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  1. comanche
    No mate .I mean compounds of different woods ,horn ,sinew etc .Turkish ,Oriental. Don't suppose they thought to patent them....Modern bows are a lot easier to use accuratly but cast/ draw weight ratio is'nt that much more than a primitive bow of the same class of comparable design. But on the other hand I am wrong and you are very ,very right. Once you reach a certain level of technology it is impossible to make comparisons twixt traditional style bows of whatever materials and the high tech designs and engineering that supply precision arrow delivery speed and accuracy. Hope you catc
  2. comanche
    Dawn French or Fern Britten ?
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    Ancient compound bows outperformed the long-bow but these were expensive to produce.The "English"long-bow made from a single stave was a fairly easily mass- produced tool .A bit like the Brown-bess musket or Lee Enfield of it's day..Ranks of archers using bows of similar draw-weight and using identical arrows could place a deadly hail at precise ranges dependent on the elevation...Pretty sure they had bodkin tipped arrows for close-range work. These were for shooting at vulnerable areas of an enemy knight such as the arm-pits and visor gaps.Literally ,chinks in the armour. I've made some
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    Ryobi hedge-cutter just over £2oo very good. Adjustable angle of handle dangle,easy to start ,robust,good wide teeth for bigger twigs but keen enough for fine stuff .I've had one three years. My tree surgeon mate uses one proffesionally.Rates it better than Stihl . Kawasaki stuff is great ,especially the older more powerfull( but possiblyless health n safety orientated) gear. Would'nt touch the cheaper Ryobi chainsaws though.The chain brakes have a habit of overheating ,melting the casing and basicly wasting the saw. I've had two go like this . "Why the f*ck did you buy another
  5. comanche
    Free pole lathe ideally for a youngster,educational purposes or to a genuinelly keen person.Sussex area See Living off the land section for pictures .
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    I'm really anoyed by any sort of intolerance.I've no time at all for such people.No time at all for them...
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    Think of a caption anyone?
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    These are the "grandads " and old guys we push into homes and forget about .The little bent figures who now go to the local shop via a gauntlet of pathetic and spitefull teeny -thugs..This sort of letter shows that we should be talking to and learning from such men and women .Schoolchildren should have regular trips to interveiw the people involved in the making of our history rather than simply downloading a potted ,spun and politically correct version of the past.
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    Spect the sales-person said it was the latest fashion.Some folk are so gullable.Still,looks like just the thing if the weather takes a tern for the worse...
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    .It's a mole demonstrating her ability to terrorise worms.
  11. comanche
    JESUS .................................. its my ex's doo dah , cudnt resist Wow, at last I know what a ladies do-da looks like ....Glad I've lived a celibate life!
  12. comanche
    If you are a worm that is.
  13. comanche
    Right as requested enclosed are a few photos.I reckon you could make one from these pictures.Sorry for the delay.No use me blaming international time difference I suppose.
  14. comanche
    Cor ,someone as tight as me! Don't know if you can enlarge this picture up a bit to see the little "hooks" holding the trap in place but it might help you. The trap in the side- on veiw wasnt set in the open field I hasten to add.
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    We're famous for adders round here .Years ago our local woodland was in the Guiness book of Records for the biggest.Try finding one when you want to though! Couple of years ago I almost stepped on a black adder curled up on a footpath.Watched it for quite a while .No camera of course. Something that struck me was the fact that though it's background colour was a velvety,almost mole-like , matt-black, the classic zig-zag "dried bracken" pattern was visible in an even darker black.
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    Good man That cart will do the job to 40 yards, closer is always better but that's your range (waits patiently to be disagreed with... ) BB's ,"Fox drops" we used to call em.Handed a few out at the begining of every rabbit /fox drive day so we knew everyone had the right ammo . JG is spot on with the range .Yes, BB's will carry energy a lot further but the pattern is'nt dense enough at longer ranges . Your fives would 've been capable of a clean kill at sub20 yard range but I doubt the fox could be guaranteed to obligingly stand stock-still and either stare at you or offer you a p
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    :doh Yeh If I was a fish I'd be one of those carp thats been caught so many times it has a name and its own mug at the fishing lodge.
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    Ok not THIS day in history but b*ggered if I'm stayin up till midnight. 25th June 1876....About tea-time....
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    Well done ,mystery solved .I woke -up the other day ,fell over the dogs ,tried to clean me teeth and missed.Some bast*rd had pinched me head in the night.I had somehow envisaged that it had been stolen to order for a millionaire art collector .Bit of a blow to the ego to see it dumpen in the woods.You did'nt pee on it did you?
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    The bigger one goes fishing with her dad and I suspect the smaller one will be into everything before long.My daughter managed to convert her hubby to air-rifle shooting and ferrets.It's gone from "what ya want one of those smelly things for?" .when she took one of my kits from last year as a pet.To ".We need a jill and has your Dad got any spare nets ". Oh yes I've made many, many mistakes in my life but at least I brought my daughter up right!
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    You can just see what's going to happen... edited .It would 've been better if i'd posted the pics in the right order!
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    Grandchildren with baby freds at the weekend.
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    For me technology is taking a lot of the fun and fieldcraft out of hunting nowadays.The organic skills are being overshadowed by reliance on commercial gadgetry. Some people feel under_equipped if they hav'nt the newest ferret locater,latest radio controlled bait -boat ,best night vision optics etc etc. To each his own . Think what I'm getting round to saying is that for me a Mk3 even when it is working properly tends to overshadow the simple pastime of catching rabbits with ferret net and dog.Too many switches ,light displays and 1950's Sci-fi noises . A Mk 1 is a basic piece of back-u
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    I believe the way things are worded it is OK to shoot within 50feet of the centre of the highway (which includes footpaths) provided no one using the Highway is endangered or has their progress interupted. Other words if you are sensible and are aware of road users and you and your projectile stay on land you have permission to be on you can stand right up to the edge of the public road .You can also shoot from a footpath that crosses "your" land if no one is near enough to be put at risk or due to any reason(including I'd imagine fear ) caused to wait while you take your shot.
  25. comanche
    Old and grey, but he's never grown into those ears.
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