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Great day today
Started with a hangover !
Then went to check traps and foind my magpie that i had caught had been eaten by a fox that i caught ! - in a clam next to it was another fox ! - sadly thios one escaped as i pulled up !
Then a crow in another trap
Few hours on the pigeons with the lads on some milky wheat and then another stoat the size of a cat to finish !
Started with a hangover !
Then went to check traps and foind my magpie that i had caught had been eaten by a fox that i caught ! - in a clam next to it was another fox ! - sadly thios one escaped as i pulled up !
Then a crow in another trap
Few hours on the pigeons with the lads on some milky wheat and then another stoat the size of a cat to finish !
Sorry mate I was laughing as I just love your posts as they are so refreshing ...but I bet your clothes are confined to outside
Despite spending most of the weekend in a cherry picker doing various jobs at home (oiling some cladding, sorting out the ridge of one of the barns etc) I stupidly agreed to pop over to one of the farms and have a few hours on the corvids. Shot from 5.30-9.30 ...slow going but managed a mixed bag of 17 with a bonus magpie. Nice to be out but would have liked it to be a bit busier ... still...up to 268 ytd ... every little helps
Text from one of the farmers yesterday saying the crows had found the barley. Went and had a look but the flat patches are in the middle of the field so not very handy to decoy. Decided to set up first thing this morning (4.30) on one of the grass fields below the barley. Started shooting at 4.45 and as is often the case first thing the crows were in the pattern when I was walking back from the truck. Good start then slowed up which is good as I had to go to work so called it a day at 7.00.
Ended on 26 ...all of which were carrions
Ended on 26 ...all of which were carrions
Lovely way to spend a few hours
sako751sg
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Hard to beat really.Lovely way to spend a few hours
Had the whole stretch to myself and the dog,didn't have to speak to anyone so bliss.Couple of good pulls too that didn't stick so will likely try last knockings tonight too.Fishing is the only thing i do where i really let go of the World and leads to plenty of lost fish.
Again did similar before stoat patrol
Had 20 - but it was brutal how hot it was
Popped down to one of my regular farms with the air rifle as there is a nest of feral pigeons in one of the barns. Shot the 3 who were there and the farmer is going to remove the nest. Farmer was happy Looks like combining in the next week or so then we will see what the woodpigeons etc are doing
Looks like combining in the next week or so then we will see what the woodpigeons etc are doing
maxtich
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After dropping my Raw .25 Fac .,snapping it in 2 !!! !shockingly weak at the pistol grip!
Fortunately I’ve got a good mate who’s going to try and repair it again ..me being me insisted that he puts a solid metal plate underneath where the block sits in the channel and see what transpires!
On a lighter note ..I’ve got this Theoben Rapid Mk1 F&T laminated stock that he’s also reworked for my Raw .25 Fac HM1000x to get on with.
Here’s a couple of pictures from my car and on Farm in my favourite sitty tree taken this morning whilst I attended to some Corvid and Pigeon control under GL42
Fortunately I’ve got a good mate who’s going to try and repair it again ..me being me insisted that he puts a solid metal plate underneath where the block sits in the channel and see what transpires!
On a lighter note ..I’ve got this Theoben Rapid Mk1 F&T laminated stock that he’s also reworked for my Raw .25 Fac HM1000x to get on with.
Here’s a couple of pictures from my car and on Farm in my favourite sitty tree taken this morning whilst I attended to some Corvid and Pigeon control under GL42
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Oops..... How did the shooting go?
Thats pretty tidy with an air rifle mateIt wasn’t ideal..got 7 Crows,4 Pigeons,single magpie!
Must try harder next time
...that is very good going. I much prefer the shotgun for such outings and would be happy with those numbers on some of the farms I shoot
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