Bobtheferret
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Everything posted by Bobtheferret
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Make sure to make a show even if you deliberately catch bugger all (or even release the does). Don’t want someone else beating you to it.
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Leave it be till next autumn with any luck you may be lucky and find that there’s still a decent number around.
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That’s not good about the RVHD, hopefully it doesn’t wipe them out. Horrible disease. A farm I do had it for sure a few years ago (almost certainly still does) I found a few just sitting there not moving and when I gutted them they were fine must have been RVHD. Whilst the population definitely took a hit it didn’t completely wipe them out so there is some hope for you.
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He is a bit prey driven, but is rock solid with livestock and children and very easy generally. Doubt any pure sight hound would be as biddable as a collie but I reckon they would make very useful and attractive pups if you did decide to put him over her. Lovely lurcher you have and sounds like the classic mooching dog, just picks up game as and when it gets the chance. Those types of dogs don’t really need training for hunting it’s just instinct.
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Apparently red kangaroo top speed 44 miles an hour and brown hare 44.2 miles an hour. That’s pretty fast….not saying they turn like a hare but definitely not slow!
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I would think a roo is fair challenge for a dog, maybe not speed but they are fearsome beasts and will drown dingos and dogs and kick and punch them. Very powerful animals, @mC HULL seems to think no challenge I reckon that’s a tough do for most dogs.
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@birdcouldnt work how to send them pm for some reason so everyone gets a look!
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He has done me proud tbf. Biggest issue is thinking he can take fallow deer. He is basically as you described though, big boy not sure exact weight but I think he is pushing 35lbs and about 22”. Il send you some pics
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I have a non ped whippet and I am local to you. He is blue whippet and big boned muscular type that’s seen a far bit of work, I know you said ideally collie lurcher but the offer is there if you want to use him. Has sired pups before and they came out very tidy animals.
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@joe ox What a great thread this has been. So unusual these days to get a proper hunting thread with great pictures and discussion. A bit of nonsense but you can’t have it all! More of this please chaps
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Had a quote last week for £128. Got him going in on Wednesday for a pre op appointment as they insisted they wouldn’t do without checking him first. They best not charge extra for that!
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That’s a machine. What height is he now?
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Bloody badgers are a pain in the arse round me, keep taking over decent rabbit holes and ruining them. What’s odd is the number of rabbits seem to live in the warren still you would think they would go the minute a badger was in the vicinity. Best to steer clear though as a badger is basically just a huge ferret really. Strong as a hell and bite to match. Despite what people claim not many dogs could face up to a badger let alone a ferret.
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Pissing hard again, pictures of flooding all over. Absolutely sick to death of the rain. Be a lot of game lost this winter that drowned, especially rabbits. After a tough few years last thing they needed.
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Still be a bloody hose pipe ban in the summer after 2 hot days probably
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Consistently low numbers of rabbits this year
Bobtheferret replied to Luckee legs's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I agree with pretty much everything written here and feel that overwhelmingly the issue is RVHD2 as the original was around in the 90’s and it was the introduction of the second version that caused the plummet in rabbit numbers. The promising thing is compared to mixi in the 50’s more rabbits have survived so hopefully recovery will be quicker. What I can’t get my head round is areas are so different in terms of how they are affected. Areas of the country seemingly still unaffected and others wiped out. I have permission that within the farm or even fields it has had different effects on rabbi -
I did some long netting last year to catch some rabbits up and release them elsewhere (didn’t work well unfortunately) and I can agree that removing them from the net is hard work in the dark. To remove them unhurt was even harder!
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The Burial on Amazon. Based on a real story, well worth a watch.
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I have a non ped blue whippet. Cracking dog bit keen on fallow for my liking (they are too big for him but he doesn’t seem to realise that) but other than that a useful dog on the rabbits and great with my little girl.
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What started it for me
Bobtheferret replied to poachers apprentice's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Always had ferrets in the house since birth but my mum wasn’t big on runners and we always had terriers, didn’t know anyone with a runner either. Didn’t really think about having a runner until I started really reading books. Phil Drabble, Plummer etc and then I was desperate for my own. Years of nagging eventually mum let me have a beddy whippet and the rest is history. That dog was a legend in my eyes a true character and good little worker. Always had lurchers and whippets since and always will….and my mum now loves them! They get under your skin do running dogs, once you own one another do -
If the siphon (flush) is newish then just change the ball valve and see if that cures it. As said if reply above the rest is potentially quite complicated so start there.
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That toilet doesn’t even have a donut mate. As a plumber of 25 years I generally agree with you but in this occasion changing the ball valve is easy the rest not so much it’s a concealed cistern in a boxing so potentially you have quite the job changing the siphon depending on the set up of the toilet.
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Be best to just change the ball valve although it may be the siphon letting by very slowly. Can you see water running down the inside of the toilet? If it’s trickling water through then it will need to replace the water it’s lost causing the ball valve to open. Ball valve is easy on those concealed cisterns the siphon a little harder but still not to bad.
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That’s great to hear. Even though they are no where near me it’s promising to hear they are coming back into areas that were very low on numbers. Have a good season but don’t go to hard leave a few for next season!
