Back up at the shoot

[shovel leaner 7,650]

6 hours ago, Stavross said:

Back up at the shoot at first light ( ish ) this morning, strimmed out a couple of feed areas as the birds are on the move, they are not taking masses of feed but they are enjoying the brambles and acorns,  there seems to be fallow about in good numbers so with a bit of luck and if I can address my work/ shooting balance I’ll sort out an evening with FH for a look out after a buck

Hope you both have some success. Just an idea Stavross. Inviting someone for fallow can sometimes be a bit hit and miss . A little trick I’ve done in the past which works is to bait an area . I’ve used carrots, fodder beet / sugar beet , alternatively pony nuts . Works well especially with some molasses. I know it’s not really stalking for the purists but it will certainly help fill the chiller. And can save a disappointing long drive . Worth keeping as a backup if all else fails sort of thing. Good luck and looking forward to a scary picture of you with a fallow.

[Stavross 16,106]

 Nowt to do with any of this but I thought I’d put it here because I’m really proud of what I’ve created over the last to days

[Stavross 16,106]

This is what it looks like now after 16 hours hard graft 

[si brown 8,486]

Like that stav.. looks like a proper chill-out zone
that water feature in wall sets it right off:)

[Stavross 16,106]

1 hour ago, si brown said:

Like that stav.. looks like a proper chill-out zone
that water feature in wall sets it right off:)

That water feature was a nightmare, the builder who did the wall didn’t think that the pipe would have to go through the wall so made it 2 foot thick and back filled it, I had to dig out the back of the wall and put a core cutter through it, the plank

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Nice work that , I bet the customers are happy.

[Stavross 16,106]

Customer is over the moon, tomorrow’s job is to fence around the top of the wall to close it in and make it a private space, I think that will transform it again, especially if they let me paint it dark gray to match the windows and slate roof on the house

[Stavross 16,106]

Put a grass path in going out the garden on a bank, looks really good but completely impractical, steps might of been a better idea, but the customer is always right apparently

[Dervburner 2,549]

Nice one Stav, Alan Titchmarch would be proud of that job

[BenBhoy 4,706]

2 hours ago, Stavross said:

Put a grass path in going out the garden on a bank, looks really good but completely impractical, steps might of been a better idea, but the customer is always right apparently

Be fun when it snows/turns into mudslide! 

[si brown 8,486]

3 hours ago, Stavross said:

That water feature was a nightmare, the builder who did the wall didn’t think that the pipe would have to go through the wall so made it 2 foot thick and back filled it, I had to dig out the back of the wall and put a core cutter through it, the plank

That’s the sort of thing I’d do if someone had pi55ed me off

you should get into the walling side of things, seeing what you like in life on here it’d be a good string to your bow!

there use to be a walling group in stoksley years back that might still be on the go. 

[Stavross 16,106]

19 minutes ago, si brown said:

That’s the sort of thing I’d do if someone had pi55ed me off

you should get into the walling side of things, seeing what you like in life on here it’d be a good string to your bow!

there use to be a walling group in stoksley years back that might still be on the go. 

I’m not to bad with some reclaimed sandstone dwarf walls and I can lay blocks for steps and beds, I’d like to learn how to do it properly, I watched a bloke build a slate wall, now that’s a proper skill

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Fantastic job mate , really like that

[BenBhoy 4,706]

14 hours ago, Dervburner said:

Nice one Stav, Alan Titchmarch would be proud of that job

Stav has more of the charlie dimmocks to him!!

[si brown 8,486]

13 hours ago, Stavross said:

I’m not to bad with some reclaimed sandstone dwarf walls and I can lay blocks for steps and beds, I’d like to learn how to do it properly, I watched a bloke build a slate wall, now that’s a proper skill

never done a slate wall but use to wall with my dad all over the moors when I was in me early twenties gave up on it cos there was more money in site work..

things change and now the sites can stick it, im out  

im not sure who runs this any more and I was surprised its still on the go but its worth having a look at.. 

a lot of its done on your side of the moor

https://www.ydswg.co.uk/courses/about