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  1. dicehorn
    Hi SS I did read it some while ago - but not on the web - having said that I may have interpreted wrongly. Anyway personally, I really am against the use of shotguns on deer. The BDS and others recommend taking a shot with a shotgun no more than 15 - 20 yds. I think it would be exceedingly difficult to get within that range to shoot a deer unless it was caught against a fence or injured. The problem is that there is always the tendency to take a much longer shot with the shotgun with the inherent possibilities of wounding and causing suffering which is not what we are up to.
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    May be wrong here, but I was under the impression you could go ahead with shotgun provided the landowner had done everything possible to deter the deer from doing damage. If he has planted trees without deer guards, then he has not done everything possible and by shooting the deer with shotgun you may be on the wrong side of the law. Peter
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    Yup, that is the problem if you pin them - you can only stand to shoot with them. Sometimes I end up having to sit in a hedge where standing is not practical. I made mine from the same poles that ChrisR used, however for the handles I bought some sponge pipe lagging (you know the stuff that lags your pipes in the loft (£1.45) and cut off two 7 inch lengths (Which leaves plenty spare) Then off to my local dairy farmer who gave me the inner lining tube from one of his teat cups - cut the tubing off next to the bulbous bit, then slid the bulbous bit over both sticks, now have sticks that I c
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    I have a MTC Viper on my air rifle and have knocked/bumped it a few times. Whilst I don't shoot it out to 200 yds it is zeroed at 50 yds and has never moved off - Guess your scope needs to be checked out. Peter ...................................................... Theoben FAC S Type 52 foot lbs MTC Viper 6-24 x 56 Anschutz 1415 .22 rim S & B 8 x 56 Blaser R93 Luxus 22/250 NXS Nightforce 12-42 x 56 Blaser R93 Off Road 6.5 x 55 Swarovski 6-24 x 50
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    Whilst I understand what you are saying lurcherboy2008, I would add that if you do a good job through the winter, another fox or indeed foxes will move into that vacant territory if it has a good food source and amongst the new arrivals may be an older fox previously pushed out by one of the younger foxes that you may have culled. John in answer to your question - which of course is a tough one. It is not all foxes that take live lambs, generally its an older fox that has lost the edge for hunting. I have watched foxes with night vision and seen them eating the afterbirth but showing no si
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    Must get my eyes tested - thought the first photo looked like a salmon rising from a muddy river Good shooting and actions photos - now that I can see it is pigeons!! Peter
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    Wise words John. I bought 8 x 42 Swarovski about eight years ago on the theory that once bought I could forget about buying another. Because they are so clear I don't bother to look through other peoples, however they seem to want to look through mine. The trouble is if you buy a 'make do pair', sooner or later you will want to upgrade and that is when it all turns expensive getting next to nothing on your original purchase. Buy the best even if it means no pub or takeaways for 6 months Peter
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    I'm with woz on this, some years ago decided I wanted a change from my BRNO .22 and bought a 10/22 - I seem to have been more patient than woz - it took me 3 months to get rid of it. I got fed up having to slide the bolt back each time to check if the stupid thing had cycled a bullet - when I didn't check, it didn'd cycle. I bought an Anschutz which I still have - a great rifle, but I still think the cz is a great bit of kit but at the time my pride would not let me go back to one Stick with what you have
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    Hello Dave Good to see you are selective - anyway with the rut on they are generally full of adrenaline and take a bit of hanging to get it out of them. 35 metres is quite close to a big stag!! I have been that close several times, once a big chap climbed up onto an old disused railway line so that he could be level with me - don't mind telling you I got pretty nervous as they seem to loose their fear of man during the rut. Put the safety off on the basis if he took 3 paces towards me I would shoot him in the thickest part. Luckily after about a minute he looked sideways to see where his 4
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    Chris, are the broad straps the webbing ones about an inch across? If they are, be careful as they will last only about two seasons - my friend used them, luckily the high seat went side ways off the free and a holly bush broke his fall, he only needed to buy a new scope Peter
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    Hi SS Thanks for that. Plywood? They are very good - I made loads of them several years ago, even down to mixing a little black and white paint together to make grey to put on the top of the beak so they would look like rooks. The problem I found that whilst they worked great before/during the barley harvest with the young birds about, they had their limitations at other times - but they were very easy to transport about. Going back to the plastic and blackboard paint (which I used on the wooden ones) you think that will do the trick? Peter
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    Well 'dog on' at least I have nothing to hide by inserting a profile - yours is totally hidden - I rest my case THATS WHY I CAN STILL DO WHAT I CHOISE TO DO WITH OUT FEAR OF BEING CAUGHT un like you i have some sence Dog on Dog on - what makes you think everyone on this forum is up to no good - if that were the case, I shouldn't be on this forum.
