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  1. On 17/10/2023 at 15:35, deeksofdoom said:

    Hello LB ould stock!..... hope you are keeping well?

    Have to correct you there.....Organised game shooting is not banned in ireland, plenty of big and small shoots in ireland and smaller syndicates too.

    The gun clubs which are pretty much in every parish in the country are the ones that release birds. From what i'm hearing from shooters around the country there are no wild pheasants anymore and its a common theme accross the country, modern farming practices such as the use of pesticides destruction of the envioronment (draining of bogs removal of ditches) and the nitrates quotas have been dethremental to the wild bird population. I think the pheasants that you are seeing may well be released birds.

    The Green party being in coalition in the government in Ireland and having a Green Minister for the Envioronment who is a self proclaimed animal rights activist has been an absolute disaster for the countryside.

    I stand corrected Deeks. I haven't seen or heard of any formal shooting here. On the plus side Bird Na mona are refolding all the bogs around me. There is a wild Partridge protection site based around Lough Boora and they are in the process of setting up another at Roscore. Most of the bogs around me have had all the railway tracks removed and there are lots of ' NO SHOOTING' signs in place. I will have to make some enquiries and see what I can get in to. Hope you and family are well.

    Thanks for the video old'un, I enjoyed that :)

    LB

  2. I don't know the age of your engine, but will assume it's a pump to cam belt arrangement. Probably the easiest one out there to change with only two timing marks and a tensioner. Pump to crank is a wet belt and very, very rarely gives any trouble. If your belt has gone/broken/jumped it will be due to fitment and/or incorrect setting off the tensioner. You WILL have bent valves as Diesel engines are very tight regarding piston to valve clearances. This is assuming you have a diesel rather than a petrol engine, you haven't stated which.

  3. Don't know about you bods but this is working well for me and the curs. 

    Government paying out €350 p/w, although only 50% of my normal earnings, it's more than enough to cover household and alcohol tab.

    No doubt the tax rate will go up after but what the hell, you only die once.

    How you lot handling it?

    My 'garden' is several 100 acres of raised bog and I have never seen anyone else on it :)

     

    LB

  4. 10 hours ago, Westley said:

    I was in a slightly different position to yourself, as I was shooting in competitions against the Garda. But even so, the system would still be the same.  From this end, I needed a European Firearms pass, free from the local FEO.  The guns that I could be taking were listed on that pass. I then also needed a Firearms Visitors pass issued by the Garda, again listing the guns that I intended to take. I would board the ferry, along with other team members, at Liverpool. We would make the ferry company aware that we were carrying firearms, at the ferry BUT do not mention any ammunition. They will not allow you to take BOTH guns and ammo on board. We got around this by one of the cars would NOT have any firearms on board, but several thousand rounds of ammo, which they are not obliged to declare. We were usually the last to board and er ..........................told to leave the guns in the vehicles   ??        However upon reaching Dublin we would just drive off the ferry without a problem.  It is some 15 years since I was last there, so maybe security has tightened, but that is an outline of the procedure we went through. Hope this helps.

    That's exactly was I was looking for geezer. If I have any issues may I message you for assistance?

     

    Lurcherboy

  5. Alright bods,

    Short and sweet so here goes but please only reply if you have concrete evidence or even better, experience.

    I have four shotguns in the UK which have been written on to other peoples tickets when I sold up and moved to Ireland.

    Has anyone brought theirs over on a holiday passport?

    Hit me up if you have done so please.

     

    Lurcherboy

  6. Evening all and I sincerely hope I find you all well.

    So then, It's been a bad year what with Brexit and all those PW members that went to the earth and then there were the ones that got ill and won't get better. 

    I wish all those gone, and those going, my best wishes and their families by deepest sympathy.

    For those of you that are lucky enough to be young and yet to suffer the heartache of losing anyone special, enjoy life and love everyone that doesn't offend you or your family.

    Wishing all of you old PW members a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

     

    LB 

  7. On 21/10/2019 at 14:55, Grandalf said:

    Woolpack pub Long Sutton very many years ago.   Six fowlers sharing an attic bedroom along with their dogs.   Very, very, cold for a long spell.   On the third night the landlady opened the door and said "Thought you might be a bit cold".   She then threw her Labrador into the room, closed the door and left.

    Sensible lady that.   Keep out the drafts and add another dog.   They don't need heating unless they are ill. 

    +1

  8. Some of you will have known Allan from south Wales, probably under his screen name Tiercel, he was a countryman and made purse, long line and trammel nets like no one else could. Even though he was Welsh I was glad to call him a friend and the world is a worse place for his departure

     

    RIP Allan.

  9. On 08/05/2018 at 14:09, henry d said:

    I was only just thinking about you a couple of days ago, are you still driving landies or do you drive proper motors now :P

    Please stop fantasising about me HD, it can never happen as I have way too much testosterone or whatever you call it.

    Yes I am, and no, the Asians may well one day make a 4x4 that can do 4x4 work, but that day has not come yet, but I respect your choice to support foreign goods as opposed to the UK,  ***** ;)

    Message me H

     

  10. On 07/05/2018 at 21:03, Zapp said:

    Good to see you back LB

    I'm glad to hear that you're still alive Zapp :) There are a few of the OP's on PW that are now pushing up the daisies, the new firms wouldn't know them from Adam.

  11. 4 hours ago, mel b3 said:

    that sounds absolutely fantastic chas , i really envy you mate. its funny that you dont shoot so much , i think that a lot of us start to lose the urge as we get older , im happy to have a country walk , with or without a gun these days.

    its lovely to hear that youre still around , yp pops in every year or so lol.

    I know what you mean and if I ever fell for a fortune I wouldn't shoot a gamebird again, woodies yes, gamebirds no!

    That last line made me laugh!

    I live here on the side of a canal in the middle of nowhere. The nearest place is 5 km away and doesn't have a shop, but I do have a pub within cycling distance and see about 10 cars a day, no aeroplanes, and no light pollution.

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  12. 10 hours ago, figgy said:

    Nice to see you back Lurcherboy.   What you been up to in your time away ?

    My life took a strange turn and I prepare to shoot with a camera rather than a gun now.

     

    6 hours ago, mel b3 said:

    How's things chas ?.

     Alright mate, I live in Ireland now in the middle of nowhere with my girlfriend, two dogs, two cats & six chickens that she won't let me eat!

  13. I haven't been decoying for over three years and this is now sitting in a garage gathering dust. Most of this equipment came from Will at UK Shoot Warehouse.

    I want £100, no offers please, and you will have to collect from Herne Bay, Kent.

    1 Very large tank net

    1 Small scrim

    1 Rotor with arms

    1 Flapper and remote

    40 Woodie shells

    Large bag 

    Game bag

    4 Poles

    2 Floater poles

    Advantage timber jacket, hood & trousers medium

    No seat ;)

     

    LB

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