Guest craftycarper Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 air gun out of a car window at night with the lamp down the lanes always brings me luck didn't bring me any, i got nicked doing that when i was a mear lad of eighteen, although it was daylight at the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy s410c 61 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 As carefree teenager we used to ferret the railway lines next to a Lords estate used to piss the keepers off because they could,nt chase us British Rail land just had to be careful of the Inter cities flying down the lines Also used to go down Sunderland docks with the air rifles to shoot the ferals & longtails in the old paper mills,ropery & the likes.Would,nt dare do that now tho.... Andy,that had to be the railway lines on the south side of the river running along Lambtons All the pheasants used to cross the tracks to feed on the corn fields Used to get LOADS of ferals under southwick bridge,Austin and pickersgills etc............. Your right about the pheasents Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,459 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Theres a strip of woods on the estate side of the tracks,then the footpath,then Lambton garden centre,we used to get dozens of roosters whenever we went,is the layout still the same? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy s410c 61 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Theres a strip of woods on the estate side of the tracks,then the footpath,then Lambton garden centre,we used to get dozens of roosters whenever we went,is the layout still the same? The layout is the same,the lines are disused now,i know that they have developed the garden centre & old farm buildings round the back of it.Never been there since the late ,s but there still should be plenty of sport Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,459 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I used to go there in the late eighties.................................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 not that ime advocating illegal hunting ,but i can highly recomend the SAS survival handbook by john wiseman,the hunting section is briliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest little_lloyd Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 not that ime advocating illegal hunting ,but i can highly recomend the SAS survival handbook by john wiseman,the hunting section is briliant! I dont thinks its that pucker to be honest Most of those set ups in there all more complicate than what is needed. If you where in the middle of some remote desert with that book, you would probally starve to death Ive got my own little trapping book here that i find alot more usefull and the author does not make things looks harder that what there are Good hunting LL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonesy 111 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I used to go there in the late eighties.................................. Me too, small world ,but a bloke i know informed a keeper about the car i had [arsehole] so i had to find fresh pastures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,459 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 It is indeed a small world mate,the keeper in the late 's was a big fat guy called George Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Ive got my own little trapping book here that i find alot more usefull and the author does not make things looks harder that what there are Good hunting LL [/color][/font] whats the book then mate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy s410c 61 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 It is indeed a small world mate,the keeper in the late 's was a big fat guy called George Wilson Yes its all flooding back now, i can remember the keepers on horseback with there 12 bores trying to scare us off never worked tho.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Will F 0 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 I just use a silenced .22 air rifle with poor quality torch on top. The air rifle is quite enough and the crapy torch gives of just enough light to see the bird in a scope and get a head shot. The problem is if you wound it it makes so much noise and often scares others away. If this happens i relocate to another wood some way away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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