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What a wonderful contribution to this thread Lutra Lutra... Your words, come across as being a man from another time,..and as such, they have a genuine feeling of nostalgia. It makes me (and probably a whole warren full ) of fellow hunting enthusiasts, hark back to better, warmer, more friendly days. I am sure we have met You mention TOMO,.and yes, I would have to agree, he is a good guy around the ferrets,...almost as keen as I once was... We need to praise the Goodfellas and vehemently condemn the vermin that skulk in our mixt,..such cruel wasters offer nothing, the

Here are a few more pics as a couple of you asked for

Never Known there was so many Doormen on here , the collective noun must be : A BASHING OF DOORMEN : , I wonder if any of you are as good on the Cobbles as you are on the you are on the Keyboard well, i have had a little think about it and my conclusions are, Most of you are Wankers , and you know it .

You should never think about hard Dick's and other blokes at the same thine it's just wrong.

Them pictures are worse than that big cat idiots, you,ll never convince anyone there is roe in Scotland if that's the best you can do You,ll be telling us next the lockness monster is real ?

What I can't understand is why the kids have it The last thing I needed as a teenager was more energy I couldn't stay still for two fcuking minutes as it was!

No I'm probably not as hard, I'm apparently not as funny as it either. It was a joke fella, sarcasm from the person generally considered a stereotypical 'unhard' nerd amongst the members of this forum. Clearly my talents aren't in stand-up!

Had a mate out for a day on the fallow , he had a hour and half drive arriving at mine for six thirty , a quick coffee and 15 min drive see us over my perm at seven ..with a sharp easterly wind we only really had one choice of action , in the gate turn sharp right and follow the road right to the bottom , park up and work into the wind through the bottom wood ...as we came in the headlights cast over the top fields , parkland more than actual fields , sixty or seventy deer were out feeding in almost one long line across the very top of the field , with absolutely no chance of getting on them w

I got a call on Monday from a school with a fox problem. This was the result from my visit yesterday. Taken with Hornady 17g V-Max between 50-110 yards. The HMR was used because it was the most appropriate for the job. I seem to deal with a few at schools, but it's usually one or two or a family, not often I take 6 in about 2.5hours.

Out with ian poppet today with the mk1.s on 2 farms and we just shot around the farm buildings and not as many ferals about for some reason

I think we should ask a gay midget his opinion ......what do you think mush ?

My mate runs a generation 1/2 x back to a grey and its a good fast dog.it picked up the knack of running around the field edges intercepting rabbits trying to get back when she was quite young and done other stuff that you'd expect. Not a photo of his but a half x,his was just an inch shorter.

Well as some of you may know I recently became the proud owner of a pre owned mint condition Hw100s in 177 flavour, Mitch (villaman) kindly sent me some AA express to try out , Jimmy (bigmac) also did the same but JSB heavies along with the loan of his single load mag?. I had been planning to visit a range quite local to give the gun a good try out and also test out the pellets but for one reason or another i haven't been able to get down, however, i did manage to do some practice today while the Mrs took the grandkids out for the day. I nipped down to the local RFD and picked up a p

So I'm talking to a mate today. He says ''You ain't gonna' believe what my stupid step son did''. I asked what was up and it goes like this. '' I got home last night and the Mrs and her son are looking a little upset (the son is 18 by the way) so I asked what was wrong. She says that the son was driving along with his mate out near Othery (this is countryside territory)and something ran out in the road. He heard a bang so stopped to have a look. They walked back and could see a cat in the grass, it was still alive as its tail was moving. He didn't want it to suffer so he gets something out the

Son to the black and tan a few posts above by john. Young dog dug a couple times. Away for for next season for him now.

I run a smaller but similar type, whippet cross whippet/stag(deer/grey)great feet, fast as fck, perfect for the rocky,hiily country.Has caught thousands of rabbits in her 5 1/2 years a great mate and a once in a lifetime dog.

Seen these two An a daughter of him An the daughters mum all go

Just thought I would share this video as some may find it interesting, this has to be field sports at it best!

Totnes , Devon mate. Don't want any thing for it. Cheers Arry

I can only echo what other people have said as to how enjoyable this thread has been. There is a definite need for someone to record the knowledge that just about still exists but may soon be lost. The dreaded books, a cause for much argument and scorn as to the credentials of the person writing them and the people featured. I get that, but we still all read. The people reading this do anyway. Not a how to do this or how to train a dog to do that. More in the style of Lucas' Hunt and Working Terriers perhaps? The only terrier book that I read as a young man but have found myself returning

I fired a shot at it down it went ,I went over to it leaned over to pick it up I then fell out the bed and woke up??

