Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

You can't legally hunt anything with a cross bow in the UK. Just now. Sorrry lol

This is true, bow hunting of any kind in illegal. But praticing with targets, to be ready if SHTF, would be a good idea.

A low-tech and silent projectile weapon which has been around since the dawn of time is the thowing stick. If it got so grim that hunting woodpigeons on the lottie was a necessity, I'd give it a go. Mark you, I expect bad news like a murderous GQ would pass among the beggars and my lottie would quickly become a no-fly zone. I expect you'd have to finish off the birdie with a wringing of the neck.

Pigeons are fast and easy to dress barehanded and any interested parties can pm me for destructions. Just don't pluck the darned things, it's a terrible mess and waste of time.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

This is true, bow hunting of any kind in illegal.

With an air rifle isn't.

craigywv

i know MAR i cant legally hunt with it.................I JUST WANT IT!!!!!!!!!!!! blame the walking dead lol. no seriously i imagine if tshtf laws would be dropped left, right and center and i would like to have 1 on hand as i imagine EVERYTHING would become impossible to obtain. so i getting 1 for my birthday to do target practice roll on august. i did archery a few times and really enjoyed it so i imagine i will REALLY enjoy a crossbow thanks for letting me know thoughxxx

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I've got this, although I haven't used it for a good few years.

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D&#8517 wrote: »

:T Very nice young sir can we have a step by step how to pretty please

Hold tight, while I make the alternate version, with a built in pot stand.

craigywv

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I've got this, although I haven't used it for a good few years.

OMG I WANT IT WHYYYYYYYYYYYY HAVE U NOT USED IT IN YRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

D&DD

Just came indoors to put my shorts on :j Its a beauuutiful day!
Uncovered the raised bed to start planting out happy bunny today..

GQ thankfully its the plants exploding into life and not the greenhouse glass I bought superstrong toughened so hopefully that'll never be a problem X

Well back to the grindstone will look forward to the tutorial Bob thanks

see you later peeps XX

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craigywv wrote: »

OMG I WANT IT

You can buy one for less than £30.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYY HAVE U NOT USED IT IN YRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

It got packed away when I moved, and only got rediscovered a couple of weeks ago.

daz378

killing wood pigeons for food fine..... but wouldnt it be dangerous to shoot and eat ordinary pigeons, full of disease etc ? and for shooting wildlife isnt it humane to make sure the weapon is powerful enough to take the animal out in one go?

mardatha

Pigeons in general can carry TB as well as other nasties - when we kept hawks we didn't let them eat pigeon if we could help it.
And yes, it's easy to talk about hunting with crossbows post-SHTF... but it's pretty horrible in reality if you can't guarantee a clean kill.