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gone a the days walking off the back fields with a couple of hares or bambi over the shoulder threw the estate and home such a massive change in 20 years imagine in another 20

Made ends meet by squeaking up Charley for the pelts Squirrel tails Jays wing Rabbits etc. Different days they just twat every thing now with night sights. Keepers from the bordering estate to one of my perm's slaughtered all the Foxes there was literally none the farmer is a hunting man wasn't worth a meet on his ground I miss that. Rabbits still high demand I can shift all I catch to Butchers and Pubs not had any comments as I take them in. Well one woman makes it clear she don't like it but she works in the bloody Butchers ffs. Lucky where I live we still have 3 independent Butcher all sell

Be it hunting or fishing, syndicates are the scourge of the common man.

The coursing game and hunting with dogs the laws surrounding it have changed beyond imagination that some of us older generation could ever imagine in such a short space in time and not only is it the law that puts you on trial also the cranks on social media. I know for certain anyone walking through your typical council estate with your catch on show it wouldn't be some one trying to buy or cadge a bit of game off you for the pot it would be some sad fecker taking a pic to plaster all over social media asking to know who in their terms is this cruel b*****d.

I’ll try and answer this best I can so you get my reasoning and mind set at the minute . I have a job which a tug and possible conviction if I’m caught could cause problems for me , a lot of my customer base are local farmer/landowners and I doubt they’d take kindly to me having been caught on a neighbors land . I have a family to keep and where when I was younger I wouldn’t have given a toss now I have to . I’m extremely time poor meaning I can literally get some time out a couple of times a week and a local permission was ideal for me , it meant I could be on the ground in twenty m

Arise Sir Loin.

Says something though that a few lurcher lads can't chip in on a syndicate lol. I've always struggled (since I've had an interest in lurchers) with permission ,other than when I was abroad which was ideal had I had more time there. I've sold my thermal and lamps, my bitch is getting on now at 8 , much loved family dog that comes with us on holidays and hikes..but it's not worth the trouble to me now, as well as prioritising my family with the little spare time I have I like a bit of fishing which doesn't require fitness regimes etc lol. I've enjoyed some good company , places and experiences w

Mullet are a superb eating fish, especially if from the open sea….slight oiliness about them but firm white flesh….…….just tricky to catch….

No, Wilfy mate, it’s not blokes throwing dogs out of car windows that are keeping the lurcher game going, and I think you said that a bit tongue in cheek ! Its old blokes like me who walk the land, day and night, and try not to attract attention who keep it going. Its what we do, nothing more , nothing less. Its what we enjoy…… Cheers.

Well, I’ve had a long hard think before replying to this thread, but here goes ! I don’t want to upset or argue with anyone, but if lurcher work has been your lifetime sport, I don’t think losing a bit of permission is reason enough to give up the game. I may be wrong, but if you have “ Poacher” in your user name, isn’t it a bit ironic that you are giving up because you’ve lost your permission ? How about travelling if it’s to hot in your area ? How about meeting other people who have permission; I’ve met plenty off here and other sites that didn’t mind me tagging along.

Saturday and Sunday, digging land drains by hand, in the garden of this place...80 k for the guttering and downpipes aloneall seamless and running down inside the walls of the house,stored and reused...cost 4.5 million to build the place apparently....cnut hasnt even made us a brew wanker

Lurcher works pretty much done in Lincolnshire I think Very few rabbits , what is there is lamped to death and the rifle boys mop them up same with foxes there shot on mercilessly probably worse now with the rise of thermal you couldn’t get a decent run in round me because everyone’s on hotline to lincs police , but it’s the dog lads own fault cruising the fields in 4x4 then posting for all and sundry on social media

Been quiet lads because not much going on other than eating the produce! Feel like you seen most of it now no point keep posting same shite! Moved the chicks into their new shed at weekend get em out of my shed so I can get to my fishing gear! Other than that just sausage, pork chops and eggs ongoing

