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    Definitely ; six nests in one house yesterday .None bigger than a melon but the job before that involved a surprisingly big one .
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    Amongst the exhibitors at a recent German Shooting Show was a new company called Wichsenhand. It claims to be at the forefront in the development of specialised hunting clothing . Some of their stuff actually looks quite good. Unfortunately when it came to debuting what the company describe as their "Cutting edge " range of night shooting gillie-suits , things went a bit awry . Two of their models started having a dust-up on the catwalk! Spectators watched as Security Guards quickly stepped-in to restore order. As yet the two models involved in th
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    What sort of pattern does the air rifle throw with shot shells? And is it any good for dispatching sick sheep??
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    Don't forget the shot shells!? .22 LR +fieldcraft x by the art of holdover/under = proper hunting
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    My first day of the river Season kicked up a surprise. I was running late and feeling lazy so l grabbed the Grandkids' rod because it was already set up . 7 ft of vintage solid glass a tobacco tin of spare bits and a Le Omnia reel made up the low tech outfit. Twenty small rudd later l was happy enough and about to pack up as it was getting dark but went for the obligatory classic last cast . I'm glad l did!
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    I had thoughts about our rivers being too clean a few years ago too but have changed my mind based on personal experience . I live on the headwaters of a river. It rises as tiny forest ghylls but by the time it hits the sea it's the second fastest flowing in England . The pollution starts almost at its source . An estate lake formed from damming one of the forest streams used to be crystal clear but is now an overstocked muddy carp hole .A couple of other carp fisheries also discharge their brown overflow into what used to be streams of pure spring water . There are still wild t
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    Put a line of Tippex round the mounts and see if a crack appears after a few shots .
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    There are some lovely homemade canoes out there . Made by real craftspeople . The sort who can measure properly ,use tools and don't cut bits off themselves . Unlike me. Even though the outer skin on my canoe will actually be a single layer of artist's canvas ,that's about as near to a work of art it'll get.? The frame is now complete apart from a dose of wood treatment . I think l'll buy some preservative from a shop rather than using my own blood this time!
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    I'm close to finishing the frame of my Mark2 fishing canoe . It's very similar to the Mark1 version l made a few years ago but a lot lighter and hopefully without my built in design faults . Anyway today l had a stroke of luck when l neatly sliced a big chunk off the back of my thumb while cutting a tricky angle on one of the long side strainers. I dripped so much blood l'll save a fortune on wood stain!?
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    Not sure about that sausage ! Is Philip Shofield working in a chip shop now?
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    I've caught two. The first one was a few years ago in a loft two houses away from the one l caught today. There might be a little local gene pool. They occur in little pockets round here . I see odd ones every year .
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    They aren't partially rare in my area . Just a little bit rarer after this one and it's normal mates decided to devastate a customer's veg patch.
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    Yes, l was given strict instructions to slice it into 3/4inch thick steaks and score it part way through in a diamond pattern. Then brine it with a couple of rinses and fresh brine changes for 48 hours . It worked. I remember years ago trying to roast one like a domestic goose. It tasted like what l imagine silage tastes like. Even the dogs wouldn't touch it?
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    Yes. This lot appeared from nowhere . I think they must've walked across the fields . I successfully "relocated" a pair early in the year .....They didn't go to waste . The other one made a good meal thanks to tips from a customer who is a chef .
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    I'm not big on fishing in the old closed season but succumbed to the farm pond last night . It's nine feet deep and cold so the tench in it won't start spawning for a few weeks anyway . I slung some groundbait into a swim then wandered off to check the sheep and walk the dog before returning to the pond with my rod . The groundbait had attracted more than fish.Their cuteness rating dropped a bit when they started to show an annoying interest in my float .Sharing their evening meal with a bunch of goosey gate-crashers didn't seem to bother the smaller members of the ocal fish pop
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    "Reconaissance"sounds so much better than "blanked". I do a lot of reconaissance ?
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    Back in the 80s my next door neighbour of the time shared some free tickets she had been given to see Rolf Harris's kids' show at our local theatre . We ended up very near the front and to be honest it was a very good show all the children in the audience ,including my daughter, loved it . One thing that struck me was that some of Rolf's jokes were carefully edited versions of stuff he probably used at adults-only performances . Of course the kids didn't realise but some of the parents in the audience did. In fact after one innocent sounding but potentially near the knuckle
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    I guess you have to be of a certain age to peg it . I shall get my coat.......
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    A nest on the same shelf in my shed for the 4th year running . I guess there is a reasonable chance that it's the same blackbird every time or one of her offspring . Apart from wedging the door open l carry on using the shed as normal and she doesn't take the blind bit of notice of me crashing about .
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    ? Now here's a thing . I always thought moocher was an American term for a tramp or scavenging begger! Means pretty much the same over here as in someone scrounging stuff for nothing or just hanging about aimlessly. Sneaking about trying to kick up something for a dog to chase is a fairly recent use of the word . It sounds less illegal than casual poaching? Surely the infamous " Minnie The Moocher " was American? She Mooched her way to the top ! ?
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    "Action plan "and OK let's "enact that" Or customers saying "I've got this guy l 'work with' on this sort of thing ," as in l pay someone to do jobs for me. "But l can't make a 'connection' with him," as in l didn't pay him enough or have peed him off and he's blocked my calls .
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    Well it wouldn't take a monster pike to swallow a small cygnet . I reckon any pike that's mastered the technique on a regular basis deserves a bit of credit rather than culling though. Anyway there are surely only so many cygnets even a big pike could eat without having to take a rest for digestion . It does sound ,as suggested , that someone is making five out of 2+2 ..... But maybe it's a ruse by a pike Angler hoping to get the fishing rules relaxed and take part in the cull. Or am l a suspicious cynic??
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