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The hardest thing I've ever done was watching my daughter get married this past weekend.Im still crying.I taught her to catch crawdads when she was little. She had a natural talent for bowfishing. She loves to shark fish. She had always been my digging partner with terriers until one day she brought this boy along with us who is now my son in law. Feeling gutshot from losing my digging partner,fishing partner and daughter in the blink of an eye. Any of yall men with little girls,hug em and take em fishing while you can.

Please forgive my indulgence but I had a very happy day yesterday! Some years ago I thought my family line was over, but no, I now have a few young “Charts” to carry on the family name ! My two great nephews Harry, 6, and Freddy, 3 , and my grandson, Adam, 9. No matter how bad the county seems to be, there is always something to be happy about ! Cheers.

Here is our 2 dogs , work along side our small pack .nearly 4 years old .doing very well. Very brainy , love the fells , and does us proud , many , many years worth of good breeding in them .I've had the privilege to own and run most there blood lines since the 90,s

3rd grandkid not long born, it came out through the sunroof and was a bit sketchy for a while but happy to report my daughter and baby girl 6lb 15oz are doing great

Not been happy living where we are,for a few yrs now,been looking at options to free up some cash,and have a change of lifestyle/pace....Just accepted an offer on the first house,when it's sold,we will be purchasing our first narrow boat,moving onto the water fulltime...got a few jobs to do,next few months before selling the second property to a cash buyer... money will be cleared in 28 days...with that cash we plan to buy a wide beam for the Mrs and Myself to live aboard...my 3 teenagers will have the narrow boat to live on...we will both still be going out to work for at least the next 5 yr

After 8 hour round trip I brought my new pup home at the weekend, I was very kindly gifted her off a member off here after a chance conversation, from the day they were born he kept me updated with regular pics and updates, she has settled in a treat taking everything in her stride so far, she’s an absolute credit to him, hopefully she might get the odd day out towards the end of the coming season, cheers Neil B

Went to Crown Court today for the final adoption certificate. In 2021 my lad and his wife lost their Daughter my only grandchild of 18 months after trying for a kid for nearly 10 years. Seeing my son and his wife's hurt was hard and of course the wife and I were devastated not being Grandparents. As it was an ultra rare genetic thing they decided to go down the adoption rout. Well after over a year of foster to adopted a long drawn thing. Finally the last rubber stamp so to speak I'm a Granddad to a lovely little Lad. To say I'm over the moon would be a massive understatement.

Like I need another hobby Lol. My shoulder been playing me up for over two months and daren't go out coil to the soil so started cutting out old coin I found detecting. My first attempt was a 1981 2p the year my Lad was born, gave it to him as a key ring. Second attempt is a key ring for the Lads Wife. A 1927 crusty old one penny. This ie the third try because Wifey liked the Hare looking at the moon. Still needs a bit of tidying up with the needle files, work in progress. 1895 penny. Cheers Arry

2 siblings have excelled in there game this season , couldn't ask anymore out of them ., hopefully have a chilled summer and bk to it .although my knees are feeling it now ,

Called a bank holiday Thursday today, no work today, took the lads out on the boat instead. You can't waste days like this, flat calm sea, sun up all day and had a good few fish, loads of laughs.. Plus the best fresh mackerel baps for dinner and bass for tea... it don't get much better

Been to Bonnie Scotland to collect my tax off @scotty12 credit to the man they were a cracking litter. Let's see what these coursing breds are all about, mC get ready, White Death is in trouble.

Took the pup out today for the first time with the ferrets. No nets just bolted a few for her. Finished on 5. By the end of the morning the penny was beginning to drop. 8mth old so slow and steady should be fine

It has been a privilege to be Phil's friend, work colleague, and occasional hunting partner/photographer. We worked on "stuff" outside of the pest control/lurcher world together and had a good laugh along the way. I have lost a good friend. Rose has lost her best friend and husband. Till the next life mate...

