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Luck not on my side on this occasion.... The wind, although promising when I left home had dissapeared entirely by the time I arrived at the drop Ran out anyway but the combination of no wind and heavy leaf litter on the headland gave the bunnies the edge. Next time..... HH all.
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Hi Folks, Due to horrendous unforeseen circumstances, the net I made back in Feb 2010 http://www.thehuntin...nished-at-last/ is still virgin stock!! But not for long Off out for a drop tonight and hoping to finally give the wee lass a work out. Wish me luck guys, the wind is dropping.... HH all. G.
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Hawke Side Winder Tactical and AAS410 combination?
gollum replied to gollum's topic in General Airgun Discussion
Thanks that has pretty much got me sold 1 last question, would you say the image is as bright on this scope is as a Hawke sport HD 3-9 x 50? I am told the bigger the front the more light can get in and the better the image in low light. That said, I am also told the tactical has superior optics which may cancel out the smaller front end... Finally, did you mean that the 4" wheel was too big for use with an S410? "to be honest the supplied larger wheel is more than enough for the x14 mag I had" . Many thanks for the info. G. -
Hawke Side Winder Tactical and AAS410 combination?
gollum replied to gollum's topic in General Airgun Discussion
Phew, that's a lot to digest. Many thanks guys, much obliged. I have been using a laser for the last year and despite it being really useful it isnt entirely reliable. The problem I have is that sometimes the laser reads off the ground in front or behind the target. The result being incorrect holdover calculations and missed rabbits that should have been straight forward shots. My range estimation (unaided) is poor so I really need the help of either a laser or possibly side focusing scope. I have mapped out my gun using targets at 5 yard intervals and know the curve well, but without dist -
Hi Folks, I,m thinking of buying a side focus scope and had a good look at the Hawke side winder tactical. It seems well built and I had no problems with my current hawke 3-9x50 so I am tempted to make the jump but a couple of things are niggling. Can I expect to get tight accurate rangefinding using a side winder? When I say accurate I mean in particular the 20 - 50 yard range and to within a yard or 2 accuracy. The scope body graduation marks jump enormously from 30 yards to 50 yards....though if I add a larger wheel, presumably this can be improved. But I guess the core of the questi
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In my humble opinion, camo is not as important on the body as it is on the scope.... I have spooked more bunnies by not having scrim net over the front of my scope than anything else. Even when absolutely stationary, and prone, if the bunnies catch a flash of sunlight reflecting off the scope they will be off every time. The same applies when shooting from the land rover, but put a piece of scrim net over the lens and as long as you are slow and deliberate when moving the gun in to position they seem to be unaware that your there. That is of course assuming that you are downwind, not smoking
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Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. It took 89 days and is a total of 100 yards in length, 100% bagging on 50 yard lines. I think I could have done it a bit quicker but the fear of slipping knots made me quite exacting about the knitting. I'll be putting it to good use in the coming days and will update here on its handling, catchability etc. Many thanks to Tiercel & Netrigger for wise words along the way. HH all. G.
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I opted for 100% bagging on my hand made net.....and after advice from some good men on here, used spun nylon 10/6, double knotted with a single strand of 10/9 for the selvedge. It is 12 meshes deep, 14 including the selvedge. The meshes are 4 and a quarter inch. After many weeks of knitting and suffering hands I finally finished it a week or so back. I couldnt wait to rig her up and see for myself what all the fuss about hand made netting is all about..... It was being blown up the lines but, to my eyes it looks under bagged...at least another 2 meshes depth required and
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Cheers TC, 10/9 doubled up it will be. HH G.
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F.A.O long net makers. I'm coming to the end of the body of my first long net. Question: Suggestions on choice of material and size twine for the selvedge... The net body is spun nylon in 10/6. I have a couple of spools of spun nylon in 10/9 which could be used for the selvedge but I am hoping for advice first. Am I right in thinking that a double selvedge increases friction along the head and foot lines thus helping to reduce the problem of net sliding up the lines in a cross wind? If so, do I need to go up to 10/9 and double that, or would it be as good to use the 10/6 doubled up.
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Seasons Greetings All Out with the gun last night practising my resistance to sub zero temperatures Anyway, I had parked up the truck with the passenger window facing a hedge where earlier tracking had revealed a few bunnies might be around, set up the NV add on to the scope and had just settled down when out came the first customer. 1 fat winter buck droppped like a stone. As there was no twitching I left him where he fell rather than disturb any others that may be on their way. About 5 - 10 minutes passed and suddenly theres movement in the mouth of a hole about 5 yards from where
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Thanks for the thought Allan, Your right about the geography, good tip about the wind As luck would have it the option to long net has been reduced by the recent heavy winds... the remaining leaf on all scrub and hedge in the locale has been obliterated leaving skeletal, gappy, twig like hedges. The road to the south of the pic lights up the field with each passing car, and unless I do a post midnight session midweek there's little chance of running out undetected. Light pollution is fast becoming the bane of my long getting life... The odd return trip with the ferrets may well be the simp
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Thanks for input guys. Tiercel, I couldnt agree more about the blanking bit, I'm not worried if I do.... as you say yourself, assuming one puts the time in to thinking through where it could have gone wrong, the blanks are often more informative than the great drops. In our neck of the woods we have fields known locally as "Slinkets". This word apparently defines any field that is essentially a feeder or access field to others. They tend to be long and thin in nature and almost always have parallel hedges running along the longest edges. No doubt these occur in many places in the UK a
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Hi Fat Ferret, Yes your description is right, I guess the reasons I would prefer netting in the position marked are that: 1. The scrub behind the net location is tall giving me a good solid background when running out and less likely I will spook them. 2. The distance between the hedge you are referring to and the grazing area is only 20 - 30 yards in which I doubt I have the stealth to run out without spooking. That said, the latest I have checked it with the NV gear is 10.30pm, maybe later would be worth checking? 3. Its the easiest point to reach when coming on to the site.
