The Unintended Keeper ( Diary of a keeping blagger )

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

That’s hell of a day there mate .I’m going to find myself some black shooting this summer I hope .

Get yourself one of these mate , awesome

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Just waiting for it to get dark before having a look for this lamb killer. Got here early and baited this area with a deer ribcage. Fingers crossed I see  it.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

No sign of lamb killer so tried next door and called one immediately.  Unfortunately it came that fast had no time to mute caller and it literally ran in to the caller before circling off and watching in an unsafe position.  

Well I know where it is ....would have been better off with shotgun ....might try that next.

[ianm 2,594]

14 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

No sign of lamb killer so tried next door and called one immediately.  Unfortunately it came that fast had no time to mute caller and it literally ran in to the caller before circling off and watching in an unsafe position.  

Well I know where it is ....would have been better off with shotgun ....might try that next.

You will be lucky if it comes to a call again now it is educated to them. Might be better forgetting the caller and try to kill it over bait.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

11 minutes ago, ianm said:

You will be lucky if it comes to a call again now it is educated to them. Might be better forgetting the caller and try to kill it over bait.

Found the earth so stakeouts required me thinks. 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Looks a bit stripey that mate .

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

9 hours ago, foxdropper said:

Looks a bit stripey that mate .

No mate , fox prints going in and fox scat outside

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Thought I would try and call that fox in daylight to the shotgun , how hard can it be. Roy Lupton makes it look easy on Fieldsports Britain

Guess what ......no sign.

So went in search of squirrels and bagged 3.

Left 2 hung on the fence for Mr Foxs supper

 

[KimE 487]

Great to keep your balls warm, squirrel fur were used for underwear for kings.

[David.evans 5,323]

And that sir is why they love nuts 

[ianm 2,594]

On 15/03/2023 at 14:32, Stavross said:

I said that to the lad in the shop, if it worked out at 5 quid a round the likes of you and me would still pay it because we can and it’s what we love to do, but for some it’s pricing them out, I know an old boy who loves his shotgun shooting, he lives in a private rental ( because the council don’t give a sh*t about housing the likes of him) and is really struggling with the way everything has gone up, when I seen him a week or so ago he said he hadn’t been out on the pigeons because it was a toss up between electric or cartridges, I went home and got everything I had left over from last season and dropped it off for him, I wanted to go and buy him a slab but I know he’d be offended by that, I was looking at Bismuth in the shop and they were £1400 a thousand

I am surprised you haven’t set yourself up to reload. It is cheaper and you can tailor the rounds to suit your rifle far better than factory stuff. I have just prepped some cases for loading this week. Crow and magpie battering season is here so I will need them.

[KimE 487]

308w, bullet £1, powder 0,4£, primer 0,07£ =1,47

LEE reloading set ~190£ + tools for each cartridge

....but its not the right time to start now with low component availability cant find primers prices has gone up on everything.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Reloading used to be a cheaper option but with todays prices plus the cost of setting up it is no longer. 

You will need to be using a serious amount of ammo before recouping your investment which most recreational shooters never will.

A lot easier to walk into your local shop. 

[ianm 2,594]

42 minutes ago, KimE said:

308w, bullet £1, powder 0,4£, primer 0,07£ =1,47

LEE reloading set ~190£ + tools for each cartridge

....but its not the right time to start now with low component availability cant find primers prices has gone up on everything.

I know, i am down to my last 7.000 primers, 3,000 bullets and sixteen tubs of powder. I need to stock up while my local rfd still has piles of everything.