Some of y'all's folks

[paulus 26]

Just now, mackem said:

 

The Airsporter S was way out of my league and I knew it,I think most kids back then had visions of a feinwerkbau sport or the omnipotent HW35e as the ultimate whereas wolf dog strolls down to the store and gets a 900 Ft/Lbs BSA meteor without even being asked his age and gets to open-carry strolling round the neighbourhood shooting sparrows off the telly aerials.

I always use to either look in the window or go into the gun shop on my way home from school, The bloke "Alan" was great always told you what was new and all that, All the time knowing there was no chance of me buying anything, Then one day three lads came in Doused him with petrol and set him alight, Back then you could walk around the streets with an air rifle nobody battered an eyelid, Today is another story all together. 

[eastcoast 4,138]

4 minutes ago, paulus said:

I always use to either look in the window or go into the gun shop on my way home from school, The bloke "Alan" was great always told you what was new and all that, All the time knowing there was no chance of me buying anything, Then one day three lads came in Doused him with petrol and set him alight, Back then you could walk around the streets with an air rifle nobody battered an eyelid, Today is another story all together. 

H&S gone mad.

[paulus 26]

1 minute ago, eastcoast said:

H&S gone mad.

As i posted earlier, My eldest and his mates " 2 armed response units a f***ing dog unit, 2 cars full of PCS0`s and a frigging helicopter for an air rifle in a case FFS talk about over kill. 

[chartpolski 23,846]

12 minutes ago, mackem said:

 

The Airsporter S was way out of my league and I knew it,I think most kids back then had visions of a feinwerkbau sport or the omnipotent HW35e as the ultimate whereas wolf dog strolls down to the store and gets a 900 Ft/Lbs BSA meteor without even being asked his age and gets to open-carry strolling round the neighbourhood shooting sparrows off the telly aerials.

The only air gun I currently own is an old but very good condition BSA Meteor;

My brother gave it to me and all it needed was a breech seal to bring it up to spec. 
I was given a Webley & Scott Tempest air pistol by an American pal and I couldn’t believe how powerful it was, I made a stupid mistake of selling it for £70 to a lad .

Wish now that I’d kept it !

Cheers.

[paulus 26]

1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

The only air gun I currently own is an old but very good condition BSA Meteor;

My brother gave it to me and all it needed was a breech seal to bring it up to spec. 
I was given a Webley & Scott Tempest air pistol by an American pal and I couldn’t believe how powerful it was, I made a stupid mistake of selling it for £70 to a lad .

Wish now that I’d kept it !

Cheers.

I wish i had a quid for every time i have said that about something Lol

[Born Hunter 17,775]

There’s a lot of my shit don’t stink types in field sports. That aside, I don’t get what the excitement is in using an air rifle that is ballistically a match for a proper rifle. Air rifles have their niche but big game just seems a bit pointless. Most the lads I know who take larger game with one do it purely because they don’t stand a hope of getting granted anything sensible.

[Wolfdog91 7,102]

Aaannnd another, boy the antis must loves these folk

[paulus 26]

2 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said:

Aaannnd another, boy the antis must loves these folk

Canned Hunting. Love it or loathe it. there is no alternative for income generation in the areas where this is done,  Maybe people who post shite like that above, Could come up with a viable alternative that does not involve the killing of an animal, (even though that said animal will die anyway),  These game farms employ local people and fuel the local economy, take that away and all animals for miles will be wiped out for a quick buck in the bush meat and medicine trade. 

Take that shit with Cecil the male lion a few years ago, He was coming to the end of being the dominant male, The decision was taken to cull him rather than letting another male lion kill him and all the cubs he had sired, I believe $250.000 was paid to cull him, All going back into the business, The World was outraged, A week later a whole pride of lionesses were slaughtered by the Maasai warriors after they killed one of there cows, where was the world outrage?

