millsy44 72 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Well boys as promised ive done a write up and taken lots of photos of mine and smoggyadams new permission we got last week, this is the first time weve been up and had a walk round with the rifles, its huuuuuuuge!! and half the permission isnt in the photos as its just to big!! Anyway we got to the permission at 3pm and had a talk to the farmer, he gave us the green light and off we went, antisipating huge numbers of rabbits, squirrels and pigeons etc etc that the farmer assured us were present......and he wasnt kidding, the farmer no longer farms but has made a swap from cattle to conservation and has perfect woodland with cut out pathways and feeders everywhere, plus lots of arable land, some with oil seed rape and some with barley, aswell as a large area of untamed and unmanaged woodland, this place is big and theres no way we'll be able to see it all today, rifles out of the car and a quick zero and were ready, Video of arriving at the permission, as soon as the video starts everything you see in it is ours to shoot over As this place is new to us we werent expecting to bag alot, it was more of a feet finding trip, to locate the areas the rabbits and squirrels etc etc were in their main numbers, every field or pathway we walked down produced rabbits and everthing else you could imagine, adam was first with a young kit from 26 paced yards, neatly taking it with a perfect brain shot, we were seeing rabbits bolting all over the place and we got a good idea of the better ways and angles to approach them next time, we split up and adam fancied the top "crop" fields while i wanted to stay in the woods, id brought a previously shot rabbit with me and split its guts and put it out in the field at the side of the wood at 25 yards to try and bag some crows, rooks etc etc, but soon got bored of waiting lol i wanted to explore and sitting still with my home made ghillie wasnt the way to do it, at least not yet, an hour had past and adam rings me from the other end of the permission telling me hes taken another rabbit thats 2-0 and that hes seen loads out of range, up on my feet again and im seeing warrens and bolt holes everywhere, i can see squirrels under the feeders aswell but im not to bothered about bagging up today and any shot at range was out of the question, i just sat and watched what trees they were prefering and where they went, so when im here next time ill know exactly where to ambush we meet back up for a fag and an "excited" chat haha 5 hours have passed but it feels like weve only been here for 5 minutes, with the light fading i decide to sit just off one of the cut out tracks in the "managed" wood and it wasnt long before a big buck rabbit was hoping out of the undergrowth and onto the freshly cut track that runs all the way through the wood, prone postiong, bolt forward.....Thwack, down he goes, 40 yards and not a kick I could ramble on all day about the huge numbers we had seen but it would turn into a 100 page story, so ill let you boys admire the photos we found the deers head lodged in a wire fence, poor thing must of got jammed up Edited May 12, 2011 by millsy44 Quote Link to post
millsy44 72 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oh i almost forgot, i did get another opurtunity for another rabbit only to watch through my scope a feral cat pounch on the young rabbit and run off with it squealing away before i even got the first stage of my trigger pulled!!! haha A video of us leaving and you get a qucik glimpse of the offending cat in the headlights as we leave the farm yard Hope you enjoyed the write up, vids and photos lads Atb peter 6 Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi Peter and Adam. Well, first off have a well deserved SP for a terrific post, and pictures, thanks for sharing I can see why you are both excited, what a stunning permission that is. Nice wooded areas too, and managed, cant get better than that. You are both very lucky and will no doubt have some fun filled and great hunting there together. Look forward to your future posts and pictures, detailing your exploits. Excellent permission, good hunting you two!! ATB. Bill. Quote Link to post
millsy44 72 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Cheers bill shame your so far away, id love for you to come see it in person and have a shoot with us. Quote Link to post
Bradford Lad 74 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Jesus, how envious am i!!!! excellent write up mate and a stunning permission, your gonna have plenty of fun there!! Atb Ian Quote Link to post
Ron Weasley 83 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 That's a hell of a spot mate, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's jealous! Look forward to reading your posts in the future! Quote Link to post
olliemcfc 1 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 That's a hell of a spot mate, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's jealous! Look forward to reading your posts in the future! Quote Link to post
olliemcfc 1 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 All the best lads looks like a good place. Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 it dont get much better than that millsy buddy i was trying to see if i knew any of that scenery (i work most of the ts postcodes lol) i bet your looking forward to getting to grips with it atb gary ps have an sp Quote Link to post
The one 8,393 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 A nice read and picts there guys Quote Link to post
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Top marks Millsy,Cracking pics. Quote Link to post
ANDY&ARCHIE 5 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 top read there millsy buddy Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice looking permission, mine are all farmlands and paddocks, with about half an acre of woodland! Cracking write up though, I did wonder which gun you used to take that damned head off though... Quote Link to post
millsy44 72 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Thanks alot chaps, its got potential to say the least, glad you all liked the write up etc etc Quote Link to post
markha 99 Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Very nice mix of ground to shoot over, you are indeed lucky, thanks for so many pics, have a point. Quote Link to post
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