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Born Hunter

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  1. Similar topic. Never saw ravens our way, moved to the southern end of the vale and there’s plenty here and apparently have been for ages. Weird how they haven’t spread though.
  2. Simply a case of the population recovering and their geographic range expanding as a result. I live in the sticks and they turned up here about 5 years ago and are quite prevalent now. First time I ever saw them was 15 years ago while labouring on a site in Henley.
  3. Technology moved on. The value of sites like this is just a place to have deeper discussions. In terms of entertainment the app based social media platforms have a way higher level of engagement. A huge volume and variety of content, millions of pictures and videos from all over the world. Pure ‘quick fixes’. And the effective ‘suggested posts/accounts’ features based on what you’re clicking on to keep users addicted.
  4. They were being resupplied by plane, airport to airport without even needing aerial refuelling. You said game set and match which means a conclusive victory. It wasn’t at that point.
  5. 100% Yeah conquorer was the first big ‘f**k around and find out’ statement of the war. My comment regarding sitting it out was in reference to conquorer not being singly conclusive (game set and match). The occupation force wasn’t dependent on naval resupply so although a hugely impactful event there was much left to do.
  6. The sinking of the Belgrano was a decisive and historic event. But without the equally as decisive actions of many other elements of the task force the war couldn’t have been won. The entire Argentine navy was eliminated with that sinking but the land forces were still being supplied by hercs and the air war was still active from mainland bases. If the harriers hadn’t completely outperformed what was expected from them, if 3 para hadn’t shown the grit and professionalism they had, if 40 Cdo hadn’t yomped when their rides didn’t turn up, if the Vulcans hadn’t put a big target on the m
  7. Not much of f**k all has really changed in the past 12 months. Russia failed to achieve anything close to a successful invasion and Ukraine, with all the support the West dares to give, have failed to fully achieve the goals of their counteroffensive. Wasn't it six weeks it took the coalition to completely invade Iraq? This will continue now until both sides have had enough of the shit and stalemate and the new lines on the maps are accepted.
  8. He had me a good en until about three hours into a podcast he starts speculating that psycadelic powered telekinesis was used to move ancient megaliths!
  9. I’d imagine it was half useful back in the days of iron sights. But with modern firearm/optics technology I can’t see any kind of keeper really getting value out of one. Maybe a bit controversial but I’d say camo patterns don’t kill much either.
  10. There was a woman he saved that day, she’s done a podcast too, and written a book. Next long drive I’ll listen to that. CC is on thin ice with ‘His majesty’s Government’ so didn’t talk much about it.
  11. I don’t particularly like Shawn tbh CC has an interesting story, and it was the first time I ever heard he had done a podcast.
  12. For some reason that guy and another yank, Shawn Ryan, have popped up on my social media a bit recently. Anyway, Shawn did a podcast with Christian Craighead (alias) that I listened to on a long drive. I found it very interesting, particularly the guys faith and sense of purpose.
  13. National Gamebag Census - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust WWW.GWCT.ORG.UK
  14. I begeth your f***ing pardon!
  15. He lives there doesn’t he?
  16. About as much substance to their statement as me saying it tbh. Anyone can state they are considering it. It’s another thing to say it’s a goal/objective. It’s entirely different to then actually fund it with a sensible delivery plan and achieve it. The space game is full of wishful thinking and ambitious ‘intentions’.
  17. He’s got some brass neck giving me grief for being a boring b*****d!
  18. Only today I was trying to get my mate to release wild boar in a wood in Leicestershire Ill tell him not to bother!
  19. What does your man at Hereford have to say on it?
  20. lol, because you’ve always thought so highly of soldiers! You'll literally use anything in your argument when it suits.
  21. Picking up etiquette. Here in the midlands and I think the south pickers up only put there dogs on runners mid-drive. Up north they pick everything during the drive.
  22. On the OP I suppose the first question I would need to know is who’s the ‘enemy’ and what are their goals and motives? I suspect even the most modern-Britain hating commenters on this thread would fight for what we have if the enemy was a giant Muslim caliphate looking to rape their way from Dover to Dundee!
  23. I’m the ying to wilfs Yang!
  24. You’re bias has affected your conclusion. An equally valid alternative conclusion would be that public school education places a higher value on military service and therefore leads to disproportionate representation. Which I suspect your bias would have led you too if the subject group was one you naturally view more favourably. In fact due to this disproportionate representation Eton alumni were disproportionately represented in death stats in WWI iirc. That privilege too?
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