Taking advantage of the mild November weekend....(pic heavy)

[WoodWildling]

This is my stomping ground, just across a dirt track outside my house!! Very convenient if I need to escape various relatives, door-to-door salesmen etc!!

You can just see my white house in the left of this pic

I decided to take advantage of the weather and stayed out Friday to Sunday

All three kits (the third is sitting on my shoulder so is not in the pic) came along too and provided me with some company...

And I met a pheasant, which frightened all 3 kits considerably!!

The local friendly forest people had done alot of work the week before, so there was plently of cut stuff to use around camp, which made life easier!

Wild

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

Nice looking woods you have their..

It makes my day when I see some wildlife around camp great pics...

 

[Mistwalker]

Cool pictures, thanks for sharing! Reminds me of my camp in the woods behind my house....our cats always follow me back there hoping I'll cook something over the fire, lol, they always sit and watch in quiet anticipation..., and one's black and the other is a callacoe (sp?)

 

[weaver]

Nice to have woods close to home. And wildlife so close, I've never seen a pheasant.

 

[WoodWildling]

they're a blummin' nuisance round here! the farm at the top of my road shoots them (quite early in the morning unfortunately!) very pretty autumnal birds tho' and rather tasty

Wild

 

[Shewie]

What`s the shopping basket for Wild ?

Just incase you get the urge to go sales shopping ?

 

[Cobweb]

You are very lucky to be that close to woodland, it looks like a dream!

Rich, you never know when a sale might happen, you have to be prepared!

 

[WoodWildling]

The shopping basket, i'll have you know , happens to fit perfectly (upside down of course) over the fire. Then I can put pots and pans on it and a kettle to have my char in the morning.
Also, I can pack things away in it to carry stuff home.

Wild

 

[Shewie]

The shopping basket, i'll have you know , happens to fit perfectly (upside down of course) over the fire. Then I can put pots and pans on it and a kettle to have my char in the morning.
Also, I can pack things away in it to carry stuff home.

Wild

Brilliant idea !!!

 

[WoodWildling]

hehe thank you - just because I'm too lazy to construct a pot hanger etc!!

wild

 

[Mooseman1]

Giddy up!!! looks like fun.

moose out

 

[Mistwalker]

they're a blummin' nuisance round here! the farm at the top of my road shoots them (quite early in the morning unfortunately!) very pretty autumnal birds tho' and rather tasty

Wild

Gee, that's one nuisance I wouldn't mind being plagued with for a bit, lol, I could eat my way out of that problem

 

[WoodWildling]

unfortunately we can't shoot or snare them over here unless they are on our land, and snaring is illegal anyway

Wild

 

[Mistwalker]

unfortunately we can't shoot or snare them over here unless they are on our land, and snaring is illegal anyway

Wild

Well....lol, at least you can sort of keep them in mind if things ever get bad enough to "need" them. Air rifles, catapults, and box traps are "quiet" options. What is their primary diet?

 

[Surrey Yeoman]

"and snaring is illegal anyway"

Wild

No It's not!

There are rules and Laws that govern it, but it's most certainly not unlawful to use a snare to trap game in the UK, provided of course you have the permission of the landowner and/or whoever holds the hunting rights.

Have a search of the forums under "snare" or "snares" and you should turn up some useful info.

AND.................if Woking's the left armpit of the World, does that make Guildford the right armpit?

 

[WoodWildling]

hmmm quite possible lol
In the broad sense regarding snares, I was just covering my back lol You're quite right Yeoman, with permission fromthe landowner u can snare. Am I right in believing that you have to use 6-strand snares for game and you have to check them twice every 24 hours?

 

[alpha_centaur]

unfortunately we can't shoot or snare them over here unless they are on our land, and snaring is illegal anyway

Wild

Nothing to stop you providing a nice bird feeder to encourage the local wildlife onto your land and if a pheasant happens to wander on too.....

 

[Mistwalker]

Nothing to stop you providing a nice bird feeder to encourage the local wildlife onto your land and if a pheasant happens to wander on too.....

My thoughts exactly

 

[DPK71]

This is my stomping ground, just across a dirt track outside my house!! Very convenient if I need to escape various relatives, door-to-door salesmen etc!!

You can just see my white house in the left of this pic

I decided to take advantage of the weather and stayed out Friday to Sunday

All three kits (the third is sitting on my shoulder so is not in the pic) came along too and provided me with some company...

And I met a pheasant, which frightened all 3 kits considerably!!

The local friendly forest people had done alot of work the week before, so there was plently of cut stuff to use around camp, which made life easier!

Wild

Just out of interest did you need permission to have the fire?

I'd be worried about having one anywhere in Guildford for fear of being shipped off to Guantanamo Bay!

 

[Mistwalker]

Lol, looks like she's had many fires in that spot without being shipped off to a torture chamber