I’m not quite sure why I’m putting this on here, but I’m half a bottle of whiskey in and I’m wondering if I’ve done the right thing ( I think I have) quick story, earlier today I got a text saying “ I’ve been given your number and think you would be able to tell me about my dad and how he died “ the text was from the son of my best friend from 26 years ago who died from a heroin overdose when his son was just 7 months old after a phone call it turned out that no one in his family has ever told him what happened, mainly because someone else in the family ( who is still alive) w

My daughter has decided after 6 months of mortgage that it’s a massive scam and is selling her house and wants me to build her a tiny home on my place (she has also aimed out the boyfriend as well which is a bonus ! Lol ) So for any lads that may be interested, I’ve made a start and here is a few photos. Ill post a few more as we go along The base is an old 2 berth caravan that we stripped down and tipped, I’ve then had a local old boy weld me up a 6m long frame to fix on the top of the caravan chassis, the chassis are approx 1300mm wide. All strong box tube, we wi

As the father of a child who wears noise cancelling headphones , I couldn’t say yes or no to anything . I have two kids , both have idiosyncratic traits from the normal regular , existence . I think sadly that both my kids were cursed genetically in a perfect mish mash of me and my wife . When you have children who have issues such as an asd condition it’s extremely hard not to reflect on your own faults . For many years , I have been told I see the world in a different way than my friends , as in , I’ll go and do something that they would deem irrelevant and to me it’s the most importan

Thought I’d put this here because no one uses the shooting section anymore had another shoot day today and my mates little lad got to shoot for the first time, last drive of the day and he got his first pheasant, best part of doing this is being able to take kids out to do things all kids should have the opportunity to try

Well, I must be the proudest grand dad in the world at the moment ! We got a call last night telling us our 10 year old grandson has had a trial for PSG , and he’s been accepted into their Academy in the Middle East for a 10 month intensive coaching course that could lead to a scholarship in Paris ! Very early days yet , but I’m as proud as Punch ! Cheers.

The house is upside down with renovation works, was looking for a few things I need and found these in one of the draws... @seanc one of our first days out together, look at young Fin lol

Me with my brindle bitch bonnie...Phil in the middle and his mate paul on the right...bolting to the dogs up on the high ground

just coming up 7 months, bred from some real dogs

@Bush Rummager i put up a wanted ad for lamp and with my post been on here and other forums nothing came to light but guess what a kind gentleman messaged me saying ive got one here free of charge he even paid postage arrived to very happy if there were more people like bush rummager in the world it definately be better place thankyou once again mate much appreciated

Heres some pictures of our most recent hauls from the local waste yard we go to. Terriers are owned by me and our brother. Cheers!

My son and his wife and 2 grand kids , come to see there grandad was birthday yesterday , but popped down today, not seen them that much since my wife died. But glad he popped over to see me

This is my bitch

I'm celebrating joint 75th birthdays with my mate and wives tonight. I will start with a couple of pints of guinness. Then a miracle happens. I well pee out ten pints of urine even though I've drunk only two. Only men of a certain age can perform this miracle. I guarantee at least 6 visits to the bathroom. I can also guarantee we will tell jokes and relate stories we have told many times before. But find them f****n hilarious. This too is miraculous. Old age does not come alone. You younger lads, don't be impatient. Your time to perform the miraculous will arrive soon enough.

