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  1. Born Hunter
    This little sprocker my mate bred has turned into a lovely stamp of dog. I went with another mate to pick him up, his first dog, last Christmas. I’ll try to get a picture now he’s coming on a year old. Def thrown to the cocker sire.
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    I've heard it said that Nosler's ballistic tip is a 'less frangible' frangible bullet than V-max. Even if true it still 'pops' em. If I want a photo of something but it's not very errr 'photogenic', then I try to be a little imaginative and make the focus something else. Like have the animal partially hidden in the foliage with a landscape in the background etc. I think that there is not much more distasteful and miss-representative than a heap of mangled dead stuff.
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    Welcome back buddy. Hope all's well
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    Oh okay.
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    Agree entirely! Unless the fundamental cause of the paternal dominance in gene expression is understood and proven then it can’t legitimately be applied to any other species. I don’t know enough about genetics to question that.
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    None at all mate. That would be categorised as ‘useful knowledge’. I seem to specialise in ‘random useless knowledge’! Haha
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    Its something and that may well eventually be termed the soul.
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    We're on the same page then mate. But just for context, for a long while folks didn't believe that. In fact back in the bad old days they would dissect live dogs with absolutely no ethical doubts as even while the dog screamed in pain and visibly demonstrated extreme trauma they believed that it was merely a programmed reaction from an essentially non sentient being. The same view regarding fish has been prevalent untill very recently. Whether a fish's experience of suffering is the same as ours is hard to determine as existence is subjective but they seem to undergo the same physio
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    Fair enough mate but I don’t believe that anymore. Too much evidence to suggest they do.
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    I don't think that question has been answered mate. like you, I have ideas but it's really very speculative. I've seen the same debates which is why I felt it important to post this.
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    That's a good analogy. I actually got onto this with someone regarding spearfishing and how it measures up to line fishing, ethically speaking. We didn't dwell on it for long and moved on to more interesting things but later I was sent the article which I found interesting. In my mind it really brings into question the way we treat fish vs the more charismatic and relate-able animals, like mammals and birds. ie
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    A couple of things I've come across this week that have made me question what I thought I knew. First off that the father contributes more to the offspring than the mother. That is, a study on mice showed that although mother and father contribute an equal proportion of nuclear DNA to their offspring, the fathers genes were seen to dominate significantly in the expression of those genes. This has obvious potential implication on the breeding of working animals. Perhaps not so much in practice as in understanding. Secondly, that fish do indeed experience pain, or at lea
  13. Born Hunter
    Not me mate, @MH1 posted that. But sounds like I should give it a watch too.
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    Another solution I thought of was a small surface to air missile with a purely kinetic warhead. It could be designed to deploy a parachute for a safe fall back to earth to minimise collateral. Also the small size would minimise risk to jets etc. Just enough to kill a drone. Only caveat is cost of a launch but perhaps that could be brought down with a largely reusable missile.
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    I know a chap in the raf regiment that was involved with the anti drone ops all over the country recently. Basically he said the tech is there but the biggest problem was legislation needed to change to allow them to use it. Wouldn't divulge further. Anyway, projectile weapons are last decade. Even in the battlefield they're using electronic weapons and countermeasures to take out drones. And as pesky has pointed out directed energy weapons are an obvious solution. PS I doubt a shotgun would have the range and would be spraying buck all over the airport.
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    I've never bought a newspaper for any other reason than to soak up pup piss. I'm probably a generation too late for buying papers. Everyday though I have a look at Reuters site, a defence site and the news feeds of my social media. These platforms really have superseded the broadsheet. I like reading the papers in other countries though.
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    Okay, so I want to start with an admission of the fact that I have next to f**k all first hand experience of HPRs. But what I have read about them over the years really interests me. Also, this is really just ground work for the future. I'm not buying one next week, more like in 5 years. In truth, for most of what I do spaniels suit me but I do a bit of all sorts and the versatility and pointing nature of the HPRs would certainly have a place in addition to a spaniel or two in my kennel. Our little DIY syndicate is more of a hybrid driven/walked-up shoot, than a tradition driven shoot, ie
  18. Born Hunter
    In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean there is a small rocky 'Hell on Earth' called Ascension, that is a paradise for serious spearo's. It's there where this happened... Given the obvious size of his steel testicles, I'm amazed he doesn't sink like a f***ing brick!
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    I'm absolutely spitting!
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    That's not a f***ing camel! It's a splodge FFS.
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    I really can't stress how important I feel it is for us to turn East Asia into glass.
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    Talking of guns, I've done a bit of research. Seems 90% of the poachers in the Kruger are using CZ bolt action rifles in either .375 or .416. These have been smuggled in as part of a huge organised crime operation specifically to equip poachers! Given these have a slow rate of fire, limited capacity, limited range and heavy recoil even in the best circumstance it's not the best defensive weapon against a pack of hounds. Purely speculation now but I'd imagine two or three couple of those hounds flying through the bush with intent to do harm gives next to f**k all opportunity to defend your
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    I suspect they're slipped on an active poaching event, rather than just loosed randomly everyday. Also this is in the bush, I doubt there should be anyone kicking around unless up to no good. Finally, it's Africa.... not health and safety mad Britain! LOL
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    Yeah, they have a whole room full of whale stuff which is where the model is. It's a remarkable museum and free entry.
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