Recent content by Poh

"Get the meat into schools and other places" is a great idea. Biggest problem is that the carcasses need to be competently inspected for disease. Have you seen the opposition to mandatory training on this site (dons tin hat and takes cover)? Who is going to do those inspections when you have...

Thanks, I’ll give them a shout.

Anyone know if there are any pro stalkers on the Hulne estate in Northumberland? Just had a walk around and would love to stalk it, if it’s available.

Weight change can also have an effect.

I try to set my eye relief up so I am as relaxed as possible, but it is always a trade off between prone and standing. If you are putting strain on the neck muscles it probably won't make much difference for relatively quick shots, but if you are holding aim, waiting for a deer to present the...

A sharp one, that will hold it's edge and is easy to clean.......properly.

Hopefully, if we ignore it, it will go away.

None of us do, apart from a few weird deviants, but we can't bury our heads in the sand. We can scream and shout as much as we like (and we should scream and shout), but our our voices, though they outnumber those opposed to us, are seldom heard. So we must prepare, we must be ready, so when...

Point noted. I am not advocating that we should add restrictions, I am merely pointing out that it is coming. We have witnessed legislation enforced in so many arenas, we have seen successive governments ignore factual evidence in favour of the popular vote. This legislation will come, maybe not...

Because nobody can say how they will react once they have an animal in the scope. I am not saying everyone should complete DSC1 & 2, but does it make sense to have people, with no evidence they are practically competent, roaming the hills, alone, with a high power rifle? There are many aspects...

And therein lies the problem. The decision to grant a FAC is based on a subjective view of the evidence you provide, the issuing officer has no idea of how you will react to external stimuli whilst handling a firearm.

You make a good point, but as you say "your fitness to OWN a firearm is decided", not necessarily USE. I have seen, with my own eyes, "experienced" firearms owners/users take dodgy shots that I would never take. In my opinion, anyone using a deer legal calibre, and lets face it these have the...

It's better to not shoot and try another day, than to shoot and regret.

At current prices, you would have to shoot a lot of deer to make a living from purely selling venison. Even if you had enough deer on the ground to sustain this level of hunting, they would soon move off under that level of pressure. So deer managers need to make their living guiding paying...

I shot a Muntjac doe yesterday morning; nothing unusual 80m, heart and lung shot. On inspection the bullet had entered exactly as intended and there was a corresponding exit wound just behind the shoulder on the other side, I did noticed that her leg was broken, which I thought odd. On opening...