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  1. OldPhil
    Some folk don't quite appreciate, just how valuable (££££) a top class working ferret, or a team of reliable workers actually is..?
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    Hi, yes I know the guy who you were speaking to,...he is (in my opinion) an authority on the Non-Ped Racing Whippets, and we have known each other, and frequently hunted together,.. for over forty years...? He knows the type of lurcher that I prefer,.. but as you so rightly say,. .its not all about looks...?
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    I've tried this First Cross, Whippet/Collie lurcher on several occasions...? Temperament has nothing to do with the concept of such a hybridisation, but more so with the mind-set, of the individuals used... You get bold Collies and bold whippets,.. and also, the complete opposite, so as I always say, Temperament is King.? Many of the examples that folk term Collie/Whippets, are anything but,.. Collie/Whippets... Personally, I've never favoured the F1 hybrid, and instead, I prefer to use a wee bit of Whippet/Greyhound blood,...the resulting pups are still whippet-like in app
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    I've worked with hundreds of Farmers and Landowners,.. very few have any real concept of rabbits or rabbit control , other than a bit of ferreting as nippers, and driving around at night, bunny bashing... As you can imagine,.. for anyone offering paid rabbit management, this sometimes causes a few problems...? Farmers that are cruising around the place seeing conies scuttling back and forth, in and out of the hedgerows, frequently over estimate the population on their land,.. and to be perfectly honest,...they often exaggerate.? As an aside,. if the Rifles aren't doing the job,
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    You want Hairy brothers,.. I'll give you,.. fecking Hairy?
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    The Conibear is an incredibly versatile Killing Trap Brother,...it does take a wee bit of practice to become accustomed to it's method of catching,...(totally opposite to the Fenn and other jump traps)..but the multitude of varying sets that it lends itself , is truly amazing...? Set well, and firmly stabilised, this trap can be a genuinely humane killer, of small vermin species. However, there is a problem ? The Conibear can be set almost anywhere that its target chooses to run,.. Fallen trees, natural tunnels , regular crossing places, runs through reed beds or gorse and unde
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    Get your drift,...but although I've had various dogs drop their deer in woodland, frequently far off, and when I have located the kill,..it has been a natural kill,.. and the Roe is well dead.... but, by the same token, I've found that not all dogs are physically capable of choking a deer,.. they just don't have that kind of jaw power...? Obviously, back in the day,...I did not own the stamp of jukel that a lot of lads keep today,.. I basically used what was on offer...and by feck,.. I've taken deer with the strangest and most unsuitable canines,...fecking unbelievable ? Anyway, I've
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    ? I can't ever see the rabbits coming back in numbers, in my area... They have taken too much stick over the last few decades, and apart from the usual Summer crop , where you seem to see conies everywhere,...I think its all over, done and dusted.... Its a shame, but its a fact.. As for deer,.. well they have all been very successful and we have most of the species in abundance... My last remaining lurcher is now fast approaching, ten years of age.. Should I give it one more throw of the dice,....I really cannot decide....? No complaints though,...I've had one hel
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    The problem locally is Myxy....always has been... We are on the South Coast and there are numerous Salt Marshes... These places are phenomenal breeding grounds for blood sucking Mosquitos,...and I do believe they, (alongside the rabbit flea) are prime vectors for spreading the noxious disease.. Every year it is the same....hot Summers followed by damp Autumn weather,...perfect conditions for the Myxoma Virus to flourish, and do its work?
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    We have not had a heavy coated lurcher for years,.. I do miss that old rough and ready look....?
  11. OldPhil
    Perhaps its a wee bit anthropomorphic,.. to randomly compare Humans,.. to Canines.... Personally, I've bred my lurchers fairly close, but never quite, that close,...but then,.. I've often wondered what would happen 'in the wild'... I've a feeling , what would be, would be...? Would our beloved curs and running dogs ever really worry,.. about such matters.... ?
  12. OldPhil
    £50 suits me...?
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  14. OldPhil
    All these references harking back to the now defunct, Shooting News, just goes to show, how seemingly important and influential, that curious weekly rag was,... to so many lads....?
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    Yeah, I wasn't being funny,...but we were rabbiting further along the Downland,. and , well,.it was kinda,.. funny ?
  16. OldPhil
    Roe deer and Muntjac are a blessed nuisance. I wish someone would thin the feckers right out...?
  17. OldPhil
    Good luck to you fellah? I've gone down many roads in my life, frequently wrong ones,..? BUT,.. ya gotta walk your own path, and what will be, will be...?
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    Wood pigeons can be awkward and frustrating for young dogs not used to loose feathers..?. I would always try to avoid them until the lurcher is properly made...
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    You are spot on Shortstraw....? I sent Les up, one of the first Silver/Black Eyed White Ferrets,...he loved it and wrote an article titled, "Hi Ho Silver"...? Good hearted guy....
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    Yes, it was George,...we hunted together... He was a nice guy...?
  21. OldPhil
    Yeah, I feel the same fellah,...I don't really care whether a pup of mine goes to a working or a pet home, just as long as it is well cared for...? I always try to gift pups to genuinely nice guys,.. I've no desire to profit from a litter.. Also, there is always the risk (albeit it miniscule) that the person who you allow to take a pup for free , turns out, not to be the man, you thought that he was, and instead he mistreats or neglects the poor tyke... In that case,.. because no money has changed hands, and no financial agreement put in place,...it is far easier to ask for the
  22. OldPhil
    ? Its getting a tad on the nerdy side on here.....? Personally,...I've no head for mathematical and algebraic equations or who is fastest....I just want a result... By fair means or foul....?
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    No,.. definitely not...?
  24. OldPhil
    When we were young Bucks,.. would we have listened to old timers, proffering advice.. Like feck we would ? It is,... what it is,....?
  25. OldPhil
    Yes, its all in the past now,.. but it is still legal to seek out injured deer, using a lurcher or flush them out of thick cover to a waiting gun.. I've always enjoyed hunting the Roe Deer,...obviously encountered others ,.. but I've always found the Roe, to be far more obliging.?
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