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6PPC, 20BR,17AH,22LR. They cover most things I am involved with. A

Yes, you do some research on it. An awful lot of shoots particularly commercial guns peg guns far to close, at 50 yards apart which is a long way then 25 yards is as far as you should be shooting unless clearing something up behind another gun. I have been on a lot of shoots where pegs are 35-40 yards apart, on one the team I was with were very experienced, we agreed to only shoot birds going to and past our neighbours and not our own. We still shot 250 and could easily have shot far more. When I lay my pegs out they are a minimum of 50 yards apart and most are 60 yards. Then you

Enjoyment is where you find it, it can be found in a good retrieve or flush from your dog, a well beaten drive, finding an elusive runner, a good shot, a bad miss with mega leg pull to follow !!, a tricky fox accounted for one night. All these things make a great day with friends even of that friend is just your dog. A

I ban shooting all partridges. We have a large stock of avian raptors, until we are allowed to control them its a waste of time trying to reintroduce them IMHO but it has been done by some estates operating under Higher Level Stewardship schemes. In the past we have released up to 500 a year, shot them with the pheasants when we saw them, returns were about 20-25 a year, the rest had been had by the sparrow hawks. A

Try 50 or 100 ex layers next summer, they can be released straight into the wild with no need for pens etc. Before that you must nail any fox that sticks his nose onto your patch, have a sustained go at Magpies, ( I have been using 2 Larsens since Feb, 67 to date on a beat of about 250 acres, still trapping the boundaries for incomers, had 3 this week but none for 3 weeks before that.) and crows. Create some cover for them to hide in with food and water close by. ( put feeders and drinkers out). If you dont own a centerfire rifle for the foxes then get a mate in who has one and a

I pull the leg of a friend here who's normal Roe round is a .270 propelled from his legendary old Mannlicher. I can certainly testify they dont want another and there was not a lot of damage to the one I necked with the old smokepole. A 375HH is though a whole new ball game on Roe especially at 60 yards, what was the front shoulder damage like?. With a stag still standing after 5 minutes why did you not give it another one, I would have done pretty quick. A

'Average' height driven birds we are advised by our shooting organisations are usually shot under 25 yards. I peg my guns 50-60 yards apart, I have high banks and most of my guns are around 150 -200 yards from the flushing points. As those of you that have shot here will testify during a 120 or so bird day I will perhaps see no more than half a dozen 45 yard birds over or past me. On a 'flat' shoot then make that one a day. On close pegged flat shoots (that I avoid like the plague) then you never see a good bird unless perhaps you are a sole back gun or something. They are though good fo

Just shove a lampforce 170 on it, tried and tested. Electrics can go a bit shaky after a few years but pretty decent bit of kit. I shot a fox at almost 250 yards with one the other night and that was with an orange lens on it. Just a bit clumsy but a well thought out lamp and scope fitting. A

I have shot one a few years ago, good solid gun. Not aware of any problems. A

We need a STRONG combined shooting/fishing/hunting organisation. It needs to be big to be able to support the worthy long term goals such as those you suggest. Getting elected to Parliament as an independent is pretty rare these days, last one I can remember was the TV journalist news reporter that wore white suits (Martin Lewis ??). And you almost never get re elected, so there has to be a way out financially for the prospective member 5 years or less after election. We tend to admire the US NRA but there are major issues there so I understand but I cannot see how our multiple shoot

I had a very pissed off dog fox in a larsen this year, no way would I have even considered getting hold of it even if it was in a snare, I have heard of a well known local keeper collering a snared one by the tail, pulling it tight against the snare and walloping it with a big ali torch between the ears, one wack was enough and the torch still worked !!.. Me, I shoot them every time. A

In my view for 90% of what we do 25mm is sufficient. Sporting shots rarely need more than 3 or 4 minuets of drop, if you do you are to far away !!. Surely scope height in limited by the diameter if the objective bell, mounts can usually be found to get popular scopes objective lenses as low as possible. In my stable my 25mm tube Ziess's comfortably outperform my 30mm tubed Swaro and NSX in ultra low light. A

Just went to sign it, it expired on 8th Aug,. Tried to sign it anyway, Looks like i have already signed it elsewhere as my e mail address was advised as already having signed it, getting old and forgetful. A

3 + a miss on the easiest one. Had several 3s but never a 4. Last four trips out have revealed two sets of eyes in total, one was his nibs, the other was to far to tell, we have a lot of hares about. My gut feeling is that is was a fox. So I dont have a lot on the ground. Mate of mine shot 11 the other night and saw 19 on an estate a few miles away. A

I agree with Harry, no chance at all, well not in the current climate anyway. 57,000 pistol licence holders, say you had another 500,000 people like us who would support having the ban lifted if there was a free vote. These would be current FAC holders in the main, We have a population of nearly 60 million it only wants 1% of the public to vote against it and thats a majority no vote. A