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Up at the shoot first thing this morning, bird scare tape up around the pens, elec fences on and tested, water on and drinkers tested and adjusted, water butts filled again over the piggeries, I had l

Well our first shoot of the year went well. It was cold but dry and a bit of sun appeared. Bag was 122 head comprising of 57 duck 56 pheasant 7 partridge and 2 pigeon. My own contribution wa

It’s been frosty the last couple of mornings, it’s very welcome , hopefully it will kill a few bugs . Unfortunately the Maize and cover crops don’t like it and they will soon be unviable as a drive .

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3 hours ago, foxdropper said:

With a Mk 4 ?accidental of course .

Now we all know a mk4 isn’t suitable to humanely dispatch a stoat. It used to be, but now it isn’t. The strange thing is, in all the years I’ve been trapping, I never realised this obvious shortcoming. Of course, these decisions haven’t been taken lightly. If only I had a fraction of the wisdom of our superiors, I would of course be almost as great as they....?

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Have any of you lot watched meat eater on Netflix, it’s a bit over the top American but it’s good to see how it’s done over there, bow hunting elk and shooting sika with front stuffers, the respect he has for his environment and the animals he hunts is superb ?

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1 minute ago, Stavross said:

Have any of you lot watched meat eater on Netflix, it’s a bit over the top American but it’s good to see how it’s done over there, bow hunting elk and shooting sika with front stuffers, the respect he has for his environment and the animals he hunts is superb ?

Yeah I like it, another one is stars in the sky,  worth a watch. 

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Well I’ve cleaned and waxed my boots, charged the radio’s, sorted out hand sanitizer etc all read for Saturday 

rang the shoot secretary to gee him up about the guidelines and risk assessment, he said he’ll sent it out on Monday, I said it needs to be before the first day, he said, “ it will be, we shoot a week on Saturday not this Saturday “ ? nobhead, I thought it was this Saturday ?

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On 25/10/2020 at 20:41, Stavross said:

Have any of you lot watched meat eater on Netflix, it’s a bit over the top American but it’s good to see how it’s done over there, bow hunting elk and shooting sika with front stuffers, the respect he has for his environment and the animals he hunts is superb ?

Is he left (cack) handed by any chance ?  ???

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