Mr Wilkes
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Not sure Fred, possibly 18/19"
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Can't say I've had a problem with this bitch catching fleas but in summer mites are a problem from the greys. She gets a wash n towel dry before she comes in house
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Years ago I used to keep Spanish game and a hen pheasant used to come to the yard and feed , she was mated by any stag that was out on his tether. She then disappeared. Later that summer the dog put up some poults in a local wood that just looked different if you know what I mean, I often wonder if they were Spanish x pheasant.
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Pretty hard to get hold of so I'm led to believe..you done well getting one.
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She a belter mate, is she pedigree?, funny this one of mine ain't bothered about deer thank feck. I Don't use her for anything else but squirrel. She's run a couple of rabbit and caught one , never seen a hare or fox. I'm too old for all that type of hunting now. I enjoy a quiet stroll int woods chasing the grey menace.
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She's far from perfect mate but I've learned to live with her. Her nose is second to none and she retrieves every thing I shoot with the catty. Everything has to be killed again before she retrieves it and she's part crocodile so it tends to be in a state. Things should change as she matures but I'm not to bothered tbh. What's your whippet like ?.
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I agree mate theres a much better way to carry and run out a long net, as for the whippet I couldn't ask for better mate. She loves the squirrel
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Enjoyed watching that Fred, as Jack said the old lad does it differently. Will his way of netting work..yes without a doubt but its a lot of faffing around to be super efficient. I really used to enjoy our nights netting up int dales with old smithie but life sent me a curved ball and I needed a long time out of everything to recuperate.
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I've just knocked up a couple of hundred 9mm lead using a lead melting pot and a Lee mould. Top tip is to keep fluxing the lead with bees wax to get rid of the crap and keep the spout clean .
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Yes mate shot a lot of stuff with looped tubes but I can't get on with single.
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Martin parkin, I'm shooting this well enough so I've got him to make me one. What set up n ammo you using ?.
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I was chatting to a lad about the apex , it ended up with me picking up a ply apex from him to try. Squirrel every where this morning but none stopping for a shot. I must admit the apex is a very nice catty to shoot.
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Anyone been out? What’s everyone shooting
Mr Wilkes replied to Jake w's topic in Catapult & Slingshot Hunting
One from this morning. -
Think most of us have done same at one point.
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Brilliant.. glad you got out.
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You on Facebook Fred?
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Has she got a good nose on her Fred?, this one will hunt like hell given a chance.
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I know it's mad to say Fred but she is my eyes and ears when I'm out.
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Anyone been out? What’s everyone shooting
Mr Wilkes replied to Jake w's topic in Catapult & Slingshot Hunting
They are red shot from cattyshack Fred. I was getting 2000 11mm for £39.00, I'm glad I moved over to lead it dumps all its energy upon impact. -
This pup messed up so many shots at squirrel that i did consider leaving her at home but it's all a matter of time before it clicks .. wouldn't go out without her now.
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Anyone been out? What’s everyone shooting
Mr Wilkes replied to Jake w's topic in Catapult & Slingshot Hunting
I was using 11mm steel but I can't get them at a good enough price anymore . So I decided to bite the bullet and make my own lead 9.5mm.. the fly true and hit like a truck -
Nothing worse mate, had it happen a few times, last one was someone's spaniel with a rabbit I shot on a paddock, the fecker came out of nowhere, picked up the rabbit and hightailed it back in wood. What catty ya shooting ?.
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Yes mate, I made it from a yew fork I got in a local wood, it's the only one I put away and don't consider selling
