Chrisyboy Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hello Does any body no how to make ant hunting or shooting gear/equipment if so please tell me Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) i dont have much home made shooting gear other than my shooting sticks and my hide poles. heres a few pics of the hide poles, hope its of some help chrisboy. the hide poles are 15mm dowle with stainless pipe (with an inside diameter of 15mm) screwed on the end of each length with enough pipe sticking out for the next pole to slip in. each section is about 600mm long and the short ones are half that so i can get the hide to the right height. the bent wire is for holding the bottom of the scrim down in the wind and i have bungee cords for holding the top of the poles/net in the wind too. the bolt in the pic is for when the ground is hard i put the bolt inside the pipe on the first pole to go in the ground and use the hammer to hit it in, its just so i am not hitting the s/s pipe on the pole and knocking it on over the wooden dowle. the bag has been made from the leg of a boiler suit. hope this all makes sense, if this all seems complicated, its not i can put this up in the dark and it stands up to the wind briliantly and it all packs away nice and small and light, the longest bit is 600mm. Edited December 11, 2011 by aister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Or,'how to butcher an estwing hammer' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hello Does any body no how to make ant hunting or shooting gear/equipment if so please tell me Thanks Chris I don't shoot ants, but I once used a magnifying glass on them. Sorry, couldn't resist. What sort of shooting did you want gear for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Or,'how to butcher an estwing hammer' the estwing was not butchered, it was adapted beautifuly for a specific purpose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisyboy Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Thanks all And falconf it's for rabbit hunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 i dont have much home made shooting gear other than my shooting sticks and my hide poles. heres a few pics of the hide poles, hope its of some help chrisboy. the hide poles are 15mm dowle with stainless pipe (with an inside diameter of 15mm) screwed on the end of each length with enough pipe sticking out for the next pole to slip in. each section is about 600mm long and the short ones are half that so i can get the hide to the right height. the bent wire is for holding the bottom of the scrim down in the wind and i have bungee cords for holding the top of the poles/net in the wind too. the bolt in the pic is for when the ground is hard i put the bolt inside the pipe on the first pole to go in the ground and use the hammer to hit it in, its just so i am not hitting the s/s pipe on the pole and knocking it on over the wooden dowle. the bag has been made from the leg of a boiler suit. hope this all makes sense, if this all seems complicated, its not i can put this up in the dark and it stands up to the wind briliantly and it all packs away nice and small and light, the longest bit is 600mm. I like your system aister. Purpose made and made to last. I was wondering why the hammer and the bolt just to push some poles in; then I saw you live in Shetland. You've done well to manage without taking a drill round with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboro shot Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 i work in engineering im a welder fabricator and have made stuff for shooting b4 now, but to be honest kit is so cheap to buy now even the good stuff if you cant get free steel or parts acess to welder etc,the steel to make a basic bouncer pole would come to atleast the same as buying one plus the company has worked out the best way to make them have jigs etc for keeping everything true , i made some spikes and some kick plates for some hide poles must have taken atleast a day , work that out on a decent hourly rate just not worth it imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Thanks all And falconf it's for rabbit hunting I take it thats air rifle shooting (looking at your past posts) so shooting sticks and plenty of rangefinding practice is a must, other than that there are camo paint jobs/camo covers to be made for your rifle and scope and possibly some sort of game carrier but that's probably about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agjm Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Have you seen the video on this thread HERE. Post #8 Jesse James does a great video on making a set of shooting sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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