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Looks more like a puma to me. (actually I can see it)
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You Couldn't Make it Up........
McSparkie replied to Rolfe's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
Both sides of the same fence. We all have to put food on the table though -
Funny you should mention that, I decided to change my MO of wandering along hedges looking for rabbits and to set up about 35m from a warren I know of. I lay there prone between 9.30 and 10.30 the other night. The warren was between 11 and 1 o'clock, the wind was coming from 2 o'clock. I and the rifle were camo'd up. I didn't twitch, fart and shuffle about. The little so and sos never showed so much as a whisker. So I decided to move on and tried to stand up. I'd 'forgotten' that I have 3 knackered disks in my spine. It took me 5 minutes to get back on my feet! No more of that n
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Those all sound do-able, as long as I can get access to the site. Thanks! Those traps also look interesting, can i have the details (make, price, where sold) of those too please?
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Ok, so: nail down some Mars Bars, slather Nutella and peanut butter around (I though that was for squirrels) - if possible for a couple of weeks beforehand. I've heard old catfood does a good job too, or is it too easily taken away? My 'lamp' (fancy torch actually) is either white or an amber (filter). Do I need to source a red filter or doesn't it matter? Do I need to wear all my camo stuff, or will it be useless at the close ranges I imagine we will be shooting at? Do I need to worry about the blood (manky rat stuff, not me being squeamish!)? Do the bodies need to be bur
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Have you been looking? BTW, It's 'The Haggis' not The Wuss'
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I've been asked if I'd help out clearing out a farm of its rat population some night soon, with my .22 air-rifle. I've been trawling the posts, but am getting nowhere fast. Can you post up your top tips to help ensure I don't look a complete wally, please?
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Cut a lemon (or lime) in half and scrub your hands with it. Tiny7: Do you mean a pumice stone (Lava type rock)?
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Jeez! I'm 49, I have a permanently dislocated left knee, I've had 3 disks cut from my spine, a smashed big toe knucle, I've smashed both shoulders (as in the joint, not the bones) which haven't set perfectly, bla, bla, bla (the list is long and boring). You young ones (21 is young - trust me! {I'm just jealous!!!} [14!!!!! do they still make 14 year olds? Especially ones that CAN spell ] ) are off to a good start with your popping and crackings. Looks like it's time I went to the chemist for a bottle of 'Shhhh' pills
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Does anyone else get the problem of their ankles popping (like cracking knuckles) when they are trying to move silently? Occasionally I find my socks creak in my boots, but that is usually only after I've been slogging up hills etc. and I can usually change the way I'm moving to stop it. The popping must sound like a fellow rabbit stamping because when it happens any bunny within 100 yards start getting a bit wary. Does anyone suffer from this and do you have a 'cure'? I have enough trouble shooting the beggars as it is without this happening.
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I wonder what it would do to a rabbit
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Seriously surprised this is the first suggestion of this sort. Being threatened to be shot if there were any complaints would also be a terrible thing, if they were made. Be carefull though, fibbing is frowned on by the plod.
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Where the hell do you poach Buffalo???
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I'm having a bit of a head banging session with my mother in law. Her farrier leaves all the little points tof the nails used to secure the new shoes laying around after he has finished. I ride my motorbike through this area. A new tyre for my bike costs about £120 and some of the nail points could easily penetrate the tyre deeply enough to puncture it. I'm sure that they could cause a horse some grief too if they were to pick one up in a hoof. Sorry, I'm wandering. So, do your farriers clean up after themselves, or leave you to do it?
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If that didnt teach you gun safety i dont know what would. Yup, I always wear a 'box' when messing around with guns these days
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I can beat all previous and any to follow! I shot myself in my left bollok with a .22 dart when I was about 15. It was from a Webley Senior pistol. My mate had managed to fire the thing, but the catch hadn't caught and instead of pumping the dart down the barrel, the barrel flew forward (incidentally bending the barrel). I was trying to straighten the barrel. I had a screw driver between the main body and the barrel and was squeezing the 'open' end for all I was worth (15 years old, full of muscle and empty of sense). My thumb was inside the trigger guard. I managed to get enough f
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Lidl recently did a special on Bresser NightVision 3x40 monacles for £107. The store in Barry (South Wales) still have 6 left. Apparently if your local one doesn't have them, they can be forwarded to it from that one. I went for a wander at 6am today - I was bloody impressed! The wind was all wrong and the ground was waterlogged (squelching, sucking noises didn't help either) for any proper bunny bashing, but I had fun with the optics.
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Wilko Extending Clothes Prop £2.99 each. Extend from 1.4m to 2.4m (so about 4ft to over 8ft). Nice one Llanshooter!
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Thanks for the reply Graham, this is certainly the impression i was always under, and it was the way i was originally taught to think of it and so it is now second nature to me. I was just trying to see if i was correct in my knowledge of this [apparently] little known 'quirk'. This definately confirms my practices and belief on this point. Thanks again bud, Grim. This old dog just learnt a new trick
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I have an ex-army net and was wondering how I was going to use it best. This sounds a good way Do they extend / have some fancy Y piece at the tops / how long are they / etc.?
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Don't do much as a give back, but we've hung a couple of those coconut shell bird feeder things - in front of the window so the kids can watch all the tits / finches / robins / etc. We used to have 3 residend buzzards, but we only have 1 now. I'm about to go see the farmer over the hill about permission to reduce the number of crows that seem to live on his land - and mob the buzzards at every opportunity. The remaining buzzard makes my hunting a bit harder, but I reckon he has more right to his 'sport' than I do.
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That's a bummer! I like to load up my mags and head off to my permissions. As I usually shoot in the dark, this is quite convenient. If I have to keep everything seperate, i's going to be a proper pain in the bottom doing all the loading by head torch, which will also bugger up any night vision I've managed to build in my walk to the fields. I can drive to the far side of my favorite one and start from the west heading east (not good generally), or hike for about a mile along a public right of way and jump a fence and head west (usually into the wind). I'm also not keen on carrying around
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I think you may be needed here
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excuse me?!! i smell great thankyou. gorgio armani all the way Bet the bunnies love you
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I'm a Scot living in South Wales: you all smell! Especially al you hersute (hairy) women that say Baaaaa!