Back up at the shoot

[Sausagedog 7,381]

19 minutes ago, ianm said:

They cannot stand our damp weather indefinitely. I have found a way to get a bit longer out them is to create a cover for them out of a plastic milk jug. It protects them from the worse downpours and of course constant drizzle we get but eventually they do succumb. I have brought odd ones back to life by leaving them on a radiator for a few days but it isn't always successful. 

I will try that on the replacement Ian .

I did dry it out last time it played up and it worked.

I pulled it apart and found a dried out bug on the circuitry. Just how the bug got in I have no idea. 

[ianm 2,594]

40 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

I will try that on the replacement Ian .

I did dry it out last time it played up and it worked.

I pulled it apart and found a dried out bug on the circuitry. Just how the bug got in I have no idea. 

On more than one occasion i have opened one of mine up to find it is full of earwigs, just how they get in i have no idea. However if earwigs can get in, dampness will have no problem.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

42 minutes ago, ianm said:

On more than one occasion i have opened one of mine up to find it is full of earwigs, just how they get in i have no idea. However if earwigs can get in, dampness will have no problem.

+1 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

1 hour ago, ianm said:

On more than one occasion i have opened one of mine up to find it is full of earwigs, just how they get in i have no idea. However if earwigs can get in, dampness will have no problem.

My thoughts exactly.

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Biggest killer of electric fence energisers ,used to pull loads out of the " dead " units.

Earwigs seem to just get in any dry tight plastic box and warm themselves on the electrics inside  

[Stavross 15,542]

A trip up to the shoot this afternoon for a quick feed and a leg stretch, when I got on the top I was greeted by 3” of snow, after a quick blast around on the bike with a bit of wheat for the birds and a few carrots for the deer I put the bike away, grabbed the .17 and went for a walk, shooting a couple of rabbits on the way, I had the whole place to myself which was lovely. Walking around the piggeries I came across 5 deer in different places, 3 of them were shootable so that was good to see, just as I was losing the light and heading towards the field at the back of the farm I looked along the bank side with the thermal where I seen the unmistakable heat signature of a fox, I made my way as quick as I could to the bottom of the field ( 10 minute walk ) thinking I know where it was likely to come out, when I got there I couldn’t see it but gave a few goes on the mouth caller, to my surprise the bugger went behind me, no more than 10 yards from me and off out of sight Oh well, it was still a nice walk out

i wished I’d not walked around the pens, with this wind there’s some trees down and some damaged fencing, More work 

[Borr 5,970]

Looks idyllic, something special about getting out in snow. Looks like poults will have some easy roosting

[David.evans 5,323]

I must be going daft stav I was bought up to believe carrots were for wabbits 

strange folk up north

[Stavross 15,542]

1 hour ago, David.evans said:

I must be going daft stav I was bought up to believe carrots were for wabbits 

strange folk up north

Did you never put a carrot out for Rudolph, the fallow like them even more with a bit of bird puller on them 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Very scenic mate , pity I wasn't there would have been nice getting a fallow in the snow ❄. Shame about the fox

[Stavross 15,542]

Just now, FOXHUNTER said:

Very scenic mate , pity I wasn't there would have been nice getting a fallow in the snow ❄. Shame about the fox

I thought it was going to be wet and windy, so I thought I’d just have a walk around for a bit, I couldn’t believe it when I got on the top, if it had of been just up the road from me, I would of gone back for the .243, it’s a different day today, wind and rain

[David.evans 5,323]

Carrot for Rudolph, no mate

santa came on a ATV where I live , the poor deer would have ended up in a curry be for it got to the end of the road , been Birmingham an all

atb mate 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Seeing as there was a break in the weather last night I decided to pop out to a smallholding where the guy keeps a few hens , I havent been since Covid erupted so a good 2 years. The weather was very still and light and proved unfruitful with nothing seen.  With the night still young I then went to a nearby farm. Got set up in my favourite field and started playing various calls with no joy , after about half an hour I switched to chicken in distress and had a fox appear immediately.  The fox dropped over a banking out of sight but reappeared directly in front of me at 120 yds. A nice vixen who wasnt pregnant. 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

1 hour ago, Stavross said:

Did you never put a carrot out for Rudolph, the fallow like them even more with a bit of bird puller on them 

What......blue stratos!

[Stavross 15,542]

4 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

What......blue stratos!

You can still get that, I wonder if I can run my quad on it because a gallon of blue stratos is cheaper than a gallon of petrol