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  1. Stavross
    So as Hugo’s dad has been working his way through my cartridges for the last two seasons and has never put his hand in his pocket we came to the conclusion it was time to dig deep, now for some reason he thinks if it comes in a shiny box things die better, for the past few outings I’ve supplied him with 32g 5’s clear pigeon and they do the job nicely and at about 6 quid a box they are not the cheapest you can buy but not to bad, now he was looking at Hull high pheasant at 11 quid a box but eventually settled on black gold game, still at a hefty £87 for 250, they all go bang and if you hit them
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    Day 6 tomorrow and there’s still loads about, as we approach the end of the season there will be no prisoners taken tomorrow, everyone will be told to get at them, there’s a few guests shooting tomorrow and they are proper shots, one been my mate Morris, so I’m expecting a good bag and some serious bird poaching which will no doubt lead to some good banter, I’ll be running the beaters so with any luck I can put on a good show for the guns
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    ???? you will definitely deserve this little break with what’s coming your way in the next few weeks, make the most of it, before the madness of lambing starts ????
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    Last one of the year for me, was looking like a blank when I clocked this one on a big pile of sh*t, left it where it dropped, don’t know if it was a dog or a vixen, I wasn’t going to get up to my eyes in cow poo to find out, home in time for a G and T and to see in the new year with the bloody cat because this missus is spark out ( I should of stayed out ) all the best fella’s hope it’s a good one ?
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    Nice way to finish the year ?
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    A friend of mine was charged and convicted of common assault, he had his SGC and FAC taken away, 12 months later he applied for them back and got them, sadly since then he got into a drunken argument with his partner and she called the police saying she was in fear of her safety, he was arrested and his tickets taken away again, firearms told him he would have to be 5 years clear, but I would of thought there’s not a chief constable in the land that would put their name to that and he’s still with his missus 4 years later ( ? mental, she’d of been long gone if that was me )
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    It’s 5 years up here, but it’s still a bit off a lucky dip
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    All you can do is apply, it’s a bit of a lottery, depending on the force you are dealing with, just be completely honest with them, they will look into your record, even if you haven’t been charged/convicted with the offence, it’s still there for them to see, so you need to tell them everything otherwise it looks like you are hiding something because they already know you history, I had a few arrests and cautions from my younger days but like you I was never convicted of anything ( none of mine were for violence) I was granted SGC and shortly after FAC, but I have a mate who was refused a SGC
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    Some fine front stuffer action ?
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    Cheers lads, I’d like to think the air rifle lads would be proud of me, they love a bit of precision shooting, where as I’m just happy to hit it ?
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    A trip up to the shoot this morning for no other reason than a walk out and to take my mate up with his metal detector, after dropping him off I went over the far valley side and parked the quad up at the pen and walked all the forestry blocks that we don’t shoot and nobody from the shoot bothers going around, there was the odd pheasant and a large amount of deer, I came across two fox earths close to the tree line so gave a few minutes calling with the mouth call to no avail, I’m sure there’s many more earths amongst the trees and I’ve no doubt that they could be called out onto the rides, th
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    Definitely back in the action mr sausage, nice work ?
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    We always struggle for numbers this time of year, what I find is the people who turn up no matter what are the ones you want to be with anyway and even if the group is small and the weather is sh*t with good people you can always make a day of it
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    It’s definitely a territorial thing with them, the thing that made me think it was a dog was the speed it came in, in the past I’ve noticed that the vixen seems to be a bit more cautious when approaching a vixen in heat call
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    Hahaha, they build them sturdy up here mate, everyone likes something to get hold of, even mr dog fox ?
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    Well I’ve had enough of all this Christmas, family and people in general and as I’ve gone above and beyond with the niceties I was in need of a little stav time and when you can’t remember the last time you were at the foxes it’s time to get out, so doing something I don’t do very often, I mounted the lamp to the .243 grabbed the NV spotter and headed to the sheep farm as lambing gets underway in a couple of weeks, on arrival I bumped into the farmer and he proceeded to go into great detail of his days shooting with my mate who runs our little shoot, judging by the way he was propped up agains
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    Fingers crossed for you mate, on the up side if they are sitting as tight as our lasses sister does behind her sofa when the provy loan mans banging on the door they will flush well ?
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    Last big feed of the season, with only three shoot days left ( well two really as the last day is a clear up day ) we feed hard all the main drives, we have 4 main drives that are still holding good numbers of birds, it is very wet up there and it doesn’t show any signs of drying out, so this has put the mockers on two drives as the guns can’t go tramping across the crops to get in position, with a bit of luck the birds will stay where we have got them and I’ll be up for a hand feed on Wednesday or Thursday ready for shooting on Saturday ?
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    A cracking result for a winters day wander, I’ve used Remington ammo in .22 and HMR and most of it would be better fired from a catapult
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    That’s a bonus, never in the dog house, this might sound a bit miserable but to me it’s not, I can never forget my wife’s birthday because it was the day my dad died ( he always was a joker) 15th of April, we were about to go out for a meal but got the dreaded phone call, on the up side I got to spend the evening with the people I love the most even if I had to say goodbye to one of them
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    Age is nothing but a number mate, someone told me this a while back, the same bloke said you are only as young as the woman you feel, which is good for me as the wife is 8 years younger than me? Merry Christmas and happy birthday young man ?
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    Well that’s it, over and done with for another year, I have to say that I was dreading it because I had all the in-laws, kids and my mam and the brother in-laws mate ( this was because the brother in-law is at her majesty’s pleasure at the moment) , but to be fair I really enjoyed it, everyone enjoyed dinner ( that took me hours ) and we all drank and had a good laugh, the brother-in-law rang and we all got to speak to him, ( I love that lad and have known him long before this lot have ), the kids got everything and more than they wanted from me and the missus, a top day and it’s been an absol
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    Merry Christmas lads i’ve been on here now for about 18 months and I’d just like to say thanks too a few of you on here, even when life getting me down a bit I know I can come on here and read through other people’s adventures and cheer myself up so thanks to Bernard sausage, benbhoy, David Evans, Luke, baldcoot, ianm, shovel leaner, si brown, Gav, walshie, gooner, rimfireboy and of course my long mate longshanx also a few that have recently popped over the other side of the fence, viz, villaman and philpot cheers fella’s and all the best for the new year, if this sounds
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    Nice work Dave and Viz, I’m saving myself for Boxing Day night, otherwise know as grounded by the missus tonight and tomorrow
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