New member Introduction

[lockstock&]

Hello from Nottinghamshire. I live in a small village near to Newark and have been shooting for over 50 years. I have recently renewed my FAC and have permissions over around 650 acres of arable land. I have several shotguns 12, 20 and 410 gauges and also have a high powered .30 and .25 cal PCP rifle with both glass and the latest Alpex Pro digital scopes. I mainly shoot vermin around local farm yards and land and enjoy clay pigeon shooting. My favoured pastime is walking up with my German Wirehaired Pointer quartering just ahead of me. I have joined the Stalking Directory to gain knowledge (and share knowledge if I feel I can add anything worthwhile). I have noticed over recent years a dramatic increase in the amount of deer around me including fallow, muntjac and roe sometimes as many as a dozen at a time where as a boy, it would be a very rare occasion indeed to catch a glimpse of even one. So as conditions change my shooting equipment and skills must adapt. Thank you for allowing me to join the stalking directory forum.

 

[bullet chucker]

Welcome to the site.

BC.

 

[fauxpas]

650 acres is huge!
Used to have a German Wirehaired Pointer. Absolute gem of a dog. I am super envious of you.
Welcome to the site.

 

[lockstock&]

650 acres is huge!
Used to have a German Wirehaired Pointer. Absolute gem of a dog. I am super envious of you.
Welcome to the site.

Thank you, she is a great friend and oozes the natural instincts of a pointer. Just today, I watched her spot a fox playing on a headland at about 150 yds and stalk it to within 30 yards before she was detected… so rewarding to see.
This 650 acres isn’t that large a space really, it’s broken up into a number of parcels each with their own challenges, footpaths, bridleways and roads reduce the amount of good back stops, so limited shooting positions.
Luckily for me I have a 90 yard range under construction in my back garden which is my project for the summer. Soon I will have an all weather den in which to get plenty of practice with my new rifle and scope.

 

[GregCowan]

Hello from Nottinghamshire. I live in a small village near to Newark and have been shooting for over 50 years. I have recently renewed my FAC and have permissions over around 650 acres of arable land. I have several shotguns 12, 20 and 410 gauges and also have a high powered .30 and .25 cal PCP rifle with both glass and the latest Alpex Pro digital scopes. I mainly shoot vermin around local farm yards and land and enjoy clay pigeon shooting. My favoured pastime is walking up with my German Wirehaired Pointer quartering just ahead of me. I have joined the Stalking Directory to gain knowledge (and share knowledge if I feel I can add anything worthwhile). I have noticed over recent years a dramatic increase in the amount of deer around me including fallow, muntjac and roe sometimes as many as a dozen at a time where as a boy, it would be a very rare occasion indeed to catch a glimpse of even one. So as conditions change my shooting equipment and skills must adapt. Thank you for allowing me to join the stalking directory forum.

Hey
I have just bought the new Alpex for one of my 6.5's cant wait to give it a go this afternoon, yep all species seem to be multiplying at the rate of Muntis

 

[lockstock&]

Good luck Greg, I hope you will share your experience with the Alpex Pro, I’m still waiting for the rifle to arrive to fix mine to so not even switched it on yet.