Anyway I decided tonight that enough was enough so I went out ratting. I'm not supposed to left anything heavy but I don't think that includes my air rifle
. I am also supposed to do plenty of walking so I think walking up and down the farmyard shooting rats counts in my book. It was hard to get motivated but once i got out I had a fun night. Plus having been made redundant etc etc all in all it has been an interesting few months. Luckily I have managed to get myself a contract so I've been really lucky and only managed to be out of work for 7 days so far. Whilst things have been a bit stressful it has been a lot better than it could have been. As my mum was so fond of saying, "There are starving children in Africa who are a lot worse off".
Oh and I got stung by a few bees last year and I am allergic. I had to get stuffed with antihistamines. The worst about it is that they are my friggin bees. Ungrateful sods. On the plus side I have spoken to someone so I think I should be able to move them near a rapefield soon. So I should get a good crop of honey this year.
Anyway my biggest problem this year is that my shooting is going to be curtailed as getting up early and going to bed early doesn't leave me much time for wandering off in a different direction to go shooting.
So where am I going with this? Well nowhere exciting. I am going to try to do a series of articles on the kit I use for hunting and what bits I find useful and how I use it to get the best out of it. It will fill some space one the forum. Expand it out to get arguments going as to what is good and what isn't. Maybe someone will be able to get some good information and it will give me something to do in the evening.
So hopefully next week I will start on knifes and eventually end up doing a review of the various calibres I have used.
Bearing in mind the following. I know bugger all and someone will have done loads more than me. But if i write something down then some one will conradict me.
Happy Paddys day to you all. I might not start this till next week as tomorrow I may be busy drinking green cider.
Well I never liked Guinness.
just in case anybody local fancies eating out.