Ray Mears

[Xiucutil]

The best Ray Mears programme I have seen is where he built a birch bark canoe with a Native American. The filming and building of the canoe were beautiful and the respect he showed for the man building the boat was heartwarming.

[Mike Hill]

11 hours ago, David Cropper said:

I took a young Houshold Cavalry officer out stalking once on Lulworth ranges. He told me he'd been out on his father's sheep station in Australia for a year and went out looking for pig. He found one by a wallow, shot it with his 243, the mud had dried forming almost armour plating. He saw the round explode, the pig charged him, he climbed a tree and stayed there for almost 24 hours as the pig, not best pleased obviously,  stayed at the foot of the tree waiting for him. Nice lad but a bit of a Pillock. We had pigs in Dorset, released from a farm by Animal rights mob, they cut the wire fence, pigs wandered off although most returned "home" but quite a few went native. Still living rough after 30 years. This was between Dorchester and Bridport. Fittingly, near Toller Porcorum, the Valley of the swine.

I would echo Paul, 270 or 308. The French as Roughhewn says use 12 bore,  brenneke slugs or bb, not gauge, we ain't Yanks, Saul, and some of the bigger rifle calibres, usually 9mm, over and under. They go with a wallop.

He should have reloaded and shot it from 10 feet as it charged him.If he had time to drop the gun and run up a tree he had time to finnish the job.I have shot alot of pigs,knifed many over dogs,been charged numerous times and frankly if you run away you shouldnt own a gun.

 

I have seen a 303 Bullet deflect on a boar sheild because on a big pig you shoot for the ear or the first rib.

 

Using a shotgun with slugs is more of a handycap than anything,at the range a non rifled unsighted barrel is good for you may as well use Buckshot and increase your chances of hitting it .Up really close buckshot does more damage than slugs anyhow.

 

I think my record for pigs in a week without using dogs was 38. Shooting with my trusty SLR and FMJs. 

 

 

[Tippin Alaybye]

What about crocs? How many of them?

[Tippin Alaybye]

Sorry you couldn't read the original RM article, I didn't realise that. I could read it all when I originally posted the link to it. My brother did say something about it being free to read for one day only, but I took no notice at the time.

I didn't know the Telegraph was a fascist rag either! Apologies for that too. I'm not a newspaper reader.

 

 

 

 

No need to apologise. Can I interest you in an annual subscription for Socialist Worker? 10% discount!

[youngsbury]

Plenty of wild garlic here

[Tippin Alaybye]

I’m definitely going to do j artichoke and Tamsin soup next dinner party

 

 

lol, just saw the autocorrect .. tamsin should read ramson

Edited March 26, 2021 by Tippin Alaybye

[sime42]

I’m definitely going to do j artichoke and Tamsin soup next dinner party

Poor Tamsin!

[devon TWiG]

10 hours ago, Xiucutil said:

The best Ray Mears programme I have seen is where he built a birch bark canoe with a Native American. The filming and building of the canoe were beautiful and the respect he showed for the man building the boat was heartwarming.

I remember seeing that , it was very tricky / skilled work ....that is why I bought a plastic one !!😁  are you a fisherman ??

[Xiucutil]

7 minutes ago, devon TWiG said:

I remember seeing that , it was very tricky / skilled work ....that is why I bought a plastic one !!😁  are you a fisherman ??

Yes I am, one who also chops up trees.

[Paul in the woods]

14 minutes ago, Xiucutil said:

Yes I am, one who also chops up trees.

I hope no one mentions codwood again.