Back up at the shoot

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

1 hour ago, Sausagedog said:

Sounds like one of my outings lol.

Well done

Know any good hare recipes?

I have plenty about this year.

It was like a comedy of errors but succeeded in the end. I don't eat hares but the dog loves it

[BenBhoy 4,706]

27 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

I don't eat hares

They do get stuck in your teeth...

 

 

Edited October 31, 2021 by BenBhoy

[Gav 1,708]

12 hours ago, BenBhoy said:

They do get stuck in your teeth...

 

 

The mind boggles what your browser history must be like 

[BenBhoy 4,706]

26 minutes ago, Gav said:

The mind boggles what your browser history must be like 

These are from a privatel collection of mine - ahh that holiday in Rhyl, magical times!

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Hi all , I thought I’d better check in otherwise you might think I’ve passed on to the celestial pheasant shoot in the sky . 
     Good to see you are all still posting, when I get a minute I will catch up and read through and see what you have all been up to .

    For my part it’s a hectic time of year , I’m up first thing feeding, then off loading, I don’t seem to have a minute to myself, but it’s my own fault for saying yes to the days , it’s greed basically. 
           The shoot is going well and we have had four good days so far , and the guns seem happy……well most of them, there is always one or two who comment that they had a bad peg on such and such a drive….. suck it up , that’s game shooting. 
         Caught a feral ferret / polecat yesterday. I brought my Larsen traps into the barn out of the rain and went to top up with wheat yesterday morning and was met with a dead call bird and a bent trap , where it had pushed its way through, it seems the metal hog rings had rusted and the divide was easily pushed. It’s a feisty little b*****d, and hissed at me , I’m definitely not putting my hand in there . It’s getting a 22lr behind its ear later on . 
            

Edited November 1, 2021 by shovel leaner

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Wondered where you were but knew you would be busy

[shovel leaner 7,650]

We had Kate Garraway on the shoot over the summer. The estate was approached and the production team turned up and spent time researching the area . They asked for local characters and interesting people, needless to say the Gamekeeper didn’t fit into their narrative. 
            Anyway, in spite of me not having a TV license ( I detest everything the BBC stand for ) I watched it . It showed the shoot , she even had her picnic next to one of the cover crops . I am even on it , blink and you will miss my ATV driving past the church (drone footage ) . Talking of drones , they got it stuck in the top of an oak tree , all of a sudden they wanted to know the gamekeeper , as I was asked to shoot it out of the branches . It was surprising that it is filmed as if it’s just Kate going on a walk with a GoPro on a selfie stick . But reality is there was a film crew , sound crew and producers . Load of bollocks really . 

[Dervburner 2,549]

7 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

We had Kate Garraway on the shoot over the summer. The estate was approached and the production team turned up and spent time researching the area . They asked for local characters and interesting people, needless to say the Gamekeeper didn’t fit into their narrative. 
            Anyway, in spite of me not having a TV license ( I detest everything the BBC stand for ) I watched it . It showed the shoot , she even had her picnic next to one of the cover crops . I am even on it , blink and you will miss my ATV driving past the church (drone footage ) . Talking of drones , they got it stuck in the top of an oak tree , all of a sudden they wanted to know the gamekeeper , as I was asked to shoot it out of the branches . It was surprising that it is filmed as if it’s just Kate going on a walk with a GoPro on a selfie stick . But reality is there was a film crew , sound crew and producers . Load of bollocks really . 

I’ll look out for that

Edited November 1, 2021 by Dervburner
Ahh, it is on I player... I’ll have a look at that

[Stavross 16,223]

42 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

We had Kate Garraway on the shoot over the summer. The estate was approached and the production team turned up and spent time researching the area . They asked for local characters and interesting people, needless to say the Gamekeeper didn’t fit into their narrative. 
            Anyway, in spite of me not having a TV license ( I detest everything the BBC stand for ) I watched it . It showed the shoot , she even had her picnic next to one of the cover crops . I am even on it , blink and you will miss my ATV driving past the church (drone footage ) . Talking of drones , they got it stuck in the top of an oak tree , all of a sudden they wanted to know the gamekeeper , as I was asked to shoot it out of the branches . It was surprising that it is filmed as if it’s just Kate going on a walk with a GoPro on a selfie stick . But reality is there was a film crew , sound crew and producers . Load of bollocks really . 

I don’t know why the keeper never fits the narrative, I know they are a rum bunch, bad tempered, often use very colourful language and call a spade a spade but one thing is certain, they are the definition of a character

[BenBhoy 4,706]

1 hour ago, shovel leaner said:

to shoot it out of the branches

Haha the fire brigade should try that with stuck cats! 

[shovel leaner 7,650]

2 hours ago, Dervburner said:

I’ll look out for that

If you do watch it , the bell ringer had six takes to say his lines .

[Sausagedog 7,381]

39 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

Haha the fire brigade should try that with stuck cats! 

That's how I do it......oops, did I say that out loud

[Stavross 16,223]

This is what I want

I went to feed this morning because I couldn’t get there yesterday and at 2 degrees and a hard ground frost I couldn’t of been happier, I got there just after first light so I could see what headed where after coming off roost, I’m glad I did because I’ve got a big group coming through the farm, behind the caravan at the back and then down towards what I know as the tip, I was sure these would of gone to the oak wood drive, but no, they seem to like going the long way round to the tip, unless you see them you will never guess where these idiots decide to go 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Stavross

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Not up the shoot as such but when I was getting some logs in I heard the trap go down the garden!

Little hob weasel! Buck his name was.

not had one for years!

[Dervburner 2,549]

I keep getting them SD, another stoat yesterday...