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As above BUT ALWAYS ensure the barrels are pointing somewhere safely anyway as feet are very useful parts of peoples anatomy. Ask me why I know this ???? Late 50s, Young Farmers Jamboree near Nuneaton and a clay shoot. One lad turned and closed his gun the correct way but the gun went off and blew the side off his mates foot who was loading for him. The chap had to live with a serious limp the rest of his life. I have also had it happen to me but fortunately the gun was pointing at the ground and clear of anyone else. It does make you shudder for while. Stay safe!!

..............or a plane escape chute................

As said last week just passed the 200 mark off a slurry pit on one of my farms in two years. The odd one or two venture in now and again. I'm on the edge of a huge area of National Forest so there will always be a few coming in but hopefully less going out. If you have access to a farm yard/silage/slurry pit then it is worth putting up a permanent hide if you can and they get used to it being there. I was able to do just that, in fact I have two and they have paid off. Just wack 'em with the air rifle then. You have to have the time and patience though. A few jackdaws, crows and barn pigeons can relieve the boredom They particularly like maize silage and the nesting/breeding season is the best time, along with July/August when any youngsters show up. They do need constant attrition as they will build up again very quickly.

A muntie shot this last week by a friend turned out to be a surprise when I measured it. It looked a bit thin in the beam but was wide and long. Careful measurements put it at 61.9 and had it not broken one and a half mill off its right antler tip it would have been well in. Some good munties showing up around the National Forest these days.

I was sat in one of my cabins waiting for a tree rat and noticed that leaves where falling like it was October. The poplars are usually the first to lose leaves but not before the end of September here in Leicestershire. I have already run around the grass areas with the mower once, to shred them making it easier for the grass to grow through. Tree tops thinning enough to flight pigeons. Obviously due to the unusually dry spell and it will be interesting to see if December and January turn out like '76 '77 when tractors couldn't get onto the fields without sinking up to the axles after torrential rainfall for weeks. Looking at the forecast predicted for September looks like some pleasant days on the partridges as the dry weather continues but temps drop.

They are not easy to get back in the bag the second, third , fourth or fifth times either ..... a mind of their own. I have the Bushwear Tpee and we wrestle often. BUT a great bit of kit.

Was about to say shoot the mouse .....joking apart you have to find some way of getting lubrication in there obviously. A spray with penetrating oil to start with see if that gets in and save all the disassembly.

Wife

Hah!! Not for real men then

See a letter in the Telegraph of all places from some scrounger in Brazil complaining not enough is being done for Venezuelans who are streaming across the border into Brazil as if that is our problem. I cannot comment on that Trot Corbyn on Dr's orders. It does my blood presure no good at all. My fatherinlaw a face worker down the mines and staunch Labour supporter would be turning in his grave.

I have two pairs I purchased from Aldi two years ago for about the same price. Washed numerous times but still look like new. Will nip in and see if our branch has the green ones. Thanks for the heads up.

Have a look at John Brocklehurst's site. Not cheap but some of the best shirts I have ever purchased. Good arm length, plenty of room, nice material and feel comfortable when on. Will last and last.

Nice shoe but I'm the same, sometimes a 10 but often an 11. There akin to the old Trickers.

Totally agree with you BUT as good as breeks even plus 4s are, they could not be called the sort of attire you could wear everyday which was my point. Walk into the pub on a Friday night in breeks and you might get your leg pulled. Of course for any breeks you have to add the cost of a couple of pairs of long socks which are not cheap these days.

No help on the app, but personally I think keeping records in a nice Game Book is far better. Future generations will still pick it up and gaze in wonderment at what you and we got up to today. Example, I had a friend who was Head Keeper for a big estate and one day he was driving through the park and saw the Lady of the Manor burning stuff on a fire. He pulled up to offer his help only to see that she was tossing old books and files into the flames. He picked up one book only to find it was a leather bound account of shooting days a hundred years before. He asked if he could have it and it became his possession. He lent me the game book as he knew I worked in the Solihull area and there were references to days shooting in Elmdon Park ...like 280 rabbits, 120 partridge etc etc., It was amazing because it related to shooting over the area now covered by the Birmingham International Airport. I sincerely hope it is a long time before you depart this world Big Al but if the records are electronic I feel they might just get destroyed. I have four such personal records of my 'sporting life' one old diary refers to the year 1956 Sunday January 1st " I went a walk round our farm and Uncle Bills farm with Bob (a mate) and Rosa (our corgi dog) . We took the gun but didn't shoot anything. I was fifteen years old and carrying my Grandfathers 12 gauge BSA (which I still have ) walked down the lanes and through the village and no person blinked an eye.

The moths not a real problem, just an extra bit of protein

The jump from £450 to a £1000 is an extra £600, please explain where this money is spent on manufacturing because it ain't rocket science. With CNC machining these days the quality should be pretty consistent. I have a T/C Encore and my friend has a Blaser but strangely the deer seem to fall over just the same.

No Golden Gage this year, very few Vics and the Czar are going bad on the tree due to moth. The 'Little Green Plum' Bulace are doing OK so two or three litres of vodka next time I am in Aldi.

Now that is funny

Blackthorn are not as bad but almost as long to produce as walnuts which take upwards of 20yrs. Eventually you will wish you never planted them, sucker like the divil. I noticed today the plum and damson trees in my orchard are already showing signs of ripening so sloes might just also be early this year. A month in the freezer does them the world of good.

Beat me to it. Just according to how much more he needs. A few layers of insulation tape on the lower mount as often solved the problem for me. Or search around and make up a set of rings with the front one slightly lower than the back. I purchased a set once...no names no pack drill...but a well known manufacturer and they were just that ...drove me mad till I put the calipers on them.

Those Krals shipped to the USA are same as FAC....are they available in that form here. Look tidy and reviews appear pretty good (mainly American reviews).

Frosty solution. Get an old chest freezer and fill it with bags of 'pig tatters'. 70yrs ago my grandfather used to boil about 5cwt at a time in a large copper my granny used to do the washing in. Mixed with rolled barley or oats even, pulled ducks from far and wide.

If you are not planning a whole season of driven or semi driven days then splashing out on a pair of tweed breeks is overkill. There are some smart waterproof trousers...not over trousers which will do the job and you can wear them for all occasions. Whatever, have fun.

NOT moleskins breeks or trousers. If they get wet you will have hypothermia. Either a pair of waterproof shooting trousers or wool. With regard to the shotgun, that one will do fine. Yesteryear saw very few O/Us but now it is the opposite, unusual to see a SBS. Early season...September into October on nice days at partridge I wear an American style upland shooting vest over my shirt, it doesn't look like a skeet vest and is much more pleasant than the warm coat I wear later on and more practical than just shirt sleeves, so , yes, a shooting vest/gillet is useful, even later in the year if the weather is favorable.