Back up at the shoot

[shovel leaner 7,650]

I was shocked at £200 per tonne, it wasn’t too long ago we were paying £100 and we moaned about that ….. if only ! 

[Stavross 16,454]

  On 03/11/2021 at 19:55, shovel leaner said:

I was shocked at £200 per tonne, it wasn’t too long ago we were paying £100 and we moaned about that ….. if only ! 

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It was only a few years ago that it was £100 and when it went to £120 everyone said it won’t go any higher, we had to ask the members to each give another £20 to cover the costs, after that we put the fees up from £350 a year to £400 and we sold a few days to top it up, this year the fees have gone up to £500 per gun, I still don’t think that’s bad value for 8 days shooting but the syndicate was always meant to be affordable game shooting for the common man, but it is getting more and more expensive and with syndicates like ours there’s no wages all the money goes back into the shoot ( with a little bit of fuel money for me )

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Ever tried them on barley.

See them eating it in the field....

[Qbgrey 4,172]

The wankers on the shot next to ours are still on turkey pellets,I believe that tackles 400 a ton

[Stavross 16,454]

  On 03/11/2021 at 20:31, Sausagedog said:

Ever tried them on barley.

See them eating it in the field....

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I’ve never tried them on barley because the don’t do much of it on the farm, there is a shoot not far from me that uses a mix of wheat and barley, but barely is around 200 a tonne at the minute 

 

  On 03/11/2021 at 20:34, Qbgrey said:

The wankers on the shot next to ours are still on turkey pellets,I believe that tackles 400 a ton

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the grower pellet we start them off on is £350 a tonne, but we do half medicated, you have to be careful what the pellet has in it if you are going to eat the birds that are shot

[Qbgrey 4,172]

  On 03/11/2021 at 20:44, Stavross said:

I’ve never tried them on barley because the don’t do much of it on the farm, there is a shoot not far from me that uses a mix of wheat and barley, but barely is around 200 a tonne at the minute 

 

the grower pellet we start them off on is £350 a tonne, but we do half medicated, you have to be careful what the pellet has in it if you are going to eat the birds that are shot

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Yes that’s true about medicated pellet. Also it goes soggy in the feeders.madness

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Hope your 1st day tomorrow goes well and the birds fly OK Stav Try not to shoot too many of next doors birds will you I'm off to Bedfordshire for the weekend

[Stavross 16,454]

  On 05/11/2021 at 09:19, FOXHUNTER said:

Hope your 1st day tomorrow goes well and the birds fly OK Stav Try not to shoot too many of next doors birds will you I'm off to Bedfordshire for the weekend

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Cheers mate, I’ll be off up there early afternoon to set things up and work out where we are shooting, I’ll be feeding the tracks off the driveway so the guns see a few on the way in

i hope you manage to shoot the barrel out of your rifle we’ll have to have a trip out over the next couple of weeks 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

  On 05/11/2021 at 09:28, Stavross said:

 

i hope you manage to shoot the barrel out of your rifle we’ll have to have a trip out over the next couple of weeks 

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Hopefully will get a few shots , quietly confident.  I am off for a week the week after next so hopefully get a look out then.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Hope your first day goes well Stavross.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

  On 05/11/2021 at 09:19, FOXHUNTER said:

Hope your 1st day tomorrow goes well and the birds fly OK Stav Try not to shoot too many of next doors birds will you I'm off to Bedfordshire for the weekend

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Are you after CWD ?

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

  On 05/11/2021 at 10:03, shovel leaner said:

Are you after CWD ?

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[shovel leaner 7,650]

  On 05/11/2021 at 10:13, FOXHUNTER said:

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Good luck . Although I don’t think you will need it

[Stavross 16,454]

  On 05/11/2021 at 09:52, FOXHUNTER said:

Hopefully will get a few shots , quietly confident.  I am off for a week the week after next so hopefully get a look out then.

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Yeah, I’m starting to get a few week days free now the shooting has started, so we’ll sort something out

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

  On 05/11/2021 at 11:28, shovel leaner said:

Good luck . Although I don’t think you will need it

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Hopefully not , those CWD arent the most difficult to grass