An hour out in colour.

[Gav 1,708]

1 minute ago, Underdog said:

Just checked your profile and turned green!

We love the west coast of Scotland and have always wanted to move there.

 

Surprised you have a mouse gun in the land of sideways rain!

 

U.

You can always visit mate, as long as you bring ya blunderbuss, we can take a Warren out in one

[Underdog 2,337]

13 minutes ago, Gav said:

You can always visit mate, as long as you bring ya blunderbuss, we can take a Warren out in one

Just checked, 12&1/2 hours away or 553miles, if am coming that far I ain't returning! 

[Gav 1,708]

1 minute ago, Underdog said:

Just checked, 12&1/2 hours away or 553miles, if am coming that far I ain't returning! 

Wife's from East Sussex and used to do it in one sitting! I don't go mainlanding very much, but when I do I make it count, normally ferry out and then cheap flights, see kids and grandkids  

[Underdog 2,337]

How do you go on for ammo and such?

Guess you have to make your own black powder!

[shovel leaner 7,648]

Thanks for the write up Gav . What a beautiful spot to do a bit of rabbiting .  I don’t suppose you have mixy orVHD up there ? Any foxes? I’ve read about the trout fishing on the isles “machair lochs”. Ah , one day I am going to make my way up there and see it all for myself . 

[Gav 1,708]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

How do you go on for ammo and such?

Guess you have to make your own black powder!

There a few RFD here and you can bring ammo etc on the ferry but not powder, we make that from tourist bones an anybody else's we can lure to this part! Did you never see wicker man?  

1 hour ago, shovel leaner said:

Thanks for the write up Gav . What a beautiful spot to do a bit of rabbiting .  I don’t suppose you have mixy orVHD up there ? Any foxes? I’ve read about the trout fishing on the isles “machair lochs”. Ah , one day I am going to make my way up there and see it all for myself . 

Last outbreak of mixy was in the 70s, no foxes too and since they had a mink clear out the rabbit are a major problem to the machair. The only predators really are eagles and hawks. The trout/salmon fishing is good here yes, and 90% free if you know where to go too, some great isolated spots out the Moor, I can get lost happily out there for a few days, need to be careful though an know what hazards to look for, sink holes etc it's mainly peat bog or you'll be out there for good

[shovel leaner 7,648]

59 minutes ago, Gav said:

There a few RFD here and you can bring ammo etc on the ferry but not powder, we make that from tourist bones an anybody else's we can lure to this part! Did you never see wicker man?  

Last outbreak of mixy was in the 70s, no foxes too and since they had a mink clear out the rabbit are a major problem to the machair. The only predators really are eagles and hawks. The trout/salmon fishing is good here yes, and 90% free if you know where to go too, some great isolated spots out the Moor, I can get lost happily out there for a few days, need to be careful though an know what hazards to look for, sink holes etc it's mainly peat bog or you'll be out there for good

The fishing sounds fantastic, I think I’d miss Charlie though , in spite of all the chaos he causes. You live in a truly beautiful place , very different from the Cotswolds I live in . You can start to take it for granted when you live and work in such places . But every now and then on a misty morning or a sunset nature reminds you just how lucky you are . ATB

[j j m 6,479]

Nice shooting mate

[David.evans 5,323]

SL 

Your quite fortune as well my friend living down there , that's a picturesque part of the county , I've been that way a few times , 

anywhere is better than the concrete jungle I live in , lol 

im jealous of you and gav ,  

Atb lads 

[The one 8,395]

Bet the great summer weather made it some place this year i did Sky while it was nearly 30 degrees hoping to get round the rest in the next couple of years 

[shovel leaner 7,648]

On 31/08/2018 at 21:10, David.evans said:

SL 

Your quite fortune as well my friend living down there , that's a picturesque part of the county , I've been that way a few times , 

anywhere is better than the concrete jungle I live in , lol 

im jealous of you and gav ,  

Atb lads 

The Cotswolds are indeed beautiful, and I love living and working here . I have lived here most of my life . But the British isles are so varied, the Yorkshire dales , the Lakes , Brecon , Cornwall, the Cambridgeshire fens , Mayo in Ireland , the highlands of Scotland. These are the places I’ve been to in this country and have either fished , shot or dug . All have their own unique beauty. I think however the western isles , with its treeless machair grasslands and exposed beaches , small population takes some beating . I’ve always loved being in truly wild places , where I am everywhere is cultivated and under mans control. Up there it’s still a bit wild and dangerous. I used to go wildfowling on the Severn estuary and that was hairy when the “bore” tide came in . I used to hang on till the last minute before getting off the mud flats . Sometimes you feel the most alive when you push your luck ? 

[Gav 1,708]

On 31/08/2018 at 21:27, The one said:

Bet the great summer weather made it some place this year i did Sky while it was nearly 30 degrees hoping to get round the rest in the next couple of years 

Aye the midges an cleggs loved us  

[Gav 1,708]

On 31/08/2018 at 06:14, Underdog said:

How do you go on for ammo and such?

Guess you have to make your own black powder!

Is it even legal

[Underdog 2,337]

4 hours ago, Gav said:

Is it even legal

Who cares.....

[Deker 3,450]

Interesting black rabbit, I have dealt with quite a few over the years but they have all been completely black, not seen one with those hints of brown!