ChrisWill184

Hi guys I am currently looking for a set of Bob Parratt tweed breeks in size 36in (preferred) or 38in waist. Plus 2's or 4's are fine. I cannot remember if the tweed name was Grouse but I have included the picture below of what I am looking for. He doesn't make the tweed now and the only reason I am looking for a pair is because I have a tweed smock that pretty much fits the style, but there are no breeks for it! There is a full set of tweeds on Ebay but I would rather just get the breeks for far less money if possible. So does anyone have any that are decent and are willing to sell? Regards Chris Attachments Annotation 2023-12-09 233121.png 71.4 KB · Views: 11

I had Bushnell Ex binos that stopped focussing in 2020 so was asked to send them back. I was told that bushnell no longer operated from the office and I was to contact the people at mail@studio1ltd.co.uk as they were doing the customer service / repairs on them. I ended up receiving a new set of newer binos as a result. Not sure if if it still the same company operating there though but worth a go if you have tried elsewhere. As far as lifetime warranty goes, I cant remember if it was lifetime or 30 years? Either way, I should think you should be fine!

That is a fair budget for overtrousers and I cannot possibly comment on any in that price range but as an alternative you might not have looked at....... I use the green flexothane type you get at agricultural shops. Waterproof, breathable, don't rip like other crappy overtrousers on barbed wire, brambles or thorns because they have that bit of stretch in the material, leave them in the shed at the end of the day to dry out and you can get them for £15 - 20 quid. Usually get about 2 seasons of rough shooting and beating out of them. They are green also so look absolutely fine in the field though I never think its a fashion parade when its bucketing down!

End of the day, they still need controlling by those that know what they are doing and not just for 'grouse shooting' but for the healthy population of the hares. Should their numbers not still be reduced to reduce incidents of group deaths through disease and parasites? Its a concept many people can't deal with that for the many to survive, some have to be removed. I have been on one of these organised shoots and until they are put in front of you , I don't think you would believe the numbers there are. This ban has been voted on by those who cannot have had enough time to view all of the scientific evidence on hare populations and the overall effect of their localised higher densities on managed moors. They voted emotively on a last minute amendment and I'm not surprised it went through. I didn't even know anything could be amended at stage 3. Very poor. I don't think it matters either way whether we showed restraint as a group or not. If we didn't shoot one hare the antis would still claim they are being shot and the papers would run a story on it. Its the reason why we get the blame every time a bird of prey goes missing or loses their tracker. Any chance to drag us through the mud will be taken, truth or no truth to promote their agenda / make money off of good willed people, and they get away with it.

My brother, father, a guest and myself had a days walked up shooting as repayment for 4 days of cutting rides for a shoot. I was shooting well that day. Nearly everything was falling down that I shot at and managed 3 snipe, the only 3 I shot at which was even more remarkable. I even managed a mallard drake that was far enough away that others who were closer passed up on the shot. Dogs were good. Nothing could go wrong. We finished early so decided to go in past an area with a couple of duck ponds on the way home to finish. They are day ponds more than a night flight ponds so my brother and I went round the back of each pond and positioned my father and the guest out of sight while we went in to flush. My brother managed a teal from his pond and one single mallard got up off of mine, which the guest shot. Great. I met back up with my father and the guest and were chatting for a bit when a crow flew over at a height that I would have normally called safe. I assume the crow thought he was safe as well considering he never even flinched off his flightline with us wandering about below. One of those ones. I said to my father, who is the kind of shot that you may often say 'oh my god I cant believe you hit that' to, that he should give it a go. He just laughed at me. Sod it, up went the gun and to be fair, I only managed to kill it with the second barrel but the wings folded and what a time it took to hit the ground! 30 seconds later a pair of teal swung past over head and I took the lead bird which was about 35 yards up on a strong wind. Nearly couldn't fit back in the car my head was so big! One of those on fire days, on fire moments and all with the family to witness it. Will remember my dads laugh for as long as I can as that's the laugh we usually give him just before he successfully 'gives it a go'. I won't write about the other days where I was not on fire.

The acme caller takes a good bit of practise but you can get a decent growly crow call out of it. Feels like you need to huff into it from as deep down in your diaphragm as you can to get the sound. The primos is far easier and louder to use though. They take some practise and a lot of the time its the limited use of them that works but you'll get the gist.

