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Cross a 'Pocket Rocket' with a Springer and you get the best and worst of both breeds. IF you have the ability you can finish up with a very good dog but give them half a chance and you will have real trouble. They are not dissimilar to GSP/Viszla they require firm handling right from word go and that doesn't mean hauling them up by the ears as I have seen a number of spaniel owners do ..that's just a sign THEY have failed not the dog. It starts right from their first meal. That includes Labs as well.
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No truer word spoken
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12 minutes ago, scotslad said:
Must admit i look at working dogs a wee bit differently.esp when giving advice to a 1st time/novice handler.
Instead of looking ofr the best of each breed u want to be looking for both the worst and ur average dogs of that breed and thinking could i handle a dog as poor as that??
If u were a betting man a lab would be a fairly safe odds on favourite (very good chance u'll end up with a decent shooting dog), ur spaniel would be more of an outside bet (but with a bit of luck and hard work u might end up with a decent dog) an HPR is just a 300/1 shot in the national.(if it comes in ur the happiest man alive and shout it from the roof tops, but usually/often u'll end up with problems and never tell anyone.) U don't have to speak to that many hpr owners to hear a few horror stories.
As a 1sr working dog for a complete novice it really has to be a Lab, does everything u want plus really easy to train and also really forgiving dogs for when u make mistakes usually very easy to rectify.
Also usually prety easy the rest of the time in ur day to day life (usually friendly, placid quiet etc)
Out of courisoty why would u reccommend a sprocker?? Is it really going to do anything different from either a springer or a cocker?
I'd advise u to avoid any of the HPR breeds, can be great dogs in the right hands but can be complete nightmares if u either don't know wot ur doing or get a very 'fired up' individual. Can be massive variations in temperments between individuals
I work my dogs on a lot of different shoots and being honest most working dogs are pretty poorly trained and many are terrible, in most cases u can live with a poor lab, a poor spaniel can be a nightmare but depending how poor again u can cope, a poor hpr is just a nightmare full stop.
Despite coming across as a lab man i'm not really each breed has its own merits and flaws, but a lab is probably more average/good and most things.whereas some other breeds excel at 1 thing but are poor at others.
A good dog is never the wrong colour or breed
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Where did you find that girl from mel?? They are beautiful. I know she is pretty smart with the leather but this is a whole new level. True artistry.
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On 22/07/2018 at 23:39, smokingdragon said:
I work for a finance multi national and under the covers they are shifting everything to Europe now. I work in IT and the migration of IT stuff is getting scary and this is common. We have good European guys who who will no longer consider a posting to UK and we are having to offload stuff to Eastern europe to keep going. From my perspective Brexit is insular and approacing xenophobic.
and of course they couldn't care less about this country only their own bottom line. Bound to be some rats jumping ship even though it will continue to float.
I have no doubt reading between the lines that the EU are beginning to panic behind closed doors as they see that May has been sussed by the electorate and a no deal exit is more than likely which would hurt the EU far more than us. Bring it on. For every twenty or more people I speak with about Brexit I occasionally find one who disagrees.
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Yes, excellent read and excellent project. Now what ???????
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On 31/07/2018 at 20:25, Westward said:
Pine martens are famously difficult to spot but they have been caught on video in devon and cornwall. Also there are plans to reintroduce them to the Forest of Dean with the hope that they'll link up genetically with the colonies in Wales. Incidentally, they won't co-exist with grey squirrels and the greys end up drastically reduced in numbers which can only be a good thing. As for big cats they too are mostly chance sightings. I was with 2 of my sons walking home from the pub one August bank holiday and we all saw a big black cat like a puma loping through Ruscombe wood near Stroud in Gloucestershire but there was no chance of getting a pic.
Good luck with your mission. Hope you succeed.
Bah gum, t'is strong stuff that Gloucestershire cider
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Choices choices, what a question. Well my choice , because I have loved every one I have had would be a viszla BUT there again one of my best all rounders was a German Short Hair, but there again by far my best all round hunting dog and parner was my choccie labrador Muffin, so I have to say labrador. Now sit back and wait for the avalanche of other suggestions.
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On 27/07/2018 at 15:09, bruno22rf said:
Absolute tragedy but to call for Airguns to be licensed is pointless - someone on this forum recently commented that you cannot legislate against stupidity and few more sensible words have been spoken. Michael Ryan (Hungerford), Thomas Hamilton(Dunblane) and Derrick Bird (Cumbria) all held the weapons that they used legally so they may as well have carried a voucher for 50% off a Big Mac meal for all the protection that their ticket offered their victims.
Absolutely ...licensing for firearms was not brought in to make people safer, but to have the Government know where guns were...savvy??
As of yet and until the Coroners Inquest we will not know if this young lad accidentally shot himself maybe, so 'supposing' is pointless. As said above, there are those with licenses out there even today who have passed police inspection but who should not be allowed to have any sort of gun, believe me, I have been in the presence of one or two... shudder ... The three mentioned above had all been 'passed' by the police as stable upright folk although in the case of Hamilton, the police officers on the street, who made the enquiry into him said he should not have a license but the senior police officer was know to have said, I know this man better than most, and issued the license.
A piece of paper will not solve stupidity or simple careless irresponsible handling/use unfortunately proved many times.
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4 hours ago, Mice! said:
This has made me smile, everyone laughs at my still red Mondeo, but I've always said its fine because all the other Muppets on the road can see me.
