David.evans 5,323 Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 This time of year funks me off sat on the patio wondering what to do the weekend ( drinking bottles) foxing , everything is to high , fallow 1st aug crows, fed up of them , pigeon, same as think I’m taking a chill pill for a bit , the worst is I’m on holiday for the next three weeks , and she’s got a list as long as your arm , fuc her to 5 Quote Link to post
Stavross 15,365 Posted July 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, David.evans said: This time of year funks me off sat on the patio wondering what to do the weekend ( drinking bottles) foxing , everything is to high , fallow 1st aug crows, fed up of them , pigeon, same as think I’m taking a chill pill for a bit , the worst is I’m on holiday for the next three weeks , and she’s got a list as long as your arm , fuc her to Not long now Dave and it will all be down, most of the barley is ready now, rape’s a bit behind up here ( about 3 weeks away) and the wheat looks between 3 or 4 weeks, then we can fill our boots 1 Quote Link to post
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Plenty of barley baled here now Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 39 minutes ago, David.evans said: This time of year funks me off sat on the patio wondering what to do the weekend ( drinking bottles) foxing , everything is to high , fallow 1st aug crows, fed up of them , pigeon, same as think I’m taking a chill pill for a bit , the worst is I’m on holiday for the next three weeks , and she’s got a list as long as your arm , fuc her to Get yourself on the crows or pigeons , cant be fed up of them. Not a good forecast anyway hope it changes. Quote Link to post
The one 8,467 Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 I got a phone call so took a trip to see a farmer and he was moving hay bales into trailer loads and he said there's a few rabbits about you will know what areas . So i took a walk with the rimmy . First thing i saw was a cracking Roe buck then i took out 4 fox cubs and after a couple of hours i had 20 rabbits so called it a night . i was away for a week and went back and first thing i see was a fox looking at me over a gorse bush so i gave it a lead earing then after a couple of hours i had 4 rabbits and was frustrated by the length of the cover so i took a run down the farm road and got another couple and called it a night . Them the next night the farmer phoned me and said a car went threw the gate on the rough field and demolished it now theres a red 09 pickup sitting just inside the field the back doors open but theres no keys in it is your son doing the rabbits ? after saying my son would only be there with me he said i couldn't see anybody but after my tea i will go back and block it in with a trailer . I went up on Sunday but had to admit defeat with the cover its a rough grass field full of gorse bushes and hes never had anything grazing it so i dont know the out come yet but i will find out this weekend i think it was someone out with theres dogs but for a usually placid guy he was really pissed off 3 Quote Link to post
Stavross 15,365 Posted July 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 28 minutes ago, BenBhoy said: Plenty of barley baled here now I been up my mates farm today doing a little fencing job for him, the new Holland mechanic was there settling the cutting head up on his 21 plate combine ( to go with his 19 plate, tracked combine ) parked up alongside his 20 plate tractor, new drill and new grain trailer, another skint farmer 1 3 Quote Link to post
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 We're a poor relation with 21 plate merlo, 20 plate fergie & 19 plate quad... Of course if it was actually my money!! 1 1 Quote Link to post
The one 8,467 Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Only thing cut here is one field of hay LOL the rest wont be cut till mid august , then he says theres loads of rabbits running in and out the bottom of the big field the cattle are in but i dont know if somebody was in with dog or lamped it as one night last week they went threw the fence and took out 6 stabs LOL can you thin them out one night ?. im going to see what its like Friday night as its back to rain sat & sun 2 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,650 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 This thread is unusually quiet? Well we had one field of barley cut and it yielded nothing the first night . Then yesterday they quickly cut and gathered three silage fields . I was looking forward to an early night but the prospect of an easy fox was too much . After checking the pens I settled down to a twilight vigil. Nothing showed. I did a couple of laps of the cut fields and decided to call it a night at about 11.30pm . However on the way back to the farm to put the mule away I passed the cut barley field that still has the bales left out . Even over the sound of the mule engine which is noisy , I could hear a little owl going mad . I checked with the thermal and there was Charlie, fortunately for him it was not a safe shot as there was a hedge behind and horses are out . So we still have a couple on the ground I’m guessing, not many though . Frustrating for someone like me who likes to pull the trigger, but not a bad situation when there are thousands of young dumb pheasant poults or as I call them “ fox McNuggets “ in the pens . 2 Quote Link to post
David.evans 5,323 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 I got a call from the farmer at 8.30 this morning, 600 acres of silage cut and ready to shoot over , Hadoop do da I know where I’ll be tomorrow get your last meal mate , 55g v max for supper Atb 5 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 I'm out tomorrow on a barley field that has hindreds of pigeons and corvids hitting it. Only problem is not many flat patches and they are dropping in all over the field but will give it a go Quote Link to post
David.evans 5,323 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 Just make sure you retrieve them all , I don’t want any any in my supermarket shopping 2 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, David.evans said: Just make sure you retrieve them all , I don’t want any any in my supermarket shopping Sorry for crows in your shopping but impossible to pick them all , I will pick what I can but from experience it's not easy. I have told the farmer and happy about it as just wants them shot. 1 Quote Link to post
David.evans 5,323 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 FH I was only joking mate , I’m out doing the same Sunday Fancy a £1.00 on who get the most Quote Link to post
David.evans 5,323 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 Don’t you just love Friday afternoons looking forwards to the weekend, out shooting, with out any moaning from her in doors , I might just manage 8 cans with my dog 4 Quote Link to post
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