Recent content by spandit

I use Google calendars and have put together one showing the deer seasons for England/Wales that anyone can subscribe to. Happy to add the Scottish dates too. Haven't bothered putting muntjac on there because they're all year round...

I'm very late to this news but wanted to post my condolences. Never met him but had many interesting emails from him. RIP, Alan

Oh no! I didn't know that. How sad

I've set a reminder for the next time!

PM sent

Sorry for leaving you all in suspense. Basically, my licence expired but I managed to apply for a renewal just before (only a day). It meant I had to get rid of my guns as they wouldn't issue an extension. A good mate took my shotguns and I put my rifles and the 3 AYA into the local RFD, who had...

I was tasked with setting up for a local market in a car park in town which was supposed to be clear. It was a hot day and there was a car parked in there which was an annoyance. Peering through the window, we could see loads of boxes of "fresh" chicken. Suffice to say, when the proprietors of...

Thank goodness my daughter shows no interest in the sport otherwise I'd have broken the law by letting her have a go on my range

Got a heavy barrelled one I'll be putting up for sale soon

Could have been worse. I now have all my rifles back and have set multiple reminders in my calendar for the next renewal!

Licences came in post today. Picking up rifles imminently

I have asked. They said no to a S7

Yes, I agree, but what can I do?

They're probably more dangerous from lead poisoning than from actual shooting. Noisy and useless but if the powers that be want to retrieve the shot from my permissions to test it, they are more than welcome. There's a lot in the vegetable patch that needs digging over

Police have been in touch as they're processing it now - I think that's encouraging