[waltjnr 6,818]

way we're going ,no wildlife left in a few years ,we'll still want to hunt ,be interesting then ! Hunger games here we come !! 

[Born Hunter 17,775]

1 hour ago, paulus said:

Canned Hunting. Love it or loathe it. there is no alternative for income generation in the areas where this is done,  Maybe people who post shite like that above, Could come up with a viable alternative that does not involve the killing of an animal, (even though that said animal will die anyway),  These game farms employ local people and fuel the local economy, take that away and all animals for miles will be wiped out for a quick buck in the bush meat and medicine trade. 

Take that shit with Cecil the male lion a few years ago, He was coming to the end of being the dominant male, The decision was taken to cull him rather than letting another male lion kill him and all the cubs he had sired, I believe $250.000 was paid to cull him, All going back into the business, The World was outraged, A week later a whole pride of lionesses were slaughtered by the Maasai warriors after they killed one of there cows, where was the world outrage?

I’m not disagreeing with you really but just wanted to point out that the Cecil nonsense wasn’t a canned hunt. That lion was a free ranging animal.

Generally speaking I wouldn’t be in favour of canned hunting and feel that it does more harm than good, to hunting and conservation.

Tangential but the topic of fences isn’t straight forward either. A fenced conservancy or ranch doesn’t necessarily stop the animals passing or mean they’re not effectively free. Something that is often incorrectly assumed.

[WILF 47,077]

3 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said:

Aaannnd another, boy the antis must loves these folk

What nearly all of them don’t understand and in any case don’t care about, is that the revenue from trophy hunting pays to keep these species alive.

Im not a fan of trophy hunting, it wouldn’t be my cup of tea but I understand the benefits it’s brings and they are massive. 
 

f**k them Loons, you can’t reason with nut cases !

Edited November 8, 2023 by WILF

[paulus 26]

8 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

I’m not disagreeing with you really but just wanted to point out that the Cecil nonsense wasn’t a canned hunt. That lion was a free ranging animal.

Generally speaking I wouldn’t be in favour of canned hunting and feel that it does more harm than good, to hunting and conservation.

Tangential but the topic of fences isn’t straight forward either. A fenced conservancy or ranch doesn’t necessarily stop the animals passing or mean they’re not effectively free. Something that is often incorrectly assumed.

He was free ranging within a defined area, the game reserve, The bloke who owns the game farm where Cecil was shot is mates with Steve109 the taxidermist who was on here, They had to place a carboard police patrol car outside his home, The thing is these places are about generating an income that is then passed down through the local economy. without this income and the protection afforded to the animals within the game reserve/farm/whatever they would be wiped out, Safari's alone do not generate enough income to warrant the animals being there. I am no fan but without a viable alternative i can not see another way, Spouting ban this and that is just stupid. 

[Born Hunter 17,775]

29 minutes ago, paulus said:

He was free ranging within a defined area, the game reserve, The bloke who owns the game farm where Cecil was shot is mates with Steve109 the taxidermist who was on here, They had to place a carboard police patrol car outside his home, The thing is these places are about generating an income that is then passed down through the local economy. without this income and the protection afforded to the animals within the game reserve/farm/whatever they would be wiped out, Safari's alone do not generate enough income to warrant the animals being there. I am no fan but without a viable alternative i can not see another way, Spouting ban this and that is just stupid. 

You’re preaching to the choir. I just wanted to state that it wasn’t canned. That lion could roam between the national park and the conservancy as it chose.

[WILF 47,077]

6 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

You’re preaching to the choir. I just wanted to state that it wasn’t canned. That lion could roam between the national park and the conservancy as it chose.

What’s this I hear, you’re an anti now father ?……..should we all be antis now father ?……what’s the scientific community’s official position ? Lol 

[paulus 26]

6 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

You’re preaching to the choir. I just wanted to state that it wasn’t canned. That lion could roam between the national park and the conservancy as it chose.

Just me being me, take no notice, its been a bad day Lol