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Following on from another thread and regardless of how the dog met it's end (rip poppy) i just thought id put down a few things ive noticed over the years in the sand we have here, bright yellow to orange through to dark brown. The first and most important rule of all is to dig the hole as wide if not wider as it's deep ,forget straight sides in sand and keep the top back from where your working .I'd rather a come shape in sand any day as long is the bottom is wide enough to work in . We never stand over the dog to dig when nearing the mark ,dig from either side where possible .

Luck I've had the last few months, I've packed the black dogs in. Been gifted this little one.... Going back to my roots ? he's white and he's a dog. Atb

A guy from Arizona lecturing someone on digging from Kent??......Anyone from the Sahara wanna have a pop?? Haha....

Weve all been there and lost dogs lads. Just take it in and move on.learn from it. Take pluckys advice.you wont go far wrong.lads on here that do a bit of digging should be offering advice to lee not slating him.to much bitching.take In the positive comments lee.

Females usually darker, and if it was viewed from the front, you would see more spots on the female...plus with this one, I know the pair, the male is ringed, and the female isnt.. This one is the female of this pair..

I'd be interested to know if any of the sightings of this escaped lynx has produced any unmistakable HD quality photos or footage? After all, how do we know it's really still there??

I've moved millions of tons of sand literally.using a 40 ton dozer and digger.in a quarry.there's 6ft seems of it pure sand but compacted solid only a few ft from the surface.ive dug under a 60ft face using a digger to collapse the face to stop sand Martin's digging in.as they won't nest in anything that ain't a straight face.and have dug in maybe 10ft and the face didn't move an inch.although it had 1000s of tons of weight above it.people maybe think of sand as what you see on the beach ie sand dunes.but it can vary a lot as lads on here know.

still going strong today

This is the first time has caught a bird ... she wasn't quite sure to start with but right in the end ......

Couple hours get the legs used to the Rough walking before the big walks begin

Spent one hour yesterday in talks with my grandson's headmaster. My grandson's mum had phoned me saying could I sort out a problem he was having at school.She's recovering from an operation and his dad is working abroad at the minute. Had a word with the lad, he's 14, 6 feet two inches and lucky if he's ten stone. (He's growing like bamboo.) He's also got red hair. He doesn't like being that height and he doesn't like having red hair. He's never been in trouble at school before and he's in all the top sets. Anyway his maths teacher (his favourite subject) was doing some warm up work before the

When terrier is out of the sand clean the eyes out soon as possible and clean thoroughly making sure all sand is gone,can destroy a dogs eyes

If ewe lot are just using this thread to ram home pathetic jokes, and try to fleece our approval, someone should just wind it tup.........

I’m having the same trouble - baiting was getting so expensive I felt I was either feeding the entire postcode or they were simply immune. At least trapping them gives you some sense of progress .

Hope the Croyden cat killer isn't on its case. Or maybe it's all a plan to trap the Croydon cat killer? Or maybe I've inedvertently warned off the Croydon cat killer now?

I fully understand what you are saying plucky on the experience front I don't have much as for the fell and more land in my area there are only 6 members and all except 1 are green including me so no advice given there and if entering s dog who had 4 previous digs into a spot which is 1.3 is a bad thing then I suppose I'm guilty as charged but let's face it that ain't deep . And yes I've found a professional terrier man in hunt service who is willing to take me when ever I want and he will accompany me to my permissions

R.I.P Poppy, Lee I feel sorry for your loss but you're still as green as the day you first started posting on here and this will not be the end of your disasters, you have been trying to run too fast before you can walk again, you can get as many tattoos as you like on yourself of wildlife and dead terriers but the experienced terrier men on here can see through your posts like glass, I applauded that you got involved running the fell and moorland in your area but that just shows how desperate the terrier job has become, how can a man with no direct experience of digging give advice to lads t

Another thing is that farmers are a little bit wily when it comes to getting a bit of compo and will be blaming everything on the Lynx so they can get a pound or two, I dare say all the sheep were prize winning Suffolk,s worth a fortune

great shot omanyra , not had much luck with barn owls. but spent a lot of time last winter with the shorties

Being a busy few days. me and a mate went out friday and had two digs and a bolt. first place we dug my hairy dog in a big rangy place that can run up to 10ft we ended up digging him at just over 6ft and he never put a foot wrong. second place we tried was with my first season dog. this place was a big step up from any place he was ever in before rangy but only runs to around 4/5 ft. let him of the lead and he skips past one or 2 holes and in. got a mark of 3.8ft dug down to him and he wedged in tight with 2 infront of him. then on to the next place another big rangy place but only shallow. dr

How the industry and greater sport adapts to this problem will be a large factor in it's future survival! If the consumer continues to demand big days with harvesting the meat of secondary or no concern then eventually it'll be banned. Regardless of it's contribution to GDP! Last year a local estate put on two big days that broke the estate record. The biggest topped 2300 head! That's a sold day, not keepers day.... It's f***ing mad and unless we start self regulating and the consumer putting greater value of what they're harvesting the industry and possibly the sport will be history

