Birds.

[fred90 3,209]

1 hour ago, gnipper said:

.22 pellet guns the best for the job. Apparently

used to get quite a few runners with them. in those days they weren't as good as what you can get today

[gnipper 6,427]

Apparently they don't run often from headshots and if they do the dog nails em.

[fred90 3,209]

3 minutes ago, gnipper said:

Apparently they don't run often from headshots and if they do the dog nails em.

we weren't that accurate mate, that's why we switched to other weapons. 

[mC HULL 12,301]

1 hour ago, fred90 said:

used to get quite a few runners with them. in those days they weren't as good as what you can get today

Hw77 still best today

[lurchers 2,763]

R10 or HW100 can’t go wrong with them.

[gnipper 6,427]

I think it would be better with a silenced pcp rather than a springer due the boing as they're fired possibly. Overcast nights are meant to be decent too as it's easier to see them in the scope

[mC HULL 12,301]

I have a hw100 but always take springer hw 77 or 97 smooth not much noise noise when you  hit them  is worse and there hard to spook really anyway

[OldPhil 5,677]

Edited June 28, 2021 by OldPhil

[Neal 1,857]

Mine take the occasional wood pigeon but for some reason they always seem to point and flush pheasant instead of trying to make contact. I could understand when Rusty was like that as he was startled by a pheasant erupting right in front of him when he was a pup but the others do it too. Odd.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,752]

One of my benchmarks for lurchers is its ability to take avian game . If at 6 months old it isn’t stalking belly flat to a crowd of wood pigeons and as it startles  them in the air and Leaps up laying one or two dead with lethal efficiency . 
 

then it’s a last meal with no 6 shot I’m afraid 

[Mr Wilkes 2,983]

On 31/05/2021 at 16:43, OldPhil said:

This week, we will mostly be eating,..Duck a l'orange

Brilliant photo that

[Mr Wilkes 2,983]

On 31/05/2021 at 13:11, mC HULL said:

Hw77 still best today

Kin-ell thas a big fella if thas lugging one of them around.

[mC HULL 12,301]

50 minutes ago, Mr Wilkes said:

Kin-ell thas a big fella if thas lugging one of them around.

Heavys good heavys reliable

[Black neck 15,881]

2 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

One of my benchmarks for lurchers is its ability to take avian game . If at 6 months old it isn’t stalking belly flat to a crowd of wood pigeons and as it startles  them in the air and Leaps up laying one or two dead with lethal efficiency . 
 

then it’s a last meal with no 6 shot I’m afraid 

Well said Brian

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