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    You seem very at ease with the stalking situation mate ,you sure its your first
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    Its the work of the Badger watch alright .Like said ,look out for hidden camera .Not too hard to spot if you look hard enough .
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    Got to love them
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    The trees here have been given a right pasting and are stunted up to the plantation nearby which was planted at the same time but fully fenced .When next there i will add to this thread with a pic of the difference in tree size .has to be seen to be believed what deer can do .In case anyone is wondering why i havent taken a surplus off here then think again .In the 3 years ive had the land ,i and others have shot a total of 53 roe and 3 munties off it and still they come .Not that im moaning mind .
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    I recently put up a high seat overlooking some tree plantings that the deer are hammering .The plantation is fenced on three sides but not on the railway embankment side due to some red tape im told .The deer have found a way around the main fencing and hop over the four foot with ease so its my job to reduce the browsing to a minimum .The landowner saw seven deer in there last week so hopes were high that maybe one was a buck .The seat covers an area where ive seen them in there most but theres still a portion that is unreachable due to a hedge but you cant have it all .I was in the seat well
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    I could walk all night and only see 3 of the fuckers .I personally i think a .22 is not suitable for fox in the field ,only humane dispatch,but that is a whole new thread .Before i had centre fire i shot many foxes with the rimmy but also saw a few go off scowling which is unacceptable and to say on a shooting forum ,to a novice that they are good out to 100 yds on fox with subsonic is a bit irresponsible Deker .
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    The miss was forgivable really as charlie was fairly wired when he fired and unfortunately the shot went to the left .Was a very good night which we all thought would continue but the weather thought otherwise.Good to hear about the other land there Martin .We will have to have a recce some time . Nice to see foxes coming in like that but then again they were lured by exceptional calling
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    Personally ,i do not agree with a novice to centre fires having an open ticket too soon .They are a world apart from a .22 rimfire and totally removed from a shotgun .I had an open ticket from the off with a .222 and was amazed to see what it could do ,all within the realms of safety obviously .I was very hesitant about taking taking it onto land that i didnt know intimately but that was a long time ago .I now have the .243 and go where i need to but in hindsight, i feel the an early restriction would not have been a bad thing in so far as getting to know the rifle on home ground .Just my view
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    You gone all stateside foxdropper, thought you were from Wiltshire, do you also say sidewalk? Actually mate ,the reference to 'fall 'is English .They nicked it off us like many other things
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    Just in from a place where i do the control around some chicken sheds and bumped into the farmer who said hed just seen a fox in his rearing field where he starts the day old chicks under lamps in big polly tunnel like sheds .There is electric fencing around each shed but non the less hes always wary of a break in .Drove to this spot and sure enough i could see charlie nose down around the wire of one shed and about 120 yds out in the fading light .I got out quietly and sorted the rifle ,had time to get on sticks even and lined up on matey .He was still head down so a gentle squeak saw the hea
  11. Squirrel_Basher
    Blind leading the blind me thinks .
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    I disagree entirely with what you say. For a start, pups of under 2 weeks old, eyes still shut, shouldn't even be seen as a threat by the bitch. Her maternal instincts should tell her that she doesn't need to see such tiny pups as a threat. I have known, fortunately not owned, bitches which were so warped in their heads that they would and did kill their own pups for venturing near the food. That is not normal at all, for any breed. Most of my bitches actually stand back and stop eating when their pups approach the food. When the pups are much older, from 6-8 weeks of age, then yes, I agr
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    I know what quarry you refer to mate but its a long time since we were allowed to do that over here.The draw dog in this country ,preban of course was used to draw a fox and kill it and i think thats what the original poster was referring to .Always seemed a bit messy to me and not why i was out in the first place .I like things done in as humane way as possible and having dug to a terrier i dont think its fair to quarry to be subjected to any more and a gun is the right thing in my book .Not judging anyone but that side always seems to attract the wrong sort .
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    Having seen a few myself ,it has never really sat well with me and does not show the quarry the respect it deserves .In my book if something deserves to die then quick is the word ,something that is often talked about with strong dogs but rarely if ever seen .I have no problem with the idea but reality its always far from ideal .
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    Thats because pics of working plummers are like rocking horse shit mate .In fact the two words are rarely mentioned in the same sentence .Yes rats are a suitable quarry for them,just , but that dosnt make them a working terrier.Cairns will do the same .
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    FFS dont muzzle her .Nothing to do with the breed ,any bitch can be like this.She will not savage the pups at all .Some bitches are good at keeping pups in line and thats what she is doing .They are subordinate to her and she eats first .Seperating them will only enforce this fact and she will get worse .Leave her to it mate , she wont harm them .The squealing you heard was natural for a pup that is chastised and did not harm the pup at all .Too many people on here giving out advice that frankly is a load of bollocks and would be out of place even in a plummer book .
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    As you posted it here ,are you trying to convince us they were taken with a terrier ,jagd maybe ,lol.Repost in the stalking section mate and see the replies flood in .Thats some collection there mate but i suppose hes loaded and does nothing else,not that im jealous or nowt .
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    Those with sika wish they had more roe mate but yes we could do with a few in Wiltshire /Somerset .Not the right habitat i fear though from what ive read about . Tommy mate ,what makes a good sika spiker ,im guessing the body weight .Do you have many where you are now mate .
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    Well within our budget mate ,well have to arrange a trip next fall maybe .
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    Any pics of the progress mate or do i have to see it first hand ,long time no see and all that .
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    Nicely shot mate,have to have a stag soon myself.
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    Be good to get a wall hanger ,thanks for the replies .
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    Yesterday ,Friday, saw me in beautiful Dorset with Local Yokel off the site.He has a patch of ground here courtesy of his Godfather .The area ,although small is situated within a large forest area of mixed woodland and is mostly cleared forest ground with high pruned areas .The local deer are mostly sika with a sprinkling of roe and fallow and they are making a nuisance ,as only deer can,by eating the regrowth as fast as it appears . There is two high seats ,one at either end that allows to cover the whole patch and any deer on it are shootable when both seats are filled .We arrived in good
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    I personally find them very intriguing .They are ,around us anyway the most vocal of deer barking for a mate ,barking at alarms and ive even heard squeaks between doe and fawn .I could never set out and think 'right, today im going munty stalking' as they are so elusive here but lots about if the barking is anything to go by . .Martin has the ideal ground from what ive seen but never a guarantee as in roe stalking .They even seem to browse on the move . If theres a doe in season about then the bucks can get caught right out in the open at any time of day in their quest for a bit of passion .Mo
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    Last shed done last night but a measley 25 rats caught due to one of the drinkers being split and flooding the floor.
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