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    I was out with my HMR yesterday afternoon keeping the rabbits down on three farms in the same lane. At the first farm, I'd not seen a rabbit for a month, but got two at around hundred yards, ten yards apart in the long grass, ears only for the first one, then head shot for the second, when he looked up. Went next door and shot another four. That was enough for me in an hour. This was my blog report:http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/cz452-17-hmr-allows-the-grass-to-grow/ This land had been destroyed by rabbits. Take a look at it now.
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    You can't beat the mystery of fishing some of these small streams. Last year on a motoring holiday in Wales with my MG group, the farm we stayed at had a small river in the valley, and the farmer gave me permission to fish, saying that there were no fish in it. I had my fly tackle, along with my seven foot 4WT rod in the boot of the MGB and fished. The trout I caught were small and I lost more than I landed, but it was great fun trying all the little nooks and crannies. Better than a planned trip in my book. This was my blog post. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/the-biter-gets-bit
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    Most carp anglers won't give you any tips. They tend to be very precious about their methods, even on commercials. As said before here, try for roach and skimmers and you will often get the occasional carp anyway. I prefer to fish bread punch, where it's allowed, some commercials near me only allow you to use their pellets, bought at their shop. Clever. Liquidised bread fished in balls over a float rig, on a rod, or pole will attract all sorts to your swim. Keep the feed light and you'll catch all day. This was a recent outing on bread from a local pond, that is free fishing. No r
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    Just as well. I would not chance my life to the possiblity of an outboard failing at the wrong time. I once cadged a mackerel fishing trip with two very Welsh locals down on the Gower penninsular. All went fine and we caught some big mackerel, then a massive tanker on the way up to Haverford West appeared round the headland, pushing out a twenty foot bow wave against the tide. "We'd better get going" they said and powered back towards Angle harbour, only for the outboard to stutter and die. "It's always doing that. Just when you need it!" they said. Luckily they had a spare motor, a tatty old
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    My CZ 452 HMR has a 16 inch barrel. Deadly accurate at 100 yards even after 1000s of rounds. With a moderator it's still a handleable length.
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    I use a patio chimenea heater for smoking my trout. If you have one it's dead easy and delicious. My mat went out and bought one, after tasting mine. Checkout my blog for pictures and the recipe. The trout tastes as good as it looks! http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/hot-smoked-trout-in-a-chimenea/
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    I've only used Powerbait fishing for rainbows in the US. It works well fished on a small treble. I didn't know it was allowed in the UK. This was my blog post with a picture of the Powerbait used.http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/strawberry-reservoir-trout-fishing-wasatch-utah/
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    mart02 has hit the nail on the head. I fished buzzers for years and caught my fair share of trout. My ideal situation being to cast across a slight wave, keeping a bow in the line, allowing the buzzer to work round the bow. Successful takes would be a pull, or the line moving at the leader. I missed plenty of takes. Last year a friend invited me to fish with him and he gave me some indicator yarn and I fished buzzers and bloodworms static. The indicator just kept disappearing with takes. I still missed takes, but the takes per hour went up five fold. Previously I would not have seen these take
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    I've decoyed with air rifles, always around a known feeding area such as an ivy bush. Often they won't come down to the decoys, but will land in the adjacent trees for a look-see. A windy day is usually good for some reason. It's a waiting game. Sometimes very frustrating. Best I had in two hours was five. These days, when out rabbiting with my Career 707, I'll take a break and sit in cover under a tree picking them off, when they come home to roost. Two's a bonus.
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    I use a Swift, proofed .17 HMR moderator, which cost £50 several years ago, as bunny boiler says, you can't cut down the supersonic crack to any extent. At the time of buying, I did a side by side test with friend, who had paid over £200 for his hand made special, which was four inches longer and weighed a lot more than the Swift. We agreed there was no noticeable difference in sound volume, his having a slightly flatter note. I've found the Swift robust in use, while being very easy to strip and clean.
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    I agree Alsone, it's more iffy, but I did have their personal numbers on my phone, also the previous owner's signature. It would have been a pretty bloody minded copper, who followed it up. On another occasion I had the tenant farmer's written permission to shoot rabbits over a market garden, only to be almost physically thrown off by a pigeon shooting club, that had paid the absent landowner to shoot pigeons over the land. They were not interested in rabbits, but I lost the shooting.
