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Spr1985

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About Spr1985

  • Birthday 11/08/1985

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    Lincolnshire (but live in Essex)
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    Shooting, fishing, more shooting

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  1. Spr1985

    Hollow Points

    Hi @Mice! I’ve not heard of the milk carton method and I’m by no means questioning your method or knowledge as mine is extremely limited. But, is it not hard surface’s/objects that cause the deformation to occur? I don't understand how a milk carton would give any valuable insight as to how a hollow point (or variants of) deforms on impact. I’ll look forward to learning something new 👍🏻
  2. Would the overall dimensions not be on the company website? I believe they should be.
  3. A private message to cancel me coming to collect it would have been the decent thing to do don’t you think! 🤦‍♂️
  4. Now that’s more like it . Don’t get me wrong I like a seeded loaf for a sandwich or “posh” toast just not for a burger
  5. Not sure on the seeded bun but, that’s looks rather bloody good 👌🏻
  6. I know next to nothing about training gundogs but, and it’s purely opinion the wanting to be at your side is a good thing on the grounds of recall and not wandering to far. Have you specifically trained getting into cover? Maybe using the favoured toy/dummy into cover further and further each time will help with the initial confidence of getting in there (use the command you will use on live quarry) feel free to completely ignore what is only opinion and ideas, you’ll find plenty of members on here that know far more about training gundogs than me and no doubt they’ll be along to offer advice 👍🏻
  7. It’s a hard job getting near them with my daughter! But I’ve plenty in the fridge and the freezer to keep me going a while 😉 oh my local variant are also much bigger (attached to the wife 🤣) as for the sauce each to his own, I like something to dip in and didn’t think it was a huge amount and tasted great so can’t complain.
  8. So after Wednesdays foray with kitchrat my daughter requested pigeon with cheesy pasta. Last night I obliged with chorizo Mac n cheese with pigeon breast fried in butter and then tossed in honey bbq glaze. we both enjoyed it, mine washed down with a cider 😊
  9. Spr1985

    Skull

    I’d take a punt and say badger 🦡
  10. Hi rich, are you aware of what is causing the issue/ of what work it needs? I’d be interested in this as a pigeon gun
  11. (Advanced appologies for the long read) I’ve been watching this thread since it was first started but refrained from posting on it, but, having cleared it with John first here I am🤣. When John posted at the end of November “let the chess game begin” I was browsing the forum like I do most days and came across that thread, I reached out and offered a helping hand as I was in between jobs and thought I could help. it seemed on reading the thread that the birds had to much free area to settle away from the shooting and thought if a couple of shooters could keep them moving it would make things a bit easier. So knowing from the previous thread (and living in the area) the local farmers don’t like strangers, the message was sent with no expectations at all, it may have come across as rude or unwanted and therefore ignored. But, to my surprise I received a message back and after a bit of back and forth answering perfectly reasonable questions and a bit of chit chat John said he would approach one of his farmers to test the waters but absolutely no promises of an invite….perfectly reasonable! I expect nothing from anyone and even asking the farmer has an amount of risk…. Fast forward a few days (and a fair chunk of me rambling on) John was in touch again and a plan was hatched, the result, a great day sharing a hide having a chinwag and knocking a few down. Picture below after the fact in my garage because a) John very kindly let me take the bag home and b) we both forgot to take a photo at the field despite laying them out for a photo 🤣 I couldn’t believe it when John then started to hatch a plan for the upcoming Sunday and extended an invite…..unfortunately I had set in concrete plans with the wife so couldn’t accept. But, it seemed that John was adamant on getting me out again, which brings us to today. Today couldn’t have gone more sideways if I’d planned it 🤦‍♂️. I was awoken by the wife messaging me asking if I’d gotten to the meeting point ok, having just woken up panic set in as in my mind it was Tuesday and I’d slept straight through the work alarm which is not like me at all. I then realised that not only was it not Tuesday I’d completely failed to set the alarm for shooting! A panicked phone call to John with an apology and explanation on the tip of my tongue went un-answered. Didn’t blame him one bit, I knew I’d royally screwed up. Then the phone goes…..John! apology and explanation given, I offered to go over without equipment to help get the gear on and off the field and stay out of the way. Offer declined, bring your gear and be here asap. The self directed anger subsided a touch but not for long. Left the house in a rush and forgot the dead birds for the magnet and flapper, had a 50/50 impact of mirrors on a tight road trashing the mirror casing on my truck, arrived and lifted off a flock of about 150/200 as I went to set up, only to completely miss the first three customers that returned 🤦‍♂️. After a good few hours of birds skirting wide round the back of the wood and heading down to John or to high for a shot (my fault entirely for forgetting the dead birds) based on the lines I think if I’d had the movement in the pattern I’d have gotten plenty of shooting. But it was not to be. My phone pinged with an invite down to johns hide for a bit of shooting for the final hour or so which I gladly accepted. Managed to knock a few down and add to John’s already decent bag picture below. My shot of the day was a reactionary snap shot that absolutely poleaxed the unfortunate pigeon in my line of site, dead in the air and came down like a helicopter with one wing out. It more than made up for all the stupid misses though 😊 the following picture was taken where it was picked looking back to the hide (if you can see it) a lot further than I’d realised on pulling the trigger! John, you are an absolute gentlemen, thank you very much for extending an invite and putting your neck on the line with your farmers. I couldn’t have asked to meet and share a hide with a nicer guy! (Especially with your patience this morning) beyond massively greatfull phantom Pw member shooting pal 🤣👍🏻
  12. Firstly I hope you and your son enjoyed your fishing, secondly I have some British military issue sleeping bags in the garage not doing much or a mummy sleeping bag a bit newer if you are willing to supply an address I can send one for you to pass on, it may make an unfortunate situation a bit more comfortable.
  13. I would agree Tc, driving like that with no good reason and knowing full well that you are going to cause further damage to others property is a disgraceful act. But, if another humans life is on the line that changes, when it comes to a child even more so. As I said I don’t know the ins and outs as I didn’t read the full article but it’s looking like he felt he had good reason. If it was me, I’d do the same and take the consequences knowing I’d done everything within my power to help that person and preserve life.
  14. I’ve just read the first few lines of an article and then found out that I had to pay to read the rest of it (I didn’t pay). What I can say though, is that within those first few lines it stated that the tractor driver in question was rushing to save a child’s life. Hopefully someone else may read the full article and she’s more light on it.
  15. My wife had a dog that would do it on a daily basis, never any ill effect from it to my knowledge, I have a Gsp that also has it/does it every now and again normally after savaging her food to quickly - again never any ill effect. I just give her a slow calming stroke/belly rub and she stops of her own accord and swiftly goes back to her food. not much help I know but hopefully a bit of re assurance that you shouldn’t worry 👍🏻
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