WelshMike

Spot on buddy, well done.

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Lovely animal, well done mate.

Sorry mate I couldnt resist.

Good photo

Well done mate, good shooting and a nice photo of the deer.

Great pic, beautiful birds.

Good write up and a good, memorable, days shooting

Good combination. I have 2 .17hmrs a .243 and a .270 to cover all bases. Glad the new permission is shaping up well. Good old J Dog, a true gent.

Well done lloydi73. What calibres do you shoot with?

Well done mate, a fantastic feeling grassing your first buck.

Well done mate, a great outing. Worth your perseverance.

u.. I was thinking of going to see a show at some point..maybe the Nutcraker

Looks stunning.

+1 go for the best you can afford. I have a couple of hawke scopes which are ok as long as you have a decent objective such as 50mm. In essence you get what you pay for. I have a swarovski Z6I on my .270 and it is a great piece of kit (though with a rrp of £2200 it should be).

Glad to hear it mate.Try not to be so clumsy..though saying that when I was about 15 I was out with the 12 bore and trying to cross a brook that was flooded. Nice dead tree across..perfect..put some weight on and it was ok..full weight on and straight in the brook over my head. Managed to keep the gun in the air so it didnt get wet but I got soaked...funny now but not amused at the time.

Reading that makes my eyes water...hope you are all healed and fighting fit (so to speak).

I though Unicorns were covered on the General Licence? Maybe that just on the Welsh version

Nicely done mate.

Is that the WTFQ ?

Well said fenboy.

+1. Once you crack the nut and get your first ground you can start the name dropping. As soon as farmers know you are serious and do a good job they will mention it to others. I was lucky in that I worked on a farm for many years so picked up my first permission 10 years ago when I moved back to mid wales (farming friend). I looked after the ground very well and after 8 years (as work changed) looked to get some more ground. Spoke to a few people who knew how well I had dealt with pest problems at my first permission and they were happy for me to shoot for them. The key thing is not to take on more ground then you can cope with as there is nothing worse then letting the farmer down. I got some business type shooting cards through vista print and dropped a few off recently. A fair few "no thanks" but one farm I followed up with a letter and got a call. Nice permission (250-300 acres). Unfortunately one of the farms I also shoot (550 acres) mentioned another farm of theirs in the hills that they wanted me to shoot on so I have ended up a bit of a busy fool at the moment as it is another 500 acres. In essence keep on the case mate, you will get there.

Well done U..not sure that you should be using "a real mans gun though" people might get the wrong impression.

dont want your dollie to have an unauthorised thorn in the side (the Pr word gets edited) mate.