A Couple Of Hours In The Rain.

[Jonjon79 13,340]

I dropped little 'un and her mate off to school yesterday morning as it was my day off - I did this earlier in the week and found out that, because of road resurfacing works, it takes feckin ages to get home

 

Thankfully, her school is half a mile along country lanes from my big manor house permission

..... So, I put my kit in the boot.

 

It was already raining when I got there but, a walk in the woods was better than sitting in traffic

 

I took the .22 FN12 - it's a brilliant little, lightweight hunter for those woods, made even better with the new Hawke Vantage on it.

 

I like to walk through these woods, stopping and looking for movement.

The squirrels were being little buggers - they seemed to know every angle on the branches where I couldn't get a shot

 

I finally managed to track one through a couple of trees - he was in a right playful mood and wouldn't stay still. I had to keep taking my eye off the scope to find him again.

Eventually, he ran down a trunk in front of me and started foraging on the ground.

 

I don't think he knew I was there - he was so close that I had to turn the parallax down.

...... With a little hold hunder, a heavy hit from a .22 JSB Exact saw him fold on the spot.

 

That was the first one to christen my new game bag

 

I carried on for a bit, letting a couple more give me the slip while we played cat-and-mouse.

 

On the way back, I spotted a pigeon high up on a branch - I'm usually shit at seeing them until they fly off

 

It was sat kind of side on, with it's back to me. A shot through the upper neck made it drop like a stone

 

When I got home, the dogs went nuts, sniffing at my bag while I hung up my wet kit and oiled the Falcon.

 

I was looking forward to a proper woodland pitta but, the squirrel turned out tough as old boots so, I cut that in half for the dogs - they loved it.

 

I still had my pitta, with pigeon breast and squirrel liver in barbeque sauce, with lettuce and red onion - very nice it was to

[villaman 9,979]

Looks very nice mate , in fact i could eat it right now

 

Well done

[si brown 8,486]

the only good thing to come out of roadworks Jon

that new bag of yours is gonna get some use when autumn kicks in, that woods ace!

 

not shot a woody for ages, but I'm gonna tomorrow

that pitta looks lovely!

 

top shooting

 

atb si

[Jonjon79 13,340]

Looks very nice mate , in fact i could eat it right now

 

Well done

Cheers mate

 

For me, There's nothing more satisfying than eating what I've shot and, that did go down well.

[Jonjon79 13,340]

the only good thing to come out of roadworks Jon

that new bag of yours is gonna get some use when autumn kicks in, that woods ace!

 

not shot a woody for ages, but I'm gonna tomorrow

that pitta looks lovely!

 

top shooting

 

atb si

Cheers Si

 

The oak leaves are already on the turn - it's a perfect match for my DPM smock at the moment

 

I really should get some feeders and a hide set up in there - I didn't see big numbers but, I did see them all through the woods.

 

Good luck on the pigeons mate

[Durham John 693]

Good morning out that mate,

 

Fresh air bit tramp about and a brunch cracking..

 

 

 

DJ

[Jonjon79 13,340]

Good morning out that mate,

 

Fresh air bit tramp about and a brunch cracking..

 

 

 

DJ

Cheers John

 

I love it when it works out like that

[si brown 8,486]

 

the only good thing to come out of roadworks Jon

that new bag of yours is gonna get some use when autumn kicks in, that woods ace!

 

not shot a woody for ages, but I'm gonna tomorrow

that pitta looks lovely!

 

top shooting

 

atb si

Cheers Si

 

The oak leaves are already on the turn - it's a perfect match for my DPM smock at the moment

 

I really should get some feeders and a hide set up in there - I didn't see big numbers but, I did see them all through the woods.

 

Good luck on the pigeons mate

 

feeders a good plan jon...

one in the middle of the top wood and one in the lower, it'll pull them all in

been to that job again today, no pigeons but a rabbit within two mins of getting there!!

it was in the crock pot simmering/ taunting me by 10am, the smell kept wafting over!

I was bloody starving by dinner time

 

just looked at your pitta dinner again!! I'm having a chinky tonight

 

atb si

[dennis328 2]

That's making me hungry looks nice.

[Rez 4,957]

That 12 makes my todger tingle.

[si brown 8,486]

That 12 makes my todger tingle.

homo

[Rez 4,957]

That's making me hungry looks nice.

Now I didn't know that... we can have animated gifs as avatars?!?!??

 

Right.

[Jonjon79 13,340]

That 12 makes my todger tingle.

Note to self - don't lend Rez the FN12

[j j m 6,481]

well done jon mate

[The one 8,396]

Nice going mate not that you need a excuse to kill vermin but when your eating them like that any anti looses the argument