weather

jwshooter

another gale and wet eve ,i even lit the fire this eve, rough time on young birds and deer calfs ..they should have roofed the fecken place during the boom

Vegeta

totally agree, its more like September than June

CJhaughey

I have been keeping my eye in by shooting rats around the chicken shed.
Score so far 3 rats.

Jonty

Its like this time last year. There's very little silage cut down in my area, and I can't see it being cut for a week or 2 yet. I was just looking at last years calender in my office and Its got all the wet days marked off. I hope its not a sign of things to come this summer.

Hurakan

and the weather is to get worse!

johngalway

Yep, forecast is not good so I'm told (where they find these long range forecasts is beyond me). Am not too bothered myself, foxes numbers are controlled, as are the wabbits so there's little for me to have to do a the moment.

Jonty

Some dirty morning! I'm up in Kildare in the bog and its probably the most depressing place in the rain. Interestingly enough, I'm up here on a landfill project and there's a fella here PAID to control birds. He's got a hawk and for the birds that are brazen, a side by side!! My mates say its a vegetarian hawk as it just flies among the crows.

Mac Tire

well i can safely say that the weather up here is cr@p also, hasnt stopped raining since 6 yesterday evening, ah well its the nature of the beast..as for it affecting the wildlife, they must be hardy up here
In the last to days ive seen a Red Stag, still in velvet, a jay ( or a magpie in a wig), a wild black rabbit along with a forture of standard bunnies and 3 buzzards....Must dig out the camera!!! :rolleyes:

Grizzly 45

Just back from Germany last night.It is WARM over there,with a nice breeze to take the sting out of it.Looks like the East side of Europe is the place to go for the Hols again this year.:(My weather station is saying 6cms worth of rain here since Saturday:eek:

johngalway

I think I'll risk going out later on, have a lad wants to go rabbit shooting and looking to buy his first rifle.

Mac Tire

your rabbits must have rain coats!!!! The ones up here arent too fond of getting wet...:D

johngalway

My risk being I'm gonna risk it not being raining for a change this week

Bound to be some daft sod of a rabbit out, if there isn't it'll just be two legged daft sods out

Mac Tire

hope to do a bit of dinging later myself, just put the scope on my new .22 fullstock (stick a pic up later)....Have to break it in and zero it.....so please stay away rain!!! :rolleyes:

Vegeta

Mac Tire wrote: »

hope to do a bit of dinging later myself, just put the scope on my new .22 fullstock (stick a pic up later)....Have to break it in and zero it.....so please stay away rain!!! :rolleyes:

looking forward to pics

bunny shooter

Vegeta wrote: »

looking forward to pics

+1

jwshooter

bunny shooter wrote: »

+1

lovely hear now just layed out a blood trail for my pup going to run her on it in a hour or so

Vegeta

jwshooter wrote: »

lovely hear now just layed out a blood trail for my pup going to run her on it in a hour or so

cleared up a nice bit hasn't it. That strong wind still indicates a bout of low pressure though so I aint got high hopes for the rest of the week

The fields are cut near my brothers so we have a trip planned tomorrow evening, hope it holds

johngalway

Darkening up here now, I feel rain on it's way...

jwshooter

johngalway wrote: »

Darkening up here now, I feel rain on it's way...

giving it bad for the next few days going to be a bad year on wild birds again ,summers bad for game winters good for vermin

johngalway

Even things out a bit by knocking off more vermin

No reply from my lamping buddy so I guess that's me in for the night.

kerryman12

i am in England all week and yes you guessed it the weather has been great up until this evening. Just starting to rain now but its only light.

Cant wait to get home I have next week off and plan to kit out a old shead for next years deer season.:D

jwshooter

kerryman12 wrote: »

i am in England all week and yes you guessed it the weather has been great up until this evening. Just starting to rain now but its only light.

Cant wait to get home I have next week off and plan to kit out a old shead for next years deer season.:D

by the looks of it kerry you will have monday fine after that better be a good roof on your shed .you should leave them little sika down there alone for a few years and let them grow a head ,,

kerryman12

"you should leave them little sika down there alone for a few years"

ahem no.......

jwshooter

any one got any tools think we should start building a ark ,it the a savage day of rain hear,id bring two sika on board ,failing that the sugar babes ..:D

johngalway

jwshooter wrote: »

any one got any tools think we should start building a ark ,it the a savage day of rain hear,id bring two sika on board ,failing that the sugar babes ..:D

I headed over to a spot this morning I like to ambush hoodies in, have to cross a little tiny small drain, not even a stream, it was like a raging torrent :eek: Just about got across it. I've two rifles to zero as well :rolleyes:

kerryman12

i have the same problem john, both need work. today even between the showers the wind was up all day


Feck sake give us a break.....................................

johngalway

Got the .22lr zeroed - ish. I was playing dodge the gale... Wind at my back and a good big hillock as well. I have it reasonable out to 60 yards, after that I'd have to question it, need a calm day to do fine tuning and set up the .223 again.

meathstevie

Done the same with a friends .22 last night. Changed the scope so had to do the lot with a strong enough sidewind... worked though. Got a rabbit in the near dark about 40 yards distance.

