ClemFandango

I have shot in excess of 200 deer a year for the last 14 years. Home made quad/twin sticks are all you need.

Definitely this. I can't understand why people buy sticks! Make your own. You will shoot just as well and save yourself a heap of money.

I bought a single piece tetra gun rod for my shotguns. Expensive but good quality. I have a PB wire brush, Jag for patches/blue roll and wool mop. I use Hoppes 009 as a solvent for cleaning and then a thick gun oil after. If it's been particularly wet I'll use WD40. Some people say that WD40 harms blueing but that's ********. I have been shooting for more than 20years and my shotguns are as good as new. I do this. although I do renew my PB brushes when they lose their stiffness.

porn like everyone else?

I have seen Bats fly in the daytime but it is unusual, could be that you disturbed it or maybe just a coincidence. bats don't necessarily just hibernate for a set period of time, if ambient temperature is high enough they could fly at any time of year.

That's what I use now, I even use it on my leather gloves and the leather bit on my gunslip. Good stuff.

I doubt it's the latter, what would the public/authorities thinking the signal was lost 5 miles out to see as opposed to 15 gain them?

or they have started using a different fibre for the stitching perhaps?

I have dealt with some of the raptor killing cases. Unfortunately people really are that stupid and it does happen. to top it you hear people boasting about it in the pub etc etc. god alone knows what happened to Fred's tracker, it depends on the type of tracker they fitted him with, some are unreliable and become less reliable as they age. This is a similar story to the Hen Harrier in the Trough of Bowland that went missing 3 or4 years ago, keepers were blamed for persecution although no evidence was found, RSPB went on national television to say as much and guess what... The bird turns up alive and well the next year, the tracker was faulty! RSPB have never issued a retraction or an apology for their statement although it would be largely useless as by then the damage was done. The really unfortunate thing is that persecution of raptors does still occur - not always by shooting, I have seen poisoning, egg theft and people throwing nets over peregrine nests for example, these people are not always keepers, pigeon fanciers, egg collectors take their toll, as do over enthusiastic ornithologists and photographers. As far as shooting is concerned the minority, and I believe it is the minority of idiotic, closed minded, old fashioned people that still think it's okay to harm birds of prey in today's world are at risk of jeopardizing the sport we love for the majority. the sooner we start to work with conservation organisations (many already are) and show we have nothing to hide and that the majority of keepers are professional and dilligent, law abiding citizens the harder the anti shooting lobby will have to work.

I used to use neatsfoot oil to soften boots from new out of the box, to help break them in quicker, i've heard that it can rot the stitching but I've never had it happen. I haven't needed to since I started wearing Altberg boots, they are comfortable straight out of the box.

There's no "s" in attention.

definitely not anything spray on. I use Ko-cho line.

not illegal a long as he wasn't causing distress or alarm.

.22/250 is a great foxing calibre. That's my opinion.

sorry. I meant what's the point of Alexa.

thanks for clearing that up. I don't really care. The first line of your answer was totally factually inaccurate. .22/250 is NOT too much gun and on that basis he should not be dissuaded from purchasing one.

I do a bit if stalking, I was a keeper for a couple of years and controlled foxes on a pig unit. I have shot hundreds of them, at the time I had .30-06 so I used that. I can't recall ever shooting one where the bullet didn't exit and they were all dead. The whole argument about bullets "dumping their energy" if they don't exit is a non starter for me. I also, now am lucky enough to shoot quite a few lowland reds, still with .30-06 and the bullet still exits and guess what they are still dead. You are right. Dead is dead is dead, hole in one side or hole in two. doesnt matter.

what's the point?

what a load of utter ****! Too much gun as it shoots through? ********! I bet you won't hear many foxes complain they have been shot through. I have shot hundreds of foxes with .30-06 they were all shot through as well. oddly they were all dead which I assume is the aim?

Nikwax works for me

another for Forrest bore foam.

takes one to know one.

no sour grapes here. only if you stop being a ******* ****.

right o mate. I'll just set up my camera...

slim to **** all.