Photos thread -Hunting. MOD NOTE in post #1.

ganmo

Eddie B wrote: »

Better off that they don't stop! If there's any damage to car, owner of dog may be liable!

driver would be fully responsible for hitting a dog.
its livestock that the owners are liable for damage caused

thats what i've always thought to be true

Glenbulldog

German pointer wrote: »

I thought she was still asleep on the chair. slipped out when wife opened the door

Poor thing,especially when things were looking up for you....sorry to hear that

Stonehall9

Glenbulldog wrote: »

Poor thing,especially when things were looking up for you....sorry to hear that

That's awful , dirty knacker for not stopin, you don't hit a dog that size and not know it, probably drink driving and didn't want to stop

deeksofdoom

ganmo wrote: »

driver would be fully responsible for hitting a dog.
its livestock that the owners are liable for damage caused

thats what i've always thought to be true

No it's not true it's the owner that's responsible, whether it's a hit and run or not. The driver is obliged to report the accident to the guards.

Sorry to hear about your dog.

hexosan

ganmo wrote: »

driver would be fully responsible for hitting a dog.
its livestock that the owners are liable for damage caused

thats what i've always thought to be true

Incorrect as deeks said its the dog owner who's responsible.

Sorry to hear about the dog German pointer

Tommyaya4

Lad here hit a German Shepard Killed it dead roaming the road took it to the vet scanned it for a chip and went after the owner for damage to the car caused by the dog caused to his car won his case As dog wasn't under proper control. Sorry to hear about you loosing your dog an awful shame

clivej

German pointer wrote: »

Unfortunately my pointer Sally was killed in a hit and run today

Feel for you GP. Like loosing a best friend :(:(

ESB Spaniel

German pointer wrote: »

Unfortunately my pointer Sally was killed in a hit and run today

Sorry to hear about lad.

cookimonster

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Finally after a very slow start to the season I managed to bag an animal.....

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lefthooker

A bit of fun



With the beautiful weather I went out to zero the HMR @ 100yds this afternoon. After satisfying myself that I was hitting where I was aiming, a fly landed on the page. It was begging to be shot.
.17 is probably overkill for fly and I was honestly trying for a head shot:cool:

EPointer=Birdss

Pup off the mark. 10 months & flying.
Can't ask for more. Also have the new gun broken in so for a year hindered by work commits I am a happy man.



Has had a good teacher I suppose having dad around the place !

tonytoc11

Battled through the weather to bag this old boy today

ronn

Nice looking dog box, did you make it your self or did you buy it.

tonytoc11

ronn wrote: »

Nice looking dog box, did you make it your self or did you buy it.

My uncle made it. It's a grand size for 2 springers.

useurowname

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Pup off the mark. 10 months & flying.
Can't ask for more. Also have the new gun broken in so for a year hindered by work commits I am a happy man.



Has had a good teacher I suppose having dad around the place !

Nice pair of dogs you have, what's the new gun you're shooting, looks like an nice English sxs to me?

EPointer=Birdss

Father & son pair of dogs. Nice to see.

Ya it's on old W.R pape Birmingham gun. Turn of the century.
Not a crazy dear gun. Cheap in fact but I liked its balance. Went to the shoulder really nice & lets me practice with Sxs if I ever decide to upgrade to something fancier. Wanted a change for awhile

useurowname

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Father & son pair of dogs. Nice to see.

Ya it's on old W.R pape Birmingham gun. Turn of the century.
Not a crazy dear gun. Cheap in fact but I liked its balance. Went to the shoulder really nice & lets me practice with Sxs if I ever decide to upgrade to something fancier. Wanted a change for awhile

Hate to sound like an old whinge but they don't make them like that anymore(at a reasonable price) as much as I like my o/u, and its a decent one, it doesn't have the balance of those old English guns. Tell me this; can you put 70mm shells through that gun?

EPointer=Birdss

useurowname wrote: »

Hate to sound like an old whinge but they don't make them like that anymore(at a reasonable price) as much as I like my o/u, and its a decent one, it doesn't have the balance of those old English guns. Tell me this; can you put 70mm shells through that gun?

Not sure to be honest.
Hasn't refused anything yet. I'll check out when I get a chance.
I like the history of it so it won't be going anywhere soon even if I end up getting an aya2 or similiar. Could be tempted to go to the UK & buy a real nice old one.
All in good time.
Have enough on my hands now with that pup so will worry about that over the next few seasons 😄

springer12

Where did you buy epointer, if you don't mind me asking?? I'd be interested in buying a similar gun. I'm new on here btw.

ESB Spaniel

Well lads I guess one of us gotta get things started. I got out yesterday for a few hours with my 3 bitches and had a great day, my youngest pup outta Oddie was the unlucky 1 as I ran them all separately and the stretch of 4/5km river I covered with her there wasn't a duck in sight. Anyway I had a great day out and here are some of the pictures. Will post Video in video section as soon as I finish this.

