Pedant alert:
The correct spelling in the context in which it was used (ie, to refer to someone in a derogatory way) is actually "nob".
Shot placement with a difference
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The correct spelling in the context in which it was used (ie, to refer to someone in a derogatory way) is actually "nob".
Does it not depend on which kind of derogatory?
'Nob', from 'noble' for making fun of someone for their (self-imagined or actual) high social status;
and the other one for making comparison with some kind of (perhaps anatomical) protuberance?
I would have thought the version with the 'k' would have been the right one here - but as we've established that description doesn't apply to Fudge, there seems little point discussing in further depth what precisely he isn't.
HonestJohn
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Yeah, shot is probably safe. No visible earth backstop, but chances of a camper in a tent being just inside the hedgerow line is pretty small. Officially, probably not a dsc pass to take the shot, but I’m guessing 99.9% of stalkers would take it .
All about knowing your ground. If there was a bridleway running in the other side, hell no I’d not take that shot.
I once had a roe walk in front of some gorse bushes, steep bank behind, 99.9% would take the shot. Just didn’t feel right…deer passed, a 4 yr old kid got out of the gorse bushes, he’d been hiding and playing.
Very scary, and I’m pleased, to say the least, I stick to my rules that not only a safe backstop, but VISIBLE
The scene from Calibre (movie) pops into my head every time I am thinking about backstops.
All about knowing your ground. If there was a bridleway running in the other side, hell no I’d not take that shot.
I once had a roe walk in front of some gorse bushes, steep bank behind, 99.9% would take the shot. Just didn’t feel right…deer passed, a 4 yr old kid got out of the gorse bushes, he’d been hiding and playing.
Very scary, and I’m pleased, to say the least, I stick to my rules that not only a safe backstop, but VISIBLE
The scene from Calibre (movie) pops into my head every time I am thinking about backstops.
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Jason The Turner
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well every day's a learning day! - I always thought the reference was anatomical (but then I would
), I never knew about the "nob" version background! cheers.
Here's the correct spelling of:
K
K
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Bo Diddley
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Our Norfolk Squirrel Hound.I once saw an ESS 20’ up an ivy covered wind blown ash tree after a squirrel - I won’t be seeing him again. He survived the fall but has long since passed on to the big pheasant shoot in the sky
Bo Diddley
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We have Munty backstraps thinly cut, egged, and coated in Japanese Ponken breadcrumbs with added Jamaican jerk spice tonight.Spag Bol, chilli, lasagne, in fact anything that anyone else would use beef mince for - bought a meat grinder last year
Also makes a great stew too
Often eat venison 4 nights a week in various meals
Had muntjac loin in black bean sauce with green peppers, onions & mushrooms with rice for supper last nightWe have Munty backstraps thinly cut, egged, and coated in Japanese Ponken breadcrumbs with added Jamaican jerk spice tonight.
Often eat venison 4 nights a week in various meals
1000kilograhams
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Obviously you're on top of your game, no doubt about it from your posts here
You know your land/permissions/local activity better than anyone and obviously you know what's safe, so nobody's questioning that, lad even explicitly pointed out that he's not questioning it and just wants to learn.Say this chap is fresh to shooting and just sees the picture, he knows you know the score and you've not done anything daft.
But as it goes against what the police are telling people now (at least where I am, my FLO explicitly said to me a hedge is not a suitable backstop), I guess he was just asking regarding what experienced and competent people do out in the real world Vs the theoretical, one in a billion, 'everything is bad' scenarios that plod can sometimes lay out, he's interested what let's you know it's all good so he can apply the same
Some of us didn't grow up with this stuff and are always looking to learn from truly experienced people like yourself with more real world knowledge than we'll likely ever pick up.
And in the same spirit of thread derailment, 
"Ponken" breadcrumbs?
Panko?
"Ponken" breadcrumbs?Panko?
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