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  1. Would be nice to know if Countryfile presenter Adam Henson has a shoot or shooting for pest control on his land, doubt very much if they would do a piece on that if he does.
  2. Bought 4 slabs of gamebore mixed steel over runs for £100 from a bloke who was selling up, mainly 4s & 5s 30/32 gram with 50 white gold 24 gram mixed 6s & 9s also there was a box marked white gold 32 gram 2s which went with a gun I sold. The bulk of them are Black Gold dark storm & Super Steel, with 200 Jaguar 30 gram 5s. Shooting well through the Benelli M2 with no cycling issues, my usual cartridges are Hull steel 32 gram 5s which I get local with a bit of discount. I only shoot steel as my pigeons go for hawk food. Thought I would post this as I have never seen the Jaguar cartridges before & the Black Gold are well out of my price range for pigeons & corvids.
  3. Nice write up, lovely view, bet you could see them pigeons from away off.
  4. The track is hard pack from when most of the farm was quarried for sand in the early 50,s , grass has not been cut yet. Know what you mean though, at far end of field hedge runs out and joins with a field of beat, there's bits stripped were they can land and walk in but not as bad as this bit.. Think all the rain we had last week could have contributed with the track being a dryer place to land
  5. No laid barley on this permission, large flock mixed covids turned up a couple of days ago and started from the side of the track. Farmer put rope bangers out worked but not for long. Went down this morning 06.30 they were already having a feed 200 plus, disappeared over the boundry as I drove down the track, set up under a stub oak just up from the damaged corner only cover available. Used 3 crow decoys on the track, they started drifting back slowly in small bunches or singles, shot about 10 and they started to skirt wide so took decoys in and they came in closer heading for the oak. Finished at 12 with 32 mixed corvids.
  6. mrpip

    Crow Decoys

    Some in for sale section today mate
  7. Left school April 1976, went from school gates to pit gates, worked underground tunnelling till 1998, then 2 years postal worker, labourer, worked in a freezer got sack after a week (that's another story) Got a job early 2001 with a major oil company title lubrication technician ,, (oiler and greaser) finished last Friday 3 weeks holiday then I am officially retired. Shot for 40 odd years.
  8. Cheers for that, have watched reviews on the crown and still leaned towards the daystate
  9. Think I've made my mind up, after watching and reading loads of reviews on fac air rifles, a day at the shooting show to get to handle rifles and ask questions, looking at ordering a new daystate wolverine r. 22 fac at 30 ft lbs. This is going to be a one off purchase as a early retirement present to myself, Can anyone who owns or has used one give an honest opinion of there experiences. Also any recomendations which mod to put on it. Cheers Paul
  10. Quick update variation sent off Thursday evening 24th jan licence back Friday 1st Feb, .22 air & mod added South Yorkshire police
  11. Cheers Steve .22 is what I have been looking at
  12. Can anyone put me right on the correct wording when putting in for a variation for fac air, is it just .22 fac air rifle and moderator in seperate slot, cheers
  13. Beets been poor round here this year, plenty being harvested at present but the yield is well down.
  14. In the winter of 2010 bitter cold, massive snow falls around here, ground frozen had to use a hammer n chisel to get the hide poles in. Had some decent bags from sheep turnips sown with kale, had a job keeping the pigeons off they were hammering it. When the sheep were moved they still fed on the turnip stumps eaten down to ground level but frozen into the ground.
  15. Not happened to me as yet, bit curious as why they would need photo though
  16. I worked in the pits for 22 years, there were loads of mice, but no rats down ours. From 16 to 18 years old we were working in teams doing back work, one of the favourite tricks was if anyone fell asleep at snap time was to put a bit of bread on there chest, turn our lamps off and wait for the mice to attack. (Laughing to myself as I,m typing this) After the 2 week summer holiday when there had only been a few men underground they used to be starving and very active when waiting for the paddy (man riding train) saw one bloke spit out some chewing gum and a mouse grabbed it. They all disappeared during the miners strike, it took a few years before any number built back up,
  17. Thought that myself, but found no signs, the dog pen is the only entry point then they would have to go through the dog crate on the inside of garage to get inside, though I don,t think that would stop them. The trap had not be moved from were it was set, no more this morning. Only food in there is the dog meal which is in a sealed metal bin.
  18. Saw a mouse in the garage Thursday evening, set a couple of traps baited with cheese, checked Friday morning one dead mouse. Left the traps set, checked Sat morning and evening no more, this morning the one in the picture, been well eaten into and the cheese had gone. On checking traps tonight another one in the same trap no damage apart from the contact with the little nipper. Think it had to be another mouse or is there something else in there 🙁🙁
  19. Quick update gun picked up from gun shop today, spoke to to GMK workshop they have replaced the cartridge release latch and all seems OK, they have test fired it with no issues. Will hopefully get out this weekend cheers
  20. Thank you Al for another excellent video, they are a joy to watch, I personally think the extra on the end added to it. As we all know it's not just about the shooting,
  21. Cheers for that, was just a thought. Seems like every 6 months they put cartridges up in price, at present he knocks me off a few quid for being a regular customer and buying by the 1000, heard some good excuses in the past for price rises, war in Afghanistan, Chinese buying all lead and steel, and now it's brexit 😃
  22. Has anyone experience ie costing of loading steel cartridges, currently paying £240 per 1000 Hull 32 gram 5,s cheapest available around me, not taking time into consideration.
  23. Rang GMK today, turns out the gun was imported in 2015 so still under warranty, they have told me to take it tho my local gun shop who have an account with them and they will arrange collection for a repair all free of charge.
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