Too much sugar in his cornflakes at start. Then too much salt and tobasco sauce on the deep fried rabbit. It ain't exactly healthy living. ???

A bit different I suppose but I'm just waiting for someone on here to say it was obviously filmed near Manchester or Birmingham ,LOL.

Thems good little groups Steve and, they'll only get better with practice mate The HW100 is one of my favourites - there isn't a better all round PCP on the market at the moment.

It's more than I got today mate. Nice work as usual

they deffo arnt good for you though,,,,i know more than one chap thats been adicted to them

This is not the end of the world,.. and nothing to worry about... I remember my Father gutting out the rabbits and showing me the marbles in the does, back in the late 1950s. Personally,... I believe that many of these first litters of rabbits, do not make it,..the climatic conditions, at this time of the year, are just so harsh. We have often paunched out batches of shushis and found perfectly formed babes within,...as to whether they would have made it, who knows.. Some litters survive, obviously, but I've never curtailed my hunting, whether it be paid or recreational bec

Imagine if the advertising people has told the black kid's parents he couldn't wear that on the shoot. There would be all sorts screaming racist. As someone else said, damned if you do, damned if you don't. The parents were quite happy to let him model it for a few quid and a 'nana. That should be the end of it.

Heard it's like bey root when down to the last danish

Actually I'm very surprised at how powerful my lurcher's bite is. I'm guessing it must come from the staghound side of her breeding. She can literally crush a large feral cat's skull so the eyes pop out with just a couple crunches! Raccoons are much tougher than cats, and don't typically go down without a good fight. I never really intended for her to be a raccoon dog, I just like to catch a few with her every now and then. I mostly wanted her for working along side the mink, and doing some feral cat pest control, both of which she had done wonderfully at. I'll see about getting a coon video I

I wouldn't respect my my Bitch if she done anything less.

Could you hand feed him? Would make it much easier to regulate how fast he eats his meal. Might be an idea while you wait for the maze bowl to arrive anyway.

the clothing firm H&M are in the shit after running this advert ......

Well I had planned a good afternoons sport on a perm I haven't visited since mid November but the van wouldn't start and her indoors needed the car so I had to wait for her to return. This meant just a couple of hours on there instead but I've not been out in a while so anything is better than nothing! The perm in question was riddled with mixy last year so I stayed off for a bit and the numbers have come back nicely and no signs of the disease anywhere.......yet. It was a quick wander round the wooded boundary with nothing within range but I saw a few bolting for cover after they he

Had my first outing of my 40th year working the dogs today just me, the whippets and ferrets. I got my first lurcher at the age of 8 and yes NL it was a beddy cross, it didn't take long before the terriers came along. my digging and running as changed these days but I'll be happy with another 20 years doing what I'm doing atb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWlw-wQggP4

I gave my head a shake mate,seriously,i was squinting into the sun,thats my excuse

this threads getting to ya mac...........

Was going to say 'I need to get to specsavers' lol. They roe or fallow?

There f***ing vile.

I don't know if this has been posted before but remember all this from when my kids grew up. Cheers Arry

Never had shooters pulled on us but one time a guy jump out a van with a pick. Tried to smash the doors in. Unfortunately for him the point got stuck and he couldn't get it free before he was dragged in the door and got a hiding. Silly b*****d.

She loves the ferrets and is doing quite well at the shows with them all good fun , think I will make a small flight out in garden for her birds

While disease and increased predator numbers will play a factor, I believe the wet conditions we have had (above normal) for the last 3 winters is also a big cause. On one of my permissions, the bottom half of visible holes in ditch banks were underwater, this probably equates to half the warren being wet or flooded and not ideal for breeding or rearing young. A lot of bucks I was catching or shooting looked like they had myxi - bulbous, lumpy heads, missing fur but their ears were also all torn up / partially missing. When they were gutted, no tell tale liver spotting either. Wer

Never understood folks breeding lurchers or terriers for money. £3-400 is feck all compared to KC dogs like French bulldog and the like fetching upwards of £1800+ a pup. And let's be honest, probably going to better homes than your chop and change lurcherman who buys from the dealers. If I were to breed dogs for money I certainly wouldn't want some of the arseholes in the lurcher world at my place! ?

My old bitch and the veteran Russell after multiple digs.

To be a dealer in dogs, you need to have a certain mindset... I remember a commercial breeder once telling me,.."You would never be any good at it, Phil,..you ask the buyer, too many questions" All things considered, I've always regarded his poignant words,.. as a compliment... My Deerhound hybrids, Angel and Royal...circa the 1980s