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chewton

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About chewton

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    Born Hunter
  • Birthday 26/08/1971

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    Somerset
  • Interests
    lurchers and ferreting
  1. Just wondered how many of the veteran ferreters used long nets when they started out? I'm in my 40s and when I started everyone I knew used purse nets. Maybe that was just how it was done where I lived. I know some people have always used long nets ferreting but was it as common as it is now? When we were kids we could not afford locaters so a ferret not showing could turn into a right palaver of squeking down holes etc rather than a quick go with the locater and out with the spade! Do people who use long nets a lot think they dig more due to hole hoppers?
  2. I've never been to their kennels but my brother has a couple of his dogs. I don't like the idea of puppy farming but have to say my brother stays in touch with them and they always give him their time even though he's not buying which is a decent thing IMO. I also think that collie ways do not suit everyone and it isn't hard to feck up a collie blooded dog if you don't get them.
  3. I first got into lurchers 30 years ago when I was 11,12 years old. There was about half a dozen of us out all the time with dogs and ferrets. Proper keen like lads that age are. There was always loads of competing and bitching but hey, we were little kids and soon grew up. I assumed mick hucknell was 13. If its true that he isnt but is actually a grown man then he needs to have a word with himself.
  4. Good advice. Thats how I do it too.
  5. I tried advertising kits on Gumtree and they banned the ad for having the word working in it!
  6. ..........surely depends where you put the tennis ball?
  7. Your last statement about pro rabbit catchers is very true and until now I have not disclosed a factor in my replies to this thread and you have hit the nail on the head for 3 months of the year I catch coneys for a living I am blessed with being employed in what I call a hobby that pays the bills for a few months . But this may as you say change why I think locators are a must I we dont have time to sit and whistle ferts out ETC. We must crack on having said that I dont think longnet use means more digging as if working a hedge you minmize the crashing around with purse net setting causing
  8. I use locators and they do make life easier but as a lad none of us had locators and none of us ever lost a ferret. We did spend a lot of time standing around then squeeking, rattling sticks down holes etc and sometimes had to block holes up and come back the next day. We were never on permission and would not work warrens that looked like hard work. We had a great time. I do wonder though if the use of locators has changed the way people ferret?Does the fact that ferrets can be found and dug out quickly and efficiently change our tactics? People seem keener to use more ferrets and long nets s
  9. I been reading things Phil Lloyd has written since the 80s and he still manages to always be interesting, which takes some doing, and there is a lot left between the lines. The parts of his two books where he recounts dogs he's had and parts of his life are brilliant. I hope he can be bothered to keep writing books but fair play if he decides to leave it here.
  10. I never met my mates father in law but he tried writing about his time in NZ cos he loved it so much and my mate showed me the bit about pig hunting. Dunno how you do it now but he was hunting the pigs on foot through thick cover, up and down hills and through streams and had to get in with a knife to help the dogs finish them and they dont go down without a fight. Not for the faint hearted by the sound of it...mind you maybe he made it up to let his son in law know what he'd get if he took the p1ss!
  11. What pigs is it they hunt in New Zealand? Are they smaller than wild boar? My mates father in law used to catch pigs with dogs out there.
  12. Good films Tomo. Leave poor old whin alone you know it wouldnt be the same without him! Whenever I'm lurking about reading posts I get concerned if he hasnt been on for a while I worry he's been sectioned and is on a ward somewhere telling the lampshade about beasties and lobsters...
  13. Theres been times I've been out exercising a dog, not looking for game, in an area I dont usually see game when up its jumped. My dogs have never been to the standard of a lot on here but if they've been off the lead having a gallop when that happens theres times I've found myself with an unexpected catch somewhere I havent planned on being and that games got hidden and picked up later. I cant be the only one thats happened to. Game has often got hidden deliberately as sometimes catchin it is the easy bit and its getting things home without getting pulled that takes all the thought. However I
  14. I agree but the fact is this forum always has posts on with lurchermen pointing out wrong that lads with dogs have done. We all know theres tw*ts with dogs. This is a public forum. Its no wonder antis are always looking at it if we keep telling them what they like to hear
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