun. Quote Link to post
low plains drifter 10,786 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 17 hours ago, TOMO said: it was common back then......all farms burnt the stubble... like the other chaps I remember watching when it was first on.....watched it the other year as well ...think somone put up on here or moochers..... I remember remarking on how quiet the country lanes were he was peddeling along.....shame there not like that anymore Must have been carried on from when horse drawn ploughs were used for the job I've been walking an area this season all the arable has been left in stubble, it's good to see, and is concealing a few Quote Link to post
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