Back up at the shoot

[Sausagedog 7,381]

That little tractor would be good on a small shoot! And youd stay drier than on a quad! And be cheaper to run!

[BenBhoy 4,706]

53 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

That little tractor would be good on a small shoot! And youd stay drier than on a quad! And be cheaper to run!

Wouldn't fancy trying to catch poachers though! 

[Gav 1,708]

I gave my 1961 dexta away this year, it seriously needed new back wheels and tyres and at £450 a chuck, £1,800 was more than double what it was worth itself  

[Sausagedog 7,381]

3 hours ago, BenBhoy said:

Wouldn't fancy trying to catch poachers though! 

36g bb 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

2 hours ago, Gav said:

I gave my 1961 dexta away this year, it seriously needed new back wheels and tyres and at £450 a chuck, £1,800 was more than double what it was worth itself  

Sea salt....nasty stuff.

[ianm 2,594]

14 hours ago, Stavross said:

I think it’s a bit beyond me, I’m much more of a big spanner’s and hammers kind of fella, if it doesn’t work when you hit it the first time, hit it again but harder, making things look pretty has never been my strong point

Yes we can see that from your photos!

[Gav 1,708]

4 hours ago, Sausagedog said:

Sea salt....nasty stuff.

Aye never helped launching the wee boat off the shore all them years  

[Stavross 16,037]

7 hours ago, ianm said:

Yes we can see that from your photos!

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Sick of sitting  in so popped up the farm to do some bunny bashing . Decided to do the ground which runs up to the grouse moor as haven't done it yet as on the lower ground they are getting sparse and jumpy. On the hike up the hill I could hear lots of shots going off and deduced it was the keepers shooting rabbits with shotguns.  Anyway the rabbits up the there were very jumpy , no wonder with quads flying about and shots going off all over , it was like the Alamo. I eventually bumped into one of the young keepers who came to see who I was , had a bit craic with him and it turns out there were 6 keepers out on quads . They have shot 5000 rabbits so far He was telling me about the new doc traps for stoats saying they were rubbish as he normally traps around 100- 120 stoats using fenns but now using docs he's only trapped about 10.  Anyway I left him to his banging and I headed back down the hill ending up with 25 rabbits.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

7 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Sick of sitting  in so popped up the farm to do some bunny bashing . Decided to do the ground which runs up to the grouse moor as haven't done it yet as on the lower ground they are getting sparse and jumpy. On the hike up the hill I could hear lots of shots going off and deduced it was the keepers shooting rabbits with shotguns.  Anyway the rabbits up the there were very jumpy , no wonder with quads flying about and shots going off all over , it was like the Alamo. I eventually bumped into one of the young keepers who came to see who I was , had a bit craic with him and it turns out there were 6 keepers out on quads . They have shot 5000 rabbits so far He was telling me about the new doc traps for stoats saying they were rubbish as he normally traps around 100- 120 stoats using fenns but now using docs he's only trapped about 10.  Anyway I left him to his banging and I headed back down the hill ending up with 25 rabbits.

5000 wow that’s a hell of a number . Shotguns of a quad or pickup can make a real dent I. The numbers . Before I took the shoot on as keeper I used to help the old keeper . He wasn’t much for killing stuff so rabbits had built up in numbers to almost plague proportions. He got me to shotgun off the back of the pickup while he drove and lamped . It was carnage , I could hardly load fast enough in some fields , it was almost like an arcade game . We didn’t pick them up as it slowed things down too much . There were literally dead rabbits everywhere. The bosses  mother who walked her dogs through some of the fields said to the keeper “ Andrew , are you picking up these rabbit you are shooting at night ?” “Why”? “Because my Labrador has just vomited up a whole rabbit on the kitchen floor . “

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Double edged sword leaving them about .On the one hand it’s supposed to keep Charlie off pheasants but on the other it must attract more .

[BenBhoy 4,706]

8 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

. They have shot 5000 rabbits so far

This year?? 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

29 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

This year?? 

Since September.  They weren't leaving them lying about either which I expected,  there was a wooden box on the front and the back of the quad which was full of rabbits. 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

2 hours ago, foxdropper said:

Double edged sword leaving them about .On the one hand it’s supposed to keep Charlie off pheasants but on the other it must attract more .

And buzzards.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

1 hour ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Since September.  They weren't leaving them lying about either which I expected,  there was a wooden box on the front and the back of the quad which was full of rabbits. 

Wow.