jigsaw 11,902 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 went for a walk today after a call out from the farmer friend,30 goats in his land,down low due to the snow and cold I believe.I picked a hell of a morning to travel,half way there 4 cars stuck in the ditch,police all over the shop and heres me with no tax or road test on the van,ffs luckily they just waved me on and i exhailed with relief.Reached the yard and william was there waiting for me,He came to me in a bit of a hurry so I knew he had something to tell me of iminent importance,I slipped on my boots,got the gun out of the case,released the kelpie from the rear of the van and he said the words I love to hear......''THEM FUCKERS ARE ACROSS THE ROAD IN MY GRAZING FOELD'' .He walked with me and up the path and there they were,having breakfast at his expense.I had no intentions of shooting any but when he was with me I was forced to take one out,and any one at random.I said Id creep up into the adjacent field and work my way down the hedging near to the mob.I was within 20 yards and I sat the kelpie and moved closer alone,I looked back and william was keeping a close eye on proceedings.There was no way out of this one,a goat had to die today lol.I picked out the darker goat and lifted te 223,squeezed the trigger and the shot went off,but so did the goats.....at full speed.I called the dog and followed in the direction to where tey ran and just inside the wood was my appointed goat,lifeless and waiting.I dragged it back into the field,looked over and william gave me the thumbs up,happy as only a farmer with goat problems can be http://vid67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/ld387/MAH00050_zpsiijxfvpq.mp4 see if this video works,and forgive the accent ,lol I decided with my new camcorder id try video them and pass the morning away at that,so have a look and see how it goes,apologies for the poor results but I hope to get better with practice. http://vid67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/ld387/MAH00056_zpscnjwgsyt.mp4 heres Taz telling me theres goats real close,she points them out just like a bird dog and will never give chase unless I urge her on.She is a god send at this game,without her Id never even know their there. 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Always enjoy your writeups about the goats, top man 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plummerterrier 291 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Can't understand a word your saying haha but another good post much needed when you see the state of the general section . Good reading Thanks Pt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw 11,902 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) ok that seems to work,lol http://vid67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/ld387/MAH00060_zpsc2sdgfm5.mp4 Then we crept up to a pair of billys fighting and trying to mate with a nanny that has a tiny kid allready at foot,never knew that went on but hey,what the hell do i know,other than how to shoot em,lol and for good measure heres a clip from the saturday past,I climbed a hill looking for a different bunch and just as I got to the top it absolutely went mental with wind and rain/sleet. This morning it went from snow to heavy sleet to sunshine,weird weather up this way http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/ld387/DSC00052_zpsqi9iljvh.jpg hills covered in snow, Edited March 4, 2015 by jigsaw 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plummerterrier 291 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Looks like cracking land to be on mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw 11,902 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 och mon,cannae git this then lol.............sorry about that ,couldnt resist.Our accent is a bit of a singing effort ive been told , Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plummerterrier 291 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Haha good right up non the less and the accent got me a laugh haha is there many goats about its honestly something I've never heard of anybody shooting before uk anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw 11,902 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) their numbers are seriously diminished as the forestry board shot over 40 of them in a week,the cnuts were ''thining out the numbers'' for the sake of the young trees.I offered to do it last season but they prefered to get a hired gun in and pay him to try wipe em out.I want to let them alone this year now and next year should be up a bit better and more sustainable.And as for the land,its bloody hard work when you go over the 50 years old mark lol. Edited March 3, 2015 by jigsaw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Nice dog Jiggy.... Also good to see you stil keeping the curry fodder under control... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,929 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Jigsaw, you should definitely consider sending off a full write up of one of your "goating" exploits to EDRD. Brilliant read! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plummerterrier 291 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 As above this stuff could get published its different and makes a good read Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 As above.great post jig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richie1984 191 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Cracking that mate.well done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,780 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Brilliant Wish there was feral goats near me , love to get a run at one with the dogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 3,179 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I think you do some of the best write ups on here, always cheers me up when I see a new one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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