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Definately worth setting the trap again!I realised i had a "few" rats in the chickens, shot 5/6 and had a few in Fenn traps, when I finally resorted to poison they ate a whole bucket in a week before they went quiet!

Usually a raft that you can pull backwards and forwards from opposite banks, as said a pallet with some added floats is good

Found a tatty folding 12ft set on the net, in need of half a day with a welder and some spare box. £185. Does that sound about right? Hopefully would get them a down a bit

Cheers, good idea

Morning, bit of a long shot I know, but was just wondering if anybody around the Newmarket area had a set of chain narrows they would like to hire? All my farmer friends have moved on a little bit and im having trouble tracking any down!

To be honest I wouldn't bother with call ducks mate, just feed the shallows with a bit of wheat/barley/potatoes etc from about the end of July. Decoys can work well as the ducks that flight in expect to see ducks there feeding

Hi everyone, looking for a bit of advice on a 55 plate l200 steering box. Basically I need a new one as its leaking fluid fairly badly. Have tried a whole tube of leakstop but I think its a bit more serious! From what I can see my options are a new one, (expensive) a refurb (still fairly expensive) or a seal kit. How good a fit are the seal kits available? Or does anyone have a spare box to sell?! Thanks

All the ones I have seen are open sights

Yer didn't see the bit about cutting through a bit at time and pulling with a rope! Doing that is the easy way to get a ton of tree to hit the bottom of your chin and very quickly remove your head. If felling a tree was that easy I and many others wouldn't spend a fortune on training

Unfortunately not, I work for a big estate as a forester so got no business interest, just know how even the easiest looking tree can go wrong. Like I said, rot pockets, funny weight load on limbs, twisted grain even just a gust of wind at the wrong time can lead to problems

I wouldn't advise trying to fell a 40ft pine in a back garden all in one go unless you really know what your doing. I have all my felling tickets and the amount of things you have to be aware of is huge. For example, if it has a rot pocket in the middle , it could snap off the hinge and go anywhere! Sounds like job for the pros to be taken down in stages

Cheers guys, I agree its a really nice rifle but is about as much as you can lift with one hand!

I use grazon, kills broadleaves but leaves grass. I Do the rides and around the outside of the pen, I find that Leaving the grass helps keep the bottom flap of wire tied down

Especially if sodium and eel salesmen were driving them!

Not sure if a browning is the same but my gun had springs between the hammer and breech face to push them back in after a shot. (rebounding strikers?) these can fail and leave the hammer forward after a shot

My dad has had his for approx 40 years, and apart from the odd firing pin and strip and clean it has never let him down and is still going strong!

Its a Remington 700 sps in .243. I have been told, many time its got an accuracy international stock and nightforce scope. Personally I think he has more money than sense, but he's happy!

I know further north its fairly normal but was wondering if it was normal this far south, saw a couple in the last week of the season but were in normal brown coat

Just thought I would post a pic of the first fox shot with my mates new rifle on Wednesday night! We saw the fox in a small belt of trees as we drove along the middle track through the farm, taking a shot then might have upset a lorry driver on the A14 at the bottom of the hill so we had to out flank it along the far boundary of the farm. When we got back to the bottom of the belt with the A14 now behind us we could see the fox working along the flailed maize strip at the side of the belt, upwind of us. We kept the lamp high and stared squeaking, she started walking to our right but wouldn't come any closer than maybe 400yds. we kept trying but were soon going to loose her to a road on the far side of the field, decided the best plan was to cut her off, which worked and put us in place for the shot. One quite impressive shot at 224yds in a gale and heavy snow was all my mate needed. We guessed that she was walking across us was to avoid walking all the way down the plough and was trying to get to the drilling as it was easier

At work today in Suffolk I saw a stoat in full ermine, never seen one before, how common are they?

Turns out I have more than I thought in my other post. Went out foxing last night so we were out later and being much quieter and saw a lot more rabbits out later in the night, also in worse weather conditions with strong winds and heavy snow. So maybe rabbits are changing their habits and feeding later! Got a vixen in really good condition at 220 yards so was a good night

And I dont think your diffs will appreciate doing 40 in low box!

Yer I have the same problem, can you just mow the paddocks, can you do a bit of fencing, can you shoot the rabbits, trap the moles etc! fac air rifle is perfect, baiting wise a bit of maize or something for a few nights. IF it ever turns dry rats will go a long way for a drink so worth bearing in mind too

Air rifle or rimfire if you can shoot away from the horses with a back stop obviously. If its a livery yard I would let the clients know when your going to shoot, horsey girls can get very stroppy ( trust me im soon getting married to one)!!!

I work on the estate its set up on, Still open, can still pay by card and buy carts but that's about it. No clubhouse but still a good layout and the auto pay as you clay traps make it good fun