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I'm definitely not trying this where I live as it is common to find Squirrel poison Hoppers in the woods. See link http://www.farmforestry.co.uk/poison.html

Well If we can only have two options then I will have to say...Game shooting (with woodland). At least the wildlife has some hope.

Beautiful woodlands may be preserved as "cover" for game birds in a lot of cases but this is not true in all. I live close to longleat (http://www.longleat.co.uk/) and center parks (also located in the Forest) and they seem to do well on the tourist trade.

Yes I see your point. Its the hunting for entertainment I feel would be shameful. I agree farmers are being paid to give us the meat.

Yes but I feel there is a difference in in hunting for food and just doing it for entertainment. Hunting for entertainment seems void of any respect for life.

I totally agree with every line (except shooting that German guy or anyone else). Killing for a laugh then getting paid for it is blatant ignorance.

I thought KDE was the default desktop for Slackware ? I'm only familiar with KDE and Gnome. Iv found it easy to read SD cards and USB sticks on linux. And Digikam + Showphoto (KDE) is the Swiss army knife for Photos. Each Distro has varying support for multimedia. I don't want to go distro...

Flint can often be found at the base of fallen trees.

Tinder wise I think Cotton wool is a good starter and its not cheating because should you be lucky enough to find some old mans beard which looks similar to cotton wool this will go just as well (if not better). By the way carbon steel blades cast a better spark in my opinion. Some tree barks...

Hi topknot I'm real sorry I never replied to this thread but Iv been so busy. My boy was over the moon with this and has already taken it off into the woods with me during the cold spell. We had roasted chestnuts on an open fire what better at Xmas. I'm going to start a blog and will show the...

Hi topknot I'm real sorry I never replied to this thread but Iv been so busy. My boy was over the moon with this and has already taken it off into the woods with me during the cold spell. We had roasted chestnuts on an open fire what better at Xmas. I'm going to start a blog and will show the...

Good one that Northern Giant UK have you heard this one ? Whats red and sits in a tree ?..........A sanitary towel. Ok I will get my coat too.

After reading all your comments and following the link kindly submitted by Jon Pickett plus doing a little research of my own on the net I feel sure my sighting was that of an eagle owl. The size color and the call it made all match. I feel honored to have seen this bird especially as that owls...

I saw something today that's bugging me. It was an owl bigger than any iv seen in the wild (England). It was massive with a wing span in excess of 3 foot and dark brown. I could not see any markings it seemed brown all over. It was deep in woodland and was an incredible sight to see about 70...

My local haunt will do me. Its a small wood about 4 square Km but its steeped in history. There is an abundance of wild life which has to be seen to be believed. An old highway run`s through it and is reputed to have its own ghost of a highway man and a maiden. When I was walking through the...