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We did a drive on Saturday - a very modest day filler really - in times past it may yield half a dozen birds I have been feeding it - quite heavily with the mix - in the hollies - on the ride through it - for 2 weeks On Saturday circa 100 birds showed !

Steve To keep it simple - any raffle tickets are sold at £1 each - but in batches of £20 The Knife and the high seat session are not in the raffle - they are now to be auctioned on the night So the raffle is for the scope - dozens of bottles - chocolates - hoodies - mugs etc etc A quarter of the sales from here - if any will go the the Royal British Legion

@Teal

Steve Not heard back but happy to include you Only issue i can think is if you win a prize There are loads - not just the scope - things like bottles - chocolates - gun slips - dog leads etc etc How would i get the prizes to you ? Worth posting the scope and maybe a few of the other things - but a bottle of wine or mug - maybe not Thoughts ?

I get that - i do But can you not see that by not just answering surely what are 2 easy questions people - Konor in particular - thinks you are being a bit funny about things ? If i knew the answer in your position - just answer it Conor - in plain speak and we can all see and move on ?

I totally get that Conor But ..... Its only 5 posts above or so and its just 2 relatively simple questions isnt it ?

@welsh1

Conor Why not just answer Konors questions about 5 posts above ? That would be a start and the questions seem polite - fair and answerable

Hi Steve Yes i have been selling tickets to non members - there are several really good lots - a handmade knife made to spec - an afternoon in a highseat after fallow or muntie I was not sure if admin would allow @Teal

A tiny bit of backgroundOur shoot has an end of season thankyou meal for our beaters / pickers up and helpers throughout the seasonDuring this event which hosts circa 100 people we have quiz's , a few speeches - some pie, peas and beersTo raise funds for the shoot and much of its conservation work - supplementary wild bird feeding - bird box building etc we hold a raffle and an auctionThis year ATN has donated an ATN X SIGHT 4 K PRO 5-20 XI simply cannot thank Peter and ATN enough and though it should be shared publicly

Sounds like very simple honest open questions Thanks Konor

Would have thought the more the better

Honestly i have tried but they are just swamped Honestly im not trying to wind you up - can you not just ask them in 1 or 2 lines ?

Konor Sorry if im missing it but what are the questions you want answering ? I get you and many feel sold down the river but what actual questions are you wanting answering ?

Is this not open for English members to sign ?

Yes not bad at all thank you We will perhaps garner a 45 percent return on birds to ground and being honest we have some incredible shooting - we dont have lots of ground but we do have the topography and lots and lots of help

Great write up

Morning Konor So many of these threads become a bit - well hard to read and follow Could you for clarity list the questions that you would like answering Maybe just simply 1 2 3 It will then perhaps really help those looking in Hope that makes sense

Approx 50 percent - but in reality i just chuck it in a bag and mix it - I feed perhaps 6-10 bags - some days it will be majority wheat - other days majority seed I have a very high percentage of the land dedicated to wild bird covers - so the whole shoot is full of food really I grow chicory . phacelia / sunflowers / millet / kale / fodder radish / sorghum Biggest holder of birds that i have found is small fresh water ponds To improve the shoot - predator control - crows - foxes - magpies - rats And if you can plant and manage hedgerows - coppice your woods

Yes its really helped our results game wise - but i am also very very interested in the wider benefits to song and farmland birds I use a premium mix from Kings (Frontier) - sunflowers - millet - rape - canary seed - feed radish - and i mix it with wheat I use the mix neat in feeders for the song and farmland birds too and have circa 50 of those scattered on the hedges rows and rides

Trail feeding is brilliant - i do it 3/4 times a week I think the key is to use mixed seed as a supplementary source to the hoppers I feed in the covers - where the birds obviously want to be - and on hard tracks on the edge of them We "hand feed " trail feed - circa 4 - 5 t over the year

Yes - good point Enfieldspares We actually feed all year round on our shoot - not all the hoppers but certainly half I really keep on top of the vermin and hand feed until well into spring too

Thats like us MM - we usually account for half a dozen but not one on Saturday Then yesterday i was feeding and the wood was moving with pigeon everywhere Very strange

Brill That midden is like something off " im a celebrity" hahahaha

Sorry to hear of your loss MM Hope im not breaking the rules but have a look at Stalking Directory - similar but different to this forum I use and enjoy and learn from both