Disgusted!

[Gav 1,708]

6 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Goose shooting must be fantastic up there , is it not ? 

It's all Canadas an grey laggs, there's millions it gets really monotonous honestly, you really can't make a dent and the .308 is a bit overkill  

[David.evans 5,323]

What a lovely place to live , I’m well jealous gav 

atb 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

17 minutes ago, Gav said:

It's all Canadas an grey laggs, there's millions it gets really monotonous honestly, you really can't make a dent and the .308 is a bit overkill  

Think I could live with the monotony,  nothing better than to hear the music of geese

[Gav 1,708]

Talk about thread hijacking, I only mentioned trees sorry Mr sausage Bernard sir

[philpot 4,970]

Oh how I love love to do some fishing in the salty stiff there Gav, looks fantastic.

Phil

[Sausagedog 7,381]

10 hours ago, Gav said:

Talk about thread hijacking, I only mentioned trees sorry Mr sausage Bernard sir

Crack on mate. Makes it more interesting.

[Alsone 789]

12 hours ago, Gav said:

It's all Canadas an grey laggs, there's millions it gets really monotonous honestly, you really can't make a dent and the .308 is a bit overkill  

Why not just a shotty? Running the .308 must cost a fortune. You could buy a hide for less than a couple of days shooting .308 against flocks of birds. The noise will also tend to scare them and maybe make the land less attractive.

If not maybe a .22 or .17 if you need more range than a shotty. I'm sure you'd take more with a quiet gun as you could pick off the outer birds un-noticed. Although the .22LR is the quiet one, if you need the range a small .17 is going to be not too noisy at greater range. HMR springs to mind or if you need more range then one of the Hornets. .17 hornet should be good for at least 250yd against a bird. I've seen videos of foxes taken cleanly at 250-300 with .17 hornet, although I think that's at the upper limits and pushing error margins.It's certainly going to take a goose though.
 

Edited November 8, 2020 by Alsone

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Looks like a really wild environment Gav . I could see myself living up there , away from everything and everyone . I’m envious.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

38 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

Looks like a really wild environment Gav . I could see myself living up there , away from everything and everyone . I’m envious.

Yep can't think of anything better than being away from everyone , sounds like heaven

[Sausagedog 7,381]

3 hours ago, Alsone said:

Why not just a shotty? Running the .308 must cost a fortune. You could buy a hide for less than a couple of days shooting .308 against flocks of birds. The noise will also tend to scare them and maybe make the land less attractive.

If not maybe a .22 or .17 if you need more range than a shotty. I'm sure you'd take more with a quiet gun as you could pick off the outer birds un-noticed. Although the .22LR is the quiet one, if you need the range a small .17 is going to be not too noisy at greater range. HMR springs to mind or if you need more range then one of the Hornets. .17 hornet should be good for at least 250yd against a bird. I've seen videos of foxes taken cleanly at 250-300 with .17 hornet, although I think that's at the upper limits and pushing error margins.It's certainly going to take a goose though.
 

I don't think you understand  that environment  really.

[Gav 1,708]

4 hours ago, Alsone said:

Why not just a shotty? Running the .308 must cost a fortune. You could buy a hide for less than a couple of days shooting .308 against flocks of birds. The noise will also tend to scare them and maybe make the land less attractive.

If not maybe a .22 or .17 if you need more range than a shotty. I'm sure you'd take more with a quiet gun as you could pick off the outer birds un-noticed. Although the .22LR is the quiet one, if you need the range a small .17 is going to be not too noisy at greater range. HMR springs to mind or if you need more range then one of the Hornets. .17 hornet should be good for at least 250yd against a bird. I've seen videos of foxes taken cleanly at 250-300 with .17 hornet, although I think that's at the upper limits and pushing error margins.It's certainly going to take a goose though.
 

I was actually being funny when I said ".308 is a bit overkill" 

I only have .22lr, .17HMR and the .308 win, Each serves its purpose, the .22 just bounce off, the .17 ya need to shoot em up the arse, or against feather growth, I really just can't be arsed with geese, and theres a few hoops to jump to get on the scheme for the cull here too, honestly I have taken them before and just rip the breasts off, I have tryed seasoning them with alsorts and with good quality pork fat, and everyone that I try to get to taste them pull faces like I have force fed them a dog turd. I mean if I was hungry enough I would, but I can eat/fill the freezers with better stuff, so short of it is I just can't be arsed with em  

When I do get chance to get out I'm after bigger better stuff!

 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

30 minutes ago, Gav said:

 

When I do get chance to get out I'm after bigger better stuff!

 

Do you stalk red deer too ?

[Gav 1,708]

43 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Do you stalk red deer too ?

Hell yeah  my favourite quarry, 56,000 acres is a lot to cover though so I'm not the only one

Edited November 8, 2020 by Gav

[si brown 8,486]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

I was actually being funny when I said ".308 is a bit overkill" 

I only have .22lr, .17HMR and the .308 win, Each serves its purpose, the .22 just bounce off, the .17 ya need to shoot em up the arse, or against feather growth, I really just can't be arsed with geese, and theres a few hoops to jump to get on the scheme for the cull here too, honestly I have taken them before and just rip the breasts off, I have tryed seasoning them with alsorts and with good quality pork fat, and everyone that I try to get to taste them pull faces like I have force fed them a dog turd. I mean if I was hungry enough I would, but I can eat/fill the freezers with better stuff, so short of it is I just can't be arsed with em  

When I do get chance to get out I'm after bigger better stuff!

 

With you 100% on that Gav...

sliced up a graylag other day for me and the lad, had a stew with one other week which wasn’t to bad but tried frying strips for fajitas... it was sh1te told lad to stop eating it just in case he choked to death it was that tough

Me mate phones other day do I want to come goose shooting

Na ya allreet

 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

4 minutes ago, Gav said:

Hell yeah  my favourite quarry, 56,000 acres is a lot to cover though so I'm not the only one

Get some pics up