Keeps 403 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Mally invited us down for some ratting on a shoot near him. We set off very early morning, whilst it was still dark for the long ride down. The keeper met up with us and came along with a couple of other lads, not sure if they were keepers or members of the shoot. We were joined by Nathan, Mally’s son, his whippet Vixen and his mate with his whippet, Cassie, so we had 2 whippets to work alongside our terriers. Our transport to get round the shoot First two rats of the day went to Petal, she’s doing very well, and has a good strike, she had just caught one rat when another ran past and still had it in her mouth while she was chasing the next dropping it to make another good catch You can see both in the photo below This is Cassie the whippet, she turned out to be very fast on the rats by the end of the day One of the bigger rats of the day To give you and idea of size the boots are size 11’s Flying dog The morning was very hard going, a lot of the places we went to had ditches/dykes which were filled with water and very overgrown with brambles but all the dogs worked well and the places they marked held rats - even if they were difficult to get to. Later in the afternoon, just as we were thinking of packing up for the long ride home, Ben one of the young lads, said he’d remembered another spot where he thought there were a few. Well I think we all wish he’d remembered it a bit earlier! It was a big pile of rubbish and wood that had been burned and was still warmish underfoot. Not long after we got there walking around on top of it, the rats started to emerge, if we’d had more time here, we’d have probably got a lot more, but it was nearing the end of the day, so we had about half an hour of total madness. I thought I’d managed to get some of this on video, but it seems like I have not yet mastered the video recorder bit on the camera and I can’t find it maybe next time… Would have been good too, as Nathan was doing the rat dance on top of the pile, complete with tin can bongo drums Ah well…just have to make do with a few pics this time although I missed a lot of action when I thought I was videoing it Seconds after this pic was took, there were people and dogs running round like loonies - absolutely brilliant The whippets getting some of the action We had a really brilliant day, in very good company, thoroughly enjoyed it - thanks Mally We were absolutely knackered when we got in last night, we'd been on the road about 13 hours in all. Quote Link to post
johnrussell84 2,765 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 good pics mate strong looking dogs we dont get much ratting up here right enough but always good to see Quote Link to post
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Well done Keeps, with the amount of ratting you get done, you should put a DVD together of your outings. Quote Link to post
Gooner 143 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Sound like a good day out and great photography. Keep at it mate. Quote Link to post
sp.w 41 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Excellant photo's keeps!! Quote Link to post
Guest ROUGH COATED Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Mally invited us down for some ratting on a shoot near him. We set off very early morning, whilst it was still dark for the long ride down. The keeper met up with us and came along with a couple of other lads, not sure if they were keepers or members of the shoot. We were joined by Nathan, Mally’s son, his whippet Vixen and his mate with his whippet, Cassie, so we had 2 whippets to work alongside our terriers. Our transport to get round the shoot First two rats of the day went to Petal, she’s doing very well, and has a good strike, she had just caught one rat when another ran past and still had it in her mouth while she was chasing the next dropping it to make another good catch You can see both in the photo below This is Cassie the whippet, she turned out to be very fast on the rats by the end of the day One of the bigger rats of the day To give you and idea of size the boots are size 11’s Flying dog The morning was very hard going, a lot of the places we went to had ditches/dykes which were filled with water and very overgrown with brambles but all the dogs worked well and the places they marked held rats - even if they were difficult to get to. Later in the afternoon, just as we were thinking of packing up for the long ride home, Ben one of the young lads, said he’d remembered another spot where he thought there were a few. Well I think we all wish he’d remembered it a bit earlier! It was a big pile of rubbish and wood that had been burned and was still warmish underfoot. Not long after we got there walking around on top of it, the rats started to emerge, if we’d had more time here, we’d have probably got a lot more, but it was nearing the end of the day, so we had about half an hour of total madness. I thought I’d managed to get some of this on video, but it seems like I have not yet mastered the video recorder bit on the camera and I can’t find it maybe next time… Would have been good too, as Nathan was doing the rat dance on top of the pile, complete with tin can bongo drums Ah well…just have to make do with a few pics this time although I missed a lot of action when I thought I was videoing it Seconds after this pic was took, there were people and dogs running round like loonies - absolutely brilliant The whippets getting some of the action We had a really brilliant day, in very good company, thoroughly enjoyed it - thanks Mally We were absolutely knackered when we got in last night, we'd been on the road about 13 hours in all. Fair play to all,You cant beat a good day out ratting with everyone Quote Link to post
longdog13 36 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Amazing photos mate, superb. Keep it up. Quote Link to post
steve66 3,086 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Always look forward to Keeps ratting posts , pics are first class Quote Link to post
half n' half 8 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 nice whippets. Quote Link to post
KDR 14 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Great photo's...looks like yous had a great day.. Quote Link to post
mikey 2 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 great pics keeps!! Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 nice looking whippets Quote Link to post
darrell jnr 16 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 nice one there ya cant beat a bit of ratting can you..well done with the photography too amazing...atb..darrell. Quote Link to post
pointer 543 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Id like to see whippets out ratting or rabbiting id imagine they are spot on. Quote Link to post
mickb 1 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 well done a really good days sport gary and wendy say hello Quote Link to post
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