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Stop shooting our pheasants, I pick up there lol 😁

Well spotted, yes I live centrally between Moneyrea, Ballygowan and Carryduff. On the BBC website I seen there were a couple of confirmed cases on Monlough (Which I shoot but haven't been there since the first morning) Between 3 of us we've only shot 18 ducks on our flight pond this season and they have all looked healthy, we generally only shoot 20-25 per season (By choice, not because we are terrible shots though I wouldn't deny that!) Shooting ways I spend most of my time picking up pheasants with a bit of pigeon shooting pre and post duck/pheasant season. We're are you located Rob?

Sure what else have I to do with my time! Timelapse mode has been interesting and results are pretty much as expected, what should be flight time has a small number of ducks arriving but between 7-9pm there's plenty enjoying a danger free meal

Thanks for the replies all. I returned the T86 convinced the PIR sensors were faulty. I replaced it with a Campark T100 and set up at the same place the previous camera was getting some pictures of ducks. First night no triggers 😞 Second night (Last night) i moved it from being set looking level across the pond about 18" above the surface to angled slightly forward. I got 32 triggers during the hours of darkness but I'm convinced it should have been many more. There were only 2 triggers the first 2 hours of darkness and I know the ducks were flighting in. Tonight I've set it in timelapse mode, it should take a picture & 10s video every 10m from 4pm to midnight. I'm trying to determine what time the ducks visit as fighting had been poor the last few years, hopefully this method will be more productive than depending on the PIR sensor triggering. I'll update again if and when I start to make some sense out of it. <edit> Obviously I can't change the ducks flight time but I find it interesting and would like to know what my feathered friends get up to at nights

I bought a Campark T86 WiFi trail camera (Amazon) with a view to monitoring my flight pond to see what time ducks are arriving (Flight is getting ever later) and my garden bird feeders as something is visiting at nights and eating the dead crows I'd placed nearby (Ineffective attempt at trying to stop crows eating my garden bird food) Whatever is doing it eat through the copper wire I'd hung the crows up with, owl maybe? However it hasn't worked out well, I get hardly any camera triggers. At the pond (Nightime) I placed the camera on the edge but around 10' of where I would expect the ducks to be. 2 nights in a row no triggers. I then placed it in the pond about 18" above the surface right beside where the ducks should be. I got 5 triggers first night and 15 triggers the following night, there should be many more. There are plenty of ducks on the pond as I've seen them flighting in and they eat half a bucket of grain every night. The attached video was interesting, talk about getting your ducks in line I placed the camera as pictured opposite my bird feeders, distance between feeders and camera is around 4m. (Daytime) The garden birds, doves, crows, magpies emptied 3 feeders and I didn't get a single trigger. Sometimes there's as many as 3 or 4 crows hanging off the peanut feeder. Camera setup as follows. PIR sensor set to high sensitivity, side and front PIR sensors on, 30 seconds between shot times, set to take 2 photos and a 5 second video. New SD card (Correct class) formatted in the camera before use. Am I asking too much of the camera, could it be my use is inappropriate? From what I've read most users have problems with too many triggers wasting batteries and filling up the memory card, grass and branches moving. Me, my batteries and card are going to last for years at this rate! 😞 I decided it must have faulty PIR sensors and returned it to Amazon (I did walk checks in test mode and although it did trigger the range was nowhere near the claimed and I'm much bigger than a duck) Any advice appreciated, does anyone else think the sensors were faulty? Recommendations of a sub £100 WiFi connected camera would be great, Was thinking of a Campark T100 but maybe it's my use case that's inappropriate? Thanks ... John 20211201191614_VD_00008.MP4

25 years ago when I was trialing labs chocs were allowed to run in minor breed tests. At that time it was thought a lot of them were hard mouthed, from what I saw at cold game tests it seemed a fair assessment. That said it's unfair to tar them all with the same brush, but personally I'd stay clear as a hard mouth is the one fault you can't live with in a gun dog.

Someone got a bargain there, bought two of these for family members at Christmas (And unlocked for SIM only contract use) and for the money they are very capable indeed.

I think it was single trigger, with a high gloss varnished stock.

