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About sricketts8
- Birthday 03/08/1987
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Wildfowling and shooting in general
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Well done to you and the associate nic. I seen them drop it was a tidy lot that came out this morning.
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Not a bad start to the season a gadwall, mallard and a greylag. Not a lot about the marsh but was just one of those morning when your lucks in well all apart from the absolute smashing my hands have had of the midges.
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A good morning flight that from the sounds of it. Nothing worse than losing a bird something that happens to us all unfortunately but still a good morning all the same.
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I don't nock anyone who puts there self out and I got total respect for anyone that works hard at the game. I don't come from a place that gets pinks so naturally the club doesn't get traveling guns like clubs that do get pinks so I can't say I've seen what it's like to be a local to um and see it where all of a sudden guns are running down the marsh to get to certain places. I no on some of the Gwa club ground once a few geese start to move there usually 8 to 9 guns and someone is usually 50 to 70 yards away but they have all paid there sub so they all got as much right as me to be there. Wildfowling is a secretive sport wich is one of there resons it's a dying sport unfortunately. I can understand why a local or any gun would not want to tell anyone bout where birds are what I don't get is when someone asks a question why some of the replies are a waste of time if your not going to help y replie maybe where I come from its a bit more black and white if I asked the old man if he had the impact driver I wouldn't want to hear why not walk over and see. I don't think anyone that wants it put in there lap deserves help but a genuine traveling fowler is only after a small bit of help not where what time and what direction do I look. Last year on the solway I asked a bloke weather a white post indicated the boundary the pricks replie was I've been doing it for 30 years I ain't telling you, the next guy who didn't really want me there understandble at least had the respect to just nod and say yeah. I just think if you don't want to help that's fine just don't replie if you do want to help then fair play.
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No worries mark. When anyone traveling it would be bad for the club and your selfs if full members couldn't take you out. From what he was saying you have both put a fair bit into it. I no Ben been taking you both out so fair play to him and hope fully you all get some sport before the weeks out. I think after the flight with the Canada's he glad he can actually do it lol.
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Driving up to go out and find them is easily said when local. The bloke got a minimum 8 hour round trip probably more depending on where in the south west he lives. Was a member of fenland me self up until this year and in terms of a club there brilliant unfortunately if you got to travel from the south west/west it's to hit or miss for what it cost especially if like me you only got a small budget. The solway is just as easy to get to it don't cost no more and it's less restrictive in teams of getting under them. If you want to get after um Bonnie if *** your best bet is to book a few days away cuz no one will give you much help in terms of weather anything flighting off or not if your looking to just travel up for a morning flight least with a few days away it gives you a chance to see what's about. Hope you get some luck in quest for um.
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It was a good bird mark, he's not lying with that one. One he will remember for a while.
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Canada or grey nic. Not had a decent crack at um me self yet they seem to be a bit hit and miss one day a fair few come out the next hardly a thing. The duck ain't been no better either or not when I've been out any way. Cheers Shaun
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The most widgeon I've seen on the upper Severn this early for some years. A week before the season the wetlands trust had a count of 100 in. Putting one in the bag aint an easy task at the mo. I thought the fact there's a lack of water about the country was the reason to why we got a few early birds in hear as last season there was a fair bit of flood water about but the widgeon were scarce.
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When I first looked at the 2nd and 3rd pic I thought ne negoose but on looking again it looks to big for a ne ne goose. i got a pair in a collection and there no where near the size of a Canada. *** a ne ne Canada hybrid
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Been looking a fair bit on there but a lot of what comes up seems to be places in the high end price wise. Not that I expect to pay cheep just when every I enquire to these sorts of places they don't seem all that keen. Mind I can understand why when you hear of some of the stories.
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Just after info for accommodation around the comartray forth area. Every year I make several trips along with the old man to the solway for the geese (before anyone asks I do use a pogo stick but we are NOT the sort that blast away at anything have always been very respectfully of our quarry) However this year me and my wife are expecting are second child end December start of January :-) so this year to make it easy I've decided to make the trip north early. Anyone no of some accomodation ideally self catering either cottage or static caravan that don't mind we'll behaved fowlers in and a round the comartray forth area any info greatly appreciated cheers Shaun
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As reabrook said stay safe kev hope the sport is good when you get back.
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It shocked me when I seen um all buzzin around. I don't no much about um I just presume because it was cold to start with they were docile then as the morning warmed up they became a lot more active.
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With work being light for the first week of the season me the old man and younger broth decided to get a couple of early visits in and try and bag a early goose.The first two trips showed great promise a gadwall and mallard on the first and a brace of mallard on the second visit. This morning was going to be the last chance for a week or two with the frampton fair tomorrow and a busy couple of weeks with work a head. Goose numbers have tailed off a little over the course of the week so wasn't expecting to much when pulling up this morning but still it's great to be out. After a couple of cups of tea morning started to break and the first bunched of duck buzzed over just visible in the pale light, a few moments later a teal came screaming through the first shot missed cleanly but the second stopped it dead at a good 50 yards, more than happy with the shot and subsequent retrieve I wasn't bothered if I got another shot or not. Not to much more showed with only a few small skeins of greys heading out to the stubble and the odd bunch of widgeon winging around the reed pools the other side of the ditch. 9:00 came and the sun was getting up making another warm morning, so much so I took me jumper off then packed up and waited for dad to walk up. With everything packed up I hoped up on top of the bank picked the gun case up when with no warning BANG!!! just under the right shoulder it felt like a dagger had been drove in my back, hearing the buzzing sound I new I had just copped a left hook off a wasp, thinking it was under my tee shirt I pulled it away from my back, by this time the old man and younger brother were doing all they could not to laugh. As I was waiting for the second blow dad came over said its on your top with that he flicked it of only for the little **** to come back and try finish me off, after a second time being flicked off he gave up, the old man by now couldn't help but laugh he said it was a good job I pulled the top away from my back because it was doing all it could to drive his *** end into me back. I turned round to pick me gun and bag up and right where I had been stood all morning was a bloody gert wasps nest. So any lads on here from the Gloucester if your going to frampton and thinking of getting on the 100 yard marker forget your wetlands camo, you best don a bee keepers suit and take a big jug of that white smoke they puff bout cus theym as big as blood dragon flies and as vicious as a **** house rat. Cheers