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Orkney is absolutely rife with them this year, and that's just the resident population-this is with egg oiling and constant culls as well. Local lad I spoke to shot 75 one morning last week. This was under special licence in case anyone is wondering.
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It will give you priming recommendations on the bag of levelling, but any building PVA or SBR bonding agent is generally compatible with cement based levelling
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First, check that the tiles are well fixed. If they are, patch in the holes with sand/cement(pva/SBR to prime), then scrub tiles to make sure there is no polish layers, then prime with SBR/water, let dry till slightly tacky and level with any cement-based self levelling compound, normally available at all builders merchants. You'll get 4-5m2 from a bag at 3mm thick. Remember that levelling compound will level so if the whole floor is off then it will want to run that way to a certain extent. Fill any holes with silicone first or it will disappear!
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19 hours ago, Salmo said:
It was just a shambles from the start , I think aberdeen is going the same way as orkney
Hi
What is Orkney like? This is a serious question
I've shot ducks and geese in Orkney since I was 10 years old, so I've never been taken out by a local guide-I shoot my own peedie(wee) watery bits, fields etc.
Lately though, I've noticed that a lot of local farmers are not too keen on letting me shoot as they have an arrangement with one or other of the local guides.
It's frustrating that cash is king, but I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised given the money that can be made, although I've heard that some local guides have written this year off due to Covid.
So what is your experience/perception of Orkney goose/duck shooting?
Cheers
Iain
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22 hours ago, aldivalloch said:
Not the case.
Udal Law pertains in Orkney and Shetland, which means that the adjacent landowner - not the Crown Estate - possesses the land to the low-water mark denoted by the lowest spring tide, plus, I believe, the distance a stone can be thrown, a horse waded or a salmon-net cast.
Hugely archaic but still the legal position. Best to ask as some landowners will already have given right of access to resident or visiting fowlers who obviously won't appreciate strangers on their territory.
You are of course correct, although I think Udal laws are rarely acted on, and generally it would be a commercial case where money/rent could be made by the landowner.
As I said before, best to ask the landowner.
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15 hours ago, marsh man said:
Very interesting yanto , is there any wildfowling clubs in the Orkneys ? and what is the shooting like throughout the Winter for wildfowl ? , or do the geese move South as the weather turn cold ? , THANKS MM
I don't think there's a wildfowling club in Orkney. Shooting can be very good-ducks best early season coming into stubble at night. There's a large feral population of Greylag numbering about 60,000 and that is added to by around two thirds of the Icelandic group , so something like 120-150,000 over winter. There's a few flocks of Pinks as well, but they generally migrate further south to Mainland Scotland. Orkney has a relatively mild winter climate due to the gulf stream so grassland is of good quality and provides excellent feeding for the geese, much to local farmers' chagrain. There has been a cull during close season for the last couple of years and the goosemeat is processed by local butchers into sausages, so it's not going to waste
12 hours ago, flippermaj said:Hi Iain,
that’s great information, thank you very much. I know most of the places you mention as I come up every year for a family holiday and some trout fishing.
with regards to the fore shore, the way I read your post I still need the land owners permission but from what you say most farmers are fairly obliging about permission on the sea shore?
cheers
I forgot to say that a few of the northern Orkney islands are very good for shooting, namely Sanday and Stronsay. 1.5 hours by ferry. There will not be the shooting pressure that the "mainland" has either
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I believe that any shore below the high water mark is owned by the Crown Estate, so no problem shooting on that. Above that is the landowners, but they generally wouldn't be bothered by someone shooting there. I was pointing out that it was good etiquette to ask farmer if you intend to walk across his land with a gun in order to access the shoreline
12 hours ago, grahamch said:Am I right to think there is no public right to shoot on the shore in Orkney as you can in the rest of Scotland?
Not that I'm aware of
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It can be a bit hit-and-miss(pardon the pun) shooting the foreshore in Orkney. If you can find a pond beside the shore, and get the right wind direction then there's a good chance of getting some ducks, and geese. Also flightlines on points can pay off. Around, or between Stenness and Harray loch can also be good for flights, but it's not really foreshore, although Stenness runs into the sea and has brackish water. If it's really cold and the ponds freeze up, small sheltered bays can be full of duck, especially wigeon.
Most bays have farm roads leading down to them, and if you ask the farmer he won't mind you using it.