Just had our old terrier PTS. She had started having mini strokes and it was getting to hard to see her struggling. She was taken off someone who wasn't looking after her and had been knocking her about. She ended up with a lad who did the terriers for one of the fell packs and did a season there. The lad retired and the old dog was sat on his yard, being well looked after but he had to many dogs without work.....so she came to us. She did a bit of ratting with me, but really, she became a spoilt fat lap dog. She would cower and shake if you moved a hand over her for the first year,

Wee Monday off and away down the A1 to meet a couple of boys with their mutts, bit of a disaster I lost 2 Jill’s as they managed to escape the carrier and had about an hour to evade spent a bit time looking for them even with the thermal but to no avail, gutted, but lesson learned… the hard way. ended the day with 29 rabbits a few digs but most bolted to the long nets and dogs

My late son was part of a shark survey team in the Red Sea; He spent a lot of time swimming amongst them and tagging them. Cheers

I know there is a fishing section but thought this might have a general appeal. On jollies in France at a friend's pond after carp. Got here and they are all bloody spawning - for those that aren't into fishing when they are shagging for the week they aren't interested in eating at all. Then this thing took my bait. Ugly slimy thing but an absolute beast. 45minutes battle on 15lb line. Scales bottomed out at 67lb. Estimated at 100lb. Unreal and saved my holiday!!!

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Got my youngest boy and his mates in my little home gym lifting...he's been doing pull-ups a while...and is good at climbing door frames with his finger tip...uses the punch bag quite a bit... A few pics of him and his mate deadlifting ...55 kilo...

Alabama has the most fish species of anywhere in North America.Some are endemic to Alabama.One of these species is the Warrior Bass.It only lives in a few creeks in the Sipsey Wilderness.I wanted to catch some before they went extinct.I found a thesis studying these fish from Auburn University and they listed which creeks they found these fish.I spent the last 2 days exploring those creeks.Had a great time.

Had to say my final goodbye to my Whippet dog today, he'd to come to the end of the road but at a ripe old age, would have been 16 in August. He was bred out of Mike Brown's Glen "strikewhiletheironshot". I have to say I have had many whippets but this lad was the nuts, he had the heart of a lion , his prey drive was second to none, many people talk about Whippets been frail little things....this lad was 22" to shoulder and built strong. I will miss him so much out in the field and at home as he was such a soft chap indoors and with my Bedlingtons letting them lounge all over him. Its a hard t

Better pic of her and a couple of her daughter that weren't no slouch either out of another genuine 1st cross that I got started and then she went with a good pal of mine up in Wales.She also had another daughter out of the same litter.A little black bitch which apparently was pretty decent that had a decent career up in south Yorkshire with a lad Willy.Although most of her running was from a motor which I was never a fan of.

They are getting there now can’t wait to get them up the mountains on a good hike.Ive had them out mooching so they are getting a few scents into them

An ancient woodland that's less than a 15 minute walk from my house even though there is public footpaths through it i wander off them to avoid people. Sat on a log this morning having a coffee out of my small flask and spotted this roe deer watching me. I walk through this wood every day of the week and it does wonders for my sanity in this mad world.

From a leg break as a puppy she’s ended up a decent bitch, works all terrain and a very capable and steady as a rock, does everything I’ve asked of her

Well it’s finally here took a little longer than expected, but exchange contracts on the house a week tomorrow and I,m done have a few more weeks sorting the next house which should be on the market in a month or so, but the first big pay out is only a week away and I,m out happy days might even get down to the fishing comp next year in the Winnebago lol

@Greyman Thanks mate...

Recently work has been constant. The last couple off weeks I've dwelled on grabbing the pop up and the dog and taking off for a night. I decided last week yesterday was the day however in Scotland for just about everywhere rain was on the agenda. I thought never the less I'm still going I will change direction and followed the weather forecast. Finished at 3 got home and took off . I had some wind and a couple off small showers but other than that. We could say pitched perfect

@The drover

Suluki grey x non ped whippet.

4 weeks old

Some pals went ferreting today and got 10 decent rabbits, dogs marked well and ferrets worked hard in some old deep warrens, A fair bit of digging and some young rabbits about again, all in all they had a good day out

Ray ( Bird)goes in to have his knee op tomorrow. Hope all goes well & he has a speedy recovery. Atb

67th edition of the underground badger hunting days in France. The first edition dates back to 1956. Two days on the burrows with the judges, the mass of Saint Hubert and blessing of the dogs, the prizes.