Sorry, did I read that right?!

This guy in the video operates out of Aberdeenshire where there are loads of goose guides and loads of geese. We get tens of thousands of pinkfooted geese up where we are between the loch of Strathbeg, Dunecht and the Montrose basin. He is a bit different to other guides in that he seems to operate a 'harvest package' where you can shoot, clean and process your own animals with him which I think is pretty good, especially for newcomers. When they land on the stubble its not so much of an issue but when you have a couple of thousand of them land on a grass field, or winter sowing, eating, defecating on and flattening the grass that you are wanting to keep for your sheep or successful crop, they get to be a nuisance. Many farmers welcome the guides and the cash they bring, some loathe them. One farmer said to me he just wishes they never landed on his fields at all because of the amount of call-ins he gets from guides. Yes the guides are there to make a profit. More guns, more money. Some say they impose a limit per gun per flight but if you have guys out shooting for a week and they have a couple of slow flights, they are going to get their moneys worth some way or another. Some are OK, some are devious individuals and they are always competing for the others ground. Honestly this is a part of the shooting industry that has its role but leaves a sour taste, especially if they have no interest in taking them home. We still can't sell the geese on the mainland. These are the same guys that guide on the pigeons and profess to do the deer management but really shoot the trophy bucks with clients for the profit. This is my experience anyway having had a few of them come on to 'share' ground I have access to. Believe me, they are not that easy to decoy up here when they have been shot at all over the countryside for 4 months. These guides are putting out over 100 decoys sometimes which certainly improves your chances. If you are using the birds I don't see an issue with taking a number of them.

Have never used them for dog insurance as found them more expensive than rivals but I have used their vehicle discount and discount on a couple of other things and it couldn't have been easier. Literally told the garage I had BASC insurance and they just asked for the membership number. Sorted and saved me (my company rather) over £4,000. Have just seen that the deal I got on my motor 6 months ago is even better for the new model this year. Not getting choked up about it though (much).

Yeah can happen if a single pellet through the organs or such like. Seen it plenty of times on game. One partridge I was sure I hit I watched fly with beating wings for a full 400 or 500 yds at about 60 ft above a flat field before just folding up and dropping. I picked it later on and had to have a look to where I had hit it. Single pellet had gone in and hit the top of the heart. Wouldn't have believed it unless I had looked. Also in front of my brother, hit a decent high pigeon that doubled back on itself and flew around the field we were in in a huge circle before coming backand dropping out of the sky 20 yds from us. Really obliging! More you shoot the more you will see it but I have learned to keep watching the bird I know I have hit until I cant see them any more. A lot of the time they will drop.

The summer is worse for us with fog sometimes delaying choppers for days. As long as the wind isn’t hurricane force we are normally ok. Home Xmas and new year though so not bad. Thanks again and will see if my fettling is up to task!

On a shoot we had, there was a ditch that the birds used to like with a decent amount of cover but there were always a decent few more in a wooded area that was poor to drive the way you would want to, the opposite way to the ditch which was very near our boundary. What we did was to include the pushing of the wood through to the ditch as a drive but have the guns positioned away from where we wanted the birds to go to like up the opposite side of the wood. That way the guns acted as our stops and still got a couple of shots from the birds that broke the wrong way and the rest of the birds were allowed to leak, run, fly out to the ditch at the other end. We then returned the ditch as the next drive. Worked well most of the time, when there were birds there!

Thanks for the efforts JJsDad. Ordered one from John knibbs on Wednesday and it came on Thursday. Can’t ask Mitch better than that. Just have to check it does indeed fit when I get home. thanks again.

Thanks for the further info. Tried calling Neil at Andersons (Seals cove) but got an 'off the hook' ringtone. I know they are open some funny times though. Will try the others and £12.50 is a lot less than the £30 I saw some dodgy looking ones priced at on another site. Thanks

Thank you very much! Did not know he was a RUAG dealer. Certainly wasn't when I bought this gun several years ago. Will give him a call in the morning. Cant get on their website either BTW with the filters. Surprised I can get on this forum at all! Thanks again