Coursing never had a leg to stand on once Gallelio got set up Gallelio is a brand of policing that is slowly being franchised over the uk , north York’s , east anglia are all buying into it now . the reality was that once that money from LACS money went into the labour bank , that was it , the ban was o babe books and was tightened up recently . a lot of mud is chucked at the lads who conduct stubble rallies , one of the true facts was that once coursing was outlawed , only the outlaws can go coursing . that type of behaviour was not the norm when it was legal , loo

The thing is that in the british isles is the most non pure strain, england has been invaded so many times by different nations and gimmiegrants that its mostly french and german, up until recently when they thought it was a good idea to bring the lazy 3rd worlders in ffs, the people running GB have set it back 100 yrs by flooding it with people from the poorest, laziest and crime ridden shiteholes from all over

And that’s a rap another one in the bag Glastonbury torr through the mist

No I haven't, I'm quite fond of KFC though...Korean fried cauliflower

Finally a few signs of spring. Saw first swallows too.

Typical of them sort . Always find them the hardest to get paid from aswell

i like KFC the trouble is being out in da boondocks there aint no KFC shops...so i get my bits from ye ole co-op and to be fair the southern fried chicken off the chiller shelf is spot on quick and easy tasy meal

For those that were interested in the hatching egg sales I have now sold 7 sets of 6 eggs with an average sale price of £21. It costs around £7.50 for postage and packaging. So basically average of £13.50 for 6 eggs. As eating eggs local they would be selling for £1.50

id agree there stiff the real good uns will shine even with divvys just a normal diet that thrash em but they excell

I’ve never bred a pup in my life. I’ve used a dog or two free of charge at stud. I didn’t insinuate anything, I replied to Wilf who said it was people throwing dogs out of a motor that were keeping the game alive and I suggested that it was old fuckers like me who were still doing it the old way that were actually keeping the lurcher game going. We may disagree, that’s fine, but I think, and it’s just my opinion, that when the likes of me, who have seen the game go downhill over the years, retire, that the lurcher game will actually be f****d ! Who is going to carry on ? Cheers

always planned on putting him over a greyhound, I got a bitch but she never broke down. But over the years I had some fun with him from hunting cover to working round a hole, absolute powerhouse of a dog no quit in him .

Not gonna argue with you mate but cruising the fields churning up mud and throwing a jukel out the window ain’t Lurcher work to me

They are a bit un civilised!better than a dinghy full of niggas

I’ve judged some nice ones but I like something that runs quick and kills quickly,not plod or be stubborn

Your town is infamous for the crusty types mate..lol.. But we are still quite lucky down here that hunting is not frowned upon by most, just got in from a walk on the moors, popped in the East Dart Inn at post bridge, walls covered with in fox hunting tapestry's, all the place mats were fox hunting scenes etc.... it won't be long though, the towns and villages are filling up with City weekenders, get a house in Devon for a fraction of london then moan about the traditions...

I’ve always found it the other way round, the ones that have more to lose tend not too argue ( still won’t make you a brew) and pay but the ones that play on the same field as me try their luck and want money off, if they don’t ask and the job has gone well I might give a bit back, if you ask then you pay the invoice, I’m doing a bit for a multimillionaire now and he’s a bit of an odd character but if I give him an invoice he pays it while I’m there and his missus brings me cake

But when the Jocks came down to Devon when the factory's closed for Jock fortnight they were f***ing nuts. I worked on Paignton harbour letting motor boat and rowing boat it was a nightmare for two weeks. They would be walking around pissed up on Scrumpy in the morning swimming with a flagon of Cider crashing the boats let off the fire extinguishers. Cheers Arry

I'd say it's the same bloke must be on the gear having that many dogs

Watched it mate, some facilities they've got there now.. biggest thing for me was the team spirit, real togetherness...pep is bonkers but brilliant lol

Sorry to hear this,what a number your government have done on yous,the bloody cheek of them,honestly lads I'm speechless,you can murder a baby upto six months which dont get pain releif but you can't hunt fox,I'm lost for words. I despise the eu but yous are going to have to use there tactics against them,you can freely hunt in Europe,someone needs to take a case to the courts there,thsts the only way you could possibly overturn it.