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The world has gone a bit crazy on these things and yes, unfortunately it may revolve around the police officer dealing. As said, if it is in your shooting kit or in your pocket whilst you are shooting/fishing then no problem, but walking into Tesco's with it hanging from your belt might draw attention. My Land Rover contains a myriad things which could be classed as offence weapons but all are in tool boxes. Hopefully common sense would prevail.
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Yep, I was crazy back in the late 40s early 50s and fired lots of that old Home Guard stuff through my grandfathers 12 gauge BSA boxlock which still sits in my gun safe today BUT better safe than sorry. I'm out of date in my reckoning but what is the maximum number of shot which makes it FAC..I think it used to be five but may be wrong. If anyone remembers the double egg cases...20 dozen I believe, well an ex Home Guard Officer dropped one of those at the farm in about 1949/50 and it was full of 22RF mostly Winchester and boxes of 12 gauge BBs but some bird shot 4s and 5s.
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Thanks, yes walshie I meant sim card. I'll check the cards and see if they are compatible.
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I reload Fiocchi 3 inch cases and both plastic wad and fibre wad reloads tear/burn the end sof the cases. I actually have had this happen with factory shells as well, particularly RC but also some Eley. Sometimes almost half the case goes up with the shot load !!!
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Is it possible to take the chip from one mobile and put it in another newer model and have it work ok?
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I have had the shorthair and have shot with a man with a wirehair and there is not much difference. Get them trained right and they are killing machines. As said above, strong willed and must be given work. My GSP Mole was a killing machine and never ever told me a lie BUT many times he would question MY decision. Remember once running him up a thick hedge on the down wind side about 200yrds he got to the top looked back and I called him to heel. I said to my companions the hedge was clear of any game but being spaniel owners they insisted in working their dogs up it to no available. If you think you have it in you to handle and train one succesfully then you will have no finer rough shooting dog and deer dog and a great companion.
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Should have had that yesterday....in fact could have done with one of those 'blunderbuses' with the end belled out ....probably would still have missed
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Try just drawing a cross with a magic marker on some card. I hate those 'bow and arrow' targets. Nothing to square up your cross hairs with.
I keep all the bits of white card that come with packages and draw a simple cross and then put a dot at inch intervals along the lines which helps in any adjustment needed.
No problem with the scope. you just don't have anything to line up on shooting at a round dot.
and always zero on max setting. Had friends tell me the sightes jump about too much doing that, difficult telling them they jump about just as much on minimum but you can't see it.
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Yep lots of developement. My first decoy ever was a wooden one carved and painted by my grandfather. Shooting cartridges with black lines around them and little WD arrows, stuff from Home Guard stores
Still have the brass resizing ring he had to resize the odd paper case which had swelled a bit. Happy days.
I was looking at some cradles for dead birds this week. I make mine from high tensile electric fencer wire and in different heights. Set one or two on high ones if there is a breeze and they will rock back and forth where the commercial ones I saw, although well made were too stiff to do that.
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51 minutes ago, marsh man said:
Someone must strong arms to push those bales over rape stubble and then turn a couple over , make my ole back ache just thinking about it , the best I could have done was to push two into a V shape with a desert storm net hung over the front , then the bales would have to be the small one , the large ones I just use one side or the end with a couple of nets , nice afternoons sport Walker 570
I think the farmers grandson may have been shooting there and he would have the Manitou handy
The Mossy moderated 410s are also very tight chokes and these birds today were dropping in wings tucked and realy too close. At 20yrds the pattern is only about 18 inches on mine at that distance ....heh!! I have to find some excuse
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Many moons ago I used to get some formalin from the chemist and although it was not 100% stuff , when injected into pigeons it would not only preserve them, but set them in whatever position you chose. Used to breast out stuff kitchen paper in and roughly sew up and then inject all over with formalin. VERY nasty stuff so if you can get hold of some then handle with GREAT care. Used to have six set up as feeders and store them in a ladies pair of tights with toes cut off and that way they would slide through without damaging the feathers and a couple set for the home made 'whirly' I had before magnets, talking over 30yrs ago. Now like today, I'm lazy, just 3 or 4 frozen and a floater.
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Have a look at the Cabela's wed site. I have two pairs of their thin leather shooting gloves and they are superb. Any trouble getting them shipped give me a pm.
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First chance this year to get on the stubbles. Could see a good flight line, in fact two distinct flight lines across a field of rape stubble over the weekend and although had a better place on some wheat stubble, thought I would try that first. Got up there about 12.30p and someone had already pushed four bales together and found one 12 gauge empty shell but not a lot of feathers anywhere. I only had three frozen decoys and my fishing rod floater, so got them set up. Drpped the floater down till it was just touching the stubble and bobbing about rather than flying. I put four hide poles inside and some camo netting to give me some protection from the sun and also cover any birds view coming from behind. I was shooting my Mossy moderated 410 which I have not shot for over a year and missed the first five clean, not a happy bunny. Things did not improve much through the first box, anyway to shorten the tale, I drew stumps at 4pm having run out of shells ..81shells fired total and picked 22 bodies from the rape stubble but had counted seven down in the adjacent maize field and without a dog impossible to retrieve. As I returned to the Landie a young fox stepped out of the hedge only 20yrds away so it is in for a good feed tonight. So 29 altogether. Shot like a clown, but still had a most enjoyable 3hrs sport. Pretty confirdent had I been shooting the Yilditz the bag would be double but I was using the moderated gun because the field is virtually in the village.
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Nice little dog and LOOKING for work dad please please