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  1. Born Hunter
    Just suppose 2,3,4.....10 000 people marched down to altcar, beaters, slippers, greyhounds, everybody very much involved, and then they had a bloody good days coursing............... What the f**k could the government do then? That sort of 'all for one and one for all' spirit would give them the middle finger and might just have the desired effect. They would try to make an example of the organisers and the main people, but if everyone had a greyhound or longdog or were actively driving the fields, they couldnt do that.
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    i have 9 shot 23inch barrel wingmaster pump, when asked why i needed it i replied it is very usefull for knocking out maggie nests as after 3 or 4 shots the bird often flies out and you still have rounds left, fac man said thats good enough I was just about to say the same for squirrels, a 5 or more shot auto would be a very good tool for such a job. The only other alternative is to have numerous guns ready to shoot, say one shooting the drey out and a couple more for bolters, but a FAC auto would solve this.
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    I did do on both the birds, no aparant marks, thats why i wondered if the stress of a stoat possibly in the pen might have done it.
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    Cheers, ill talk to the keeper this afternoon, he'll know whats what, but just wondered what anyone else had to say. All the other birds are great, real strong and looking very healthy.
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    I was checking the pens today and feeding etc and got a call off of the keeper, there had been a stoat spoted near one of the partridge pens yesterday afternoon, he checked in the evening and everything was just fine. Anyway he told me to call him if anything was wrong once i had checked the pen. When i got there there was one dead partridge in the middle of the pen, and one still alive but very lame, could hardly move and looked a bit roughed up. Had i not known about the stoat i would have put the dead one down to the weather killing it. Is it possible that the bird died of stress as i could
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    Nature or Nurture? Can't really prove it either way, weather dogs are born bad or made bad, too many deciding factors to say really. The smallest incident can have huge conciquences, now that is one thing nature teaches us, i think its called the butterfly effect or summats similar. So something quite trivial in a pups upbringing could turn it 'psycho'. Or as has been said, possibly it is genetic, but then it raises the question, why would evolution produce these 'psychos' (i know we are talking about selective breeding here, so not strictly evolution, but theres 'bad uns' in wild species as w
  7. Born Hunter
    Good advice, as always SS. Also try to get a good side on shot into the chest. Even though your using the right cartridge for the job, a arse end shot or a frontal shot often end in wounded running foxes.
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    They were all they had in lead shot so i thought i might as well. If nothing else they will ensure a clean kill, lol. Thanks for the replies
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    What does everyone think to heavy loads, particularly for fox shooting. Today i bought some BBs for foxing, as before long we will be out with the terriers on the shoot n cracking on with some fox drives. The only cartridges they had in BB shot was 50gram 3" cardridges, so i bought 2 boxes of 10. Before i used 36gram loads with good success. How does the larger load differ other than the obvious, more recoil, and larger pattern? Do i need to consider a different choke and much difference in lead? For the purpose i use a 12 bore 3 shot semi with half choke.
  10. Born Hunter
    12 bore semi auto with 5 shot and a fairly open choke but obviously depends on the ground, as a rule i just stick with half choke for everything but if i knew the rabbits would be really close skeet would be used. I think with shooting bolters the best approach is just to shoot whenever you feel its right, the little buggers will be away through the hedge, down a hole, under a trough etc etc if you worry about giving them time to run so as not to blow em apart. Always get plenty of good rabbits this way and a few that are heavily shot up for the ferrets.
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    cheers pal, yeh SD did a good job, couldnt have asked for more in the pup. imo shes showing alot of potential.
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    Heres my new pup, had her 5 days now. Got a big future a head of her, hopefully she will do what i ask of her. She was bred by Slickdicko. Sorry about the quality of the last one
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    dont think that would be a very good defence in court, lol. "yes your honour, not guilty, i didnt know what was in it so i thought bolloks ill risk it" lol
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    that will be a goooooood dog mate i can vouch for the parents..keep us up to date with her progress mate wont you!/ Deffinately pal. Shes a stuborn strong willed fecker, gonna take persistance to train her i rekon. Love her attitude, nothing fazes her, very alert, takes in everything and no fear. Just how a pup should be!
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    Just picked my pup up, chuffed with her. Slept the whole journey home on my lap! Now the howling has started! lol Hopefully she will be up to the standard of her parents
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    Only fools and horses Top gear Two and a half men
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    doctors

    Born Hunter replied to sue's topic in General Talk

    I think all the surgeries are run off their feet at the mo, every bloody one thinks they have swine flue!
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    Do you actually live in the real world? Shooting sure as hell dont garuantee a clean kill, anybody that shoots can confirm that. Theres always occasions when shots go tits up, dodgy bullet/pellet, poor pattern etc etc. Also to make the statement that the coursed hare must be terrified and probably die of stress after shows how little you really know! The hare is a natural quarry species, natural prey. It has evolved (at this point we will have to all beleive the theory of evolution unless you beleive 'god' made all the creatures of the earth in the form they are now! lol) to evaid predators by
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    Wheres chocy hob nobs!? The ultimate in all biscuits, cant make a pack last longer than 10 mins, garuanteed!
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    Good man for sticking that up! He just touched the rabbit and it was gutted, lol. For own use, bollocks to preasentation, the good meat isnt harmed and so no problem. But yeh a butcher would moan.
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    Cracking pups, pm sent
  22. Born Hunter
    OK, sorry to have offended you so much you felt the need to call me a tosser. Like to explain? I simply said what i did because im looking for similar breeding but i would require it to hunt and tackle fox in compliance with the law. Before anyone says anything, wounded foxes need follwing up and despatching and i take part in a few fox drives as i help run a shoot, this is completely legal. Not to mention the fact that the law should hopefully be overturned soon. So i wasnt trying to drop the bloke into any trouble, understand? Im not the sort of person to post on every litter bred st
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    If they had been bred with the intention of taking a few redskins as well then i would be tempted. All the best with them anyway.
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    What boots have you tried?
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    Boots, dont think you can beat a good pair of boots. In the winter i always wear waterproof deerhunter trousers with them and i can walk through water over knee deep and not get any moisture through. Obviously if i stood there i would, but just walking through dikes, deep puddles and shallow rivers etc, no trouble. The boots iv'e got are the Meindl Lhotse GTX. Got Le Chameau wellies as well, but just dont think they are as good for a days work as boots.
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