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    I assembled the high seat in the garden yesterday & your right it is a high one. The ladder section comes in three pieces so I may only need to use two. It went together very well & is very well made. No parts missing & looks the biz. I've stripped it down now to more managable sections so I can get it in the truck & over to the wood, next week hopefully. I'll take a few pics when its erected & in place. Chris Hi Chris Just my 2p worth. We have had quite a few nicked around my area. A padlock is not a problem to the guy with a pair of chain cutt
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    Well 'dog on' at least I have nothing to hide by inserting a profile - yours is totally hidden - I rest my case
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    The subject of crow caller has prompted me to ask this question Do any of you guys own the black full bodied plastic crows? I have about 40 of them and have always had great success with them, however, I notice now (after about 8 years) they are beginning to fade and no longer looking the part - has anyone else seen this problem? If so how have you rectified it? I had in mind to buy a matt black aerosol can and spray them, but before doing so thought I should ask the forum for their views on this or indeed alternatives Peter
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    just got in from roaming .i have been offerd permision a lot of it but turned it down .i also let others shoot on ground beloning to my family i also help others get permision to fish and shoot and lamp on ground offerd to me because i think every one should be aloud to do so . With the attitude you have displayed on this thread, are the majority of the forum to believe you have been offered permission but turned it down and your family own land? If that is the case I'm the Duke of Westminster We were asking your age group - I can't think past 13 to 15 but perhaps you left school so
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    but they dont own the wild life thats why it is called wild life You are right - they don't own the wild life - but they have the RIGHT to the wild life - you don't have that right without permission. Having read your thoughts on this thread, I find your take on this somewhat disturbing. Not many years ago the word Marxist would have come to mind..... We have always had a privileged society ever since the fist cave man picked up the first club.
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    Well done that man - the next one will still give you the adrenalin rush, I have shot scores of deer and still can watch my hand quiver after I have taken the shot !! Good rifle you are using - I have 2 Blasers. Its strange how they are perhaps one of the most internationally popular rifles, yet I don't come across many people in the UK who have them - must be the cost perhaps - they are certainly accurate and reliable. Do you homeload your ammo for this 308? Peter
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    Your best bet to attach the two (or indeed 3) garden poles is to nip down to your local friendly dairy farmer and ask him for one of the linings out of a udder suction cups. You then cut off the long bit leaving you with the bulbous bit for the sticks to fit in. That way you can easily adjust the height whether standing, kneeling or sitting - something that is awkward if you fix a screw into it As for the bipod - A 13" Harris swivel is the best - out last your gun and yourself Peter
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    Don't know much about this, but from the little I do know, black powder is not what you will be wanting in your shotgun as black powder is for the older type shotguns like muzzle loaders. The modern shotgun uses nitrocellulose powders being a flake appearance which are a different kettle of fish. I think you can hold 5 lbs of this and will not require an explosives licence - but I very much stand to be corrected. Peter
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    Glad to read that some one else is dropping the idea that the boresnake is the answer to cleaning a rifle. They are only good as an emergency to carry with you in case the barrel gets a foreign object in it. Boresnakes also with repeated use can start to erode the rifle crown which = major accuracy loss. I do not have a .17 (Actually would never want one) but my friend does and he cleans his every 15 rounds or so - including the moderator and certainly not with a boresnake. Peter
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    I think I'll have to write to a Garda Comissioner after May, as centrefire moderators will be on a restricted list then. That doesn't mean they're impossible to get but I do expect some amount of hassle. I think myself I have good and genuine reasons for getting on though so I'll give it a try BEFORE I get my rifle threaded. I'll have to get more information from Irish sources myself before I go about applying though. Health and Safety (EARS), is a good arguement for a moderator and is the main reason they are granted "quite" easily in England now! 5 and certainly 10 years
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    Yup .........bring your target up close to start with at the 40 yds mentioned above. At one click equalling .360 inch. Your 9 inches left at 120 yards will need about 10 clicks to the right to put it on target with the bullet straight now but a little high. Peter
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    Hi John I have been a loader on 4 commercial west country shoots for 15 years and with a typical drive. a gun can shoot between to 200 shots so hearing protection is a must. I have over the years used quite a few types - always electronics I need to listen to what my gun is saying. At present I use Peltor Tacticalsport bins and rate them very highly. I know from your thread I am preaching to the converted in your case, but to the non converted I would like to say this. Unless you are putting bins over ear plugs you are putting your hearing at risk - even the plastic moulded
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