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I'm so ****** off with the way politics has shifted against hunting and shooting, I've decided to resurrect my UK voting rights. I last lived in a labour stronghold (Exeter), so it may well be futile, but I'm going to do my part.
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Thanks John. I hope it works out for you guys.
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Be careful, the Green Party made in to coalition government over here, albeit within a different political system. Extreme anti-gun, anti-hunting left wingers with a window dressing of environmental issues.
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My pleasure, I hope the old country is treating you well.
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Yep, nice country down there, but unforgiving.
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1 hour ago, Dave at kelton said:
Lovely to see the pics. Loved our six weeks touring and cruising. If I weren’t the age I am etc well………
Keep them coming when you can please,
Thanks mate.
3 minutes ago, holloway said:Excuse my ignorance but what sort of duck / goose is that ?
Paradise shelduck. More goose than duck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_shelduck
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Funny story Westley 😆
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Sorry, life has got in the way a bit! All the pictures have good stories, but the boar was the most recent and most exciting...
I went down to Taranaki (West Coast, North Island) with a mate for a hunting trip. I really wanted a boar, so ignored many wild goats on our long walk through a large valley system on the first day. Eventually, we came over a spur and my mate saw a boar. Ranged it at 180 metres down a steep incline. I was using a new rifle (Tikka .308 16" barrel) and had literally just zeroed it and done a little target practice out to 200 metres. I was shooting well and my mate encouraged me to take the shot. I was shooting off a tripod which provided a stable platform.
Pulled the trigger, aiming at the left shoulder. Thwack! Very much the sound of a hit, but the boar didn't seem to be too bothered. It carried on about it's business and trotted off in to some nearby bush. Thinking I had missed my chance, I was keen to go back to camp and drown my sorrows. My mate thought otherwise and was convinced it was a good hit. He persuaded me to walk down in to the valley to have a look. Once we got down, there was nothing to be seen, no animal, no blood. Again, I was ready to go back to camp and again, he denied my request, saying we should just sit tight for a while. We did and unbelievably, he spotted some slight movement in the trees, then he saw the animal. We didn't know exactly where it was at all times and knew there was a risk of being charged which added to excitement levels!
Eventually, we saw the animal in a small clearing making it's way towards the next spur. With only a moment to spare, I put another round in to it's neck and it fell where it stood. This was at a range of about 50 metres. Stoked!
I'm sorry the animal wasn't killed cleanly with the first shot, but I'm pleased that we managed to catch up with it. 90% of the credit for this hunt went to my mate who first saw the animal, encouraged me to take a shot and wouldn't let me give up until it was in the bag.
On butchering the animal, we discovered that the first shot had cleanly broken the left femur very close to the joint. This was a 165gr hollow point projectile running at 2674 ft/s (muzzle velocity). How the boar not only survived this impact, but was able to move around quite normally afterwards is a testament to the resilience of these animals.
3 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said:Some lovely fish!
That is a cracker of a rainbow.
Thanks mate, that's a whole other story! 10 hours fishing and one bite which resulted in this fish. It was worth it!
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Sorry, tacked these on to another post and a moderator must have quite rightly moved them in to their own thread. Anyway, life goes on, fishing and hunting! Any questions about these activities or life in general in NZ, fire away!
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OK, thanks Sam, noted.
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Thanks Sam, I'm a little suspicious of the website too. Seems too cheap, especially by NZ standards!
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Oh, and here's some photos of recent adventures in NZ.
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It's been a while since I posted. I'm thinking of buying some Aigle boots for farm hunting and other light duties, so thought I'd ask advice from my British friends. These caught my eye. They have a leather lining and are not a horrendous price (GBP108.35). Any benefit over the standard Parcours which aren't much cheaper?
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8 hours ago, NoBodyImportant said:
I don’t think many people deny English heritage. It’s just Americans are a mixed bag. My Sir name is French. But being massive land owners and can with %100 proof say that a **** ton of us were born in whales at my family’s home in Brecknockshire Wales. Our family home Abercynrig still stands today. So is my sir name French? English? Welch? Some would say French but land grants to Reginald Awbrey in the late 1090s (who I am directly descended from) has us in Wales until around 1600 when a 40000 acre grant in Northern Virginia saw my direct line move to the Americas. That is 500 years of Awbreys being born and breeding in Wales. So do I claim Welch? Or French? On my moms side a guy name McGregor had children with what was called “Indian girl”in the census. So I’m I Irish? Indian? French? Welch? I’m a mutt. I could claim just about anything I wanted. My grandmother was dark skin and my aunt was also, my dad looked more white, I look white as hell with those really ****** up inset Native American eyes. So genetics gave me the worst looking facial features available from my grab bag DNA and said make it work.
