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Or why not pop in the run overnight when it is cool?. You are right though . Pork has a reputation for going rancid very quickly. So I'd be inclined to take out what they hav'nt eaten in one day whatever the weather .
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Big shot is fine for taking out big game at short distances but at longer distances -as you suspect - as they go further and spread the gaps become bigger . BBs have plenty of weight behind them and enough pellets in the load to hold a pattern at normal shot-gun range. If in doubt set up some sheets of paper as targets at various ranges,shoot em with different loads ,count the pellet-holes and and see for yourself.
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Man ,it's like a ferret funfair . Bouncy ball, drainpipes ,even ride on toys in the background !.
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I had one of those . Possibly still have ....somewhere. A mate gave it to me years ago but like yours it had no collar so it was a pretty lame gift . I think they work down to six feet. If the vendor was telling the truth and your box does work with an early(Grey box "Mk1") collar it is just possible that it will pick-up a modern Mk3 collar.... Best thing to do is find a mate or some kind person from this forum who lives near you and is willing to let you experiment a bit with collars before you actually lash out any more cash on buying one . . Good luck
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Excellent . Bring on the shiny things ! When even so-called "modern-cyber-age man" can be beguiled by the gaudy contents of a lure-box or tackle-shop display its not so hard to see how our ancestors managed to win the souls of natives around the world with a few bits of mirror and coloured beads . I had this one for Christmas some time in the early 70's . Obviously did'nt use it much as i still have it . I think it is called a River Runt -
Came across these fellows at the back of my cabinet of wonders . I remember buying them for 10 or 20 pence each from the bargain bucket of a tackle stall at a country fair a few years ago . I've only once actually used one in anger. They are such great little things I just can't bring myself to use them in case I lose one . I know its silly . Has anyone else a favourite lure or bit of gear they don't actually want to risk getting wet or lost !. Or am I just a sad weirdo with an unnatural attachment to his rubber bull-heads?
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certainly shows their drive must be very high kicks in before they have had time to achknowledge the size of their prey before they strike at times,often perch will do the same,or perhaps its just a case of them not caring,free meal is a free meal after all I think perch are a bit like bass . They'll have a crack at something as it passes just to knock it of kilter then come back to finish it off and see if it will fit in their mouth.
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Sudocream is great for it. I had an elderly jill put through the mill by another jill that obviously had been dealt a few too many spring hormones . Poor old girl had been chewed about until her neck was actually missing chunks . Trimmed what was left of the fur back to keep the area clean and stop the hair being caught up as the wound scabbed over. Washed the area in warm salt water and applied a thick layer of Sudocream .I did'nt even have to repeat the process . Tis like magic !.
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Amazingly ambitious little chap. Many years ago when they pulled my local Woolworths apart I "rescued " some thick brass plates that had been round the door pillars. Somehow using the most basic and bluntest tools available I hacked and bashed out some 7 to 8 inch spoons .They looked like classic Mr Crabtree type devices that should have had giant pike queing at the net but all I caught was jack after jack on them . Only hooked one decent pike on the brass monsters and I messed up landing it due to slippery banks and heavy floodwater in the Arun.
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They originally come from North Africa across to China. Some were noted in 1855 in Norfolk but even up until the mid 1970's there were only small numbers outside the London area and East Kent. Nowadays they are making progress by the year and I've seen the things coming to a bird table on the West Sussex/Surrey border. According to "The Naturalised Animals of Britain"( I think that's the book . I've lent it out so I'm on me doddery old memory here ) one theory is that because they were so tough ,pretty and very cheap they were imported as pets and aviary birds in massive numbers .
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As far as I know there is nothing that says you must use only a shotgun to shoot any of the legitimate sporting species geese in the open Season . The Canada goose in England is subject to an Open Licence and can be shot outside the sporting open season for crop protection and wildlife management reasons (but not I believe in Scotland ). I suppose the terms of the grant and wording on a FAC might be an issue that affects using a rifle . I guess something like "shooting of vermin or wildlife management " would cover you to a degree .I've culled a few Canadas on this basis . Sporting sho
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Hi rascal . Up and running Pretty sandy jill. Soon you'll have a full set of colours
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Eek. A touch of Madame Guillotine!. Always amazes me that they can exhibit such amazing self-preservation and use various physical,mental and sensory ruses to evade capture. Yet on other occasions one comes across them as non-targets sitting in a resigned manner in the flimsiest of home-built Larsens or unable to find the way out of a chicken run they've broken into .
