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Pest control is pest control. Wether they are sat still or flying, they are pests and need to be controlled.
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On my game shoot we dont start to shoot birds untill November as they are just not fully tailed up and are still quite small.
Very simple solution to your problem.......get the poults out to wood earlier next year.
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Double, triple, even quadruple the number of drinkers you have around the shoot, in the woods, in the covers etc etc. You can NEVER have too
much water.
Also, you say you keep your drinkers topped up until the start of the season? You need to keep them topped up right through the season, and after the season.
Birds still need water after you've finished shooting......
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I always de-cap, clean, re-size.
This way you are re-sizing clean cases which, in my mind, can only help consistency. As Redgum rightly says, consistency is the key to accurate reloading.
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to get trophy and brag-why else would you send it into the BASC magazine?
That comment could be applied to all PW members who post pictures of their kills on this forum.......
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A ground anchor specifically for use on sand?
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Every thing i shoot is food,And ALL Of it gets eaten,I Would,nt shoot anything i,m not going to eat,But hey ho,Everyone to there own thing
Interesting to hear exactly what and how many you shoot?
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Put down approx 200 Melanistics this year as an experiment. We're shooting on saturday so I can pop some tail
feathers in the post if you still need some BJ.
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Here you go Dougy, Carlton Moor Range
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There is also the real ugly version http://ukgunworks.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=shellcatcher
The thing that matters is this one really works, and works well! I've had one for months and never had a single complaint
from the landowner or the pigeons about it's looks.......
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It would be a major mistake putting back the shooting season for pheasants for a month. First you are shooting birds that have survived the worst part of the winter when food is at its shortest and the breeding season is just around the corner. By killing wild pheasants in Feb you will be killing the seed crop for next seasons breeding. Secondly what would happen to late winter pigeon roost shooting ? It would have to be stoped or at the very least put back a month or more close to the time when the woods need to be quiet as the game are starting to get ready to nest. Last year we had pheasants laying by early April , so they would have been selecting nest sites by at least mid March.
By putting back the shooting season a month may mean a few late bred mallard would be bigger birds , but mallard are breeding very early these days and i shoot a lot of well coloured males by mid september. I have caught from the end of January mallard( for ringing study ) with eggs inside them and mallard are sitting by March. The loss of September duck shooting would mean may teal would pass through the country before the start of shooting and put an end to most stubble shooting.
The seasons are a fair balance as they are and the only people who would benifit from an extended season are the shoots that only worry about reared birds and do not care about wild stock.
An excellent post.
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i would personally move the pheasant season so that it started on 1st of november and ended on the 1st of march. october is a wasted month as cover is still heavy
Why is heavy cover a problem? There's no cover in the sky where the birds are shot...
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He may be politically incorrect at times, but least he says what he thinks.....such a shame most others don't do the same.
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I have a Browning canvas and leather padded slip for sale if you're interested.
Brand new and unused, with tags etc. Never even taken out of original packaging.
Won it at a clay shoot but already have a leather slip.
£90 inc postage.
With the leftover you could also get him a matching cartridge bag?
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I totally agree with you about the wild birds and woodcock etc. having more time to be ready.
But any shoot that puts birds down, and can't be bothered to put in the effort to get them early enough
so they will be ready, needs a new keeper.
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I would rather shoot dec, jan, feb
1. Birds would be further along, and better fliers, good tails etc
2. leaf cover would be down so you could see the damn things.
3. Hate feb so would be something to see the end of winter
1. Surely if the birds aren't ready when you shoot them, then put them out earlier rather than extending the season. :blink:
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BASC wasting members time and money again on something that will never happen
Spot on!
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How does the warranty work on this? Do FoxPro warrant it and therefore all warranty claims have to go back to the US?
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I sold a shotgun to a Pigeonwatch member about 18 months ago.
He called me two months after the sale asking if he should notify the Police of his purchase. :blink:
The mind boggles sometimes.
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get a few larsen traps out and sort it yourself for your own satisfaction
It's fox taking his chickens, not carrion and magpies.....
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Is it really a 3 month wait in Northants at the moment (I am near Towcester for the chap that asked)?
Unfortunately it is Seamus, I'm about 3 miles north of Towcester up the A5. Also, it won't be easy (I won't say impossible) getting the fox condition on your .22LR I'm afraid, I 'keeper a shoot over 3000 acres and they wouldn't let me have it. Northants are pretty strict in that respect.
Another thought......Walk your boundary and find out where he/they are coming in, then put some wires out.
If you do need a hand drop me a PM. More than happy to come along, help you out, and show you the ropes etc.
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Whatever caliber you decide it is not going to happen overnight, Northants are quoting a 3 month turnaround on new FAC applications at the moment (I am mentoring a young lad who has just applied), which is not going to help your immediate problem.
If you need it sorting quickly your best bet is to see if anyone with an open FAC will help you out.
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I don't always agree with everything that Ackley says, but I totally agree with his OP here.
Dekers, you are getting very very boring with your constant 'for the sake of it' attacks on Ackley, for christs sake man give it a rest.
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But sleeping 8hrs around the house is the exception rather than the rule, they are generally very high energy dogs that can be destructive if not given what they are bred for
Not really, my GSP's are kenneled during the day and sleep for most of it. A good long walk morning and evening whilst not
actually out shooting and they're fine, never have ANY of my GSP's been destructive using this excercise regime.
If you think about it, for every 1 working GSP there will be at least 5 that are show/pet dogs, and I'll wager
that not all of them are destructive.......
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