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I have a holiday home in france and hunt with the chasse without passing an exam, i went to the federation de chasse in my area, took my european firearms pass, certificate of insurance and firearms license, paid around £150 and my permit arrived in the post, joined my local group of hunters, £40 per year, then i pay £5 for breakfast and lunch each time i shoot. We start shooting Boar in mid September and the Deer starts mid January. Photo of my first Boar.
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Hi Sussex, i have built a hoist on the front of the quad, makes life much easier, for me the hardest part is getting them on the chiller rail on my own,
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Well Done Sussex, glad you got him a beast, it made his journey worthwhile, i must do better. cheers Geoff.
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The reason guides like to take novice stalkers out is the look on their faces when they shoot there first deer, its priceless.
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https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/showthread.php/17061-Registering-a-Quad-for-Agricultural-use-on-a-Q-Plate This is how to go about it, cheers Geoff
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I Spend time in the Correze and frequently carry firearms, when i arrive at Dover i drive strait to the customs office and declare that i am carrying firearms, they check the the guns against my EFP, once the check is over they stick a label on the windscreen and also inform the ferry company that i am on my way, at the terminal i hand over my passport reservation details and a declaration of firearms carried with amounts of ammunition, this form is one that i copied from a previous trip. the ferry company sticks a code 100 label on my screen and after i have parked up on the ferry the deck h
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Hi I shoot a .45 cal replica Hawkins Plains rifle and find it accurate out to around 120 yards using using a .44 lead ball and patch lubricated using Nivea hand cream as it is less prone to viscosity changes than other lubes. i can usually hit a six inch circle at 100 yards and would be happy to take boiler room shots on say Fallow out to around eighty yards, and it would have plenty of knock down power at that range, I know there is a black powder season in the usa but i think you would struggle to legally use it in the uk, Cheers Geoff
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A Weekend with Mr Clumsy Friday morning saw me loading the car for a weekend with Owen aka the Stalker With Guns, fishing gear, the dog, the wife, on board we headed west to Somerset arriving around 2pm. We sat for a hour chatting then Owen served up a lovely shepherds pie and baked cauliflower. At 5.30 pm we made our way to one of his permissions and I had the pleasure of sitting in Owens new High seat, I climbed up and made myself comfortable and I must say it was a real pleasure to sit on my own and watch the world go by. I spotted two Roe in the distance then my attention was dra
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Hi foxdropper i cant say i have seen any signs of the shedding as yet, cheers Geoff
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Yesterday i had the pleasure to accompany Ali for the last stalk of the season. With the Fallow does heavily pregnant we have decided to end our season and give them some peace and quiet, Robin had received a call from one of our landowners to say that a group of fallow have been visiting one of their fields on a regular basis so we decided to arrive early and instead of walking straight to the highseat approach it from the woodland behind the seat so as not to make them aware of our presence. We sat for some time talking very quietly and it was not long before a fallow doe trotted out to the
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I am glad Geoff took me to a place where the Fallow are clean and healthy to shoot my Buck Rich lol .Mind you i think it was a fluke i saw and Grassed one in Sussex. Utter Nonsense, it was down to the skill and knowledge of the guide, mind you i am just about to leave this morning, and the forecast is awful sw gale 8 wind and rain, if we get one today it will definitely be a fluke. cheers Geoff.
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Hi Rich, We have shot a good few fallow this season probably not far from you and have not seen one with liver fluke, had the odd one with a few ticks but nothing unusual cheers Geoff
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yes Walshie is quiet right, http://www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk/uploads/guides/91.pdf
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For anyone interested, Just a heads up to let you know that Plumpton Colledge are running a one day venison Butchery Course on the 11th of November. Cheers Geoff http://foodfarmingforestry.co.uk/agendas/venison-butchery-1day.pdf
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Hi timmy k You keep your questions coming and if it pisses people off that's tough, the only way to learn is by asking questions, i know you would rather get some stalking under your belt before doing dsc1, but if you know anybody who has done the course ask to borrow the course notes and if you can find a copy of deer quest which you can load on to your computer you will find a lot of good info which will probably answer a lot of your questions,
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No, as you well know These would not be considered cull animals, only Does, Prickets, and Sorrels, The advert that i think you are referring to on SD site clearly states UNLIMITED CULL ANIMALS, But i think we are getting off topic and this is not really helpful to TIMMY K
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Philuk Unlimited means exactly that, a client can shoot as many cull animals as his luck, skill, location, and time, allows, We have had several occasions where clients have shot three in a day, one client shot three within five minutes of arriving on site, We have also had a few blank days, but that's stalking for you.
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I Agree with Philluk that Dsc1 is the way to go. But unlimited Fallow stalking is exactly that, it means that if you shoot an animal in the first five minutes you can carry on shooting at no extra cost, Simple,
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HI Owen, you must bring those sticks with you when you next come to sussex, i am sure it will help you spot our elusive fallow bucks, cheers Geoff
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Hi all I was talking to a friend who runs a small deer stalking syndicate on the kent / sussex border he is looking for three guns for the coming fallow season, Insurance and DSC 1 required, if you are interested send me a pm and i will pass on his details cheers Geoff
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Owen there is a new tika t3 on guntrader not far from you, cheers Geoff
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Hi Owen, i don't know about Turkey, i expect we will have to open a tin of corned beef, that's the trouble being a poor old pensioner, still we got two for the game dealer yesterday, cheers Geoff
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THERE'S IS NO F IN BOAR On a recent trip to Sussex Owen aka The Stalker see (there are plenty of squirrels in Sussex) invited me down to Somerset to shoot my first wild Boar. He said he could almost guarantee success probably a 95% Chance of a big animal, Well with odds like that I would be foolish to decline his offer so yesterday at 4, 45 am a young excited 68 year old leaped out of bed long before the alarm went off showered loaded the car and with my wife as co pilot headed up the dreaded A21 to be sucked into the flow of traffic that was already building on the M25 motorway. Fiv
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Hi Steve, Not fired a Steyer. but use a Sauer outback in 308win i find 150gn sako hammerheads super accurate, could not improve by reloading hope to meet up in the winter regards Geoff
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Hi Phil What a lovely photo, i imagine the dog must spend a lot of time in that field as the deer do not seem to bothered,i expect all those does will vanish on 1st of november, atb Geoff
