Out on my own

[john]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

Hi all,

Just to let you all know, I did pass my final exams and now I'm out on my
own, known as .... The rat man by most of my customers

John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

Congrats John,
Hope it works for you

John wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just to let you all know, I did pass my final exams and now I'm out on my
> own, known as .... The rat man by most of my customers
>
> John

 

[john]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

"Andy www.ukrabbiter.co.uk" <andy@ukrabbiter.co.uk> wrote in
news:376ol3F58brn3U1@individual.net:

> Congrats John,
> Hope it works for you
>
> John wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just to let you all know, I did pass my final exams and now I'm out
>> on my own, known as .... The rat man by most of my customers
>>
>> John
>
>
>

TY Andy! BTW did you get my email over your FAC app?

John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

YW John,
no I haven't received an e-mail from your Hotmail or NTL addy
use my andy@ukrabbiter.co.uk addy

BTW, the lad who bought your HW80,
he ended up selling it to the gunshop so he could buy his girlfriend an xmas
present
I guess some people are never suited

I bet you wish you were in my shoes a fortnight ago, I went shooting rabbits
& squirrels and I was stood within 20 yds of 2 Roe, staring straight at me
for over a minute
I don't who was the most surprised, me & my mate, or the deer
Then last week I saw 5 in plain view around 11:00am


John wrote:
> Andy www.ukrabbiter.co.uk wrote:
>
>> Congrats John,
>> Hope it works for you
>>
>> John wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just to let you all know, I did pass my final exams and now I'm out
>>> on my own, known as .... The rat man by most of my customers
>>>
>>> John
>>
>>
>>
>
> TY Andy! BTW did you get my email over your FAC app?
>
> John

 

[john]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

"Andy www.ukrabbiter.co.uk" <andy@ukrabbiter.co.uk> wrote in
news:37749lF596lg2U1@individual.net:

> YW John,
> no I haven't received an e-mail from your Hotmail or NTL addy
> use my andy@ukrabbiter.co.uk addy

I will as soon as I sort out my password (I swapped email progs and
am still working out how it works).

>
> BTW, the lad who bought your HW80,
> he ended up selling it to the gunshop so he could buy his girlfriend
> an xmas present
> I guess some people are never suited

What price did he get?

>
> I bet you wish you were in my shoes a fortnight ago, I went shooting
> rabbits & squirrels and I was stood within 20 yds of 2 Roe, staring
> straight at me for over a minute
> I don't who was the most surprised, me & my mate, or the deer
> Then last week I saw 5 in plain view around 11:00am

What with all the training, time has been short so my stalking/hunting
has suffered. Although I guess in one way I go hunting everyday now and
get paid for it
Monday will see the start of a new squirrel trapping job, in a school
(half term), everyday is different, I did some over time today not bad at
ten pound per hour! I was covering for the council, so all the calls were
private as apposed to shops etc.

I did plan to go stalking this weekend but it's going to have to be next
now 🙁

John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

John wrote:
> Andy www.ukrabbiter.co.uk wrote:
>> BTW, the lad who bought your HW80,
>> he ended up selling it to the gunshop so he could buy his girlfriend
>> an xmas present
>> I guess some people are never suited
>
> What price did he get?

The gunshop gave him £100 so fast that he wished he'd asked for more 😉

>> I bet you wish you were in my shoes a fortnight ago, I went shooting
>> rabbits & squirrels and I was stood within 20 yds of 2 Roe, staring
>> straight at me for over a minute
>> I don't who was the most surprised, me & my mate, or the deer
>> Then last week I saw 5 in plain view around 11:00am
>
> What with all the training, time has been short so my stalking/hunting
> has suffered. Although I guess in one way I go hunting everyday now and
> get paid for it
> Monday will see the start of a new squirrel trapping job, in a school
> (half term), everyday is different, I did some over time today not bad at
> ten pound per hour! I was covering for the council, so all the calls were
> private as apposed to shops etc.
>
> I did plan to go stalking this weekend but it's going to have to be next
> now 🙁
>
> John

I was sat on someone's driveway last Sunday tea-time, waiting for the loft
invaders to return.
The light faded, and I reckoned they were using a different nest that night.
🙁
They are now using peanut butter to keep an eye on the movements now, so I
can return.
When I do return, I'll be leaving the trap in their loft.

