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    Small mepps are lethal on wild browns. My 10 year old uses them all the time in the hill lochs, whilst I am floating the fly! A small black one with the orange spots seems to work the best, out of the ones he uses.
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    Good decision, well done.
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    To me it depends on how much you value your ferrets, and how long you want to wait around, in the hope that it/they may come out in daylight hours. Personally I believe that you have a duty of care to your ferrets (and I dont mean in a modern health and safety way) to bring them back after a good day working for you. If you were working a terrier under ground, I am quite sure you would want to go home with it. Veedublee, if I remember rightly you are an ex or serving soldier, and although there is no comparrison, a ferret is a hunter like a Brit soldier and I am sure you would not, or
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    All lifetimelamper wanted to know was are they any good!! Anyway I have been entertained for the last few days, and I agree with both of some of your points. (other bits are strutting cocks!) I have never considered using something smaller than 7,s on pigeon. J ust the way I was brought up though! Interesting kill ratios, and I may consider using some old Victory sonic 7.5's, on roost shoots, but only in low plantations.
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    John. I always use black poly pot bags, that I one third fill with compost, mixed with a little vitax, Q4. I place 3-4 chitted tubers in each one in spring. I keep them moist and keep topping up with more compost and Q4, as they grow. They must be kept wet, and stack the pots next to each other for support. First earlies are usually ready June. The advantage with the Q4, as a sideline, is that the foxes love it, so you might get a few more of those in the bag as well!!
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    Hope you get loads of takers. A good offer, and going to a good cause. More people suffer with crohnes, than a lot of people are aware of.
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    Nothing to help you out mate, but Manchester also go down the lines of economy is not a reason to hold more ammo, its not unique to TVP, but it is annoying.
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    When I was a lad, we often eat deer that had been hit by cars, the question in this case was weather the chemicals whizzing around its body, after the accident and before it death would have ruined it. I am guessing, that an injured deer that is then tracked by a dog and dispatched, would also experience the same chemical dump. Out of interest, are deer that have been killed in this way allowed to enter the commercial food chain? NO Without trying to sound really ignorant then, as I have only been used to open hill stalking, why do so many roe talkers take a dog with t
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    Spot on tegator I thought it would've got a few more replies, but maybe it's given all the keepers nightmares, dreaming about Goshawks circling their woods! (Said in jest, but they can create carnage). I quite enjoy these little identification threads.
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    When I was a lad, we often eat deer that had been hit by cars, the question in this case was weather the chemicals whizzing around its body, after the accident and before it death would have ruined it. I am guessing, that an injured deer that is then tracked by a dog and dispatched, would also experience the same chemical dump. Out of interest, are deer that have been killed in this way allowed to enter the commercial food chain? NO Without trying to sound really ignorant then, as I have only been used to open hill stalking, why do so many roe talkers take a dog with t
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    Goshawk
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    When I was a lad, we often eat deer that had been hit by cars, the question in this case was weather the chemicals whizzing around its body, after the accident and before it death would have ruined it. I am guessing, that an injured deer that is then tracked by a dog and dispatched, would also experience the same chemical dump. Out of interest, are deer that have been killed in this way allowed to enter the commercial food chain?
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    Yea we dont get many roe in the Dark Peak, and most of the ones we see, we leave, as very often they are just crossing the backbone of England to get to the other side! Usually see them when lamping charlie. In all honesty I like to see them, and we even get the occasional red. I am a little bit old school in the fact, that I never waste anything that I would usually class as food for free-thats just the way I was brought up. On examination of the animal, the internal organs, liver, lungs, kidneys, heart etc look in perfect condition, as you would expect from a young buck, and the woma
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    Thanks again everyone. The deer had not been injected by any vet, and had been knocked over by a woman in a car about 20 mins earlier. When I gralloched and skinned it there was bleeding in the chest cavity, but no visible damage to any of the internal organs. (I shot it in the head with AAA.) One foreleg and one rear leg were broken, but the other side seems fine. Seems a shame to waste it, so I think I will give it a go, after hanging it for a few days. If you don't here from me again, you will know it killed me!!
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    Thanks lads
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    Just had to shoot injured roe, hot my car. Damage to meat aside, is meat fit to eat, pr will adrenaline have ruined it? Thanks.
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    Interesting that one, Danw
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    Another interesting thread Stuart. When I first started stalking, and studying wildlife genrally, these were simply called diurnal winds, and it was explained how these winds would fall downhill at night and early morning, and travel uphill, as the ground warms up. Yours is a more in depth explanation.
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    I agree within reason. I thought it was me missing the point. When I was a youngster, I might have asked the same questions. Now I know that chokes and shot sizes, only matter if you worry about them!
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    Use a good qual cleaning kit. Use bore cleaner on a patch to soak the bore and remove, visible residue. Leave to soak as per manufacturers guidelines. Pass bronze brush through, once for every bullet fired since last clean. Mop out the bore again, with JAG until clean, using a clean patch each time removing at muzzle. Repeat using copper solvent, or as per manufacturers guidelines. Always use bore guide. After this, there should be nothing left in the bore.
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    You can tell a Yorkshire man anywhere....................... Welcome lad.
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    Surely that depends on what you are shooting and how good a shot you are! Just use them and see how you get on!!
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    Depends what you are shooting. I use 19 and 21 gram 7's on pigeons, out of my 28 bore no problem, out to 30-35 yards. 28 grams of 7 shot should be no problem. It's a question of skill and mental belief. Now if you are talking about rabbit, crow, duck pheasant etc, then you will need to seriously limit your range.
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    Brilliant, thanks very much!
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    Anyone know where I can buy a child's cartridge belt, 20 bore, for a 10/11 year old. All the adult ones hold too many carts, to reduce the size. Thanks
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