Walker570
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Yep, try the Hornady and then it down to the nut behind the wheel. I shoot a standard CZ 455 and if I have not drank to much coffee and had a good night sleep the rifle will shoot a ragged hole at a 100
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If there is an open topped tree then I would try a lofter or two...or three or four. Pigeons very often want to rest up absorb the food they have eaten before going foraging again. If you have a flightline or any movement then lofted birds will often pull them close. Just my very amateur experience.
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I have one trail cam which I have had for a long time and it appears not to want to take night shots or sometimes even daytime, so I looked at the possibilities of buying a new one.
The choice is endless but my attention was drawn to a very cheap make CAMPARK and I had a look on youtube and there was a good review on there by a guy up north somewhere by his accent.
The shots he had taken with his camera where excellent and his review appeared very honest SOOOOOO !! I had a look on Anazon and found them priced up at less than £50 and ordered two.
They just arrived today and look pretty robust on the outside. Need a couple of the micro SDs and 16 AA batteries, so cannot get them fired up and tested before Monday, but I will report back as to the performance and put up some of the photos........ if there are any that is. So watch this space. When other cameras are six times the amount, if these work reasonably well they have got to be good value.
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....the wood for the trees..... Good article in the Telegraph Magazine today on aliens species, mainly on the Green Menace, parakeets but including grey squirrels.
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Just drove around it on Google Maps and it looks a bit sparse, seems a lot of money for what it is. Not fenced anywhere so open to trespass and fly tipping but as said worth what a potential buyer wishes to pay.
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Yes, VERY GOOD post. It is lethal and probably even more so baked in the sun these last weeks.
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On 19/07/2018 at 11:44, dodeer said:
From experience years ago ; they don’t like strangers turning up unannounced, can’t be bothered to speak to you, normally have someone doing it already, and down here most farms are 1000+ acres so normally got a game shoot on.
I spent a couple of years as an animal feedstuff salesman on a relatively new area. It was not easy I can tell you. Farmers where fickle back then ...50s and early 60s and if anything have got worse. Their everyday life is stressful without some unknown driving into their yards asking unwanted questions. Similarly I am not sure dropping cards etc through letter boxes is much better. Find out your local organised shoots and make enquiries about beating although that is not easy to get into as shoot managers and keepers like a known team but you have to start somewhere.
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2 hours ago, simonm said:
I just got a titan £50 electric one from screwfix to cut down a few trees - it's fine if they're not several feet thick trunks!
I have one of those Titans and it has done a load of work for me. Keep the chain sharp like any other and it will amaze you how large a limb it will cut through.
The Makita with battery is also a good saw and useful/handy to keep in the truck in case you find an obstruction. I also think that is just for the saw not inc the battery.
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Superb picture. I miss having one around now. Every dog we meet these days gets a big cuddle, from Yorkies to Alsatians and those two would get the treatment.
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11 minutes ago, ehb102 said:
Respect for the quarry. You are taking the lives of lots of living creatures, respect for the quarry is part of what differentiates sporting shooting from a massacre.
Yep, that as well.....also sadly lacking by some.
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I am no cyclist, but these guys, all of them have my admiration. I have driven quite a number of those mountain roads and the thought of pedalling up makes my legs turn to jelly.
I am rooting for the 'Welshman', he deserves to win, he has worked tirelessly to put others in prime position over the years. Hope the management do not pull him back.
Slightly off tack... I live in a small village with a slight hill alongside my yard. I am stunned .... amazed as club teams come up at close on the speed limit and they are all chatting about what they did the night before, like they are going downhill.
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It's called 'tradition', sadly becoming very rare in this country of ours. Saw a scruffy MP sat behind Boris during his speech with no tie today, totally out of order.
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ditchy you know you should not use the word 'mounted' in your condition, it will get you far too excited.
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6 hours ago, ditchman said:
i should be mounted on a wall when i go ...........cause my head is full of resin anyway..........the half inch UNF thro my skull will be just my style
4 hours ago, Old farrier said:We could put you above the mantelpiece
that should keep small children away from the fire ??
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I'll leave that for other members and the moderators to decide.
