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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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37 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

Here’s another where’s Wally . Can you spot the wild pheasant brood ? No prizes Stavross, this is just for fun .?

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I was only thinking this morning how I haven't seen any this spring on me ☹️

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1 hour ago, Sausagedog said:

I was only thinking this morning how I haven't seen any this spring on me ☹️

Same here mate. Not seen my grey partridge pair for a few weeks either. ?

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Up at the shoot at 7 this morning to carry on with the ride cutting, the wheat is on the turn and the oilseed rape looks to be ready to be sprayed off, so with a bit of look we will be able to do some proper fox control in 3 or 4 weeks, just before the birds come, I went into the pen close to the farm because the lad who is replacing the drinker system said there was a lot of wasps in there, he wasn’t kidding, 3 large nests in the feeders so they have been evicted, still a fare bit to do, but we are getting there ?

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I took the little.17 with me because the hoppers are still hammering the veg patch, none to be seen but the amount of squizzers is crazy, I shot 4 from the same tree one after another, if I’d taken a shotgun I could of easily shot 20 in a short time, maybe it’s time to make a couple of feeders so the kids can have a go at them, I shot something like 70 over the winter and you would think I hadn’t shot 1, they are doing a lot of damage to the trees, not just stripping bark but once the bark is off they are chewing into the timber

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21 minutes ago, Stavross said:

I took the little.17 with me because the hoppers are still hammering the veg patch, none to be seen but the amount of squizzers is crazy, I shot 4 from the same tree one after another, if I’d taken a shotgun I could of easily shot 20 in a short time, maybe it’s time to make a couple of feeders so the kids can have a go at them, I shot something like 70 over the winter and you would think I hadn’t shot 1, they are doing a lot of damage to the trees, not just stripping bark but once the bark is off they are chewing into the timber

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Get em shot Stavross, they are vandals. 

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54 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

Get em shot Stavross, they are vandals. 

They are an absolute menace up here, forestry used to trap them, poison them poke the drays out but now for some reason don’t bother, I’ll be taking the semi auto hatstand with me next time and shooting the drays out, could be a bit of fun one night after work

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