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Yokel Matt

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  1. Nice buck fd... made up for the pigeon shooting that’s for sure!
  2. I had a thumbhole 1517 thinking it’s would be the dogs b’s and tbh I really didn’t like it! I’ve since looked into the tika a bit more and I think I’m sold on one of these. Seems like a hell of a lot of gun for the money. I’ll have another stab at getting the fence wire and bamboo skewers out the cz this weekend?
  3. For the price of rimfires new, let alone second hand re-barrelling seems like a lot of ball ache to end up with something I wasn’t that enthusiastic about in the first place. It’s not a bad shout, but just not for me. Mostly because I can’t remember the last time I used the damn thing tbh as I normally use the .22 cz which is so reliable I could bang posts in with it and still shoot accurately?. I’m only tempted by a hmr as I know some people that, if they could only have one rifle, would have an hmr and whilst opinions obviously differ on this subject they must be good for something. Head sho
  4. Cheers gents - heard the t-bolt is a handy bit of kit but never had a browning before... also didn’t know tika did rimfires! this rifle is for longer rabbits & corvids so whilst a hornet would be a touch I’m not want to pay as much to feed it.
  5. I have a cz American. Never liked the trigger and always meant to whack a trigger kit in it. Anyway, got a pill stuck in it following a round malfunction and in the process of trying to get the fecker out with some farmyard improvisation I jammed the barrel up good and proper (wire, bamboo skewers.... it’s all pretty embarrassing!). The whole thing is now f****d and I’m going to 1-for-1 it and have this one destroyed. I don’t want another cz as I can’t be arsed fitting the trigger kit (I’ve know it’s easy as I’ve done it on my .22). I don’t want an anchutz as I’ve had one of those
  6. Yes mate - it’s the law.... As much on sporting grounds as safety. Congrats on the first deer. As for the front-on you probably made a mental note when you were gralloching it not to do that again!
  7. View Advert Ludicrous Lumens Vulpine I have a Mk1 LL Vulpine for sale. This is an NV add on unit that attaches to the rear of you scope. Excellent bit of kit able to clearly see quarry wayyyy beyond shootable distance when coupled with a decent IR. Comes with spacers to fit scope and a fig8 clamp for an IR £250 Ono inc insured delivery Advertiser Yokel Matt Date 30/06/19 Price £259.00
  8. Great rifle... I have one myself ? High mag and a wide parallax range is amazing for fixed point bait stations in daylight or when you have time to make the shot but can be a complete shit at night on the lamp or where a quick unexpected shot is needed. Keep it at a low mag and 100m parallax and you’ll get on. I’d punt for a good condition second hand from a decent pedigree as there are plenty of people with too much money chasing the latest gear that’ll let em go for a song.
  9. Almost as enjoyable as the stalking
  10. Nice work Dave? She looks in good condition as well?
  11. That’s ace Rich - really like the nice clean carcasses. Proper job mate?
  12. Good work Rich - you’ve been busy. Reckon we’ll be getting a lab pup next year which I can’t wait for?.
  13. Was down Dorset at the weekend to press on with the sika / roe cull prior to a forestry project. With a chunk of the grant riding on the deer management the owner is of the opinion that prevention is better than cure and the pressure is on to numbers down. Do it right, but get them down. The browse lines on this ivy can be seen all over the whole 250 acre block so it looks like the 13 we had off here a few weeks back is scratching the surface. We had a keeper mate of mine with this trip who had the professional credentials and had also worked with Tim on Fallow culls before and I was hopi
  14. Good spot - he wasn’t from Dorset though. We had at Tim’s Friday afternoon along with a roe?.
  15. Had 14 in total this weekend mate? The dealer only had room for 6 so I brought the rest back. No bother though as I’ve got a few landowners with their hands out so it’s going to be a busy week for or so for me in the game larder! Will get a post up on it when the exhaustion wears off?
  16. Judging by the bone healing and muscle wastage it looks to have happened a while ago. Amazing how they get by with an injury like that.
  17. I was out at dawn on Saturday for a doe or two in what started off as a cold and frosty day. It was just what I was after as I’d just invested in a harkila pro-hunter jacket & trouser set.. all be it a good quality second hand, but it was still a wad and I was looking forward to getting my money’s worth! As I hoped, two does were in the field I expected them to be but the opposite side and a good 300m away across open ground. The one furthest away had a bad limp so, cursing the decision to wear my new clobber, i got on my hands and knees and crawled towards them trying to narrow the g
  18. Depends who does them mate - Rob has some good skills?. Thats a thumper Rich and well worth all the huffing and puffing to get him in the larder!
  19. Couldn’t have wished for a better introduction for him?
  20. It is mate - soppy as it sounds I get tingles and tears pricking my eyes at the memory of it.
  21. My wife took my daughter to a party on Saturday so I took my boy, Will, to cut some wood at a local farm. Pulling into a sidling I noticed a doe up on a bank browsing the brambles in the sunshine only 200m away. I didn’t have the rifle with me but keep a spare pair of bins in my truck and my lad was in raptures about seeing it and asked if we were going to stalk it. He’s only 6 - a year younger than I was when I first went out with my dad and while it may have been a little early the conditions were perfect. Besides, he’s seen plenty of deer in the various stages of lardering and process
  22. Not brushing out the necks before fl sizing which stresses the brass too much (wondered why it was a little stiff?). As for the bang powder I’ve been getting more velocity than I should be from the amount of powder I ‘thought’ I was using. Deadly accurate for both me and the deer nearly!
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