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Certainly in England - In the open season and with permission of the land owner. I guess that there might be a cloudy issue with using lead ammunition over certain wetland areas.
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I caught a few moles today and came back with four rabbits this evening but ,well a brace of musk oxen and a caribou kinda put a different perspective on things !
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I tend to set the trap and hope for a quick catch but if I think foxy is the devious sort rather than pre-baiting an unset trap I'll bait the trap and actually leave it locked shut . Foxy comes past, detects the bait but can't get it .Probably gets frustrated,snuffles around the cage. Digs a bit and in course of a few visits generally familiarises itself with what it believes is simply an obstacle to a meal rather than something to be feared . Rather than being suspicious of the trap foxy is actually desperate to get inside at the first oppertunity...Which comes soon enough .
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I think Stubby is reffering to the little chap in the middle of the picture when he mentions .22 shot shells. Rimfires are great for ratting with a sound backdrop but will limit where you can shoot both with safety and regard to damaging property .In some ways ,unless you are going for a lot of longer range shots a decent air rifle is more versatile . In fact at very short ranges an old springer with decent open sights is a very handy bit of kit. Many moons ago a rather embarrassed keeper recounted a tale to me of the day he was asked to cull feral pigeons from a big barn.N
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Try this for practice. First Insert decent batteries !. Turn the wheel on the reciever box fully on(that'll be the 15foot or 8 foot mark depending on the model) . The grey box will now be ticking . Place your collar on the floor and walk away from it until the ticking just stops . You are now out range of the collar. Now wave the box towards the collar and the ticking will start. Take a step toward the collar. Now turn the sensitivity dial down until the ticking just(only just ) stops. You have lost contact with the collar . To regain contact simply wave the box towards
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Yep he's the one . A real character. The jill is just like a smaller version of him.
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I'm too much of a technophobe to work out how to add a picture to a PM so I've put it here and hope you see it. Pm if intwerested
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Most folk seem to think that at 100yds the drop would be 4". This sounds about right . My ancient CZ is zeroed at 65 yds. Using Eley subsonics a 30 yd shot requires 1.5" hold under and at 90yds 3" hold over. I have a sticker on the stock to remind me !
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It'll end up similar in principal and function as the bottle-top squeaker I described .Probably a tad simpler as well as it probably does'nt reqire glue to seal it . If you are having trouble fitting the caps together try crimping the "male" one with pointed pliers so that it will tap inside the other one. Alternatively get a ball ended hammer or even a rounded pebble and tap it into the mouth of the the "female" case to open it up a fraction. If it splits you might need to anneal the next one you try with a blow torch ,gas flame or just by leaving it in the bottom of a bonfire
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Here's the recipe I use. Its one of those things that I intend to do every year but often remember when its too late . This year I pulled the tube and jar out of storage in time . For 1 gallon of sap 2 lbs of sugar handfull of raisins and the juice of a lemon. yeast I don't add water.Just bring the sap to a simmer and disolve the sugar in it. Then pour it into your bucket or whatever you are going to start fermentation in and add the lemon juice and raisins. When its cooled to luke warm add the activated yeast. After 3 or 4 days strain it into dem
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Had my first one minute mole
comanche replied to swanseajack's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
A few years ago I did a job where there were two sets of workings on the edge of a paddock bordering the owner's lawn . It was a classic case of ,"Don't mind the moles in the field but once they head for the garden they have to go ",from the owner. I was just setting the last trap when the owner breezed past on the inside of the fence on her ride-on mower. Within seconds two traps went off- one in each of the workings . Two moles . I guess they were fleeing the disturbance from the mower. -
Length of grey plastic guttering or an old grey dusbin cut into pigeon shape . A whiff of grey car primer will take the shine off and a couple of white neck/wing flashes will give you some crude shell decoys. They might not fool an experienced pigeon that's seen it all before but they despite the idea being a very old one it still works a bit .