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Brixsmaid

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  1. Still thinks i'll be sticking with standard butchers bones, unless a source of cheap Antlers happens by! Thanks to all for your replies
  2. I'd seen similar prices and was put off!! Need a friendly/handy stalker
  3. I guess we are already converted but interesting! Read more at http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/national-parks-survey-highlights-public-support-shooting-79227
  4. The Vocal Yokel lives on https://skylarkwarrior.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/buzzards-and-badgers-and-bigots/
  5. My dear old departed Dad was a time served shipwright and left me amongst his other tools his old wooden planes etc., which he'd had to make during his apprenticeship. He started his apprenticeship building wooden trawlers and ended it on RN battle cruisers, before swallowing the anchor and having his tea on a steady table ashore as a successful general builder. Part of the practical test to qualify as a shipwright was apparently to be given a chunk of tree and only an adze and depending on the instructor to be required to produce either an oar or a mast depending on how the instructor felt. Mind you he claimed you could do just about anything with an adze, including shaving!!
  6. I believe so but can't confirm, bit worried about Paul1966's tooth damage report above, my eldest springer crunches up bones like they are marshmallows! I'm also less than impressed with the commercial market's prices!!
  7. I think it's a shame we are spending so much time and squabbling/debating amongst ourselves, rather then uniting/ standing together to defend our sport. How many game shooters are there? The most helpful thing for me is some idea what I should be asking my MP in an email? I'm not the most literate person and would love a draft I could use.
  8. Hi Christian What if anything is left?
  9. My time in Nigeria saw me on Paludrine, like to be able to blame that for some of my dubious medical problems, but more likely to be the dodgy alcohol I felt obliged to partake of
  10. Many thanks for that - just need to source some now
  11. Does anybody use them and how do they compare with bones? And as I don't know any stalkers, if they are any good, what is the best and most economic source?? Thanks
  12. Ah.......but there are so many that all claim to be better than the others! Any suggestions as to which one??
  13. Never thought of them, I've had bits and pieces of them before and always been good gear - I'll have a look
  14. Going over to Ankle Boots (don't like very tall lace up boots) this coming season and was seeking advise on decent Gaiters, prefer a light weight type. How is the sizing done for Gaiters? Cheers
  15. Just saw this yesterday, although its dated 2004! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588457.stm
  16. Another reasonable article in the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/21/dont-let-eco-zealots-wreck-this-chance-to-save-the-hen-harrier/
  17. Governments response to the petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003, i'm sure it won't be the end of it though, even if it should be!
  18. See http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/340496-chris-packhamgrouse-shooting-merged-threads/page-10?do=findComment&comment=3117527 for more on this
  19. Apparently that picture is from an article back in March the story says missing and the picture of the bird doesn't have a satellite tracker the picture is from this article 22nd March http://wildlifearticles.co.uk/hen-harriers-ghost-of-moorlands-past/ Wonder if there is a statute of limitations or could they not prosecute him ??http://m.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10736397.Chris_Packham_admits_stealing_kestrel_started_his_love_of_nature/?ref=rc
  20. http://www.rspb.org.uk/media/releases/423689-another-satellite-tagged-bird-of-prey-disappears-in-the-monadhliath-mountains
  21. And yet another interesting article, unfortunately he is a viscount, so is going to be seen as one of them by the great unwashed http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/grouse-and-lions/
  22. So well said, must be very satisfying that you can put together such a reasoned argument for driven Grouse shooting - well done
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