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  1. Stavross
    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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    Very sad, RIP, I loved watching him on a Sunday evening with my dear old dad, I don’t think I’ll sell my Wilson Avon quiver rod now, might even give it a run out on the Tees
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    So I’ve got a couple of hen pheasants on the shoot that are starting to get cock feathering, we have had this in a few birds in the past, I was wondering what makes this change happen so I’ve had a little read up on it but have not found a lot of information on the subject, as far as I can work out it’s a product of intensive breading and the hen birds that were checked after this were found to have abnormalities in there reproductive organs, I would be interested to know if any of you have come across this or know a bit more about it ?
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    Well done. Keep baiting it mate, more will come, you can change the foxes pattern by baiting it, once they learn where there is food you will be there first port of call, so no daft o’clock foxing freezing your bits off at two in the morning ?
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    If you are feeling guilty I’ll go up for you if you want me to, I’ll jump on his toes for more rabbit shooting?
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    I was up that way about a week or so ago, there was hundreds in a field near the dam going across it like a forensic team, I’m might have to have a knock see if they require my assistance ?
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    It’s sad that most shoots are like this now even the private syndicates, we were left with a few on our first day, I have no bother finding a home for them but I think if you want to shoot them you should give them the respect they deserve and us what you have shot, if you just want to stand there and shoot at something piss off and go and shoot clays
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    Cheeky tw*t, don’t judge my lifestyle choices ?
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    It always seems to be the way that you bump into them on the way back home ?
  12. Stavross
    So inspired by UD and having a day off, I’ve had a little walk out this morning and bagged myself a couple of pheasants, made myself a pheasant and spinach curry, two fat cock birds going into one fat northern lad ?
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    On the bright side you fell down the hole and not me, if it had been me it would of been up to my neck ?
  14. Stavross
    Cheers U, I was shooting with the tikka.243, I didn’t realise how deep the rape was until I went looking for it and it was above my wellies, I hate not being able to find what I’ve shot, it’s not that I want my prize but more I wouldn’t want to leave an animal injured to suffer in the field if the shot wasn’t a good one
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    It’s the same up here, the amount that are about I would of thought they will have the tree lines cleared in no time and will have to move onto the rape
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    So I’ve had a WhatsApp message from the farm hand ( I didn’t know he was that technically advanced) he found the fox on one of the tracks through the rape, he said it’s a good size dog, he said he could see it from the quad so it goes to show I was looking in the wrong place for it
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    So me and longshanx had ourselves a walk out at the sheep farm as lambing is fast approaching, made our way along the bottom of the fields so the wind would be the right direction to come back along the top, as we got to the boundary I ran the lamp across the field and in the middle of the rape was them distinctive eyes looking back, past the torch to my man and mounted the rifle, after the fox ducked about in the rape for a bit it presented a clear head shot about 110 yards, squeezed the bang switch and it seemed to drop on the spot, after 10 mins of looking for it in 18” of rape I give up s
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    I’m also a bit of a fan of the .17 HMR, I like it for a bit of summer bunny bashing, sat on a hill top picking them off at 100+ yards, the down side to me is if it’s windy it doesn’t get an outing, I also really like the .17 hornet but haven’t thought of a good enough excuse for the missus, to buy one, other than I have room for it ( maybe that’s a good enough reason )
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    Cracking write up, looks like someone has put a lot of effort into that fox, to get it into a good shootable condition for you
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    Looks like you have had a cracking walk out, they are some big old squizzles you have down your way ?
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    Nice, I love a go at the geese ?
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    Dam that’s an ugly rifle, I shoot a tikka T3 lite in .243 now and that is a very nice rifle but would swap it tomorrow for a sako finnlite 2 or a carbon wolf if they did away with that horrible pistol grip
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    They are definitely pairing up around here, they have been calling for a few weeks now, I think the cold weather and snow has set them away, I’m out on the sheep farm at the weekend and will be taking the digital caller with me, try them mating call
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    Ha ha, have you been checking my feeder on the boundaries ?
  25. Stavross
    I get like that, I’m grumpy if I’m cold, wet or hungry
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