oowee

Great pictures. I so want to get one. I think I have a badger crossing my garden and i know I have deer. Stupid question but does it do colour in day light? Would small animals like voles mice and rats trigger a picture?

Bristol Twelve Bore club has limited vacancies for rough shooting. The club has farms within easy traveling of Bristol as well as a Wildfowling section of foreshore and deer shooting on a 1500 acre wood over the bridge in South Wales. Club membership may be of interest to licence holders who want to join a small group with the same sporting interests. PM me if you are interested.

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It's good. I am in a syndicate which runs at cost with the keeper doing much of the work as a hobby. There are12 (which average about 8 turn out on a day) guns each paying £665. For that we shoot over 10 days plus each week in January. We put down 700 Pheasant and 200 duck. Average is around 30 to 40 birds and 120 shots (this can vary depending on sweep stake :-)). We limit ducks to two sporting each till end of season when we have to clear as much as ***. We also have to pay beaters about £10 each day and a few quid in the pot for stew. For me its as much about the company, shared interests and banter as the shooting. If i was just after the shooting I would stick with the crows and pigeons.

I just found this shot spread / choke / range program which looks interesting. http://www.blackbartsoftware.com/shotgun.htm But its all in us sizes chokes and ranges. Anyone know where I can get a UK version?

IMO. Game bore velocity 29g no 6 fibre £195 a 1000 are best the best value for money effective shells. At 70 mm they work well in semi's and are cheap enough for clays. Shame they only come in pink as they easily get lost in the grass.

IMO. Game bore velocity 29g no 6 fibre £195 a 1000 are best the best value for money effective shells. At 70 mm they work well in semi's and are cheap enough for clays. Shame they only come in pink as they easily get lost in the grass.

Wanted . Quality smaller type labrador peg dog puppy for sept/ October 2014. I live in the Somerset area.if you know of any quality breeders that might have a summer litter please let me know.. Thanks in advance. Oowee

Its of course upto you and no doubt many different views but. Don't get fud's I have them and they are: Static. Take time to set up and put away (esp when older). They are heavy. They carry a lot of mud when you lift them.On hard ground they are very difficult to set up. They are limited in application ( you can't put them in a tree or hedge, they cannot be put on longer pegs where there is ground cover). They end up deformed in the bottom of a kit bag. IMO get a mix of full bodied and shell. Make a moving decoy with a stick hanging string and hook.

I looked at 2nd hand and found many to be more than they were new. If you buy popular models browning / beretta you will get your money back. I bought the pigeon and learnt a few lessons about drying it properly and oiling the stock. Whilst it's a well engineered and beautiful it's not my favourite. My £350 quid hatsan is for me far more satisfying but I can't take it to the game shoot :(

I have this (top right of the bags shown) its excellent. http://endicotts.co.uk/component/virtuemart/rucksacks-packs-kit-bags-92 about £17. If i ever buy another i would ask the store to take out the internal pockets and add some external pocket for floater poles.

I use two stealth nets (weight is critical and they don't tangle) and hang them like Indio above. Get one in woodland (dark green) and one in harvest so you can change them with the back ground. Go for 5m lengths as there are three spans between 4 hide poles and the extra two meters makes the gaps from the last pole to the hedge. I agree with the posts above about thorns and brambles but ( i shoot 3 -4 times a week) its manageable.

Also worth thinking about how you will get to the place you shoot. I have several places to shoot that require a good bit of carrying to get to them and all the spinners, flappers (batteries) and the like can weigh a ton. Good camo is worth the money and i have a summer and winter net which i use one behind the other depending on season. I would start with a min at least then you can sit in the hide and imagine it will be better when you get more stuff. Then when you do you can leave it at home and wish you had saved the money in the first place. Final point is buy the best you can get a lot of the kit is rubbish. For a bag take a look at this http://endicotts.co.uk/component/virtuemart/rucksacks-packs-kit-bags-92 only £17 for the best quality and its supper strong.

How do you get on with the escort? I got one this year and now i am cleaning it with SAS spray its great. But after about 5000 shells there is a small burr forming at the front of the ejector port. Have you noticed the same?

I have a couple of farms with old barns which are ideal on days like that. Even one where i can park my car in the front and shoot out the back. A bit like a drive in hide.

To me it depends on where you are shooting, how often you go etc. I use the deben swivel stool as often i have to walk in to a shooting spot, and it works on all types of ground. But ,,,, it their are lots of design faults with it (IMO) leg adjustmet too short, adjustment buttons too small, feet pads are too small and break easily but mostly it works. I like the look of the four legged plastic one above but it looks a bit big, and 4 legs not 3? Sometimes wonder if shooters get involved in the design of these things?

I think now i would have gone for the 26", I dont know if there are any down sides bur for hide work which is pretty much what i do I think it could be better?

I have one in black. Apart from the first week when i couldnt hit anything (after using an O/U) its great. I use only game bore no6, 29g, 70mm case, which generaly cycle ok. One thing to watch out for is the length. I have a 28" barrel and should probably have gone shorter. Its as long as my 30" silver pigeon. I have had mine since may and put about 3000 shells through it and i have noticed a burr starting to form on the front edge of the receiver. I can only guess its caused through contact with the exiting shells? Anyone else noticed this?

I had the kit bag it lasted just 5 weeks (I shoot 3 to 4 times a week). Its made of some very poor quality material which wears jut loading it in the car boot. The magnet spike went through the bottom the second day out (even with the spike cover on). Far better to get a ex army bag of some sort.This is the one i have now it wont wear out http://endicotts.co.uk/component/virtuemart/rucksacks-packs-kit-bags-92. I dont like the FUD decoys as they are Static, heavy, hard to push into solid ground, require assembly each time, pick up a lot of soilwhich ends up with your kit, generaly cumbersome to use. Shells are good but full body is probably better if you have the space. I am still trying to make my mind up about a seat. I have a Deben swivel tripod. The feet have been replaced after three months. Its light and ok to sit on but a little too low and the leg adjusters could be easier.

I am in Somerset and shoot 3 to 4 times a week over 4000 acres. Pigeons are few and far between with bags in the 20's to low 30's mostly. They are about but dispersed and not in large flocks. Crows and rooks on the other hand are everywhere particulalrly on the dairy farms with large 500 plus flocks. Bags of 50 plus quite common and a total this year of close to 1000. Harder to decoy easier to shoot?

There are too many other food options here. If they start getting shot at ain one place they can easily move to another. My farmers also a bit quick off the mark no sooner was the first field cut than the mucks out over the stubble. Still plenty more to go at and its good for rooks and crows especially if its wet this week which looks likely.

There's more to shooting than shooting birds. Half the fun for me is getting closer to wildlife. Today was on the crows when the farmer asked me to tackle some pigeons on downed barley. It was a nightmare the birds were only coming to the rotary and then veering off early. I managed a lucky dozen but the shot count was off the scale. A great day out in the hedge!!

I was in a wheat field this week ( its about 3 weeks from ripe) and the rooks had knocked down a patch in the centre, which was being attacked by both rooks and pigeon. I tried to decoy from the field edge but the birds were coming in about 70 metre's out. After numerous long range shots and only two birds in the bag (can't remember the number of shots ) I decided to set up the hide in the patch of broken wheat in the centre. I made the hide into a 1m square box which stood out like a sore thumb in the 1m high stalks, and thought I would have no chance but it worked like a dream until the heavens opened.