I ran Cassie first in the early morning and met a good few duck, shot 3 and retrieved 3




After lunch I ran Oddie where the ducks sometimes go hiding but I got 2 there, should have got a double but the gun jammed for the second shot.


This was the finished bag


And dinner this evening :D

Cass

I wouldn't be the biggest duck shooter in the country but they look kinda big. They look delicious regardless.

Well done, nice shooting, and a great write up.

ESB Spaniel

Dinner tonight was unreal

cookimonster

First ever brace of Red Grouse, first ever any grouse. Put up three and shot two. Well worth the tramp up hill with me little legs.

allan450

did you meet any other coveys a bad year for grouse around the country id a chance to drop one out of a pair but didn't want to take the chance.

cookimonster

allan450 wrote: »

did you meet any other coveys a bad year for grouse around the country id a chance to drop one out of a pair but didn't want to take the chance.

The two birds where shot at different times. The first bird got up 5 yards out from me and wheeled to my immediate right and I dropped him about 20 yards out.
The second bird I took on the way down and was a mirror image of the first. I marked the bird and walked out to pick it up gun ready but I never seen the other bird get up on my up hill side. That bird took off to my right back up hill and then peeled off behind me and over the secound gun of my mate, who unfortunately had no luck.
I went up the hill expecting nothing, hopeful to at least see one let alone shot one and came down with a brace. Hope to get back out on the hill one more day before the close.

Will be doing a entry in the recipe section latter.

Capercaillie

cookimonster wrote: »

The two birds where shot at different times. The first bird got up 5 yards out from me and wheeled to my immediate right and I dropped him about 20 yards out.
The second bird I took on the way down and was a mirror image of the first. I marked the bird and walked out to pick it up gun ready but I never seen the other bird get up on my up hill side. That bird took off to my right back up hill and then peeled off behind me and over the secound gun of my mate, who unfortunately had no luck.
I went up the hill expecting nothing, hopeful to at least see one let alone shot one and came down with a brace. Hope to get back out on the hill one more day before the close.

Will be doing a entry in the recipe section latter.

are grouse doing well in that area? Any grouse management being done?

cookimonster

It's a spot known to hold grouse but it's not managed for them but at the same time not heavily shot.
There where one or two areas of burnt ground but I know it's not management. Over all there was a good variation in the heather as far as my inexperienced eye could make out.

Capercaillie

cookimonster wrote: »

It's a spot known to hold grouse but it's not managed for them but at the same time not heavily shot.
There where one or two areas of burnt ground but I know it's not management. Over all there was a good variation in the heather as far as my inexperienced eye could make out.

Good that variation in Heather. Would be good if census was done in area for grouse to see whether the birds can sustain shooting. Better still active management done to help the grouse. With only 4,200 birds counted in last National census, not a great idea to be shooting them unless you are actively helping them (IMO).

dodderangler

Went out Sunday with a friend and used him as my dog basically. Spotted 3 cocks in the ditch so I went one side and him the other and two flushed his side and one my side so I dropped him. Big breast but feck all tail

Double Barrel

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Father & son pair of dogs. Nice to see.

Ya it's on old W.R pape Birmingham gun. Turn of the century.
Not a crazy dear gun. Cheap in fact but I liked its balance. Went to the shoulder really nice & lets me practice with Sxs if I ever decide to upgrade to something fancier. Wanted a change for awhile

Nice old Pape and good looking pup EP.
My guess it had 63mm chambers, may have being extended to 70mm and reproofed, should say so on the barrel flats.

From my files:
W.R.Pape
Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
W.R.Pape owned and operated a small gunsmithing and fishing tackle shop situated in Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, England from approx 1870 to about 1914.

W R Pape was unusual in that there was never a formal company in legal existence. It was just Pape himself making guns or rather Pape had guns made for him by various Gunmakers in Birmingham. Webley & Scott, for example, who supplied a large number of gunmakers with their boxlocks offered the Trade their ‘A&W’, which is an Anson & Deeley action with the Webley & Brain 1884 patent screw grip in five grades.
Pape himself was never trained as a Gunmaker and couldn't make guns himself. You ordered your guns from him and he had them built for you - with his name on them, obviously, built exactly as you wanted. This would account for the extraordinary number of size, shape and designs that Papes were built in.

However . . .

The guns that he had made were usually of the highest quality, and they weren't cheap, which is why so many survive. Such was the quality of Pape's guns that the Field called Pape: "The Purdey of the North”.
W.R.Pape was a winner of the London Gun Trials in 1858, 1859, 1866 & 1875

Best wishes for the Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year
DB