It is not illegal for your dog to accidentally get up on a hare or deer, just take your dog for a walk and if it brings down a deer by accident put it out the way take the dog home then come back later without dogs, think when you drive out with dogs lamps etc in the same motor then chuck your catch in the boot you are just f***ing yourself up and don’t film it, I know people that drive the lanes at night picking up roadkill nothing the law can do stick a lurched and a lamp in the car and your f****d it’s always the motor that is your weakness the games changed massively so the players need to

It is more difficult for sure. If you have a dog with a bit of go you have to constantly second guess what if. What if a hare jumps up and goes straight through field full of sheep next door where I don’t have permission plus you don’t want spook sheep. What if a fox has passed recently and there every bloody where. Roads new houses people buying patches of wood just to camp in it. No room to swing a cat. Having a dog you can call off would be handy but that’s beyond me. But we will plod on

There was a feature on the national news yesterday lunchtime about deer numbers and saying we should be encouraged to eat more venison. You'd think someone would put two and two together and come up with the obvious solution.

My permissions been sold to a syndicate and they don’t want anyone else on the ground so that’s over 1000 acres of permission I had gone , permission round my way is like gold dust and usually there’s always someone on it and it’s not shared …. Too hot round here now for running anything at night or a bit of hedgerow lamping from the car , Lincolnshire police are all over you if out at night looking for a shine . got a few permission left for ferreting but strictly no dogs , think I’m about done with the job lads getting harder and harder to get enjoy this game now and I don’t envy

Have said this before but the lack of money in game these days has pretty much killed things for me 1980s90s deer £100 fox pelts £25 rabbits 50p trout a quid even squirrel tails and jays wings 50p if that money was still on the table there would still be good lads making a living under the radar, but why go out and kill loads just to leave it in a pile the day will come when money will come back into it and true poaching will return its all supply and demand probably be after ww3 when we wake up to what’s real and what’s bollox again

It’s hot here mate what with the fens so close etc I got stopped once walking on a footpath to a permission for some ferreting with my box on my back and nets and the Lurcher in tow. someone had seen me from road and rang the police rural hotline and said they thought I was hare coursing coppers said they have to take everything seriously these days , I said there taking the piss , dog was under control and I wasn’t breaking the law could give details of where I was going and farmers number but I refused to give mine proper shirty b*****ds round here

City documentary on Netflix watched first episode last night , a proper insight into the standards , ethos and facilities required to make the big machine work really enjoyed it

Even finding this in metal detecting with organised group digs

The bit that matters is that white Europeans have moved all across Europe…..white people mixing, marrying and breeding with other white people. Lets not forget “England, France, Germany” didn’t exist at the time of the Saxon migration or the Roman invasion or the Viking raids and occupation…..the concept of nation states all came later (invented by England to all intents and purposes by the way) The Saxons came from what was known as Francia which went from what we now call Germany into what we now call France. That is absolutely nothing like importing millions of people w

True mate it's shocking we need to do what Ireland's doing start standing up for our selfs and say enough is enough. We can't go on like this no more. It's killing our little island to at some point there will be no going back. Look at that shite in London streets lit up for ramadam like f***ing Xmas lights. But the cheeky b*****ds kicked off about us having our local shopping mall lit up at Xmas. The Asian Members that worked in there. Some from Nail & beauty bars and some from theae mobile phone stands that sit in the middle. Saying they didn't want to look at the Xmas lights all day. Ch

Mullet

Drove down to the gulf. When I started to release the shark,someone set off a firework display.Good timing lol.