 

[john]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

"Andy www.ukrabbiter.co.uk" <andy@ukrabbiter.co.uk> wrote in
news:3795thF583hojU1@individual.net:

> They are now using peanut butter to keep an eye on the movements now,
> so I can return.
> When I do return, I'll be leaving the trap in their loft.


I got two to trap tomorrow, using Kannur traps baited with peanut butter
or corn-on-the-cob, I might try different bait in each trap and see which
they go for. These traps are the dogs what’s it’s! Mean old things and
bloody powerful at that. Very target specific and so does away with the
need to use a tunnel & fenn for the squirrels. Once inside, the squirrel
is dead, no second chance.

Then I’m off to sort out some rats!
I got a follow up to do in a pub that was totally infested with mice,
poor sods, the owners I mean, not the mice. I got it under control now. I
might go and spray some silver fish, I guess it all depends on time.
I hope to get ten calls done and then I’m back with the traps and then
off home for some tea!

I have a plan to get stalking in Devon next weekend…. God willing and all
that


John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

Sounds like you're doing OK,
Hope it keeps up mate 😉

BTW, I got your test e-mail, and replied, did you receive my e-mail?
Just checking your new program is set up OK

 

[john]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

"Andy www.ukrabbiter.co.uk" <andy@ukrabbiter.co.uk> wrote in
news:37bicoF59215mU1@individual.net:

> Sounds like you're doing OK,
> Hope it keeps up mate 😉

Rentokil have got more work than the technicians can handle…..

>
> BTW, I got your test e-mail, and replied, did you receive my e-mail?
> Just checking your new program is set up OK

Yup!

John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

On 12 Feb 2005 14:53:09 GMT, John
<zero_one34@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Just to let you all know, I did pass my final exams and now I'm out on my
>own, known as .... The rat man by most of my customers
>
Well done, John.

There's a girl at work who is really into
mouse-trapping ;-) She found her shed was full of the
little blighters (fieldmice). Having killed one with a
traditional trap she felt really bad about it and went
over to 'live catch and forcible relocation'.

What fascinate me is how involved she's got in
the mechanics of it all. She spends time on the net
looking for new and better traps. Best of all though
she's getting really switched on to how it works. When
the bait kept being taken without the 'teeter-type'
trap being triggered she deduced the mice were too
light and added weight to make it more sensitive. When
it tripped without catching anything she backed off the
weight and caught again.

When the trap was on its side half way along
the garden, containing one very trembly little mouse,
she dug out her catapult and 'declared war on the next
door neighbour's bloody cat'. The damned feline now
walks around her garden instead of cutting through ;-)

A proper little huntress, despite not wanting
to kill them. And it drives some of our workmates -
with no idea what she's talking about - when she
bounces in at 6-45, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and
says "I had four last night, John", or "Seven over the
weekend... How's that?".

Gyppo

John Craggs - Writer - Adult Tutor - Storyteller
and All-Round Rogue
Need a laugh? Then subscribe to the free Monday Silly Digest:
mail to: gyppo1@ntlworld.com With 'MSD SUB' as subject.

 

[john]

Archived from groups: uk.rec.shooting.game (More info?)

J Craggs <gyppo1@NOSPAMPLEASEOLDCHAPntlworld.com> wrote in
news:sr6011pm4m8d0iqhtu199dvklj28lf330j@4ax.com:

> On 12 Feb 2005 14:53:09 GMT, John
> <zero_one34@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Just to let you all know, I did pass my final exams and now I'm out on
>>my own, known as .... The rat man by most of my customers
>>
> Well done, John.
>
> There's a girl at work who is really into
> mouse-trapping ;-) She found her shed was full of the
> little blighters (fieldmice). Having killed one with a
> traditional trap she felt really bad about it and went
> over to 'live catch and forcible relocation'.


One of my customers did exactly that!
What he did was to put a stripe of lip stick on the neck of the mouse,
then relocate them a good mile up the valley. Two weeks later he was
catching the first lot he re-homed, I guess mice must be attracted to a
certain location for reasons unknown to the human world. (Food, shelter
and a good pint aside).

Our premier traps are called RADA and basically the gas the mice using
Co2.
Very effective for the occasional visitor but useless with an
infestation.

The traps are mainly used in the pharmaceutical industry, where highly
sensitive areas are to be protected.
The “Rat catchers” job, isn’t always like you see on the TV, I cover
everything from your local shop to blue chip companies that can not
tolerate any form of pest. Everything from the smallest mite to red deer,
need to be controlled.

John