Get your DNA analysed. Could be interesting. My wife's wasn't, nearly all her DNA originated from a small region of central England. We kind of knew that already, but she was still disappointed!
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12 hours ago, London Best said:
Green is a colour. Don’t be conned into changing the meaning of words.
To me, ‘gay’ still means happy, not homosexual.Language evolves over time, academic linguists would agree and I have no issue with it at all.
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On 22/04/2023 at 07:37, Scully said:
The ironic thing about that comment is that there are some people in the world living just like that; maybe not in caves, but it’s certainly ‘off grid’ and none of them are living but merely existing, and they don’t like it; they want what we have.
It amuses me when folk say they are living ‘off grid’, when in fact the reality is that they have so much money they can afford to build a house so well insulated ( such as passiv or even Tradis ) with photo-voltaic panels, heat exchangers etc etc, that their dependence on utilities is a fraction of what is usual. They aren’t interested in saving the planet, but very interested in saving money. There is a little colony in Findhorn whom sit around campfires on balmy summer nights singing happy-clappy songs while congratulating themselves for saving the world…..but I ( and a few others ) know. 🤫
Some of the biggest hypocrites I’ve met are the so called ‘greens’.Good post. To live "green" while maintaining a privileged way of life requires an awful lot of resources and money. Anyone can be green if living like a caveman (which is what I suspect a lot of the environmental extremists want).
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It's similar in New Zealand, but not as pronounced as the USA. People claim to be "Irish" having never visited Ireland or even being able to name a single place within the country. I think there is a prevailing "anything but English" attitude when talking about ancestry in the former colonies. This doesn't make sense because the English are the dominant group in terms of numbers of people within the British Isles by quite some margin.
I think the main reason, especially in the USA is that the English/British were on the losing side in the American War of Independence. In short, no one likes a loser. Also, the English/British were the perpetrators of colonialism. In this day and age, colonialism is a very dirty word, so people choose to identify with another ethnic group.
A final thought from Wikipedia which goes some way to explaining it:
"Americans of British heritage are often seen, and identify, as simply "American" due to the many historic, linguistic and cultural ties between Great Britain and the U.S. and their influence on the country's population. A leading specialist, Charlotte Erickson, found them to be ethnically "invisible".
If you really want to annoy someone in your life who makes dodgy claims about their ancestry, buy them an AncestryDNA kit. We did this with one of our friends who claims to be Maori. I can feel this going off topic, but we have a lot of Maori here with blond hair and blue eyes because it suits a certain world view. Her results, mostly English, a good proportion Scottish and Irish and 6% Maori!
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1 hour ago, Rem260 said:
Not according to them.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/migrants-homeless-barge-asylum-seekers/
Can't read the link, but I assume the UK government has grown some balls and plans to deport some of these people?
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5 minutes ago, amateur said:
I have no wish for an "entertainer" with the ability to push the nuclear button
Well, there is that (!), but my take on Trump as a president is that he was very inward looking and less concerned with events taking place in the rest of the world than his recent predecessors. In this respect, I think he was far less likely to press the button that someone taking on the role of Team America World Police.
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Just to be clear, I didn't call anyone crazy because they vote or speak in favour of Trump. If I lived in America, I would probably at least consider voting for him. As someone completely removed from US politics, I have no issue with Trump being re-elected, he is fantastic entertainment value.
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2 hours ago, Vince Green said:
I disagree in part. It's going to stop them living the high life in hotels and working illegally. Which a lot of them do.
If it feels more like detention that can only make them realise that what they did was illegal and has consequences.
You may be right, but like it or not, they are tough people and a few weeks, months or even years on a boat with bed and breakfast will be like water off a duck's back.
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While I have no issue with offshore housing (some might say detention), I suspect it's only going to delay entry to the UK rather than stop it, so not much of a deterrent.
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9 hours ago, harkom said:
....and on the other side of the House....you have.....Bidens, Clintons, Obummers.... not a crook in sight !!??
They are probably all crooks, but the crazies are not just voting for Trump, they are fervently vocal in their support for him. Seems odd.
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What I don't understand is why the bat**** crazy fundamentalist Christians support Trump. Whether you like or hate his politics, he is clearly not a moral man. Surely, everyone can see that?
Sweetcorn.
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Thrown whole on to hot charcoals and taken off when blackened, perfect. Otherwise, good carp bait.