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  1. Beats are the 'hits' that a rabbit makes along it's run. Rabbits follow the same pattern and so all the rabbits along the run will hit in the same spot. Look for flat spots. As for permission; look for places that are clearly over run with rabbits and where you'll be doing a service as well as filling your belly - then knock some doors.
  2. Where ? Snareman's posts are pretty explicit about setting the snares on the beats and about what height to use. If you mean 'where' more generally then in places where you see signs of rabbits. Am I missing something ?
  3. Wildlife and Countryside Act Part 1 section 5, subsection 6 'But nothing in this subsection shall make lawful the use of any net for taking birds in flight or the use for taking birds on the ground of any net which is projected or propelled otherwise than by hand' Oh and the general licence references section 8 which talks about any 'cage' being big enough to stretch their wings etc.
  4. That looks like a tidy start that mate - well done.
  5. LOL - well just read the blue bit then
  6. I've been trying to wade my way through a few literary classics lately and found this passage which I thought you might find interesting. It's from The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1872. It deals with the character Lizzie Eustace who is taken fox hunting for the first time. Although the language is clearly different from today what struck me was the similarity of the hunting activity, especially the second section - even down to the man with the stick and the want of a terrier. 'The hounds haven't been put in yet. You see that wood there? I suppose they'll d
  7. Hello mate - how's the decoying going ?
  8. I like that Byron. Is This the site you mean?
  9. I'm not so sure. Think about your audience, would people on this site really be looking for pest contollers ? I would have thought they'd be the people most likely to know one already. And wouldn't it just be an anti info list ?
  10. More stock just in if anyone else wants one
  11. These were nesting in next door's roof - so a bit high up
  12. Hang on - don't go confusing 722fps (feet per second) with 12flb (foot pound). different things To get from pellet speed to ftlbs square the speed (722x722)= 521284 Multiply by pellet weight in grains (assuming 16g) = 8340544 divided by gravitational constant (450240) = 18.52flbs So used with that pellet combination is would be fine but you should have a FAC to own it
  13. Happy Birthday to you both
  14. john b

    Your top 5

    None of mine are about dogs - do I get disqualified ? A shoot of your own - Michael Kemp because it started me off making traps Pigeon Shooting - Archie Coats it's a classic Rabbit Control - Jackie Drakeford a fantastic all round rabbit book The Pigeon Shooter - John Batley the best practical pigeon guide I've read Ratting and Rabbiting - Guy N Smith for showing me the quickest, simplest way to breast out a pigeon. But there are loads more on the shelf .............................
  15. You may not be as dim as you think When Ian 'upgraded' the board there was a hiccup that seems to have lost some of the pictures that were uploaded as attachments, rather than links to hosted pics elsewhere. I think he's trying to fix it .........
  16. I think most of the dates posted around are UK dates These are the seasons for Ireland http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/0331.html
  17. Not too far from Redditch mate - could deliver to there if you had the lot
  18. All virtually new but camo taped up A flapper £35 http://www.pigeon-decoying.co.uk/proddetai...geonFlapperMK1V Remote control on/of £30 Speed controller £15 Plus any postage costs if you can't collect Located just south of Birmingham. Cheers, John
  19. Try this http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/BeginnersA...068F116014.html
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