Good areas for shore shooting include Deerness, Toab and Tankerness, also Kirkwall Bay, Rendall and Evie.
Iain
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Victory Minimag 3's are nice soft-shooting cartridge. I couldn't get them last year so ended up with Cheddite Elite 42g 70mm in 3's which worked fine and not too rough on shoulder.
I've got RC50's for using when the geese are wary of the deeks, but you certainly know all about it if you're using them!
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I would hire an electric or petrol floor scabbler. A day would sort that-it doesn't need to be set deep to lightly roughen the surface
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Got any in a 36DD?😂
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The Yamaha digital piano range are pretty decent. Clavinovas(CL range are great but probably more than you want to pay) YDP 144 is good at around £800 I think. All weighted keys and sampled grand piano sounds. Don't know much about the rest tbh
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Spares are freely available-you just need to identify which model you have. The top one could be an early Hunter Hawk 4 with the contemporary door
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I'm pretty sure the second stove is a Coalbrookdale Little Wenlock, probably a Mk 1-the company was taken over by Aga Rayburn and are marketed as Aga stoves.
Not sure what the top one is.
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I wouldn't go for the 12 litre engine. You'll be lucky getting 5mpg😉
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I think it's Winery Warehouseman. The W is the same
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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society have their own numbering system for their whiskies. No 27 is Springbank in Campbeltown as far as I can tell. Just google it!
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2 hours ago, washerboy said:
Dalmore it's about £38,wonderful single malt for the money
Try Tesco Finest Highland Malt-can be got for £20 on special. It's Dalmore and amazing value
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I would use SBR/water to seal the ply. As long as the ply is thick enough to resist deflection, then you will be fine with a flexible cement-based adhesive and grout
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I've got one that I may sell. From memory it's a '49 and full choke
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17 hours ago, Perazzishot said:
Victory Mini Mags are are very good cartridge, probably the best 2 3/4 load out there for geese In there day. Still good for decoyed geese in Scotland! Used them with others on high pheasants too.
Aye use them in Orkney for that purpose and nice soft shooting cartridge. I miss Winchester Superspeed 36's though-shot a lot of geese with them
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Try Raymond Shearer Orkney Islands Goose Shooting. You'll find a link at Shearer's shop which is the local RFD in KIrkwall
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5 hours ago, islandgun said:
Great shooting and frugal use of cartridges, perhaps just as well you left before the main body arrived as carrying nine Greylags could prove hard going, good luck with the shore. I imagine Orkney is a lot like here, not much estuary or mud but rock and sand.
Thanks. I'm shooting a lot better at closer range now-my other gun is an old A5 full choke which is fairly deadly at range but not great at 20 yards. Although I should never have been shooting at it, I dropped a goose the whole width of a field about 10 years ago. Paced it out at 110 yards and not a mark anywhere to be seen-maybe died of a heart attack!
Used to shoot the shore a fair bit, especially in colder/snowy weather when the ducks would come into a lee shore in the mouth of a burn to feed, but really need a dog.
As you say, our shores are similar to yours-most beaches fall away steeply and there's a fair height between tides . Strangely enough Shetland has very little rise and fall compared to us
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Last Saturday morning, and my last chance also to shoot geese inland. Went for a recce on Friday afternoon and spotted a fair number of Greys feeding in a field a long way off the main road on a hillside about a mile away from my home in the main town. Up bright and breezy in the morning-poor forecast with heavy rain and gales coming at 9am. Set up 8 deeks on what I thought would be their flight path, beside a burn with a large area of gorse as cover, and sat for the next hour and.......nothing. Rain starting to get quite heavy, and then spot a flight of about 10 coming straight towards me from downwind around 8.40am-very late and fully light-and they spread over me at perfect height. 3 greys with 3 shots all stone dead, and feeling that buying my new Affinity was the right choice. Thought I would hang around for a little longer to see if the main brunt of the geese were still coming, so left it 30 mins, and got very wet so decided to pack it in-was happy with my bag anyway. Packed up deeks and started down farm track with everything and sure enough, 2 large flocks, maybe 300-400 came right over where I'd been sitting. Unusually late, around 9.25am, so not sure where they'd been.
Anyway, very happy, and hopefully will shoot the ebb this weekend
3 or 3.5 inch lead loads - whats available
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2 3/4" Minimags are fine over decoys-no 3 does the job. Couldn't get them last year so used Cheddite 2 3/4 Elite 42g which work fine as well