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  1. Best hide options

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    On 24/03/2022 at 10:11, TIGHTCHOKE said:

    I really think you are overthinking it all!

    A hide only needs to disguise you and more importantly your movement.

    The military take it to the next level, but we Wood Pigeon Shooters DO NOT NEED TO.

    This

    I have stood still in the middle of a field under a flight line and shot pigeons all afternoon. The wood 50 yards behind me was thick with brambles right to the edge of the barbed wire fence so anything landing in there would have been  non retrievable. I learned how to stand still and just move my eyes that day.

  4. A Schoolboy Error I Am Glad To Make .

    in Talk From The Field

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Scully said:

    I’m assuming you don’t shoot corvids if they appear in range then, in the process of decoying, if you eat what you shoot? 

    No, I do not eat corvids, nor rats that I shoot but then this thread is about pigeons and I eat, or sometimes give to others, all the pigeons I shoot.

    I am saddened for you that instead of enjoying an alternative view to yours that you feel the need to be deliberately contrary.

  9. Pea stubble 90 minute blast

    in Talk From The Field

    Posted

    We spotted some pigeons in good numbers yesterday on a field of pea stubble so although we are a bit pushed for time this week we did manage to grab a short session today. All we had with us were a few cradles so the first challenge was to shoot the first one. I love this sort of challenge that relies more on field craft than 'gizmos'.

    After clapping off the feeding birds we stood simply at the edge of a wood - no nets - just using stillness of body not to give the game away that we were there - green works just as well as expensive camo if you stand still!

    We should (as always) have been a little more selective in the shots we took but with just 61 cartridges between us 26 birds hit the deck. Breasting out at home was done as fast as possible with the green bottles desperate to lay their eggs.

    A few pounds of meat for stews and the bbq is a very welcome bonus these days.

    We left the field with the pigeons still coming back so maybe we will get another chance this week - you just never know if the pigeons have read the script though.

     

  10. Card only sales.

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    My Mrs invested £20 in bitcoin after Paypal made it easy to buy and I had to suffer daily reports of how much profit she had 'made', things are now happily quiet again.

    Meanwhile the gold that I buy her in various forms every birthday and Christmas has become a decent little nest egg over the years with the bonus that the items she wears daily she enjoys.

    A cashless society will be a very sad place in some ways some examples of which that have not so far been mentioned are

    The demise of the tooth fairy

    No more notes enclosed in birthday and Christmas cards from relations

    Village fetes 

    Church collections 

     

  11. Fuel crisis???? No diesel.

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Jaymo said:

    You didn’t look hard enough!!!

    Just driven home from London and obtained diesel near mildenhall and the wife got some in the Norwich bypass

    I do not have enough fuel left to make it to either Mildenhall or Norwich unfortunately. I was hoping things might have caught up by now as no diesel in my area since last Monday

  14. Binoculars prices ???.

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I have compared my vanguard Endeavour ED binos against top of the range swaros. In woodland on a dull winters day or at last light there is a considerable definition difference as range increases, even to my old eyes. If I could afford the swaros I would no longer do so as for woodland stalking a thermal imager is now far more of a game changer at a cost of less than the price differential. On the one occasion I have needed support from Vanguard they very quickly sent me replacement parts FOC hence they get another shout out to let folks know that their after sales service is on a par with Swaros but without the apparent in built cost. 

    I am with Nev though in that folk should always assess whether there is enough light left for sensible tracking of deer before taking a late shot even if their equipment allows enough light transmission especially if you do not have a tracking dog with you.

  15. if its the end of lead, what about .410's

    in General Shooting Matters

    Posted

    here is the link for the NZ regs for those that are interested

    https://fishandgame.org.nz/game-bird-hunting-in-new-zealand/hunting-regulations/non-toxic-shot-regulations/

    I do a lot of ratting on farms with my moderated .410 and sub cartridges which I can now reload myself once my stock of commercials is exhausted. I raised this issue with BASC, in writing and verbally to regional representatives when I was a member.

    Due to the very disappointing irrelevant response that I have received (they gave me details of a trial day for 12g and 20g steel cartridges) I withdrew my financial support of BASC, they have had their chance in my view and appear to care little for the less well off shooter who mainly does useful pest control. 

     

     

  17. Speeding fine

    in Motoring Section

    Posted

    My next door neighbour, an ex traffic cop - there is some karma for you, was done for 36 in a 30 last year, he took it on the chin, paid the hundred quid, declining the course offered with a smile - he is of an age where every day is precious.

    My best mate at school was killed 48 years ago by a car estimated to have been doing 35 miles an hour in a 30 limit but technology was not good enough back then for a conviction. In any case he has had to live with that decision for the rest of his life.  Despite innumerable similar incidences countrywide since some folk refuse to acknowledge they are doing anything wrong speeding and change their behaviour in any way. That is their choice, I have made a different one.

     

     

  21. Breaking news ..........

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Just heard on the radio that the infection rate for corona virus has gone up from 1 in 55 last week to 1 in 60 this week, this is according to the office of national statistics.

    I am sure that I am not the only one who can spot the obvious flaw in this information

  25. Knife Amnesty locally

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Cranfield said:

    Like Shooting Egg posted above, we had a lot of obsolete/never used kitchen knives and recently decided to dump them.
    I contacted the local Police and was advised the accepted method was to wrap them in paper, to make them "safe" and place them in the non recyclable rubbish bin.
    This is what I did, but felt uncomfortable as it seemed a bit "unsafe". 
    Incidentally, they showed no interest in me handing them in.

    I also have a few other fishing knives, pen knives, incl the obligatory swiss knifes, these all sit in a drawer and are no longer used.
    I can understand people having a clear out if an amnesty is announced.

     

    An happy to 'recycle' your draw stock for you, will pay postage. 

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