TAKE A LOOK^^^

olivia is 14 and was born around birds of prey,i fly and breed birds of prey and a few members on here have been to my house and have been impressed with the set ups livs has always liked the owls since being young so i said if you want to fly one you bring it up from 4 weeks old cleaning feeding the lot,she said no bother im really impressed with her the way she prepares the food and cleanes her knives bowls,and cleanes the owls sleeping quarters out in the living room up to 8 times a day,my eldest son has never been interested inbirds of prey,so im glad olivia is showing a intrest with her o

its got to that time of year when the campsites close so I can get back on my nearest pigeon perm its a nice little wood that runs parallel to the site with a beck dividing them! got there for the last couple of hours before dark and had a brew with the owners! took the two woodys within the first hour.. I only saw three so I'm happy with that, first one leaning on a tree at about 30yrd and the second was a free hand close high up a tree! decided to wait it out till they all returned to roost but it wasn't to be... found a nice tree thats split off into fo

All long gone..

Google Boerejongens coffee shop amsterdam,totally unlike the coffee shops of old more like a modern day north american dispensary,the staff are dressed in smart shirts and bowties,i would put the link up but this hotel room is the first i have ever been in that has an apple-mac in every room and i haven't a clue how to use it (also does champagne on ice for breakfast,pity i don't drink),had a good day met a number of people in the cannabis industry,had a nice dinner in pasta e pasta now having an early night.A lot of the coffee shops are clinging to the old strains,greenhouse has gorilla glue

Such a shame - Almost seems to be an annual event that I start thinking I have the rabbits a good seeing to only to find I’m a few weeks too late and mixi has done it for me. Lucky enough to back onto permission of open fields behind my house, got this fella a couple of days ago with the HW100 with the early signs of it. one thing I’d always say about rabbits is don’t go too easy on them thinking you’ll preserve sport for another day. Either you’ll get them, someone else will... or mixi will come and do your job for you!

Well, if that's how you feel try this one on for size. Some years ago two men we call Chief and Billy were out guiding another man on a bobcat hunt. There were three dogs with that day. They were Pounder (Treeing Walker), Magggie (TW) and Pepper (Mtn. Cur). Pounder is the start dog, meaning that he is put on an old track and expected to work it up and get the cat jumped. Maggie was nearly as good on track and Pepper was better than both on a jumped race but not quite as good on working cold tracks. Pounder and Maggie are also bear dogs, while Pepper is a bobcat and coon dog. Anyhow

finally after a bit of waiting and hunting I got one before it cleared off Goldcest taking off. by Martin Billard, on Flickr

Got this Photoshop free image of one of my traps ...they love a bit of cheese

Lee experience comes with time and unfortunately it's cases like these that gains you the experience needed. I think people forget we all started somewhere and gain with time it's not handed to us in a box and walla we know it all. Eagerness will get you there in TIME.

Nice word indeed mate Rez'll love that selfie

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Smallest uk bird the Goldcrest Goldcrest by Martin Billard, on Flickr Largest in golden light Swan evening light by Martin Billard, on Flickr I don't like this new site much where has the preview gone

Looks like a stuffed animal to me

It’s not far off being arable land that ?

Ffs sock you have a cheek to slagg Trev rough as bollocks ffs

shes come a real steady busher on her own good nose

Lads time to back off! Leave Lee grieve the loss of the dog without having to cope with all this grief on top! There is a time for all this but I personally don't think it is now!

I'd been waiting 4 years to use that 'whistling' emoticon, It ain't fcuking funny!!

Shut up Haiddheliwr!! Don't ruin my fcuking moment!

invent training aids for dogs ? lol

Waiting to see new pair of airmax or something ..

Then just maybe when I say I'm done with this thread you guys should stop making comments at me to respond back to. Ever think of that? And just maybe you shouldn't be lile, poor leethedog but instead poor MUCKING POPPY! Tell this guy like it is instead of babying him so he actually learns from his mistake instead of telling him it's ok..amd I don't care if any of you post to my comments again I'm not gonna respond and keep it going.

It will be trying to take babies next

It’s a load of bollocks if I ask me a paid night for celebrities to get drunk

What you need is a good whippet mate. A whippet would of caught that rabbit with ease lol

had a few first x found them perfect to use to hunt anything ive found them great little dogs bitch worked for 9 years never let me down first x spaniel x patt i bred her to a pure cocker to get my 3/4 bitch and father to my pup now witch i must say the best bushing bitch to date and the pup is comeing on great linking up as a team with her but only time will tell they they do it or not

http://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/exclusive-sheep-farmer-speaks-out-over-horrific-lynx-attack.htm

Only 2 of us out today, so just had a scout about on new permission. Put 2 charlies out and both got cleanly away. Little dogs done well.