Jack V wrote:I know lots of local shooters now but unfortunately being a non smoker , non gambler , non extra marital woman chaser and a pub hating non drinker , no one wants you along.
Doesn't sound like a barrel of fun I've got to say
Jack V wrote:I know lots of local shooters now but unfortunately being a non smoker , non gambler , non extra marital woman chaser and a pub hating non drinker , no one wants you along.
Triang wrote:Jack V wrote:I know lots of local shooters now but unfortunately being a non smoker , non gambler , non extra marital woman chaser and a pub hating non drinker , no one wants you along.
Doesn't sound like a barrel of fun I've got to say
Jack V wrote:handofcod wrote:I'm completely self taught because I'm the only shooter in my circle of friends and family. I went on YouTube, read a lot of forum posts for questions that I had and then went to the range quite a lot.
Know the feeling well. My dad was an actor and singer back in the UK before I was born and I never met any relatives outside my brother and sisters who don't own any guns when I was learning .
I know lots of local shooters now but unfortunately being a non smoker , non gambler , non extra marital woman chaser and a pub hating non drinker , no one wants you along . Hence my life time of mainly solo hunting. I have a nephew on my wife's side now that hunts but he is a heavy drinker and gets aggressive when drunk , think he smokes pot too so I stay right away . Pity though . Finding a good hunting partner is harder than finding game in my situation .
Westy wrote:Triang wrote:Jack V wrote:I know lots of local shooters now but unfortunately being a non smoker , non gambler , non extra marital woman chaser and a pub hating non drinker , no one wants you along.
Doesn't sound like a barrel of fun I've got to say
I don't take anyone with me I haven't know for over a year now days!!!! Jack your not alone mate I'm all of those things and more and very happy about it!!!! Last thing I need is a drug f***ed pisshead ruining a good weekend, been there done that doesn't happen anymore!!!! Last thing I need is someone else losing my hard earned property's because their a asshole!!!! Who knows Jack in 12 months we might get a hunt going
Cheers Westy
Jack V wrote:Mate I have lost two great properties from taking idiots away with me.
North East wrote:Great….now he has hearing damage for the rest of his life.
Jack V wrote:Never spoke to either of them ever again after that. I lost two 200,000 acre properties side by side in Qld.
Jack V wrote:About 10 years after this happened one of the fools rang me and wanted to go shooting again . I guess drunken idiots have short memories or something .
North East wrote:Any one who fires a centerfire or a rimfire without hearing protection is an idiot. Doesn't matter if it's hunting or on a bench.
Eventually you will start saying…hey?….the damage is done and cannot be repaired.
artimu wrote:Jack V wrote:Never spoke to either of them ever again after that. I lost two 200,000 acre properties side by side in Qld.
Sounds like the pair of them were in top form for f***ing it up
North East wrote:Any one who fires a centerfire or a rimfire without hearing protection is an idiot.
loopal wrote:Wanted you to provide the property too again I guess
Jack V wrote:It is the only time in my life that I was not welcome to come back to a property and gee it hurt real bad.
mark.allen wrote:Just a question...
mark.allen wrote:But are there any actual courses out there where you can go along and have good skills slapped into you.
Gregg wrote:Tips from guys at the range or in the forum community like this are about it AFAIK.
mark.allen wrote:Thats the truth in the matter isnt it, I suspect there isnt any real training, as no one wants to be held responsible.. I guess its one of those things, that you listen learn, hopefully find some people that know more than you and are kindred spirits, and hopefully they will ask you along so you can observe...
Funny old world isnt it.. ( I am used to most forums where if you ask a question, thats a little open ended, you just get flamed, or told off, or the trolls comes out for a good baiting session.. never made to much sense to me but hey!)
mark.allen wrote:Thats the truth in the matter isnt it, I suspect there isnt any real training, as no one wants to be held responsible.. I guess its one of those things, that you listen learn, hopefully find some people that know more than you and are kindred spirits, and hopefully they will ask you along so you can observe...
Funny old world isnt it.. ( I am used to most forums where if you ask a question, thats a little open ended, you just get flamed, or told off, or the trolls comes out for a good baiting session.. never made to much sense to me but hey!)