The hunting and fishing thread!

[Ratae]

They do say that everything comes to he who waits. However, I usually find that it comes a little sooner if you also have a cunning plan as a back up!

So...for weeks now I have been taunted, teased, out thunk and generally had the pee taken out of my by a very sneaky squirrel.

Yup, this squirrel was the mega sneakiest squirrel in the whole of squirreldom.

Until today that is, when yer boy finally came up with a very cunning plan.

This squirrel could see any movement I made to sneak open my patio door, the sound of a key in that door he could hear from 3 gardens away...and then he was off.

This squirrel didn't even scarper like normal squirrels who bound away like a kangaroo. Nope, this squirrel would put it's nose down and get as low as it could, then sprint away like one of Nob's racing ferrets!

But today I put my cunning plan into practice. As soon as I was up and about, I filled the bird feeder and put another fat ball in the feeder in the apple tree, but this time I also left a chunk of the fat ball on the lawn beneath the tree. Then, I opened the tilting kitchen window enough to be able to draw a line of sight to the bait.

Normally, I don't like to shoot this way, it's a bit unsteady and very difficult to keep the barrel still, but this was desperate measures.

Sure enough, the squirrel went for it. After a good shufty round to check that the coast was clear, it slunk over to the bait and began to munch away.

I daren't go for a brain shot, too risky and I knew I couldn't afford to miss 'cos this squirrel wouldn't fall for it twice, so I put the x hairs on a heart/lung shot, then slowly squeezed the trigger.

The squirrel did what it always did, nose down it took off at a sprint....... then dropped stone dead ten yards away.



Perfect heart shot....my nemesis is no more, another cunning plan worked!

[Ratae]

This little article caught my eye in today's paper. >


"Recent figures from Marks & Spencer show that last year's new game range was a hit, with rabbit casserole sales 50 per cent higher than expected. It's extending its range in response, which launches this month, with more rabbit products as well as wood pigeon." Life & Style (Food)

Where yer boy leads, others are sure to follow.


Ratae the trend setter.

[duyuthinkysaurus]

When I first heard this pillock lunchtime I fell about laughing.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24459424

This quote especially.

"The badgers moved the goalposts. We're dealing with a wild animal, subject to the vagaries of the weather and disease and breeding patterns," he said.

A wild animal,
REALLY?
What the fcuk is a badger?
Another out of touch toffee nosed tosser!

[Ratae]

So, it's that time of the year when the fruits of my labours finally take shape.

Young tender wabbits in a rich onion sauce and a full jacket of puff pastry.

Y'see fellas, there are certain advantages to being a natural born killer, and here are two of them. 'Cos the truth is, that when you get right down to it and back to basics, all that's left are the prey and their predators.
As Omar would say......."The game is the game bro, and that's all there is!"

Ratty the filosifur.

[Ratae]

So, it's been a while, mainly due to circumstances out of my poor bike control, but anyway, as my shoulder slowly heals, thoughts turn to my rifles.

Tried to shoulder one about 3 weeks ago, hopeless, couldn't get the rifle up that far. Tried again last week, managed to shoulder the rifle, but it was obvious summat had changed as it didn't seem to 'fit' properly, couldn't cock the damned thing anyway.

Another go this week, after a bit of adjustment it seemed a lot better, very difficult to load and lock, but manageable.

Put a target up t'other day, amazingly only missed the tiny bullseye once in six from 30yds.

So, I gave it a try!





Yer boy is back!