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    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Lead to copper.
      If you are grouping consistently the impact shift is what it is. Best of luck with the change.
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Lead to copper.
      Change of zero is normal.
    • Dunwaters reacted to old keeper's post in the thread Uk gardens with Love Love.
      Sadly, despite what the "experts" on TV say, wildlife (excluding some insects) and gardens just don't mix. I have a large garden where...
    • Train them separately when the time comes, they will tend to bond more with each other than with you. It’s impossible to train 2 dogs...
    • Yes it seems to be scent and flightiness. Also, a dog may be steady to the first 15 bumps into sheep on the day. Their blood gets up and...
    • Spot on, little mountains sheep seem to have an attractive scent. Even dogs that are well used to lowland sheep will show interest.
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Birds are dying!.
      Green finch are very susceptible to trichomonisis, but goldfinch and chaffinch get it too. I used to have 30-40 greenfinch on the...
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Sika deer Ireland. Zero..
      I’m a bit more cautious about the lead than I used to be. I trim and discard with great generosity and I no longer feed the discard to...
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Sika deer Ireland. Zero..
      I’m not dead yet. The decision was purely pragmatic. I’ve been trying to source copper ammo for 8 months, no one has any more than a...
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Sika deer Ireland. Zero..
      Decent round, can be a bit splashy with shoulder placement, generally doesn’t exit. Try for neck shots. With body shots sika will almost...
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Sika deer Ireland. Zero..
      In old money, with a .270, 2” high at 100yds. Point and squirt out to 200yds with 130-140 gr ammo. The 150’s can be a bit loopier. I...
    • Yes, shooting is expensive, it always was, except for maybe a bit of hedgerow bashing. The big difference nowadays is that wages haven’t...
    • Dunwaters reacted to dryan's post in the thread Drop off in rabbit numbers. with Like Like.
      I’ve been in this parish for 10 years now and rhd still seems to stop them from getting to shootable numbers. I was over in Cheshire at...
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Drop off in rabbit numbers..
      Both RHD and myxie are cyclical here. I have a fair sized pocket locally. I have a steady stream of takers for anything I trap, but they...
    • Dunwaters replied to the thread Drop off in rabbit numbers..
      How many would you like? Garden is full of the little shites, digging holes for the mower to get stuck in and eating everything in...
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