My late father bought a used sxs Beretta around 1985/87. It was a 26" boxlock ejector with a varnished stock. Probably new around 83-85. He then bought a semi auto (301?) and I took ownership of the sxs for a while before changing to a used Beretta 686S O/U multi in 1989. I came across the receipt last night (£640 for the 686 in 1989) The serial number for the sxs traded is on it. Is there any way to trace the model number with the serial or would anyone know what the model might be? Thanks

My farm dwelling relatives have always 'shot' the new year in with shotguns. Steve's first rocket sounds like a great idea, a lovely reminder. Well done.

Just noticed this thread, I haven't seen it myself but they film extensively in the County Down estate I pick up at. Huge operation, to give you some idea of the scale they had temporary stabling for 100 horses this year. They also rent the ground opposite the estate to prevent anyone filming the set. Apparently the battle scene they filmed (season finale?) was the most expensive in TV history. They shipped out in October after reinstating the ground.

Thanks, just filled in the online form and made payment. Its a sorta fun Christmas present for my 80yo mother, my 2 year old lab lives in her house and I'm she'd love to see her name on his ownership certificate. He was still registered to the breeder, now changed to my mother as owner and myself as a joint owner. Fingers crossed it arrives on time.

How long does it take the Kennel Club to send out a new ownership certificate? Current paperwork has details on how to make the change online, if possible I'd like to have the new ownership certificate before Christmas. Thanks

This, great 10.1" tablet running Win10. Two full size USB ports, micro HDMI, 32GB storage (Expandable) 2GB RAM and a proper keyboard all for £129

http://www.acf-50.co.uk/other.htm This product should be ideal, motorcyclists including myself swear by it. Its relatively expensive but a little goes a long way. I've never felt the need to use it on my guns as I'm not shooting in harsh enviroments.

Indeed - 3m49s? I wouldn't have appreciated being the guy in front!

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Blood muck and feathers, Bruce ready for some picking up.

I was giving the dog a run before leaving to go picking up when he cut the underside of his ear (Two slices, barbed wire by the look of it) It bled very badly for half an hour, stopped on the 10 min journey to the estate, but started again as soon we arrived, blood everywhere! The shoot manager is a vet and he stapled the slice that was bleeding, stopped it immediately. He sprayed it with blue and then silver sprays and the dog was able to work all day. As this lab has already had two ear cuts, a badly gashed leg and some boy bit damage in the past I think that some sort of antiseptic spray would be useful to keep in the car. Farmers seem to have a cure all 'Blue' spray, googling seems to suggest a product called 'Leucillin' might be a good buy. Any suggestions that are readily available and work? Thanks.

My old Turner Richards canvas dummy went off in three different directions this morning, the dog was well impressed My Turner Richards launcher is around 30 years old, hasn't seen a lot of use though. Are the dummies (Lauch tubes) a standard size? Will 'Sporting Saint' 'Dog and Field' etc replacement dummies fit my laucher? Looking for something a bit lighter than the original hoping to reduce recoil. Anyone ordered from 'Dog and Field'? Prices are keen and delivery rates very fair. Thanks

Top service, arrived in Northern Ireland less than 24hrs after ordering, thanks Teal. Well pleased with the bag too.

Order placed.

I've never had an iPhone but I've been using Windows Phone for several years and really like it. I've an Android work phone, hate it. There is a definate app gap on Windows Phone though most popular apps exist, have an alterative or you can just use the browser. If you use a Windows PC / tablet & use Onedrive / Office then a WP makes good sense. Thats only going to get better with Windows 10 Mobile. Hope this helps.

Nice write up and good shooting. What age are the dogs John? Geese are a rare thing round these parts, your write up inspired me to look up an old record journal I kept as a younger man some 25+ years ago. 1990 is the one and only time I've ever shot at geese and I dropped two Greylags with a left and right using GP 6s over pigeon decoys. At least I have a 100% record at them! I wish I'd have kept filling in the journal, some great memories and many things I can't remember. My retriever field trial records are documented, 12 total including a win (rabbits) and a second (snipe) in novice trials. Many of the trial eliminations have some comedy value

Well it'll stop them from watching my dog misbehaving!