Mac Tire

I still havnt managed to get out with the .22 to zero it, everytime i am free to do it the great Irish summer kicks in and thats the end of that!!!

johngalway

That happened me as well Mac. Got to the stage I just thought sod this I'm going out and I'm going to get soem sort of zero on it shooting either into or with the wind. It's not perfect but I'm a lot less frustrated now lol

Mac Tire

Im sitting looking out the window at work, and its near fecking perfect!!! Always the way

johngalway

While you were busy pretending to be working I went and zeroed the .223. After taking the scope and rings off and remounting it it was just a 1/4" out That was a nice surprise.

Jonty

Well its lashing rain here in kildare. I hope to be going to look at a possible section 42 this evening.

jwshooter

Jonty wrote: »

Well its lashing rain here in kildare. I hope to be going to look at a possible section 42 this evening.

tis a grand eve now after a bad day the midgge in the garden would eat ya alive going to be a bad year on year on them again little bxxxxxxs ,

johngalway

jwshooter wrote: »

tis a grand eve now after a bad day the midgge in the garden would eat ya alive going to be a bad year on year on them again little bxxxxxxs ,

Autan - should be available in one of your local chemists Doesn't contain deet as far as I know.

IRLConor

johngalway wrote: »

Autan - should be available in one of your local chemists Doesn't contain deet as far as I know.

The active ingredient in Autan is newer than and supposedly as effective as DEET. Having used DEET in the tropics and seen clouds of insects fly up to me and "bounce off" at about 2-3 inches away from me I'd be pretty confident with it. That said, it's evil stuff, keep it away from anything plastic and wash it off properly after you get home. I think Autan doesn't damage plastics like DEET does so if it works it might be a better choice.

Good insect repellent is a god-send if you're likely to get bitten by the little feckers.

thehair

and yes the weather in mayo is great if you are 1 a DUCK 2 A FISH:eek:
steve:D:p

thehair

jwshooter wrote: »

tis a grand eve now after a bad day the midgge in the garden would eat ya alive going to be a bad year on year on them again little bxxxxxxs ,

JW a real man with a rifle would beat them with the spit from their mouth:eek:;)steve he he

jwshooter

thehair wrote: »

JW a real man with a rifle would beat them with the spit from their mouth:eek:;)steve he he

dont think so steve to many of them .pissing hear all day all most .we will not get toburn out the bbq this year me thinks

thehair

jwshooter wrote: »

dont think so steve to many of them .pissing hear all day all most .we will not get toburn out the bbq this year me thinks

i have to said it you are spot on:Dsteve

bitemybanger

I dont go out shooting in the rain unless im caught in a shower but would there be many fox out if its been lashing all day and night??
just curious cause ive often walked in the rain for a kebab, when your hungry your hungry:D

johngalway

It was gorgeous here today Not so much as a shower even

Mac Tire

17 degrees in Letterkenny today (@ work ) lads.....Roll on 5 bells and get some shooting done...:pac:

thehair

Mac Tire wrote: »

17 degrees in Letterkenny today (@ work ) lads.....Roll on 5 bells and get some shooting done...:pac:

AH AH AH SUCKER:P

kerryman12

to-day was crap - gettn worse all day

the last few days were nice - but still dont have the rifle sorter. This is doing my head in

bunny shooter

Lashing here in sth tipp

johngalway

Wet and windy If I clean my rifles any more I'll wear them out.

jwshooter

johngalway wrote: »

Wet and windy If I clean my rifles any more I'll wear them out.

i was making dinner about 7.30 this eve there is a few swallows nestins by my kitchen window under a back porche , i like them there so i never touch them, it was spilling i mean spilling when a hell of a racket started with the swallows i watch them for a few minutes from only two feet away ,i reckond a young one must have fell out of a nest so i opened a window and looked out there was about 15 swallows roosting on brick work over the back door and another 10 fighting to get in out of the rain .poor feckers they look the worse for wear .im going to stick up some thing in the morning for the rest of them ,its 9.25 now the tree in the garden are bent in a hoop and the rain is getting worse . sunny south east my ass
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bunny shooter

JW, that's very good of you. And the fur huggers reckon we're all monsters :rolleyes:

johngalway

bunny shooter wrote: »

JW, that's very good of you. And the fur huggers reckon we're all monsters :rolleyes:

Don't be fooled, he's fattening them up for BBQ season :eek:

bunny shooter

johngalway wrote: »

Don't be fooled, he's fattening them up for BBQ season :eek:

I never thought of that Kebabs