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That’s Charlie isn’t it? I left the headless one out for 36 hours and it moved a few times so it’s something strong enough to drag a chicken but not strong enough to carry one. And only a bit of it eaten. Littler nibbles than a fox would take I’d have thought.
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Aye. Very vexing. What’s Toby? I’m too posh to know rural slang.
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Ferret (probably) back. Two killed last night and one beheaded a couple of nights before. As with most conflicts, my well bred roosters roosted high and safe and let the lower orders get slaughtered.
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Crank up the big diesel server, Steve. This bandwidth’s about to get busy.
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We (the syndicate that I beat for, 2-5 birds per gun, per day usually) don't have a keeper per se. They have work parties and a feeding rota and one of them is the farmer. I'm starting to help out a bit. Gleaning what I can. I should broaden my horizons to some other shoots really. Was asking one of the busier beaters last weekend about the local scene. He suggested Sailor might remain restrained on some of them, depending on my appetite for admonishment.
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Anything more like a keepering manual? How to arrange vegetation to hold birds, when to feed, wtf does dogging-in mean anyway, where to put your guns and beaters etc.
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I called Sailor off a deer chase this morning. At distance, at speed, well committed. IN FRONT OF A WITNESS! What a result. The scene on a different, more atmospheric day. It’s remarkably nice now.
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Trying to learn a bit more about how a pheasant shoot works beyond just turning up on a Saturday and shouting. A mate lent me this. Any other book recommendations? Instructional and short preferably. No need for lovely long stories of country life. More a manual.
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Goodness is subjective.
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Indeed. Hasn’t he shown me.
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Or they just don't leave it in the kiln long enough.
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Kiln drying for firewood is a con. It dries the ends so aggressively that the xylem collapse. The water in the middle can't escape. Or so I see the world anyway.
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Come Dine With Me, Arbtalk Special.
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I’d sooner eat the food I cook in a uranium pan over a dung brazier than the chemical shit catering products in jars that you warm up.
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Opposite here. A little encouragement goes a long way.
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Mick’s coming for Christmas and to help with some songwriting so I’ve done a big batch of tandoori breakfast curry.
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Microwave garlic for 5-10 seconds. It peels itself.
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There's going to be a headline saying TRUMP STEALS HEART OF GOLD before he's out in 2029. I had to look up when he's out. His second term only started in January this year! It feels longer.
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Possibly purposeful. Anyone who spotted it will soon be approached by a man with an umbrella, who remarks that the pigeons in Alexanderplatz are hungry this year.
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Bastards got it wrong and had me second guessing myself all day.
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It's a stupid hobby when you think about it. "I know. I'll get a barely domesticated wolf that can do 20 mph over any terrain and kill anything up to a small horse if it wants to. P.S. It wants to."
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Sailor's nearly four and has got way better with other dogs. He's easy at the shoot now. Mingles fine. Walking round the edge of town earlier and he charged up to an Airedale terrier like he always wants to but came off beautifully easily. Chatted with the bloke for twenty minutes and he laid down, came over gently, went back away etc. Encouraging stuff. He also just ate half a bag of pheasant guts and wings and threw up next to my guitar pedals. Cheers.
