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    I collected some wood chippings today in my old truck. Lets see how it goes
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    Here is the view from the other side. The hut shot shows where I have been tramping through when shovelling out the mud, so it is a bit ground over and sloppier than it should be. I am struggling to get these pictures to show the right way up. Maybe if I tip it upside down it will get the mud out.
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    There won't be any poultry going in there. Too much water and the ducks don't like hens. The tables and pallets change as the year goes by and subject to conditions. I have 2 water butts in there and a few other containers. Let's have a look at yours though I am sure we all have our ways of doing things.
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    Vietnam is a long way to go though
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    I caught one the other day. Just with bread.
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    Ok, lets start again. People may have got the wrong idea. The duck run is 100 feet by 12 feet wide by about 6 feet high. It is made from builder's barriers but with a mesh roof and has a 2 foot deep channel all the way round it, filled with big stones. There is also sheep netting laid horizontally round the outside, pegged down with shelf angle brackets. The land slopes slightly, meaning that moisture gravitates to one end. I didn't think about drainage when I built it, just keeping orange monsters out. I did run fine mesh round the bottom to dissuade rats and weasels but obviou
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    It is only half of the run and they get to wander in the paddock the rest of the time. If they are left outside, they wouldn't last the night
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    Hello How do the rest of you cope with mud in your runs? This time of the year is especially wet and half of the run just turns to mud. I have been bringing in tussocks of couch grass, if only to make it more pleasant for them.
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    Greyman, do those stove fans actually work?
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    Yes, I had noticed that. Then they ping around doing their death throws. Or shoot them in the chest and they roll over.
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    These posts are spaced out a bit because I have to find an evening when I am not doing anything important the next day. I feel like i have been up all night...yawn.. As it was, I was out between 11.30pm and 2am and it felt really cold. I had put up a wind break and was sat on a dry pallet but it wasn't exactly comfy. There have been a few more holes round the 'safe house' in the duck run. The safe house is a square shed, with a run attached to the back. So far rats can't get in to the run as it has a wire mesh base, I put the soil back on top of it. But you can see where they h
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    This is a real advert https://www.freeads.co.uk/uk/buy-sell/leisure-hobbies/hunting-sporting-equipment/guns/air-guns/34571748/old-bsa-made-into-precharge-only-5-ever-made/view#.Wmzrpq5l82w I am not sure which market this is aimed at. £750 sounds a bit ambitious. Not my cup of tea but I admire the initiative.
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    The point of a Larsen Trap is to catch the magpie. Then you move it to the second container to catch another. Make sure you have water and food in both sections. Good bait is bread then later in the year, a mock nest with an egg in it.
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    Does anyone on this forum have links with TV? Griff, the world needs you.
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    Hello I wasn't sure which part of the forum to add this to. My question is, are airgun pellets detrimental to grazing animals? I have some land which I rent out and my tenant has sheep on it. She accepts but is uncomfortable that I shoot across it. Most of my zeroing is done in my own section. Then shooting can be anywhere across the 3 fields/5 acres but not when the sheep are there. It isn't teaming with wildlife as it is open pasture. What is the likelihood of poisoning or will they drop straight through it eaten? Thank you Pesky
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    Caught two so far. It is incredible that such a wylie bird that is so hard to stalk or ambush can pretty easily be caught in these traps. Greed is in their nature. The bait is a dead squirrel (from last weekend and the .22 TX200) and some bread. I have a bowl of water and some bread in both sides.
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    Today's dilemma I have caught a magpie in my Larsen Trap. Should I deal with it as intended, eg use it to catch more then properly deal with them. Or... they nest in January. Should I just let it go for now and then deal with more magpies when everything is nesting. I grow my own meat and magpies are a big threat to this operation. As well as noshing the food for hens and ducks, they also munch eggs and later in the year, ducklings. But I also have a conscience and a great empathy for nature, especially during the Winter months.
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    Well it didn't wriggle when I ate it. I think it was just very fresh when I took the photo.
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    These are mine. Based on hunting success Spring 1. HW35 (but I have had it since I was 19) 2. Air Arms Pro Sport 3. Air Arms TX200 PCP 1. HW100. Er, it's the only one I have. I have just got an HW97. So we will have to see if the order changes.
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    It was just a variation I was after really and these are local. I picked Muscovies after a bit of research and they work for me - big, docile, quiet. No issues at all really. Visitors point out how ugly they are, as if I hadn't noticed.
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    It is just the weight issue really with the popular underlevers. The HW57 may be worth a look. Can anyone comment on whether HW have fixed the random popping up of the pop up breech issues they had?
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    Well, like the others, it was supposed to be eggs and meat. But the Muscovies are to busy sh*gging for eggs. Poor girls get no rest. And because it is such a palaver, I haven't eaten as many as I'd intended. I started with 3 Muscovy ducks and a drake. Got up to 24. Started thinning them out, then with all the pork in the freezer, couldn't really be mithered. The Indian Runners and the goose are rescue items. Boys of course. Know one ever says 'I've got this girl duck that I need to get rid off'. Anyhow. I recently acquired a large boiler that runs off a gas bottle. S
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    Yes, I think they might
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    Hello, I have been offered some Mallards. Price to be decided. I currently have 15 Muscovies, 4 Indian Runners and a male Chinese Goose. Will the Mallards fit in? I believe they can be quite aggressive. I will put them in my quarantine run for a week or so first. Apparently they were bred for an organised shoot but won't fly (clever ducks) despite not being clipped. Thank you.
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    They do look lovely. Have they called anything else in yet? Bred to fit into a hunter's jacket.
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