Dave at kelton

If I lived wher you do I would get myself over to Elderkin in Spaulding. You won’t get a better gunshop and great range of OU. Look at this as it is a 101 by any other name. https://www.elderkinguns.co.uk/product/parker-hale-over-and-under/

It’s worth looking at Winchester 101. Now dated but in good condition they are a joy, not too heavy and you can pick them up at a sensible price.

Yes please PM inbound

This is a great initiative if you live within reasonable travelling distance; the kids love it with so much to do. I will be teaching fly tying again and the wildfowling club will be there too! Hope I might meet some off this site!

Thompson can order in and cost me £40 for safe key

Try and see Bill Harrimans experiment with a muzzle loader. No damage if I recall it correctly.

If anybody would like to see the record of our trip it’s here.Thanks to Tim for recording an amazing day!

It was and in my view they just wanted us off it!

Yes i gave some advice on it at the time!

Great offer for someone and I believe it’s fishing well just now. Many happy memories as a member of FFF Club!

Jimmy’s are superb off road but the prices second hand ones are going for are ridiculous. We had to scrap my wife’s 2006 last year because of rust underneath. So if you go for one be bloody careful they are awful for rust, behind headlights, all inner sills, tool pan in the rear and rear wheel arches. i,would love another bit for the money I am not convinced they are good value any more. I want something to,supplement my van and for the same money as a Jimny have a lot of other choices including freelander.

Trawling of any type in that area is not permitted and apparently the skate are making a massive come back. My nephew caught one of about 1lb on his light gear too. no not tagged

I haven’t used on pigeon but very happy with Eley Ecosteel on pheasant so you don’t have to worry about wads

Let me think about that….errr no thanks! Good luck with the sale!

Shame you are the opposite end of the country!

It’s worth giving them a glucosamine tablet each day if showing signs of stiffness. I just buy at Holland and Barrett

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Thanks and yes there are spots. My brother tried one off Skye without success.

It has been my brother and nephews ambition to catch a skate, they had tried without success from the shore so booked a boat out of Oban a couple of weeks ago. I was invited and whilst I don’t do a lot of sea fishing it was a chance to spend time with my family and its fishing! Staying overnight we were picked up at 08.45 and steamed out for about 30 mins where we dropped baits into 350 feet of water. It was slow and apart from a few spurdog on light tackle the skate weren’t playing after three hours. The skipper upped anchor and moved us further out to catch the fresh tide. Now we were in about 450 feet of water. Within half an hour the first rod went to be picked up by one of my nephews. He is a fit boy and tennis coach but it was half an hour before we had a skate on the deck. Measured it was estimated at 78lb and labelled a “baby” by the skipper. This despite being the biggest fish I have seen in my 67 years. Then it got silly with rods going regularly. First my other nephew hooked and lost a skate on light gear after about 30 mins. Next rod was a pal who fishes with my brother and has a YouTube fishing channel. An hour later and a fish of 103lb with another rod hooked in. That was my other nephew fighting a bigger fish. After three quarters of an hour we have 123lbs of skate on the deck. Now it’s my turn. Hooked in I can’t believe the power of the fish and after an hour I still have to shift it off the bottom. I take a few feet of line in and it takes more. Eventually I know it is coming up as I can feel it’s head shaking. My shoulders are aching and my back is killing me. In my thermals and waterproofs I feel like a boil in the bag kipper. My brother is giving me lucozade and I am hoping there is a defibrillator on board. After an hour and forty minutes and utterly spent I have landed the biggest at 128lb but! Whilst playing my fish my brother’s rod has gone and he too is fighting a big skate. It’s time to up anchor and the skipper is just holding the boat on the engine as the last fish comes on board at 198lb. It could have been heavier as it was a pregnant female and all weights are extrapolated from measurements before fish are returned. A days fishing I will never forget!

So I am getting an itch for a 4x4 again. The last two years I have run a van and been very happy, particularly as I get nearly 55 mpg. I have only once had a problem on a shoot but have had to rely on others for some of my adventures. So thinking of a 4x4 in addition! Whilst not a lover of land rovers for comfort I have seen some good Defender 90s about at 20 years old. Alternatively an older Isuzu is a possibility and will offer greater comfort. Assuming I buy a vehicle in good condition what are the members views on longevity of Defender/pickup? This isn’t my principal vehicle and I will keep the van too. thanks!

Hi , Pal of mine has one he has been thinking of selling for sometime. I have no idea what it is but could ask. Not sure if he would want to ship it mind you. they do come up for dale over here from time to time.

I have an unopened box in 10 bore and a part box for a 2 5/8” hammergun I bought. I fired a few then held them back, loading my own. The smell of a fired case would make you high 😂😂

Enjoy your time here and don’t be too serious!

My son was until recently an area manager at Poundland. He said the problem is the associated violence. His attitude was items can be replaced but his staff can’t. He would sooner somebody walked out with stuff than a member chased them out of the shop to be stabbed! He was constantly dealing with staff being threatened or worse

Contact William Wykes at Wigtown Wildfowlers he is a punt gunner and has a lot of knowledge incl steel.