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Lucky lad to be able to go when you like on a weekday, a good bag.
Now, let me guess, picked up 161, shells fired 175..?
Cat.
You naughty boy Cat
I do some work now and then but I dont like it to get in the way of my shooting .
I dont know how many rounds I fired but the birds where very lariy for drilling and spooked like they had been well shot before .
Regards OTH
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955i Dont be put off I had one quality motor I have top spec ES model I found the air suspenion great for loading my large lab into the back and saves his joints jumping out and my back.
I hitch and unhitch loaded trailes great lower pickup etc.
If it missing it will be the injector harness red plug next to battery box full off oil.
You want the rear suspenison air bags replaced within the last year with invocies to prove geniune dulops not S??parts items.
I sold mine at a profit and only sold it to fund a new chipper .
All the best OTH
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What type of trees and do you want the wood taken away .
I may have friend who could do this as I am fully booked up .
Regards OTH
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Started early on some barley today recce yesterday large numbers but the field was being rolled .
So gave it a try today after a very slow start only 19 by 12ish the birds started to move in mass .
The wind was good warm sun lovely finished with 161 before drizzle stopped play.
No whirly just good old deeks .
There was hardly any barley left and was well rolled in .
All the best OTH
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Where do you guys think this was shot looks like spain and the birds feeding on olives???
Regards OTH
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Surely we all in some way must be inter breed as there must of be a time when there was only one female and one male of ever thing.
Kind regards OTH
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I have meet this lad guys he is young like we where all once IMO he is nice lad .
We can all get on our morale high horse even some when I first joined some of the arm chair know alls tryied to question my back ground etc bag numbers.
Needless to say after a while they wound there knecks in .
As for his forum name it means nowt mine is OVER THE HILL its does not mean I am .
Just run the yorkshire three peaks .
Give it a rest on slagging off and keep giving good advice as that is what forums are for.
Regards OTH
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Mine does it for £12.50 but I am 300 miles away I think there over charging IMO.
Regards OTH
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Strange thing is reliants are quite good off road light etc.
When there was cutting the M4 though the downs all the sight run arounds where 2CVs not landies as they got bogged down .
Regards OTH
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More poles for certain we operate on very sandy soil and use plenty .
Top line tight I now use dowel for poles it means you can move the top line up and down quickly without hitching.
The most important thing is to have either end well anchored .
Regadrs OTH
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Grass cutting equals dollars to me yipeee.
Regadrs OTH
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I thought it was boring
Regards OTH
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can i ask a stupid question about spring drillings? im going to anyway. i was told that the pigeons dont like the barley that is coated with a red pestiside before planting? now i have shot a few with full crops with red barley. is there any truth in thepigeons not liking the sown seeds that are coated with this red pestiside?
Mark there are not as keen on it till it has had rain wash but after eating greens for 5 months it will not totally put them off.
I am lucky to have a couple of organic farms and the pigeons for certain prefer there non coated seed.
Regards OTH
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well done.... what where shooting over.
OSR the birds are not showing any intrest in the barley next to it it covered in dressing.
I dont think much will be shot on drilling round this way as the frost has broken down the soil and the seed bed is perfect .
Regards OTH
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Once again had a good couple of hours this afternoon.
The sun was warm and the birds seem to be happy until I put 32 grams of 6s up there backside.
The birds have 100% changed to late feeding I shot for 1500 hrs till 1730hrs and the birds where still flicking over but called it a day.
Total was 30 all the best OTH
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Pete
Seen my first today more rooks than pigeons covered in coating which puts the pigeons off.
The birds seem more keen on OSR round here and have not switched fields .
Peas it needs to be warmer it wll be a brave farmer to drill yet minus temps and peas dont go together.
Regards OTH
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Doc mine setup cost rougly 4k but has made its money time over as I use it for business use as well.
Quad a good one 3.5k road legal and a 2nd hand p6e £500 to £600.
You could put a canopy over the cage on the trailer and mat or fishing bivi bed and bivi bag and be very nice.
Regards OTH
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Doc
I have a 110 with a ifor williams p6e trailer my quad fits into the trailer and then when we get to farm I tip the quad off and hook the trailer to quad perfect.
I cant live with a 4x4 as my work involes hedgeing logging I can reach jobs most cant.
The tralier idear is great for deer as I just have a hand winch to pull the deer onto trailer .
Ferretting wise I can carry all 15 ferrets and a bag load of rabbits without me dad or my wife breaking sweat.
Pigeon shooting great carrys all my gear in trailer plus dog up big hills.
And you can leave you landy nice and safe in the farm yard without it being on the side of the road.
It is the best thing I have bought and will go where a two tonne landy will not without causing massive soil damage.
Regards OTH
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Better tell the farmer as driving a conbine or tractor is going to be a whole load closer.
I agree there is nowt wrong with setting up under pylons etc but have for it is better to draw the birds off the flight line that happens as birds do track along them.
Regards OTH
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After talking to a farmer last week and getting the go ahead for shooting on clover .
Setup 900hrs the birds where on the deeks straight away coming out of the large wood 5000acres plus.
Finnished dinner time with 72 home for a qucik snack then off to a rape field .
Now this field has a main A road but you tuck under the hedge safe and legal distance thanks to huge bank and beech trees.
Now the wind was coming right to left perfect for this field the birds where tracking up the A road to may left.
Pulling in lovely now to too my left there was a massive flock 5 10 thousand birds which helped to pull the birds accross my deeks .
Finnished 32 in just over two hours a cracking day with a total of 104.
Morning bag.
Afternoons bag.Regards OTH
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The key factor of growth is soil temp not air temp most crops need 4c to start root growth.
Top dressing at the moment is hopeful as the ground is still well below that in oxfordshire .
Oilseed rape grows at lower temps compare to barley and wheat etc this why it gets top dressed first.
Regards OTH
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I found that top dressing push the birds off for about two weeks as it makes the rape taste bitter.
All our rape has just been top dressed but if it stays dry it will not be absorded by the rape straight away.
Then its battle between the rape tasting better but growing too fast the only upside tho that is it can focus the birds into areas that are behind.
Regards OTH
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I have always used lice powder it has kept away tick fleas etc.
A small dusting in there beds before they get put in there and let the lice powder settle.
I think it by a company called battle and can be found in horse feed shops .
Regards OTH
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We bought this little pedretti folding 20 bore a couple of years back at the cla at woodstock.
Nice little starter gun no longer needed as the wife is moving on to a double.
No real idear of price so will start with £50
Face to face and SGC holder collection from near swindon wiltshire.
Regards Simon
Barley drilled very good day
in Talk From The Field
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Self employed gardening landscaping patios etc.
Not as much drilling round this way as earlier years but this has concerntrated the birds .
The birds are still more on the rape but with tonights rain I expect them to change over now the corn has a rinse.
OTH