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In the Landie, an over the counter stocked medium sized First Aid kit, In my shoulder bag when out with the rifle/s is a smaller kit with Antisep. Cream (germolene) Midge cream(Jungle Form) Anti Sep wipes, plasters and a couple of larger wound dressings and tape. I always have a large roll of paper towel...the blue rolls you see in milking parlours and such ...and a large flask of clean water in the Landie. This doubles for washing hands after a gralloch and I also have a bottle of veterinary liquid soap wash.
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I have done just that in the past. Filled the brain cavity with resin and put a 3/16 inch bolt head well into the resin and supported it whilst it sets. Drill hole through wood and recess the back to take a small washer and thin nut. Also done a few using a small block of wood J&B'd to the inside of the brain cavity with a hole drilled which slided over a small nail knocked in the wall/beam.
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14 hours ago, Clodhopper said:
Thanks Walker, my thoughts were along those lines. Electric and a .243 will be the main protection, my other thoughts were to put plenty of branches etc in the pen to occupy them. The nearby wood is on a very steep slope so a permanent traditional type pen will be difficult to build so we want to try it out as such, before we do something more costly in both time and money
The circumstances I quoted were in a ride running up and through a steep sided wood hanging over a valley. Very difficult as you describe to erect a traditional pen.
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neil w what are you smoking....?????
Swarovski binos are expensive and the lenses did crack and they had to be returned... I fail to see what is humorous about that. I have a distinct SNIFF of a TROLL here.
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A number of years ago, in fact early 80s, a friend of mine, the late Stuart Jarvis, Head Keeper at Glanusk Park, trialled releasing pheasants in a wood using pen sections. He was mustard on vermin which would be the main problem. I did see a couple of drives from that wood and the one above it that season and things went reasonably well, but I don't believe he continued the idea as he was a traditional keeper.
I would think a very effective electric fence around the set would be needed and if I remember Stuart had a miriad small feeders through the wood and the birds where actually released/pen sections lifted within a few weeks and lots of dogging in.
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I was very fortunate to buy my binos at probably trade price from a small shop in Scotland, they were covered in dust because they wouldn't sell at the RR price. I made a sensible offer. I still have them to this day after almost thirty years. I also have two sets of Hawke binos and they are superb at a fraction of the price. Don't fully understand your message. Never mentioned a #### scope just #### Swarovski customer relations.
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Anyone who comes to my home for an evening meal and turns out to be a veggie or vegam has to eat what suits them. I do not ever go out of my way to accomodate these people, there will be plenty of vegetables and potatoes and fruit so that is all they need to survive. Knowing who I am likely to ivite then the conversation will revolve around the countryside, killing squirrels etc., if they don't like the atmosphere then they have to leave. Period. My wife suggested to a nice guy at the opposite end of the village that he and his wife come for supper one night. He said, " Oh, she is vegan". My wife replied, " Well that's put the stopper on that then ".
Back to your 'delema' ..It is your day, do what you two wish to do and ....well I was going to say the devil takes the hindmost but that might be a bit strong, but you know what i mean......
..... I HOPE.
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You can get a clay coming at you but never twisting and swooping like a woodie looking for the best place to land PLUS clays do not accelerate, woodies can and do with apparent ease.
I shoot a lot of 'game birds' and have shot quail, but in my opinion non are as sporting as a woodie, flighting to decoys or to a roost. No comparison.
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Yes, gone earily quiet here in West Leics and also last week in three woods in Lincolnshire I visited expecting a lot of shooting. Flip tops not getting much attention either. I have two walnut trees absoluted laden with nuts and a Kentish Cob Nut tree also heavily laden and into August I seem to see an influx of tree rats after these but at the moment nothing. One satisfying experience this week was when i was moving a large pile of logs and found a tree rat skin and bones where one had run to when I thought I had missed it last November time. Obviously didn't. Too late to log that now.
One of those days.
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Been there done that. Took tractor down the wood to shift some large timber yesterday and having just lifted one log the engine spluttered and died.... it never ever does that !!!!!
lifted hood and low and behold the fuel tank was dry. No problem walked the 400yrds back to the workshop for a can of diesel but both 5 gallon cans seemed awful light.....
normal when they are empty ...... 18 mile round trip to fuel supply company ..... topped off tank anmd then bled the pump and engine fired up. What started as a twenty minute job took three hours. I feel your pain.