Back up at the shoot

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

2 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

 

Had the one squig .Walked around the wood just before dusk and must have seen 40 squigs.

Another 40 to go must be a good wood

[foxdropper 17,092]

Just now, FOXHUNTER said:

Another 40 to go must be a good wood

Never been managed mate .I used to do the digging there years back but nobodies ever done the vermin .Saw a rat run across a ride too .Be a novelty on the feeder .

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Would love a wood that was heaving , my squirrel perms are under control

[foxdropper 17,092]

Nice one Mark .This will be when I’m done .Both ends of the wood  have thick hedges to other woods so won’t be long to get reinvested if left alone .

[shovel leaner 7,648]

Been doing some squirrel control on the shoot . I’ve got some traps going , and they are hitting some of the pheasant feeders . I can see a red letter say happening soon . 

[BenBhoy 4,706]

They look good John. Just one entry? Mk4s? 

[shovel leaner 7,648]

26 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

They look good John. Just one entry? Mk4s? 

No mate , there are 4 entry points, and yes they are mk 4 springers ( cheap Chinese copies)

[Dervburner 2,548]

26 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

No mate , there are 4 entry points, and yes they are mk 4 springers ( cheap Chinese copies)

It looks like a good design. I’d make a couple of those myself but I think they’d get nicked before long, unless I could find a way of securing the box and traps. I’ll have to have a think about it. Had three Larsens opened and tipped over again last week

[shovel leaner 7,648]

6 hours ago, Dervburner said:

It looks like a good design. I’d make a couple of those myself but I think they’d get nicked before long, unless I could find a way of securing the box and traps. I’ll have to have a think about it. Had three Larsens opened and tipped over again last week

Same here DB , had a Larsen hidden away in a pheasant pen , way , way, off the footpath . Released the call bird and flung in the stingers. 

[foxdropper 17,092]

Years ago first ever bit  of keepering I did I was having fens go missing , tunnels smashed and vermin lines cut down so I staked out a very conspicuous tunnel trap on a ride .Hadnt been in the job long .Hid in a hide made in the brambles .
Not a peep all day but about 6 pm a girl came wandering along the ride with a dog on a lead .My head keeper was elsewhere same wood .She went straight to the trap ,up ended it ,stuck a stick on the fenn and pulled the peg out .Flung the trap in the brambles .I scrambled out pretty worked up to be met by the prettiest girl I’d ever seen lol.I was a bit tongue tied at first but remember blurting out she was in trouble lol.

My head keeper rocked up as she tried her best to flutter her eyes .Turned out it was his daughter lol .
He bollocked her all the way to his truck and drove  off without saying anything to me

Next day was frosty atmosphere to start with but he did say she’d been lead astray by students at college

As time went on me and the daughter got to know each other very well and I have to say she lead me astray more than once
I was her bit of rough though and never anything else but good while it lasted .

[Dervburner 2,548]

1 hour ago, shovel leaner said:

Same here DB , had a Larsen hidden away in a pheasant pen , way , way, off the footpath . Released the call bird and flung in the stingers. 

Yerr, it’ll always happen I suppose.......

[BenBhoy 4,706]

54 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

As time went on me and the daughter got to know each other very well and I have to say she lead me astray more than once
I was her bit of rough though and never anything else but good while it lasted .

I love it when things like that happen......gutting when you wake up though!! I had a cracking one about Pamela Anderson last night!! 

 

[foxdropper 17,092]

Tbh honest I was punching above my position ,not looks as always been a model type  but trouble with stunners is they get blanked .Most blokes  think the same but I’ve never been short on the flirt with skirt front .My charm and then wash board stomach were too much for her and we cavorted for about 3 months until she went to uni .

Debbie Bryant . Bet she’s RAF now .

Dont think the old man knew ,he was like a sergeant major type but good at his job and gave me a glowing reference to go elsewhere after 4 years of being the dogsbody .

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Lady Chatterleys lover ❤

[foxdropper 17,092]

12 hours ago, shovel leaner said:

Been doing some squirrel control on the shoot . I’ve got some traps going , and they are hitting some of the pheasant feeders . I can see a red letter say happening soon . 

That’s a mint  design mate .Do you bury the trap in the wheat or not bother .