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  1. Squirrel_Basher
    Nice write up mate .Some people get too absorbed in the 'specimen 'side of fishing to appreciate anything else .Makes me smile when i see a lad weighed down with realtree kit and catches the odd decent fish or blanks .Sometime ago ,on our local stretch of the avon ,i was barbel fishing with the usual minimum kit when a couple of bankside hunters came along and asked how i did .Before i could say much the other lad blurted out that hed had a 15lb barbel to which i replied that id nothing like that but i had them to 12lb and 8lb and 7 inbetween .I could see the look of disbelief so emptied my ne
  2. Squirrel_Basher
    Aye theres a few about mate
  3. Squirrel_Basher
    Quality read there mate and may there be many more ,just lose the italic as its hard on my eyes .
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    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.Will be in touch mate .Soon.
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    Invited myself to fish our local lake with my lad of 10 .My mate has a ticket on this water and is allowed a guest . Started with the usual 8-10 balls of ground bait ,a mix of brown crumb and sweetcorn laced with frozen ,dead maggots .The reason for the dead maggots is twofold .One is that live maggots tend to cause ground bait balls to break up in the air and the other is that there is a way of thinking that most are lost in the silt of the lake before they are eaten .Anyway as it proved later ,the fish still eat them as a number were coughed up in the nets .Worm and maggot cocktail at 30 ya
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    Shame on you for shooting them this side of september mate .You know the rules impossed on other sites .lol.
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    Even Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Got the first of many invites [hopefully ]to a local private lake that holds some decent sized bream and tench as well as good pike fishing .Started the day at 0530 and balled out 10 good sized balls of brown crumb ,maggots and sweetcorn mix .Made these balls the day before so that they would breakdown gradually.My host gave me the chioce of swim which is a bit of a lottery here as the bream are ,as you probably know great rovers .Anyway ,filled the cage feeder ,cast out a worm and maggot cocktail and waited for things to happen .A large pike errupted in the shallows which promted me to tackle
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    Hats off to you mate ,captured beatifully .
  10. Squirrel_Basher
    Ah, life is good .
  11. Squirrel_Basher
    Didnt know the footie was on .Good read mate ,good pics of the humbugs and well done on the cub .Never mind the footie ,get back and deal with the rest mate .lol.
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    Went there mate but they were silaging the fields next door and i think the noise was keeping the foxes away ?
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    When you are asked to do a job then you do it mate .Well done on your stag
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    Tried a favourite location yesterday evening where i now have the ajoining farm too.Spotted a buck as soon as i got into the first field but he was already running ,possibly chasing another buck as i could see a deer over the hedge .its amazing how they know their enviroment .Anyway ,onwards it was along the top of a ridge stopping to spie the fields below .Spotted a buck in the bottem field about 500-600yds away and planned my stalk .All the gates are open now so that was easier and i soon got within 2 fields away and had another look through the bins .He was nothing special ,an average youn
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    That would be the .243 with a 100 grain winchester mate .
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    Been having a dry period as far as bucks are concerned which is new to me as they are abundant around us .Finally broke my duck by spotting and stalking a youngster that ive seen on numerous occasions but has always been in a feild that borders a footpath .The shot has been safe enough but i dont like the idea of walkers being startled .Thats the sort of lad i am ,considerate to the core Anyway ,yesterday evening he was in a field of uncut hay grass and damn near invisable at times ,you know how it is ,one minute he's broadside then gone head down in the grass .This field slopes down to a s
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    Quality time spent there mate .You may not have the deer numbers we have but the scenery is to die for .Good on you two .
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    You keep that' introducing' up mate and you'll regret it ,lol.Good shooting there Lee .
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    Robins !100%
  20. Squirrel_Basher
    .22 rifle is the prefered method around here mate .NO-one knows the deed was done either .
  21. Squirrel_Basher
    Long time since i had a harris but consider this .If your newly aquired bird or any other bird for that matter has had some knockbacks at the real deal ,young or old ,whos fault is it .You obviously strive to provide the younster with as much easy slips as is practical but they do not all make the grade .A youngster can be easily overmatched and an adult can and does go through bad patches .Personally ,i would keep trying the youngster on the right ones ,even part with it if it didnt do it to my liking in the end .A baggie of any description whether talking about b.o.p or dogs serves only to p
  22. Squirrel_Basher
    False rut i fear .
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    I think theres a bit of plonker pulling here lads .
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    Aye ,might be me unlocking the sheds next time he visits and im a better shot with a stone
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    ..............................Cant beat anything by D.B.PLUMMER for a factual bedtime read and come to think of it the terriers of the same name are in my opinion the best when it comes to earthwork .Yours in sport- Pinnochio.
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