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Follow up needed after lung hit roe doe made it 15 yards into a ditch thickly overgrown with blackthorn etc. No way to take a safe and efficient follow up shot with a rifle, even getting in there was a painful experience. A .410 pistol would have been ideal, as that was not available a knife was used.

There is the legal way to do it without doubt, however the legal process is inherently unsafe and I believe that the police and chief constables are fully aware of this and so take the pragmatic view that the safest transfer is when the gun is fully tracked and that the recipient is confirmed by an RFD, who they inherently trust, who then also enters the gun on to the recipients licence. Suppose I am not a licence holder, I am not honest at all but I have some knowledge and am believable and I have managed to get hold of some good pictures of a gun. I then advertise it on a social media site and someone wants to buy it - because it is a bargain, I am having to sell it because my kid has some nasty etc etc. There is almost a 100% chance, due to the way we always tend to trust other licence holders, I will be believed if I suggest that the buyer sends me his/her licence and transfers the money to my bank account saying that I will then RFD to RFD the gun to them. Licence goes off, money gets transferred - buyer disappears, has money and also has licence. Now police have a bit of a 'mare to sort out but the licence holder has done nothing wrong in the eyes of the law.

start with the cheapest, making sure that sufficient stock is available if it turns out OK (I like to buy in batches of 100 once I have found a good one) then work your way up in price if needed - there are no short cuts - you have to put in the time, money and effort yourself to find the best for your barrel

Sounds like I had the best evening - out for look around a new perm assessing Munty activity and impact

I once commented to my Dr about homeless folk in Cambridge. His reply was a bit away from what I expected. He said that he used to be a GP in Cambridge and had dealt with the 'homeless' a lot. Apparently there are a great many empty hostel beds available in Cambridge every night. They are empty because you are not allowed drugs or alcohol inside. So it appears that sometimes homelessness is a personal choice.

That is my bad - sorry folks - getting my lists mixed up - I hate getting old and slow - getting my head around stewardship is a bit of a mare. Glad you have some Turtle doves NB - a couple of years since I have seen one

Best to put the all of the information rather than a snippet that might mislead Page 13 of GL36 u. Birds killed or taken under this licence may be eaten but, with the exception of the Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus), may not be sold for human consumption.

sorry - my bad - ignore this

I also took what you wrote in the right way - but then have seen a fair few of your posts so have the advantage over LB

My House/contents renewal quote with NFU just went up by 50% - probably because the farmhouse over the road was done and they want to get their money back. After I informed them quite clearly that I would not be taking up their generous offer and to remove me completely from any further communication, their accounts department then proceeded to ignore all my rights under GDPR and try and email me with a bill. I USED to think that the NFU were pretty decent.

Have not had a problem with fibre wads in an Armsan 610 - 30g 6's

Just been contacted asking me to 'do the rabbits' again - this farm is on the Suffolk/Norfolk border - last time I culled was in 2016 so very similar experiences to everyone else I think. On my way to work this morning I saw a weasel chasing some young rabbits, something I have not seen for quite a while.

Generalisations are very easy to make but I think every case has to be assessed individually. If two 14 year olds genuinely fall in love we (society) need to be pragmatic - I know of at least one case where they are now in their 60s, still together with some great kids - yet technically they both broke the law. I have also known two adult male teachers who preyed on young boys - shame we ever did away with crucifixion where they are concerned as the damage to normal life would have been lifelong. If a boy who has just turned 16 falls in love with a girl of 14 society is suddenly very hard on the sixteen year old boy who might be less mature than the girl. Now reverse it and the girl has just turned 16 and the boy is 14 - she is now a sexual predator? My line in the sand gets drawn at 18 when folk are deemed to be adults - it is at this age when I find far less reason not to chastise them for predating on an under 16 or ensuring that the person is genuinely 16 or over.

We are still trying to fill the last 2 places on our small diy syndicate - no enquiries since the GL - so affecting shooting in general

Try contacting https://www.thomasturner.com/ they should be able to give you info and value - they often advertise on the flyfishing forum

Would a shell fuse not have a thread on it to screw it in?

NGO BASC and BDS - I think they all need our support despite not being 'perfect' - whilst I can afford it I will stay with all 3

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Cuckoo was calling all day on and off at Grafham last Saturday we also get them regular as clockwork on the marshy ground on the farm. Saw my first song thrush for a while yesterday evening. Sadly no lapwings on the farm now despite being organic, leaving oat and barley stubble all winter and generally being the last farm the contractor drills (something to do with our relatively 'dirty' home grown seed clogging up his drill)

My recent interactions with the police during HD incidents and the ensuing chats lead me to believe that they spend a good deal of their time dealing with drunk, drugged and misbehaving younger members of our society in town centres. No contest in my book - find the ******* that beat the dog and deal with him. Dog today but who tomorrow? So crime prevention makes him a more than reasonable target in my eyes.

There are days when these are most definitely good deterrents

You do not have to go back quite that far, William III was supposed to have started the national debt. As he was Dutch maybe we should ask them for retrospective compensation ....... Chances of Corbyn or any other political party for that matter not borrowing even more money to buy votes is pretty non-existent

That is how it should be RW but .... http://www.nationaldebtclock.co.uk/ The money ran out a long time ago - most governments have been using theoretical money for some time Think Germany is any better? https://commodity.com/debt-clock/germany/ I don't think my screen is wide enough for the USA debt figure proper economics - not spending what you do not have or can reasonably afford to repay political economics - borrow whatever you can to win votes

+1 Does anyone really believe that a manifesto from any political party has any meaning or influence in the real world? They are simply a collection of sound bites designed to get a vote. All they do is to devalue the paper that they are written on and keep printers and journalists in work. The 2 main parties have had it cosy for too long, time for a political revolution.