Recent content by stevec

If it is any help to you, a friend used PQD when he emigrated to South Africa. I think they stored them for a while whilst he waited for his new licence, then shipped them. He said it was very expensive but they were family guns with sentimental attachment.

Yes. I have never seen as many on our sheep as there have been so far this year as well

I have used it and it seems to work well. Only used it overseas so far with Deet spray on exposed skin. We didn't get bothered by ticks and tetse flies when others using skin so soft did. I do wonder how good it is for you though.

I really like the look of the PR Precision Micro Chassis

I really think some proper training should be provided though, as much to manage bystanders as the actual humane dispatch element

To be fair to them, I expect they had probably been in the car that hit it and it was in a mess and I expect they had never seen anything like that before. It does show how different out world is to many others though.

Yes

I have been in a similar situation once, with several men crying about an injured roe buck. Thankfully a vet was there and walked them away whilst I shot it. I don't know what I would have done without her. She handled the whole thing really well. I would not want to be in the same position...

Moat of the people I work with wear steel toe Ariat boots now. Mine were great to start with but I have been disappointed by the quality. One pair fell apart after about two months. Cattle muck seems to rot the stitching very quickly. I got some second hand Justin boots, which I understand are...

I have a couple of Bleak Ridge shirts (they advertise on here). They are exceptionally hard wearing

Welcome! Wilbur Smith's rifle, that is something to be proud of!

I had a friend (sadly deceased) who swore by them. He used to get them from the factory. I noticed when we went on a farm tour in S Africa that almost all the farmers and farm workers seemed to wear them.

I agree completely. I would never be able to justify stalking trips away if my wife wasn't as keen as I am. Makes the whole thing more enjoyable as well.

My wife is size 6 as well and she found Azulwear in South Africa very helpful for small clothes (although not waterproofs). They will post to the UK and are very cheap. Boerbel in S Africa and Swanndri also good for small woman's clothing. Bleak Ridge shirts very good for smaller clothes and...

I like that! My wife, who stalks far more than I do, as does her mother and as did her grandmother keeps asking me to do something about the little black and white box I have with a set of mounts for a rifle I no longer own. She can't be bothered with this forum and just gets on with it, mainly...