mackem 28,642 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 24/02/2025 at 09:13, Leo Sayer said: Yeah absolutely! I’ve got one I imported from states with supposed 50lb tube on it . I would tbh be confident up to 10 meters Expand As I always say Leo,seeing is believing,tell me if you manage it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,642 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 24/02/2025 at 09:14, Leo Sayer said: Bangers if want to see an unorthodox way of taking deer . I don’t know how to put links up. But type in on YouTube, slockmaster blowgun fallow deer Expand Or bear.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,642 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Fallow. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,261 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 24/02/2025 at 09:16, mackem said: As I always say Leo,seeing is believing,tell me if you manage it. Expand I think the biggest problem would be getting them within 10 yards and a perfect broadside shot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,261 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 24/02/2025 at 09:29, mackem said: Fallow. Expand Unreal that really don’t you think mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,261 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 24/02/2025 at 09:16, mackem said: As I always say Leo,seeing is believing,tell me if you manage it. Expand Am basing it on practice in my garden at 10 meters and with a good quality broadhead such as a VPA . I thought the penetration would be sufficient. But I could be wrong and I just think it would do it . Also I am on about roe and munties 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,642 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 On 24/02/2025 at 09:31, Leo Sayer said: Unreal that really don’t you think mate Expand Years ago when I was at school I found a book in Sunderland town library by Dan Mannix,a book on alternative methods of hunting,he coursed coyote with his tame cheetah,caught iguana with an eagle,hunted duck with boomerangs and......hunted with a blowgun. A sporting chance;: Unusual methods of hunting,: Amazon.co.uk: Mannix, Daniel P.: Books WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Buy A sporting chance;: Unusual methods of hunting, [1st ed.] by Mannix, Daniel P. (ISBN: ) from... After reading the book I found an advert in Guns and Ammo for jivaro blowguns,I bought one,killed close rats with it but it wasnt all that.When I left home I had a go of real dyak blow pipes on Borneo.But what Tim Wells has done is modernise an old weapon and take it to the next level,he has expanded upon the concept,if your ever in Prague phone Coldsteel and visit their European HQ they have the full range of hunting blowguns. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 47,026 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Keep a blow gun in my fishing bag....cost me £10 from temu..use it for the rats 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,642 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 25/02/2025 at 15:32, Daniel cain said: Keep a blow gun in my fishing bag....cost me £10 from temu..use it for the rats Expand I had a few with the one I originally bought,but the modern ones from Cold Steel or schlockmaster are game changers I think. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,692 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 25/02/2025 at 08:55, mackem said: Years ago when I was at school I found a book in Sunderland town library by Dan Mannix,a book on alternative methods of hunting,he coursed coyote with his tame cheetah,caught iguana with an eagle,hunted duck with boomerangs and......hunted with a blowgun. A sporting chance;: Unusual methods of hunting,: Amazon.co.uk: Mannix, Daniel P.: Books WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Buy A sporting chance;: Unusual methods of hunting, [1st ed.] by Mannix, Daniel P. (ISBN: ) from... After reading the book I found an advert in Guns and Ammo for jivaro blowguns,I bought one,killed close rats with it but it wasnt all that.When I left home I had a go of real dyak blow pipes on Borneo.But what Tim Wells has done is modernise an old weapon and take it to the next level,he has expanded upon the concept,if your ever in Prague phone Coldsteel and visit their European HQ they have the full range of hunting blowguns. Expand Every other time I visited the library with my old man as a nipper I would get that book out. I would say that book was very influential in making me want to hunt stuff especially the chapter on ratting. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,642 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 26/02/2025 at 06:11, tatsblisters said: Every other time I visited the library with my old man as a nipper I would get that book out. I would say that book was very influential in making me want to hunt stuff especially the chapter on ratting. Expand Good book right?He was a circus performer when he wrote it,fire-eater and sword swallower. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,692 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 26/02/2025 at 06:36, mackem said: Good book right?He was a circus performer when he wrote it,fire-eater and sword swallower. Expand Thanks for the link mate going to buy it on my kindle when I have finished the book I am reading at the moment If I recall I am sure there is a chapter on digging badgers in this book. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,642 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 26/02/2025 at 07:39, tatsblisters said: Thanks for the link mate going to buy it on my kindle when I have finished the book I am reading at the moment If I recall I am sure there is a chapter on digging badgers in this book. Expand There's a chapter on terrierwork tats,I am going to have to buy a new copy,my old ex-library copy was lost in a move sadly,I read it more than any Plummer book. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,692 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 26/02/2025 at 09:19, mackem said: There's a chapter on terrierwork tats,I am going to have to buy a new copy,my old ex-library copy was lost in a move sadly,I read it more than any Plummer book. Expand It's over 50 years ago since i last read it mate though remember quote's in the book like ferrets were not allowed to be kept for hunting in some states of America and about the the cheetah when it chased after some one on a motorbike. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,261 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 26/02/2025 at 05:50, mackem said: I had a few with the one I originally bought,but the modern ones from Cold Steel or schlockmaster are game changers I think. Expand Have you had a go of either of those and what was your opinion ? Could you harvest larger prey with one or is is all a clever marketing ploy ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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