mikee
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Norfolk Police are probably the best in the country, I think I posted on here last year that I wanted a new shotgun and couldn't find my certificate, I phoned police HQ and had a new cert waiting at HQ reception in less than 90 minutes
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shotgun is definitely best
Mikee
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you might find that most land has already been cleared, before my ticket was opened I would regularly ring the FEO asking about land and every single time it was cleared historically, nearly always for .243 and a few were for .308, FEO told me that when ever land was first cleared even if only .22rf was asked for it was cleared for the largest caliber suitable for the ground to save going back over it in later years
Mikee
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I use google earth for my work from time to time but find it super useful for checking new land and the surrounding areas, the land against wind directions and distances for shot fall on nearby houses when pigeon shooting or for measuring distances from the edge of the woods to some cover for positioning high seats at a given distance, wouldn't be without it now
Mikee
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I tried the new 3D socks out friday afternoon, I had seen in previous replies that they worked best in dull conditions which friday afternoon was, I didnt shoot just set the 10 decoys out on some stubble and sat in my truck and watched, not all the birds that came to the field decoyed but all the birds that came in on the right lines swooped straight in and some even landed for a few seconds, certainly better than before, I sat a couple up in the garden yesterday in the sunshine and they were a bit shiny so they will be useful at least some of the time, well worth the tenner they cost and will be ordering 20 more to do the rest
Mikee
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Its been a while since I posted anything on PW
I have just bought 10 of the 3D printed decoy sock covers to smarten up my old coys, I was going to replace them all with new but they seem to be a lot of money these days so I bought the socks but only time will tell if they' re any good does anyone else use them, they certainly look the part
Mikee
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with this coming weekend being the last of the current river season I was wondering who will be out where and after what
I will be down on the river Yare after roach, fished there a fortnight ago and had a good bag of roach and dace with the biggest roach a bit short of 2lb with several around the pound mark
Mikee
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A few weeks ago I posted "where are all the pigeons" its certainly changed round here, there are "pigeons everywhere", since there was that dose of snow up north last week thousands of pigeons seemed to have moved into east anglia
what are the pigeon numbers like in other parts of the country
I will be out monday after them, shame all the winds we had previously have died away but i will be out there anyway
Mikee
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some of my od deeks are looking a bit rough, I have been looking at the stretch fabric hd covers, anybody used them or have any comments
Mikee
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Suppose he was trying for a birdie....
I'll get my coat
more meat on an albatross
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I usually sit between birds and rise to shoot , on occasion I will stand but I never shoot sitting down.
what he said
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stick with your hide in the wood and flag the feeding corner off so they look somewhere else to feed on the field
Mikee
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I used psb2 for a 32g #5 and #6 lead 12b load and it was deadly, I used some to load in my 8b, data from Ian Charltons sheet, it was pitiful and when I challenged him about it he said it was theoretical data and shouldnt really have been on the sheet, its by far better in 32g 12b, for 36g loads there are much better powders available, if you want the recipe that I used pm me
Mikee
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I nipped in at the end of the shoot on sunday and payed my subs, not been a member in several years so looking forward to a few round this summer
Mikee
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Just had a bit of a result, I was driving down the track that splits part of this new permission about 10 days ago and bumped into the next door farmer, I quized him gently about shooting his land and got a bit of a cold shoulder, I gave him my number anyway thinking nothing would come of it, low and behold he rang this morning asking if I would meet him so he could show me round his land as pigeon numbers are building
so hopefully next week I will have several hundred more acres
Mikee
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JDog, it all comes apart, it shows in the video how to fit it in a car
Mikee
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this was just delivered, hopefully it will make humping gear around the fields easier
Mikee
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where i walk the dog the primroses have been out for almost 4 weeks, the skylarks are all singing away, the first of the cowslips was out this morning when I walked the dog, loads of trees in blossom, lets hope there are no big frosts or the autumns berry harvest for the birds will be poor, cant remember a spring this early
Mikee
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If 99% of the farms that allow shooting have some one shooting,, does that not make it a little difficult to find shooting
that is true Bakerboy, those without shooting need to do what most of us with shooting did, got out and found it and in some cases waited until the resident shooter moved on or got kicked off, its not down to BASC to get involved
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Most pigeon shooters are not available to shoot 7 days a week , so if the farmer wants 7 day a week crop protection and turns to BASC then the guys who already have the shooting on the farm will lose out by arriving to find someone else on the ground and by the pigeons becoming very wary and difficult to shoot in numbers. Many farmers like to have someone they know and trust shooting their land , but some just want the pigeons shot and could not care who or how many shoots their pigeons.This will probably result in fewer pigeons being shot. I did not join BASC for it to find my shooting! If I want to shoot an area then I find out from landowners or clubs not BASC. And if someone else has the shooting then I look elsewhere. I joined WAGBI and then BASC to protect my shooting not threaten it.
There is no reason for any one to be unable to find shooting , even if you do not live in the countryside there is plenty advertised in the sporting and local press, plus lots of agencies that can provide it. There is no need for BASC to be providing it and one with more than one brain cell can find it for themselves. As for for BASC telling me of an local opportunity then if any else already had the shooting on the land ( and on 99% of farms that allow shooting someone already has the shooting) and then yes i would turn it down. I feel very strongly that you never encroach on some ones shooting and I have been asked several times to shoot on a farm where someone already shoots pigeons and I have usually turned it down though on one large farm one guy only shot the fields close to his home so I would shoot the other part of the farm , but only after meeting with him to check he had no intention of shooting the other sections of the farm.
To me BASCs job is to protect my sport from new laws, public pressure,the conservation lobby not to provide me with shooting grounds, that's something I can do for myself, what I cant do is fight govenment or outside threats from the police , EU or the conservation lobby and that is BASCs job.
that is spot on Anser, BASC has over stepped its remit on this one, just an excuse to be seen in another area, its not right and we dont want it, do what BASC is intended to do fight government and the anti etc not go touting for shooting, leave that to the shooters
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if BASC are going to try and take my shooting away I will soon find another insurer and ******** to BASC, theyre here to help us not take over, when they loos 25000 members they will wish they had left pigeon shooting alone
Mikee
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It doesnt really matter as long as its not junk, the main consideration should be gun fit, if it dont fit you cant shoot it properly
Mikee
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peas are a superb substitute for spring rape though, if they get left as the harvesting team goes past for what ever reason you get another go at them, a 70 acre field near me got ripe too quick a few years back and the harvesters passed by, I shot some big bags on there, even after they had been ploughed in there were peas everywhere, pigeons came from miles
Mikee
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finally there seem to be a lot more birds in my area, I will be having a go on Friday on a piece of the new land I got a few weeks ago
there have been good numbers on a field in the middle of the village for a few weeks but there is no way to get at them without upsetting the whole village
Mikee
rape again
in Talk From The Field
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I shoot several farms here in south norfolk totaling a bit over 4000ac, all that which is going to be rape, around half, is already drilled and some is 1.5" tall, one farmer was drilling wheat yesterday evening, I guess to try and beat today's deluge, he phoned the other day to say that pigeons had already started on one field near a big wood, will be out saturday for a few hours, it will keep him happy even if I don't get too many
Mikee