Recent content by mudman

Plenty of grass, not many red stags.

Perfectly understandable not to want to shoot foxes at this time of year. Either do it or don’t, no one is forcing you. Also foxes are difficult to see sometimes even when they walk out in front of you…..

Well good news, after explaining the tight time frame I was working to with the GP practise and the need for urgency, I received a phone call this afternoon. The ‘up to’ three month wait turned into three days. I collected the completed medical proforma an hour ago….

They explained the facts of the matter to me, what I should do, (and what I should have done previously), and defacto the seriousness of my potential situation. They did not offer to take the chief constable to the High Court on my behalf using the fighting fund, which was disappointing but...

In the UK?

If it’s back in a week all fine, two or three weeks likewise. May not get renewed in time but I will be granted an extension as it is now in the processing system. But if it is one day after expiry date then it’s a whole new world of hurt, no extension, no legal authorisation to hold guns /...

Well I didn’t think I would be in this position but I’ve had a sleepless night or two already so here goes I checked my certificates at the weekend. Expire the end of July. (No reminders sent by police - no obligation to do so). So a bit late but I initially thought not drastically so. Go...

Don’t know. Post a photo of the wife

I’m a deer stalker. Should know what a MOA is? Or care?

Why would you shine a torch on them?

Good job by BASC

Mudman (Aka Drilling Fluids Engineer in the oil and gas industry).

I watched it. Cage laying systems, especially the multi decked units featured, are not a good look at all but hopefully pheasants are not kept in them that long (not sure I can say the same for redlegs though. Overall I thought the segment was weak. No major revelations, no scandals, but it...

A bit of catch up but I’ve a single Fenn and a catch a live trap set behind the chicken shed in my garden In the last two months I’ve caught four adult rats and 6 youngsters. Couldn’t catch until I started baiting them with whole peanuts and then caught most of the above in a week, they...

Got to admit it is really difficult to sell deer privately, no in any sort of numbers anyway. I live near a city of over 250,000, and there are some responses from that FB page, but the majority want butchered venison, not whole carcasses.