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?I think the phrase 'giving up on the dogs' is often a bit of a misnomer... The act of moving on, to pastures new, is entirely a personal one...? With that in mind,...I feel that I've taken more than enough hearts and souls,...indeed, I have been coming to this final conclusion, for the last ten years... I've not gone, vegan or anything like that ?....I just feel that there has got to be more to my life than, 'dawgs and ferrets'... As my time on this earth nears its end,...I want to do some of the things that my manic obsession, has made me miss out on... I will alway
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Wow? That really is a Page Three Stunner...! Fabulous Red...?
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Times certainly have changed Fred?
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? Poor old rabbits.....they have taken some real shit over the years....? Ill still take them out, as and when,...but for me now, it's gonna have to be,.... 'quality over quantity'.... Good hunting lads, stay safe, regards, OldPhil?
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Personally,...I love a boisterous , full of life pup, over a quiet and (seemingly?) sensible jukel.... I much prefer, the type of animal that possesses a bold, and confident temperament... Our game,..is frequently a difficult and frustrating business,.. and I am of a mind that one can ALWAYS calm a keen and active young dog down, but its rare that you can ever put prey drive, courage and boldness, into a lack-lustre tyke... Give me a bad boy,... any day....?
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THE GIN TRAP , Was it any good ???//
OldPhil replied to micky's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
Both my Father, and Grandfather, used them for rabbits... I had a wee spell with them myself on the sandy soil, but I found them to be real heavy old lumps of iron to lug around... Mind you, I suppose the same could be said of the Imbra and Juby,...they are also a bit on the weighty side... Both those canny traps, were good catchers of rabbits, but in truth,...the old Gin trap didn't miss much...? I've also had a go with a few modern footholds, and I reckon the Gin would have survived a few years longer IF, those toothed jaws had been flat, like a 'Cushion Catch'. Int -
Lovely project, beautifully done ?
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" A keen young hunting man and his dog, makes for a deadly combination"....?
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Lovely looking pups TOMO,...it must be great, starting off your season with two new youngsters,...I envy you..?
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True words there Brother...? I think we all like to believe,...in fact, I believe,...we want to believe.... Nowadays, I don't travel much, but I used to get out and about, and I tried to meet all the notable faces, within the minor Field Sports scene.. Maybe it was me?...(for I am no big deal myself), but I found a high percentage of well known legends, to be rather less than legendary...? Whatever,....we can all appreciate a canny bit of prose, and I admire anyone who can string a few sentences together,.. indeed, we have some cracking good scribes on this site? .. but, I
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Gorgeous pups?
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Good words, for your good old pal Brother? Stay safe,.. kind regards, OldPhil ?
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You are right there fellah? Its amazing what some dogs can survive on,...mind you, the poor feckers don't have much of a say in the matter, now do they? As for Vitalin,. well, I used to feed all the dogs on that god-awful, Muesli mix of absolute garbage, and by feck, we killed van loads of game.. but, I've often wondered how much more i would have captured if the jukels had been better served, as they are today? Maybe a few more rabbits hares and deer,.. but overall,.. probably not much more. As for poorly kept curs,...well, both my Father, Grandfather and relatives, all kept their
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There is nothing better, than feeding a dog top quality scran, and seeing the benefits and results, out in the field..?
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I live in a coastal area, where the practice of old style Wildfowling and Punt Gunning, was extremely popular...? I've spent many long (and cold) hours in the semi-dark, waiting for Widgeon, Teal , etc...to drop into splashes, natural ponds and estuaries. Great times on those frosty mornings, and it was a stars flight away, from commercial Duck Shooting.... I would echo and agree with other contributors, in saying that, shooting ducks amidst such an artificial arena, can be fairly sickening.? I remember one afternoon, when an impromptu last drive was added to the day's ev
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Lovely picture fellah? What's that old saying,..."Work them' Hard and Treat them' like Heroes "..?
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There is nothing soft about wanting the best for your Jukels...? I've never had a working dog, be it a Whippet type or a roustabout rough coat, that ever needed a coat, when out and about.. However,.. if a dog has been hard run, (generally after dark) and has really done a full shift, I have frequently 'rugged him up' prior to bedding him down.. Some dogs, like to feel warm in order to get a good night's sleep....they definitely need this, especially if you are booked in to work on the shushis in the morning. When you are rabbiting for wages, the dogs (and the ferrets) are
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Real nice animal,...looks to be a serious unit...?
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Phostoxin is a cruel way to kill any animal.....? Cymag was not a lot better.. Alongside the dreaded Strychnine, I have used both of those two noxious gases,.. and I regret doing so... I like to think of myself as a Hunter,. not a murderer... Humaneness, and a quick dispatch of the chosen target species should always be the goal, of any sane man..... Go careful now lads, stay safe,.. all the best, OldPhil.?
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Only ever seen the one example of a genuine Black Rat... That was many years ago in London's Dockland.. the rodent was incredibly agile and it was walking along a roof beam, in the Old Bonded Warehouses.
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? I like the Putange mole Traps? Clive (NicePics) put me onto them originally, and I have since purchased, a few hundred more from other suppliers.. Nowadays, I try to keep the trapping jobs to large Country Houses (Downton Abbey style places).. I still have to work for Racing Stables, and amongst sheep Paddocks and Golf Courses, etc,. but mostly, I try to gain employment from uber-wealthy payers, who do not mind fecking paying... The Putange offers a certain advantage in such a domestic situation....and it is a particular benefit, that is frequently,.. overlooked.? Stay sa
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Bottom line is,...You either use your dogs, or you don't use your dogs,...? I have plenty of places that I can walk over, and hunt , 'proper'.....it is not a problem.... But, for most young bucks and other, super keen lads,.. a wee bit of permission sure ain't gonna to last for long... You can only kill the same bunch of deer and hares once,...then you generally need to move on... Men freelance, because they need to keep on, keeping on....simple as that... So,..it would be ridiculously hypercritical of me to say,.. please don't trespass or poach game,...? Facts ar
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Really nice type....great times ahead?
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? As far as Trapping various critters goes,.. catching moles, sure ain't Rocket Science.... Some guys insist upon making the job, far harder than it is,.. I guess that is a kind of traditional mode of thinking.. I used to be the same, and refused offers from Pest Control Equipment Suppliers, to run a few courses for modern Pesters. To me, it seemed a dumb fecking thing to do,...why educate, all and sundry (often competitors) when I was still heavily engaged in the trapping job myself. The paltry fee from the large companies would never cover the potential loss of earnings by sch
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WE walked out together,....we laughed together, and we drank Ale together,...and sometimes, we even caught a few rabbits together...? R.I.P. Gary Hosker.?
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