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So that's where the defence went at the weekend. Hope you let them have it back for tonight
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Did you let it go? If he didn't there will be questions.
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You can get ground aniseed from the supermarket spice aisle. Just add a teaspoon or two into the mix when you are simmering the seeds.
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It is an old law that can suffer from interpretation: " It is an offence under the Highways Act 1980 s 161(2) to light any fire on or over a carriageway, or discharge any firearm or firework within 50 feet of the centre of a highway which is a carriageway, with the consequence that a user of the carriageway is injured, interrupted or endangered." So the law covers private as well as public property. The last bit is the problem. You could be happily shooting away within fifty feet of the centreline of a road or lane, not causing a problem. But if some busybody complains you are stuffed as
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Its fifty feet from the centre of a highway. Not yards.
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Air Arms Express - Light Vs Heavy.
Nicepix replied to Jonjon79's topic in Rifle Reviews, Technical Help and Tips
Cheers Pix, I may well do. My daughters got a stash of those and FAPs in .177 for her HW30 It's not that I really favour light pellets, indeed, I think the heavier pellets work better in this rifle. I just can't help experimenting. I'm probably looking for that eurika moment when something random amazes me I tried the Crossman heavies, basically the same pellets, but the drop off was too great for my liking. I tended to shoot vermin, not targets, and personally prefer a flatter trajectory as you can never be sure of the target distance in the field. And I'm hopeless at judging distanc -
Air Arms Express - Light Vs Heavy.
Nicepix replied to Jonjon79's topic in Rifle Reviews, Technical Help and Tips
If you like light pellets try the JSB RS. I found them to be the best for accuracy through my HW100. -
You can buy chopped or whole maize or pigeon conditioner in 5kg bags in the supermarkets at around 60 cents a kilo and large 20kg bags in garden centres such as Gamm Vert. The large bags work out much cheaper per kilo. Gamm Vert also do 20kg sacks of hemp seeds and you can get crushed hemp at any Decathlon store. It is worth getting some Frolicks dog biscuits too IMO. Many of the French carp anglers on the two large lakes near me are using Frolicks, and you can stack 6 to 10 on one of those Fox dead bait pop-up spikes for the catfish.
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Exactly. If you put a few grains of maize or sweetcorn out in any water wild fish will almost immediately take them. I've seen carp to around 10lb beach themselves to get at spilled maize from duck feeders. If you have a heavily fished commie the fish might wise up to certain baits, and corn is no different. But they are the exception, not the rule and you only need to change the colour or flavour the corn to overcome their reluctance to take it.
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Corn is over used, Care to explain that? It's pretty much the go to natural bait. Yes, and it is very, very successful. So how is it over used? Depends where you're fishing I guess. The places I've frequented over the last few years you'd be hard pressed to catch even a stockie on Corn. They seem wise to it. We have to be experimental and think outside the box. Just a personal observation and opinion, I do believe I'm entitled to share Yes, you are entitled to your opinion. And by virtue of this being a forum I am entitled to question or challenge it. I doubt very much
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Gutted! I'm originally a Lancastrian
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If you boil maize with less water than is normal and keep topping up with hot water every now and then so the maize is barely covered you end up with a sticky mixture. Then don't drain all the water off as usual, but stir in some cornflour which is processed maize starch, or custard powder which is cornflour with a vanilla flavouring, or hot chocolate powder, while the mix is still hot. Keep adding the cornflour or whatever until it has absorbed the moisture from the maize mix. Stir it in well then let it cool until it you are able to handle it. Form it into balls suitable for catapulting out
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Corn is over used, Care to explain that? It's pretty much the go to natural bait. Yes, and it is very, very successful. So how is it over used?
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Looking towards the house......... And back down the garden....... And the other side...........
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Corn is over used, Care to explain that? As for pond skaters; we have thousands and thousands on the rivers and lakes over here and I've never seen one being taken yet.So, again how do you come to the assumption that they would make a good bait?
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I live in the south-west of France and fish the public lakes and rivers for carp. These aren't the force fed pot-bellied pigs that you see being caught in the private carp brothels, but truly wild fish, many of which have never been fished for. I rarely use boilies or large pellets. Maize is the number one bait for me with Frolicks dog biscuits as a back up. I've seen carp beach themselves to get at maize spilled from a duck feeder and even fish that have never seen an angler's bait will pick up a Frolick biscuit. Luncheon meat is another bait that will take fish on virgin waters. Neil; yo
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Chelsea have a habit of riling teams to unsettle them. I think that happened last night. Thankfully Just hope your lot Hammer the plastics at the weekend
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I'd be surprised if it was just the one.
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The Leicester chairman doesn't seem the type to cash in in Mahrez and Vardy. He seems to be in it for the right reasons for now anyway. Had to laugh at the sign the fans had put up today; "We're not getting relegated" Brilliant! Good luck to the Foxes and let's hope that they have it wrapped up before the last game. If they can manage that and Van Gaal's lot get 'Hammered' next week I might just open a nice bottle of red to celebrate
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Crows take them Neil. A couple of years back a brood went from fifteen to two overnight and it was crows that did the deed.
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First squadron of swifts sighted today. The weather has been up and down, frosts overnight and not many insects about to refuel them though.
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They are a bit bigger than a hob ferret
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Tree dogs or not, they are hunting and that's all you need. The dog will adapt to whatever you are doing. I used working sheepdogs for beating and picking up and also a German Shepherd Dog who would flush and pick up as well as herd cattle. My spaniel used to herd sheep as well as work the beating line and retrieve from a hide. Get a good dog and it will work for you.
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Discovered that the answer to my question is that the Eurasian Red Squirrel turns grey in winter in some colder regions. Never knew that!
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If you take the dog with you and involve it in the hunting process you might find that it naturally will investigate a trap theft and follow the scent of the perpetrator. A dog will naturally follow a 'runner' or wounded bird or animal and this is no different. My spaniel used to follow me around the farm when I was mole trapping and she found a trap that had been dug out and carried off on her own initiative. You just need a dog that wants to please you not itself, and involve it in what you are doing. The dog will pick it up on its own.