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Cracking looking dog.Romeo (Chase x Maggie) x Pearl (Buddy x Roxy)
8 1/2 months old 22tts
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Years ago me and a mate made the trip to Salisbury, I wasn't living in Wiltshire then, when we got there the flags were flying to show there were manoeuvres on and you weren't allowed on. Being young and stupid we decided to have sport anyway, killed one and hid it, and then got caught by military police. Was pretty impressive as we had got ourselves into the middle of there manoeuvres, helicopters and assorted vehicles. We told them we were just walking the dogs and had got lost and that we hadn't seen flags. They took all our details, checked them and checked we hadn't been caught before, obviously they weren't stupid enough to believe our story, they escorted us to the nearest road and told us that they would keep our details and we would be prosecuted if we were caught again. It was the first time I had taken my mate there, he wasn't impressed and we never went back.
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It was one of those ones with a quilted liner that you used to be able to buy off the markets. Never said it was the only time I've been shot.
Anybody wearing an heavy tweed jacket can afford to be shot at least once in their lifetime.I've been on both sides of this, around 30 years ago while crossing a field with a mate I flicked the lamp on as I new there was a large ditch in the middle of the field, as soon as the light went on I was shot in the back from 70-100 yards with a shotgun, (almost certainly 12 gauge). We left the lamp and battery in the bottom of the ditch and got away, the farmer never even came over to see what he'd hit. Luckily I was wearing a heavy tweed jacket and although the shot went through it, it barely broke the skin. We sneaked back next day and retrieved the battery and lamp, despite my mate being no stranger to trouble ( you may have seen his brother in action at the lambourn lurcher show or him at the derby) there were no reprisals for the farmer, we new the risk we were taking and it was our choice.
Having since spent years gamekeeping I have on hundreds of occasions had to evict coursers, from individuals to large gangs, I never had a gun with me, never had any trouble and normally had a good chat about there dogs and explained that while the partridges were down they couldn't come back, on one occasion my head keeper chased a car load which then broke down, he towed them miles home.
A lot of the bad feeling from farmers is down to people driving fields with crops growing, leaving gates open and sometimes smashing through closed gates as well as stock worrying.
Two sides to most issues.
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I've been on both sides of this, around 30 years ago while crossing a field with a mate I flicked the lamp on as I new there was a large ditch in the middle of the field, as soon as the light went on I was shot in the back from 70-100 yards with a shotgun, (almost certainly 12 gauge). We left the lamp and battery in the bottom of the ditch and got away, the farmer never even came over to see what he'd hit. Luckily I was wearing a heavy tweed jacket and although the shot went through it, it barely broke the skin. We sneaked back next day and retrieved the battery and lamp, despite my mate being no stranger to trouble ( you may have seen his brother in action at the lambourn lurcher show or him at the derby) there were no reprisals for the farmer, we new the risk we were taking and it was our choice.
Having since spent years gamekeeping I have on hundreds of occasions had to evict coursers, from individuals to large gangs, I never had a gun with me, never had any trouble and normally had a good chat about there dogs and explained that while the partridges were down they couldn't come back, on one occasion my head keeper chased a car load which then broke down, he towed them miles home.
A lot of the bad feeling from farmers is down to people driving fields with crops growing, leaving gates open and sometimes smashing through closed gates as well as stock worrying.
Two sides to most issues.
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Pm'd you.
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Both pups gone.
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Did I say Ireland, I obviously meant Northern Ireland.
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Bitch pup gone, dog pup still available.
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Mother looks a nice stamp . How old is she ?
Too old for having pups really, 9 years old, but I wanted a pup from her as she's been a great dog over the years.
If I'd taken her to Ireland I know she would have killed a lot of hares and a lot of roe
Great with ferrets, retrieves rabbits, comes back as soon as lamp goes off without being called.
She has lost her edge now so where as when she was at her peak everything would go her way now they slip through a gap in the hedge rather than turning back to her.
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Were bouts are you mate?
Near Lambourn, Swindon, Marlborough.
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just p'md you mate.
Can't send them through pm, 10ish weeks, still available.
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One with dam in.
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Had all there inoculations but you'll have to microchip them.
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Dog pup with bitch pup behind
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Dog pup.
Can't find an easy way to resize pics, having to email them to myself.
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1 lurcher dog pup light brindle, 1 dark brindle bitch pup.
Dam is grey/saluki/bull mix, 23inches, done everything I've asked of her, day and night
Sire is bed/grey/whippet mix 23 1/2 inches.
Will post pics as soon as I've made them small enough.
Be good if a youngster or someone starting out had them but first come first served.
Message if interested.
North Wiltshire.
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Might be of interest to people, amazing shop in Canada , bears , wolves , beavers ( not that kind ), foxes , raccoons , all taxidermy done by the people who own the shop, they also do some of the trapping , question is can I fit a bear in my suitcase.
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Does no one drive the big fields anymore!
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All different but 12 months ish, no doubt plenty will do it earlier but no point ruining a young dog by starting it too soon.hi what age do bedlington x whippets catch rabbits
As for the red stags I'd let him have a couple of rabbits first, and make sure his retrieving is spot on, you don't want to have to carry a stag yourself.
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Fawn...
Ok mr pedantic!! Lol
Not "fawn"ing over me I hope.
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Keeping the non brindle I think.
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Definitely over 50 years old as he died before I was born, apparently taken on the family "holiday" which was spent hop picking. No mistaking the type of dog, looks like a pot filler to me and probably had to be.
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Thinking about this, I don't have a problem with people taking rabbits in the summer especially if it's to get a young dog going, but wouldn't like to see hares taken (in Ireland say) and I think there are a few good reasons.Ok so its fine to go lamping rabbits in the summer, this site also has numerous pictures of usually whippets that have caught rabbits in the summer ,i dont have any problems with either.but whatever you dont go running or heaven forbid kill a summer hare,
you will have a lynch mob after you so whats the difference ?? probably comes from the days of hare coursing,a good dog killing a good winter hare any other time of year was frowned upon,actually killing a hare by any other method than coursing usually raises an eyebrow.
Rabbits are pests and will produce several litters in a season, starting as soon as the temperature increases and carrying on into autumn, they also mature quickly and so can reproduce in the same year they are born. Hares might possibly have a second litter but only I believe if they lost the first, also the leverets won't breed until the following year and the litters are smaller than rabbits have.
An immature hare has no burrow to disappear down, a pregnant hare is carrying next winters sport (Ireland again).
As someone who was coursing for years before the ban I can remember many successful and unsuccessful hare courses but despite taking many more rabbits I can remember hardly any.
There is something special about hares, as I walked my old bitch this morning 2 were sat 40 yds from the footpath, they knew I was there and were watching me as they cleaned themselves, totally confident that there was nothing we could do to trouble them.
Think I've rambled on enough, not criticising anyone, we all have to make our own choices.
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First time out in the garden today, 4 1/2 weeks old now and I think I'm going to keep the dog pup that is a similar colour to the bitch, he's been the biggest since birth and as both parents are only 23" to the shoulder he's not going to be overly tall.
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Any Good Rabbit Recipes?
in Lurchers & Running Dogs
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The hairy bikers do a rabbit stew, it has smoked bacon, plenty of cider and takes a couple of hours of cooking but well worth it, you'll need to google it as I don't know how to do links but it's easy to find, can't recommend it highly enough.