Fenlander

I went last night and got a widgeon ,i,ll be out again sunday morning. I went to pick up my sons dog on thursday afternoon 1oclock ish ,and as I got out of my truck I heard Pinks,about 200 came straight over his house.

Youve not realy got a lot of idea what you are doing! have you?

Thanks for the heads up I will have to nip in on Sunday.

You cant beat a Baikal, but I have a Beretta for best as for Hatsans er no thanks If you are serious about wildfowling littlerob there are plenty of clubs to join and all will have members willing to help you,just have a look at there web sites ,and then make contact with the one you think you want to join .

I like that very much Nice work.

I,ve made loads this way and never had a handle come loose yet,

I drill mine the same length and width 3.5 mm, even a bit wider than the width is ok as the glue fills in and it gives you a bit of scope to get the blade in straight,you cant see a gap because the bolster covers it. But the bolster that needs to be drilled so it is a tight fit or else it looks ****.

Yep drill a hole and then glue,I use a two part glue like araldite. I also put some grooves in the tang for extra grip,but its not realy necessary.

Grimsthorpe is a very nice ground,there is also Sinclairs shooting ground at whaplode Drove,which would be well under an hour from Boston,im in spalding and its only 15 mins from me at a steady drive. They have 75 Sporting,skeet,and DTL they used to have a compack set up, but i,ve not been for ages and do'nt know if they still do this. Crowland Gun club have a shoot every other Sunday morning,but its only skeet with 30 bird sporting.

I bought a Explor Unico second hand and have used it a lot and for all kinds of shooting. The first owner used it for clays so I assume it had been used Quiet a bit. I have used it for clay shooting, and I buy the cheapest 28 gram load I can get, I have done a lot of Pigeon shooting with it, using 30and 32 gram loads, And I have used it for wildfowling, shooting 3" and 3 1/2" cartridges of differnt loads, and I can honestly say ,I have not had one single problem with it. The only problem with this gun is I love it so much,I started to feel to protective of it on the marsh,not wanting to get it wet and muddy,so much so that I went and bought a secondhand Baikel semi for wildfowling.

I got some from Partridge guns at Whaplode Drove,36gram 3s-----8.75 a box I like them. Rob the owner is a nice bloke and a Wildfowler,he also stocks Remmy cartridges if you dont fancy Eleys. Here is a link ,hope it helps someone. http://www.partridgeguns.co.uk/

I heard W Ws call tonight,and it is very good indeed, also very loud you wont go wrong with one of those Lister1

I tend to agree with Penelope,while on the marsh I have seen pinks turn and come to people just using there voice,and to me they sounded more like a dog that had been stood on, than a goose.! I,ve got an Archie Jordan,and am quiet happy with it. Can,t comment on the zinc as I have never had one.

AS long as the dog has natural working ability,and if you make a good job of its training, I do,nt see why you would have a job finding a new home for it,in fact you should have a cue of people wanting to buy the dog off you. There are always people who want a fully or nearly fully trained working dog,and they are willing to pay a lot of money for them. As long as when the time comes you are able to give a good demonstration of the dogs working skills, the fact it is a rare breed shouldnt realy be a problem,and may even work in its favour, as some people like to be different,and seek out such novelties. The question to ask yourself is,will you be able to part with the dog when the time comes ? as it will take you at least a year to train it to what most would call part trained,and thats if every thing go,s well, In that time you may become so attached to the dog you and the family may not be able to part with it. I would,nt worry about it adapting from kennle to house in the future,as for one its not usually a big deal, many rescue greyhounds manage it and they arn,t the most trainable dogs. and Two a lot of people who want to take on a part or fully trained dog,will want it outside anyway. When you think about it,you wouldnt realy want to come in from a wet day in the field or on the marsh, and let your IWS run in the house and take up a place on the couch would you. Just my thoughts,all the best with the dog, I hope it all works out for you and it.

just the gun for pigeons and the odd day at clays,as long as its been looked after,you should,nt go far wrong.

