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  1. Stavross
    I’ve been told that the grass fields are owned by a chemical company so I would of thought there’s no chance of getting on there, but a farmer in the area grazes cows on there in the summer and I think he owns the wheat fields, so I need to find him, the numbers are a lot bigger than the last couple of years, the Canada’s have always been there this time of year but the lag seem to be here in very good numbers now
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    This weeks mission is to find out who owns these fields, they are 5 minuets drive from my house and over the last few days I’ve passed them a few times and the amount of Canada’s on the grass and the winter wheat field next to it is nuts, I passed it not long ago and there was easily 1500 on it a mix of Canada’s and lag, its about a mile from the mouth of the river Tees and backs onto a RSPB reserve, I don’t want to wipe them out but would be more than happy to pay the land owner for a couple of days on there
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    If it was the choice of one I’d keep the .22, you can shoot 100 yards with a sub, further with hv, ?
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    I’ve shot rabbits with mine well over 150 yards, on windy days I stay under 100 if the winds strong I don’t bother, I had a round get stuck in one of mine but we put that down to a faulty round rather than a dirty barrel, ( they seem to have sorted the split neck fault now ) saying that it is a mucky little round, you will definitely need a mod, the muzzle crack is quite loud and as gav said they do 20’s but I’ve only ever used 17’s, if I was given the choice between owning a .22lr or the 17hmr I would go for the lr, if I could have both I would, I hope some of this helps your mate come to the
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    I don’t do nowhere near enough and it happens to me quite often, I was shooting over rape a week or so ago and if my mate wasn’t there with his dog I wouldn’t of found anything, even if you have marked where it fell you still end up walking over them
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    She looks a big old bitch, do you think she has some age to her ?
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    I really don’t like loosing things that I’ve shot but it does happen quite often especially with pheasants, it seems if they make the hedge back or a bit of ruff they some how disappear
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    I’ve never owned one or shot one, I would of thought it will be a good little work horse and for the money I’d take a punt on one, I seen one for sale at the shooting show new for £220,
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    A good frost will knock that back and the pigeons will come ?
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    Sounds like a cartridge fault to me, if you put a load of another brand through and if you don’t have a problem you will know what it is, I had a bad batch of victory 36g once only had 100 but about 20 didn’t fire
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    They are starting to flock up here, still mostly in the trees but I’ve been working up the farm today and there’s a few dropping from the trees into the edges of the rape a couple of good hard frosts to flatten it down and they will be on it
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    Can anyone recommend a decent pigeon magnet, preferably one that will take decoys but also has the frames to take shot birds ?
  13. Stavross
    Haha, I like em ?
  14. Stavross
    Two crackers you got yourself there, nice work?
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    Duck feeding

    Stavross replied to bobajob's topic in Wildfowling

    You can feed wheat to ducks just don’t put it in the water, if they don’t clear it up quickly it rots and the chemicals it gives off are harmful to ducks, a mate of mine breeds duck and he uses dry feeders that over winter has a mix of wheat, oats and barley, the problem with this is you feed everything else and they bring pests in
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    He loves coming out for the day with us, I could of done with borrowing them ear defenders when we were walking around, he never stops talking, a proper little lad and he can come on them days with me anytime ?
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    Glad you enjoyed it, it’s a bit different to tramping across muddy fields with me chasing them ginger terrorists, it makes it a good day when everyone gets a bit of shooting and get a long enjoying the day together
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    I lad, a grand day for a walk out in’t fields it was nice to be out for an hour on my own, middle of nowhere just enjoying being there, watching a couple of roe doe’s thinking how one of them could be the family Boxing Day dinner
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    In that case I’ll have to wait until I manage to get myself a few pigeons, I went out today to bait up for a fox and see if I could get a couple but not a pigeon to be seen, did see a few pheasants, partridge and teal but been Sunday I let them be, never pulled the trigger but when your surroundings are like this sometimes that doesn’t matter ?
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    He looks to be a chunky fella ?
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    I like the sound of that, I think I’ll give that a go with my stock pile of pheasant ?
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    Mmmm wood pigeon, I’m thinking pigeon breast, cream mash and red cabbage, that’s it I’m on the pigeon hunt tomorrow, nice work U,
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    Second day on the shoot and a good day was had by all, 47 pheasants and 3 woodies, still some low flyers so you have to pick your birds, took longshanx for his first go at driven game and he bagged himself a brace so smiles all round
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    Are you shooting through the wife’s best scatter cushions there, you will be in bother ?
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    From what I’ve read they say that it carries both genes and the male gene becomes more dominant as the bird reaches sexual maturity giving it its cock feathers, I haven’t read anything that says that the birds are hermaphrodite but that would make a lot of sense, the other thing that puzzles me is if it can go from hen to cock ( in looks ) why doesn’t it work the other way round as well
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