mike555

Hi, we are thinking of putting a few extra birds down this year but think that the pens are perobebly at there maximum or near to. i was wondering if we could use the pens twice. to release a only few in say late July so the pens don't get ruined and then again when we normally do at the beginning of September allowing just over a month or so for recovery time Any thoughts would be useful cheers mike

Hi I was wandering if anyone has had any experience with cover drilled in August or early September and had good results. We have strict places we can have our cover this year, but once the wheat is off we can have them where ever we want over winter. There seems to be a couple of mixes on the bostons seeds website containing brassicas and fodder radish but I don't want them to be 3" off the ground in November and be flat in December. Any help would be greatly appreciated Mike

Hi guys looking for a new lamp and any recommendations would be great my last lamp was £30 odd quid and did the job, not brilliant but I'm not paying top £££ Looking for something in the same price range I know that the more you spend the better you get but just don't have the money Many thanks in advance

Hi guys after 80-100 ex layers im in Northamptonshire so anywhere in the East Midlands would be ideal to keep delivery down anybody know who I could call? Cheers Mike

Hi This will be the first season releasing pheasants, we are planning to release 80 in partridge pens, I know people say there's no point in releasing that many but A.) we don't shoot many only a couple of brace a day B.) we have neighbours that release birds and don't want to be seen as poaching there's I was wandering if anyone could give me any tips eg Feed (in the pen and out) Will I need grit Size of pen and how many will fit in Best time of year to release Thanks for any advice

Cheers for the replies lads seems we're gunna have to put our hands in our pockets

Normally I can get hold of wheat almost for free but this year I can only get barley or oats would it be worth getting wheat inn and paying extra or is oats and barley good enough???

cheers for the help guys i think i was told when i bought it that it what 1/2 and 3/4 the wealth of knowledge and willingness to help on this forum never ceases to amaze thanks again

hi i have a BRNO sbs and wandering what the choke on it was, on the barrels it says the chokes are 17,6 and 17,8 but what dose that mean as far as it being 1/2 or full etc any advice would be helpful cheers

I will be at the shooting show this Saturday if anyone wishes to veiw it

thanks for all the suggestions and feed back i think ill try and put down some birds next year into long cover it seems like the next logical step anyway ill try and get in tough with the neighbours to show them what i'm up to as well cheers

hi over the last 3 years i have been trying to increase the number of birds on my land by using cover strips, feeders, habitat improvements and predator control its only small (140 acres) and has no where suitable to put birds down! i am really paranoid i could be upsetting my neighbours, we shoot maximum 30 birds per year so not too many the idea is to increase the wild population especially grey partridge (although we dont shoot them), its become a brilliant hobby and this year i'm seeing great results but i don't want my neighbours thinking i'm poaching there birds don't get me wrong im under no illusion and no full well that there will be a percentage of birds that will come on to my land and that we will shoot but i can also see the results of the time and money we put in too. i would really appreciated what you guys think and what you think i should be doing cheers mike

haha sorry meant to put for next season (2014/2015)

hi i am wondering if anyone can help im looking for a shooting trip for 4 possibly 6 anywhere in the UK excluding Ireland offering mini driven/walked up days with a bag of around 30-50 with the possibility of evening duck or goose flights. any help would be very useful cheers

price drop to £395