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Well every year we get a few birds nesting in the garden, usually blackbirds and sparrows but this year there only seemed to be sparrows, turned out the blackbirds were just starting late and last week they started buidling there nests. I thought this year i'd set myself the challenge of trying...

I was given these today from a friends parents who had them lying about in their shed, i've made firesteels before using antler but i'd like to try making something else now. Anybody got any ideas for what i could use them for? I fancy trying a bit of carving with one i think but wouldn't like...

Got myself this little toy for culling the pigeons that are taking over my garden, has anybody here any experience with them? I joined airgunbbs forum but thought i'd see how many people on here have air rilfes etc..

Wasn't too sure where to put this, i'm looking to buy an air rifle for round about £150 but have no idea where to start looking. My local gunshops up here are overcharging heaps for something that costs alot less down south. Has anybody got any info on where i could maybe pick up a cheap 2nd...

Well i haven't been on here lately and this is why... Found out i'm going to be a daddy in september, unexpected but over the moon and had scan now so more than happy and already planning camping and fishing trips for junior when he/she comes along. Then last weekend i proposed to my girlfriend...

Spent last night in my new spot in my new bivi and it was the first time i'd slept in a bivi bag. I was told there might be some condensation but it wasn't bad really. Woke up a couple of times but wasn't bad nights kip. Woke up this morning to find my water frozen as was my basha, was -4...

I've been fancying a bivi bag for a while now as I usually use a hammock and tarp but thought a bivi would be a nice bit of extra kit for quick overnighters or stealth camping when i can pack up quick and leave little trace of ever being there. I was going to get an army one but i also liked the...

Went for a walk up my favourite forest yestarday and brought along the lady for company. Was a little snow on the ground but just a couple of inches, i've been looking for a nice new spot for hammock and maybe bivi and now i've found it. The woods are mostly pine but theres some nice open areas...

Has anyone tried using the DD travel hammock setup on the ground like this from their site? I set it up like this out in my garden last summer but didn't sleep in it, i'm thinking about trying it up a local forest this weekend if it's weather. Reckon it's a good idea?

So just wondering as i couln't find a thread like this but no doubt there probably is one... After recieving my knife from Bernie and being impressed by the work on it i was wondering what the knife makers knife of choice was. I don't mean somebodys first attempt, i mean like a knife maker who...

Well it's taken me long enough but finally have some pics of my knife i got from Bernie, some of you might recall the thread where i tried to swap my whale teeth for something but didn't get alot of offers. The one offer i did get was from Bernie offering to take the teeth and use part of them...

Wasn't sure how to word this thread. I was watching castaway on TV the other night and after seeing tom hanks with his wilson volleyball and also his pocketwatch it got me thinking on whether there was any objects that other people always make a point of taking with them for company or good luck...

I just bought this uit from a shop here in Aberdeen, i wanted a waterproof jacket that i could just throw on over my fleece and for £30 it seemed decent enough and when i went to pay for it he said there was trousers aswell. I got the whole suit for £32 and the jacket is decent and the trousers...

I didn't enjoy this series, too many wheeleies and too many people to help them out. Didn't really feel like they were totally alone or ever at any risk or even had to fend for themselves. I appreciate it was for charity but i thought it could've been alot better plus that idiot pulling wheelies...

I have 2 sperm whale teeth in good condition, unpolished and not carved or scrimshawed. Was going to sell them but that's proving impossible so thought i'd put them up here. Not really sure what to swap them for so feel free if you fancy the teeth to make offers of items. Random objects like...

Just wondered if anyone here was into metal detecting? I got a detector a couple of years ago but have only used it a couple of times and failed to turn up anyhting worth metnioning. Anyone tried this before or had any nice finds?

So as you may have read in one of the threads about camping in Scotland and the FC being sometimes not as nice as they could be i sent an e-mail to them regarding my experience with a couple of FC employees who were not too helpfull to say the least. This is the e-mail i recieved today from...

I know it's not really that wild but i'm still chuffed and have to tell someone, anyone. I always kept newts and tadpoles as a young un but never really did the tadpoles develop into anything else. These were always kept in a tank or a bucket kinda thing so not too unexpected they didn't...