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    A comment on authority to shoot. I produce a simple authority form for my land owners to sign, which has worked well. Last year one of my landowners died unknown to me, until returning to my van after shooting, I was approached by the wife of the new owner. She was not angry and was quite happy for me to continue shooting rabbits, as they would be putting polo ponies on the land and didn't want any trip hazards. I gave her one of my forms for signature, Next visit she said that her husband, a barrister, had refused to sign the form, as it gave me the shooting rights as a legal document and co
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    That's the trouble with fishing under pressure for the camera NEWKID. The week before that blog post with the roach, I went to the same swim. The river was up and pushing and struggled to catch, losing a couple of good fish. When you're playing them you think, this will be a good picture for the blog then ping they're gone. I went out today for some perch on the canal, got a couple of smallish ones, then hit the daddy, only to lose it on the top a few feet from the landing net. I went out with a mate at the weekend, who has been getting some pike doubles, so took the camera with me. Result no
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    Been there, had that with Remington bronze tips and split cases. So far not had any problems with blue, or red tip Hornady. This was my blog post on my experience. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/17-hmr-bullets-jammed-in-the-barrel-on-cz452-rifle-with-remington-ammo/
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    Still not seen any kits yet, but been getting some well advanced does. It's a pest control double whammy. My farmers are happy about it.
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    I made mine from a couple of green plastic coated garden centre canes. They are thin tubular ali and all you need is a bolt with a nyloc nut through them to create a basic bipod. With the wet fields lately, it gives a solid support for the rifle. Better than lying in the mud.
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    My dad taught me the finer points of stick float fishing and I taught my son, but the computer games got him and he was lost to fishing forever. He still comes just to watch me sometimes, but can't be tempted to have a go, even when they are crawling up the rod. I had a good session last week with the bread punch and stick float on my local river. In three hours, I had over 8lbs of mostly roach, with small chub, big gudgeon, and a couple each skimmers and rudd. ">http:// My blog report http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/roach-queue-up-for-bread-punch-on-the-middy-stick/
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    Google then phone. I have no trouble selling mine in Berkshire. When I got a new permission with loads of rabbits, a few minutes on the phone soon found customers at £2 each. Head shot, paunched and in fur, that's how they want them. Why not try making bunny burgers? http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/bunny-burgers-with-chorizo/ I've just made another two dozen. They stack in the freezer a lot easier than five rabbits and are tasty too. ">http://
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    I've just started drinking the cider I bottled in 2012. I tried it last summer, it was good, but not up to the 2011 brew, that I still had supplies of. The 2011 is now drunk (pun) and the 2012 is even better. It's well worth making plenty, to allow a good time for it to mature.
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    Until this week, I hadn't seen any rabbits about on the permissions visited, much of the land being covered in surface water, but this week they were out feeding in daylight again and harvested a few. All of 2013 to date, I've not had mixy on any of my farms in South Bucks and Berks and have only seen big adults since September. These milkies were the first I've had since August. Maybe it was the drought stopped them breeding, the grass being so dry?
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    I shot a couple of milky doe rabbits yesterday. Anyone else had any yet?
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    I had the same problem with my old Relum Z11 .177 springer, set the sights perfect, then started missing targets. Realised the scope was recoiling back down the scope rail. Tried a stop pin at the end, but still moved slightly. I ended up going back to open sights and He Presto, I was hitting everything again. At 25 yards, you can't miss anyway.
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    My trout river has been flooded for months, this week it's a hundred yards wide across the fields. We've done no work parties so far due to the high levels. Just hope there are a few trout left and not all washed down into the Thames, when the season starts on April 1st.
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    Cheers Nik.
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    It's now February since my original post on smoking trout in a chimenea and this week with a rainbow out of the freezer to bake, I decided to see how I would get on with a frozen trout, not a fresh fish. I prepared it as my blog post http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/hot-smoked-trout-in-a-chimenea/ and left it over night in the fridge, before lighting up the chimenea this afternoon. I usually leave the trout to hot smoke for about 30 mins, but today left it for an hour, as cool air was being drawn into the chimenea. Testing the trout after this time proved it to be perfect, wh
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