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  3. hounds

    in Earthdogs & Working Terriers

    Posted

    On 02/04/2019 at 21:16, Kaiser Sozé said:

    Our pack is mostly old English foxhound with around 10 Irish harriers. We find the foxhound is hard to beat for marking but the harriers voice and deep scenting abilities is a must.. that said there's packs of harriers that mark every bit as good as foxhound packs..

    I agree we keep a mixed pack and I think they both bring a bit of something that the other lacks.

    The harriers can be heedless b*****ds at times alright, but I'd rather see that than seeing a heartless hound around your feet

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  10. got a call last week

    in General Talk

    Posted

    14 hours ago, jigsaw said:

    I was at work last week when a phone call cheered me up no end ,my farmer friend on the other end telling me there were a small mob of goats about causing havoc in his top paddock.....I told him I was tied up till Saturday and would take a wander to see if i could help him out and take one for the table..I was booked in to work but made my excuses to the gaffer and took the day off..So Saturday at 6 a.m . the alarm clock goes off  and in the darkness i get my ass out of bed and after a coffee and stash my gun and gear in the car away i go ..

    I arrive at the farm at just passed 7 and off up the muddy path,towards the base of the hill,it was evident the mob were after  being about as foot prints and well worn paths could be seen heading into the hillside and up into the gorse,heather and rocks ..I climbed up the steep banks of the hill and reached the top of the first ridge ,I could see a long distance all round and nothing to excite me ,so on again and over a few more ridges and down towards the lower forestry line where i thought they might be at lower altitudes due to the freezing winds ,so i searched hard ,plenty of signs of them being about but no find ..i was walking close on two hours now and i decided i would swing upwards and try along the ridges that go a few miles out ..So up bit by bit i climbed ,..i suddenly noticed one thing.....no NOT  the goats ...but the fact ive become slow and laboured when im walking compared to a year or two ago ,lol...I climbed over 2 ridges and then dropping down i noticed fresh foot prints ,and a few paths ,so i started to refocus , i walked along a rock face and then reached another ridge and climbed up and there before me sat roughly 20 goats ,I counted 6 big billys ,8 she goats and a half dozen fair sized kids ..At last ,they were over 100 yards away and in an awkward position,my view of some of them being hindered by gorse bushes , so i crawled backwards and made my way down  towards them ,being hidden by the ridge top..so after 30 or 40 yards i crept up to pop my head over the top and the situation was perfect ,they were directly across from me ,so i got in position,set the gun in a steady comfortable position and studied the herd ,i decided to take a kid for the table ,and also would be easier to carry back ..I picked a grey and white youngster as it was standing broadside to me ,and took the safety off the gun,took a deep breath and pulled,,the boom erupted,and the mob lifted and stood and milled about ,not sure what had just happened ,or where the sound came from.

                                                                                                                        I kept still and surveyed their actions ,then another kid ran to the right and presented me with a perfect  shot again ,so I took it and decided thats my quota for the day,,and the thoughts of lugging of anything else was not appealing to me as i was a long way from the farm...Just as i was about to rise from my hidden spot ,there was a movement to my left and when i looked there was a fine sika stag making good its escape ,He ran behind a rock and disappeared ,I waited for another short while as I knew he never saw me , then as I watched I saw the top of his head appear on the skyline ,i still waited ,and he took another step and up popped around 6 inches of his neck ,and instinctively I rose the gun ,got the cross hairs on his head and brought it down slowly ,and pulled the trigger,in that split second I wasnt sure if i had scored or had pulled the shot and missed ,so i arose from my spot and walked over to the ridge and there he was ,a fine big stag ,AND THEN IT STRUCK ME .... how the firk was I going to haul 2 goats , a deer and the gun all the way back ...a bit late for rational thinking now JIGSAW baby... so down to work,cleaned all the animals ,and then started hauling ,the plan was to pull the deer first a few hundred yards ,then go back for the goats ,bring them to the deer ,then repeat several times ....AND I MEAN SEVERAL TIMES ... it took the best part of 2 hrs to get them down close enough to the fields ,and rang the farmer ,who duly came with the tractor and bucket and took them the final distance to the yard where my car was waiting ..I walked back along the path i had started from almost 6 hrs earlier with a contented/exhausted feeling ..my legs were like jelly,my arms ached but my smile was broad ,lol..after a chat i was invited in for a coffee and home made brown bread and i duly accepted ,a well appreciated payment for my efforts

    The sad  side to this saga is the goats are all but gone ,what used to be a huge mob of animals is now reduced to the mere few i saw that day,im hoping to show my face there and observe the bunch that has brought me immense enjoyment and pleasure and not forgetting table meat and dog food for the last few years ..in the last few days i butchered and placed the taken in the freezer and a supply of venison and goat meat is secured for the coming weeks I hope they reestablish their numbers and I get to control and not over do the culling to an extreme ..,it was my first time in months i had the opportunity to hunt them again and its true to say i missed them,I hope it wont be long more before we meet again,but next time with a camera instead of the gun

    Great write up Jigsaw.

    Those hills would be easier if you left all your money at home instead of carrying it around with you all the time, some weight in it, haha

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  17. abbyfeale hunting festival

    in Hunting With Hounds

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Bryan said:

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/hunting-festival-disappointed-as-irish-cancer-society-no-longer-taking-donations-amid-complaints-37812946.html

     

    This is very sad, the Abbeyfeale Harriers work very hard each year to organise and run this festival and I'm sure they have made a valuable contribution towards the Irish Cancer Society over the years.

    The antis would prefer to see people die and suffer from lack of funding that could provide supports to cancer patients and research treatments and cures, rather than see a fox hunted 

    We live in a very strange and sad world, where vermin is considered more important than sick people

    Why do people listen and bow to the pressures of an ignorant loud mouthed minority like the antis rather than the common sense approach of the silent majority?

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  19. Kennel ideas.

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Posted

    On 27/01/2019 at 18:31, Boristheblade said:

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    Really nice set up Boris, I like those beds, looks real snug in the there

    Is the bed raised up off the floor and how do you wash them out do you have somewhere for the water to drain off from the bed?

    Thanks

  20. Teckle

    in Bushing Dogs

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Wxm said:

    Some great info on this post ??

    I haven’t had a working dog in a while and was toying with the idea of a beddy / whippet / border / teckel and after a debate with the family we ventured out to SW last night and collected a dog pup up and he seems a grand wee chap .. 

    hes from imported working stock on both sides .. 

    he’ll be used mainly for just mooching hopefully but after reading a few posts my best bet will be carrying a spade with me ?

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    Cracking pup, best of luck with him.

    Do you think he'll get more broken coated or wirehaired? I have a pup here, both parents wirehaired and he came fairly smooth like your lad. Maybe they throw smooths as well?

    Thanks

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