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On the pic below the yellow patch is where the rabbits are feeding, the red dots indicate bury locations (approx 15 holes between the 2 sites) and the green lines indicate my simplest long netting option. The bury locations are currently empty having just ferreted 14 rabbits from them and another 11 from further down this hedgeline. The area behind the long nets lines also contains rabbits which are exiting through holes in rabbit fenceing marked as blue lines and crossing the meadow out to feed in the cereals on the other side of the hedge. My question is will... the rabbits that liv
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Try this mate. http://gourock.com/net-repair.html HH. G. Thanks for the replies, that is a very comprehensive site golloum. i reckon, with a bit of head scratching, i could do that. i dont have any actual net twine, can i use anything else or is that just false economy? I would get in touch with advanced netting or the net loft and order some decent twine. It is a bit of a head scratcher when you first try repairing, stick with it though....its a skill you will definitely require if you long net at night. I just got back from a quick drop with a footline ch
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Try this mate. http://gourock.com/net-repair.html HH. G.
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Decided to dye my green long and stop nets a darker shade, aiming for a dark khaki if at all possible. Had a check on the Dylon stuff and its way too expensive considering the quantity of net I want to dye (400 yards). I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of dyeing nets with traditional dyes? Any suggestions appreciated. HH all. G.
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I've been helping a farmer friend rip out an old shed and sort through the contents this week. Stuff going back to the 1940's including old newspapers talking about the war (ww2) and classic old tools that look like they were made in the iron age Its been an education finding out what they were all used for. This was nailed to the side... HH all. G.
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Funny old world, I've been helping a farmer friend rip out an old shed this week, its piled up with stuff going back to 1940's....found old newspapers talking about WW2 and old tools going back even further. Amongst the boxes we found...a BSA Meteor! Stock dry as a bone and missing a chunk, and the barrel locked solid. Anyway, he didnt want it so gave it to me to restore Got the barrel breaking after a couple of hours with wd40 & patience, and it fires ok. I was thinking same as you, bigger better spring and use it as a spare to have always to hand in the land rover. After Andy's p
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I've never tried it, but... I made up 10 pairs of anchor pins last year and instead of brazing them I used insulating tape to bind the circle closed. So far so good, they have all held fine and the nets (10, 15 & 50 yarders) are used several times a week. Give it a go mate. HH G.
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Thanks P&G, I had my doubts about this too, see http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...howtopic=110752 Good points there made by several folk. I was going to try just laying a net down and watching the rabbits reactions but my best spot for observing was taken over by a permanently pi**ed off bull. Gave up waiting for farmer to move it on so rigged up the system anyway. Its so cheap and fast to make that it's no loss really if it doesnt work but I was hoping it would Hi Dottydoo, try this mate http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...ic=51785&hl HH
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Thanks guys, appreciated. Well I tried it out on Sunday night, ran out 50 yards at the corner of a field I know is heaving with em..... Rigged at 5.30, lifted at 9.30pm. Catch......0! The field was empty when I arrived, not sure if a fox had been round before me, or possibly one of the shooting lads but there wasnt a bunny in sight so it was more of an exercise to see if it lifted ok, which it did. It could be that I disturbed them so much with the rigging that they decided to lay low for a night, or maybe they didnt like walking over the net......but then again, surely they w
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The bits. (for 50 yards) 100mm long screw in eyes new poles 3mm braided nylon guy lines tent pegs 2mm galvanised wire 2 x 3 foot long stakes (50mmx50mm) The pieces. Cut your poles to about 30" in length, straight cut at both ends no sharp point required. (I used plastic electric netting poles which had an eye formed in the steel pin at the base, but hazel would be as good if not better) Drill a hole in to the top and bottom of each of your poles. The hole should be in the centre of the grain and drilled along the length of the wood. Make it 1mm narrower than the diam
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Hi folks, Got a call from a farmer a couple weeks back to thin out an infested headland. It was a new spot for me on this farm and his description "I stopped counting after 2 dozen" sounded promising. Had a mooch around and counted about the same on the headland plus about 100ish on the borders of a couple of fields on the drive in... As the headland backed on to a hedge with an uncut and ungrazed meadow behind it I opted for snaring to give me a chance to shoot over the other borders at dawn and dusk before and after checking the snares. The meadow grass was about 18" with some beautiful
