FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, Stavross said: Was planning to just sit out overlooking the lambing fields at the back of the farm, but decided to go for a walk about while it was still light Would still take the .243 mate...would hate to pass up a buck. 1 Quote Link to post
Stavross 13,544 Posted April 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said: Would still take the .243 mate...would hate to pass up a buck. I know, but it’s just boy’s with there new toys 1 1 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 I’m up in sunny Northumberland at the moment. Me and Mrs’s SL have been invited to stay on my mates shoot in one of the gun lodges . I can see why he left Gloucestershire and moved up here , it’s absolutely stunning. We have had a bit of a day out , called into Berwick on tweed and down to Holy island . The shoot itself covers 6500 acres with another two shoots of 10,000 acres that is owned by the same operator. They have pheasant , partridge, duck and grouse and there are also 200 or so English partridge that are breeding in the wild . The bird life up here is prolific, I counted 43 Curlew this morning in one field , and more hares than I’ve seen in my life . There is a large population of roe on the shoot but no other deer species. I am out foxing tonight, my mate says the foxes up here are a lot bigger than the ones in Gloucestershire , I’m looking forward to that . I’ve been out on his rearing field and he has just had his first chicks in last week . But the problem is that the nights are so cold -3 at night, so the water is freezing in the pipes and not defrosting until mid morning, luckily there has been enough water in the drinkers , but his arse has been nipping a bit . He showed me the doc traps he has set , I’m going to get a couple and try them out , but you wouldn’t want to catch your fingers in them they are powerful. 7 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Enjoy it SL , Northumberland is stunning , I'm passing through today as also going foxing tonight in the Borders. Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Just now, FOXHUNTER said: Enjoy it SL , Northumberland is stunning , I'm passing through today as also going foxing tonight in the Borders. I might spot you in the thermal 1 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Admire the set up for the trap , quite a construction. 1 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Just now, FOXHUNTER said: Admire the set up for the trap , quite a construction. I’m going to get my “chippy” head on and have a go . I like making stuff like that . 2 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Easier to spot though for the antis to smash up Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Just now, FOXHUNTER said: Easier to spot though for the antis to smash up Depends where you put them , although with this lockdown there are people everywhere. Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 We have plenty curlew and lapwing up here [BANNED TEXT] , see them all the time. Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said: We have plenty curlew and lapwing up here [BANNED TEXT] , see them all the time. Yes I saw lapwing too , and oyster catchers. I’ve not seen them this far inland ( 5 miles) , but they are on all the flight ponds and marshy patches . Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Yep we get oystercatchers on our shoot which must be 25 mile inland 1 Quote Link to post
si brown 8,486 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 45 minutes ago, shovel leaner said: Yes I saw lapwing too , and oyster catchers. I’ve not seen them this far inland ( 5 miles) , but they are on all the flight ponds and marshy patches . Think your mate should be alright up there, it’s more people who enjoy the countryside rather than deranged lefties and hippies! there’s a remote wood at one of my places with a fish eagle. thought it was a fox at first cos it was so big but it was twighlight and a fair way off through the thermal, it was next to a fence post.. one huge flap and it was on top of the post.. I put the scope on it gathers that much light I could clearly see what it was. after a bit of geeking I worked out what it was and it’s a descent age by the dark colour band 1 Quote Link to post
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 9 hours ago, shovel leaner said: I’m going to get my “chippy” head on and have a go . I like making stuff like that . Thinking the same mate looks good that does Quote Link to post
Stavross 13,544 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Picked up some more gear to chuck at foxes today, seems we might be responsible for America’s ammo shortage reading the bumf on them they are man stoppers in the urban environment, they certainly do the job, the .223 likes them and at 18 quid a box they are at the cheaper end, which makes me happy 1 Quote Link to post
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