J Darcy
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Good on you john. hope everythings ok, and im sure the pups quality breeding will shine through. good hunting mate. :kiss:
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HI Mitch, have you thought that you can be too close for the bow shot? animals jumping the string? I firmly beleive in getting close, but i would imagine the quarry would jump string more, the closer you get. I would equip the strings with dampeners to silence its vibration and practice out to thirty and forty yards. Try taking shots at that range and i bet it makes a difference,.....I should imagine a rabbit will be able to hop out of the way in the time it takes for the arrow to leave the bow and hits its mark. Even the fastest arrows/set-ups are slow.. only kicking out 280 -300fps....plent
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IMHO nobody over here has really heard of Bowhunting, mainly for the reason that it is illegal and not performed in our country.
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any chance of a photo of the dog and i will ask about.
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You need alot of work for 2 lurchers. ALOT. well, thats if you dont double up.
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Brilliant little story.i bet all the local gamekeepers will have be pleased.lol....
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I think the big question is....: Does VM himself know how his dogs are bred?......
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top class....hope you get anoither as good....
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Did anyone else see this..i thought it was a great programme...based on a true story, about that school in London where the head was murdered in 1995....Julie walters in it....brilliant...
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Cheers guys....
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Lucky, he looks a little racier than your usual stamp of dog, did you pick a dog with extra gears , or did you just get him as he was available......good luck with him by the way................
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No probs mate...pm me an address to send a dvd or two to...and i will pop a few in the post....not bothered about slashers, no interest...i will send you a couple of recent gary bogner......
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No, i havent got it yet...can you send me a link as to where to get it from....... i said it before and il say it again....chuck adams is the DADDY I go with his theories too, never mind sizzling fast speed, just make sure its quiet and get in close seems to be successful for him...... i had many a long chat with the, now deceaced, James Douglas.....a top bloke, and a good shot...he loved his Brownings, but i always liked my Hoyts...... I remember pestering the poor guy, asking him questions about things i just could not understand from books.....he actually died in a freak accident involvi
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i have heard its very hard to bag a polar bear with just the bow. many charge and have to be shot with the rifle too. They sometimes use the sled dogs to bring the bear to bay, though i do not know how successful that is. Musk ox sound like a good challenge too...
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I have videos here, somwhere, of the late, great Fred Bear who took Polar Bear and Tiger with his bow....of course, it is now illegal to kill tigers, but there are still many polar bears being harvested each year in the northen territories....i beleive it costs around £30,000 to take one, though i could be wrong...... i have a great DVd of Gary Bogner taking brown, black and grizzley Bear with a bow. I rate him highly as a bow hunter...also seen the Ralph Machiano (spell?) videos "super safari I and II..they are quite good..... Baldie, i have shot with a longbow and a recurve, and also used
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There's a lot of of foxes in London, snare one and another will take its place. You want to protect a garden, the better and permanent solution would be to improve your fencing so that they cant get in any more, In most London gardens this shouldnt be too difficult. nightwalker has a good point.....
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Very enjoyable thread guys....
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not for me, but my mates after on of the leather collared ferret collars that take the large battery, i.e the same batteries as the terrier collar.....do they sell them any more..cheers
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GG, that dog looks quite some size. how big is he at the shoulder and is it definately a whipp/wheaten?
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Hi guys, looking to buy a printer to attatch onto my lap top. I want one i can print out pics to A4 size and the quality must be good...any suggestions....???? also a cheap place to get the cartridges from.....cheers
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If we had to listen to the tales of yore then we would alhave jet black dogs...BUT, these are as visib;le as a whitedog in the dark...those that have never walked at night WITHOUT a torch will never understand what i mean, but those who have will.....the most inconspicuous colour imho is RED.....it makes me laugh when i hear people tell of this colour is better for this, that and the other....when you are shining a 500, 000cp lamp, the whole colour thing pales into insignificance.................it really isnt important......and i believe those that have wrote about it in the past have little
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The vanes on that stabilise the arrows flight are slightly helical, ensuring the arrow rotates through the air correctly and keeps everything stable. The little green thing on the end of the arrow is called a "nock" and this is how you tune your arrow. Every arrow is different...and there are also hundreds of types of arrow, stiffness, wall thickness, length, weight...the arrow must suit the poundage of bow you intend to shoot to start off with, and it also depends on whether the archer wishes to shoot with his fingers or with a mechanical release aid. Sometimes it is possible to use much sho
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Just a few pics guys......these are 3 broadheads....the one in my hand is the famous "Fred Bear" broadhead. It was developed in the field over a great many years trial and error. This is technically a 4 bladed head and requires a well tuned bow and arrows to get the very best from it . The tip is what is called "cutting nose" and that means that the broadhead has a tip that will cut on unpact with less force than other types of head. the other two heads in the pic are both "mechanical" heads and this means that the blades are held in place by either a rubber band or an inbuilt system and the
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Good stuff......and within the parameters of the law too. good idea to have a dog or two at hand to recover the fox if it had been wounded.....
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I will take some pics this afternoon.....
