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  8. Nice Muntjac

    in Deer Stalking & Management

    Posted

    On 28/01/2022 at 21:05, moonlighter said:

    We’ve got a few Chinese in Lincolnshire around me, but nowhere near as many as muntjac…. Maybe they don’t breed as well, or maybe because they are much easy to catch or shoot than a munty? 

    They breed like hell, nothing unusual to find them late in he season with 4 sometimes 5 inside them, ive been told they can have 6 but never seen that, I try and finish a bit earlier on them if I can.

  9. Foggy blank

    in Deer Stalking & Management

    Posted

    On 03/01/2022 at 20:11, Tyla said:

    Only because you had to rush off and shoot a fleet of cwd to make me jealous. I'm almost certain you brought the fog down with you as a change from bringing the rain 

    That’s because your deer are like English labourers, never turn up on time or when you want them ?

    I thought the fog was a pleasant change to the torrential incessant rain you usually lay on ??

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  10. Rat trap

    in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control

    Posted

    I have one I was given, I put it on the shelf in the workshop and never used it for a couple of years, then I spotted it and took it off the shelf to look at and put it down on the bench and went off done something else, couple of days later I went in the workshop and feck me there was 2 hound rats in it, no boat, no effort, nothing, so I baited it and not had anything since but the fens get one or two every night.

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  14. Nice Muntjac

    in Deer Stalking & Management

    Posted

    On 23/11/2021 at 16:28, Deker said:

    Frankly they should be under the terms of the W&C Act, they are a non indigenous species, unlawfully released/escaped into the wild, and it should be shoot on sight, but for some reason a few years back we actually gave them a season!  The reason for their presence in the wild in the UK is similar to the Muntjac, but so far no seasons for them???    

    Lets be clear here, I have no specific downer on them, I simply do not understand the Legislature of this country sometimes!!

    Yes I think your right, but I for one am glad it’s not the case, without those I would only have Munties to go at as no fallow or roe on my bit.

    unlike the SE we don’t get the damage from these that fallow cause, and in truth crop damage is minimal, they do tend to flatten it where they lie down though, and that’s why the farmers hate them.

  18. Nice Muntjac

    in Deer Stalking & Management

    Posted

    On 12/10/2021 at 08:34, shovel leaner said:

     

            I must be in a minority of people who find them a charming and interesting animal.          

    Not at all, ive always enjoyed having them on my place, they can be a right bloody pain, and they destroy everything, but I still enjoy them.

    They also have my respect, I find them a great stalk, especially in an area they have plenty of cover.

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  19. Tyres

    in 4x4's, Quads & ATV's

    Posted

    On 26/07/2021 at 10:43, stevemac said:

    Please yourself i always have a chuckle to my self when I see off roading depected on british tv. Absolutely no problem with them on wet roads here but as you say the nut behind the wheel is always the final determining factor. Just looked up the vechicle ya I wouldn't put them on one of those either, but I wouldnt ,own one of those for going bush.

    It’s always the idiot behind the wheel.

    I have done some pretty serious off road stuff here, I built a swb for the job, but in truth not many people do serious off roading, I have too get around my fields every day of the yr and in winter it can often be 12-18 inches of wet mud, so it’s challenging for a Predominantly“Road going” vehicle.

    the scout is in fact the wife’s motor, and I always dismissed them as been rubbish, but I have to say it’s surpassed all my expectations and I would buy another in a heartbeat now.

  20. Tyres

    in 4x4's, Quads & ATV's

    Posted

    On 24/07/2021 at 11:34, stevemac said:

    Bf goodridge all terrains KO2 good grip in the and long wearing. I've used them on all my 4x4s

    Absolute shite on wet roads though, I have always run them on all my trucks, but you have to drive accordingly in the wet, easy enough in a pickup but easy to get carried away in a nice comfy fast car.

     

    i will have a look and see what I have on our scout as they have been very good going round the fields this year.

  22. Well it's arrived!

    in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns

    Posted

    On 20/07/2021 at 00:28, ianm said:

    A few weeks ago i ordered a new .243. It had to be a Tikka T3X supervarmint. On Friday i got a call from the rfd to say it had arrived. After picking it up i sorted the trigger to my liking and fit a dayscope to enable some load developing. I already had a few homeloads from my last .243 and a box of 100grn federals plus a box and half of Hornady 58grn. I also loaded some 55grn nosler varmageddons with rl15 powder. Saturday i went to a local farm to run the rifle in and try a few different loads. I used the federals to run it in which consisted of cleaning the barrel first then firing a shot and cleaning again three times. I am quite pleased with the RL15 loads which grouped nicely even though i struggled at times to see the black cross on the board. I have bought some shoot and see targets for the zeroing session this week.

     

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    Excellent choice, but what the heck is that mod ?

  23. Well it's arrived!

    in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns

    Posted

    On 20/07/2021 at 11:10, ianm said:

    I never bother measuring to the lands so i couldn't tell you. On the nosler loading data it says to seat to 2.510" so that is where i start. I then seat either side and see which way is improving. I won't bother with doing it with this load though as it is good enough where it is. What i can tell you though is that Mike Norris of Brock and Norris told me the bigger the jump the bullet has to the lands the more accurate it is at range. 

     

    I have just looked on the barnes load data and it also recommends RL15 as a powder for its 58grn varminators.

    Seat to 2.540" , 41.1grns bottom load for 3,501fps up to 45.7grns for 3844fps. 

    I can confirm this, I backed further off the lands with my 6.5 and the groups tightened up considerably

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