Depends what you want to do with it? but yes they are a good gun !

Gilchrist is wrong!,and by a long way.! I cant tell you how many shots, a shotgun can fire before its worn out,but I bought a rizzini years ago,and put more than 20,000 through that,and it was as good as the day I bought it when it was sold,it never had any thing go wrong with it either! I used to clean it every time i used it, but,it never had a service,it never even had the action open. That was what I would call, a cheap entry level gun,and not of the same quality as a basic Browning / Beretta. Arnt Browning guaranteeing there new A5 for 100,000 shots ? I dont hold much store by that, as I dont know how you would prove the gun had shot less,or they would prove it had shot more, but the general idea is, it should be good for that amount of use trouble free, they are not saying that 100.000 and its ****ed!!

Thats right Ten birds for one drive! might be more ,might be less, I dont usually need to put them in my truck,but if I miss the game cart because i,m looking for a bird ,I would have to take what I picked up with me ,until I caught up with it. Why how many birds do you think I should have?

I Dont go picking up in an astravan,I use the right tool for the job! What I said was, i,d rather have an astravan than a Jimny.

Jimnys are truly shocking on road, slow,noisey,poor mpg ,light on the back end ,to the point of being scarey around bends in the wet, add to this ,the lack of room to carry anything other than 25 cartridges ,and this is the thing that seems to get over looked the most, I can,t see any reason to buy one,they are the most over rated thing that gets discussed on this forum. They will do nothing that a bigger 4x4 cant do . But a bigger 4x4 will transport you and your dog and equipment with far more comfort ,and if needed ,a friend and his dog and equipment . Even with the rear seats removed, I dont think a jimny would be up to a days picking up for me , I would,nt get three labs a couple of coats,a boot bag ,a dinner bag ,water bowl ,and enough room for up to 10 birds in one . I dont think I would get all my pigeon shooting equipment in one ,let alone take a mate and his dog and gear as well. I was almost taken in by the people on here that big them up because they own one , then my son bought one , I drove it ,and before i'd got into top gear ,new it was the worst motor ,i,d driven since 1981,(I had been told by a work mate whose wife bought a new one, that they were **** around corners,and deadly in the wet!) because my son works twenty odd miles from his home ,he soon realised his mistake and sold it! I'd rather have a car derived van ,like an astra van, than a jimny ,far more usefull.

Bags on sticks work for me,but today the Red Arrowows came over the field I was shootin,they put up birds on near by fields,which then came round to my decoys,so I can also recomend them.

RIP Mick. Those were the days ,used to watch the wrestling on world of sport ,then me and bob my brother would be at it,in the living room, I,d give him a" POSTING" up the end of the settee, then put him in a "Jim Breaks special " Les Kellett was a favourite,of my nans.

My Winchester 120 with DIY camo

Always had a lurcher until Four years ago,when the last one broke her neck.After over 40 years of living with running dogs it took a while to get used to not having one,just keep Labs now.

Griff its none of my buisness what you do with your dog, and i can fully understand how you want to have a dog with you when you go shooting,but at that age you are at least six mounths to early and more than likley 12 mounths to early. If you want to end up with a well trained and well behaved gundog you have to get all the basics in place first, Even fully trained dogs of 3 years up ,if taken out shooting a lot in a season, will start to develope small faults,which there owners spend the off season trying to correct,and because the basics have been learnt,it is usually easy to correct these faults by going back to the basics ,but if you dont have that foundation there in the first place,and the dog dos develope a fault, it will take far longer to sort the problem and some will never be cured. I dont mean the above as a criticism ,just trying to offer some advice,as it would be a shame to spoil a well bred dog ,that you will have for many years ,just for the sake of a few months shooting this season. my total this year 3 marsh flights 1 mallard 2 inland flights 14 mix of mallard and Teal