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OldPhil

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  1. The original was not to our taste,.so we shrunk em down a mite..?
  2. Lovely dawgs,..I earned a living off one , back in the day....I also won a gurt big, feck off 'Red rosette..'? Halcyon Days,...?
  3. Last season, I was told by the Keepers to kill all the hares,...they felt that old Puss was like a magnet to lampers.... My partner offered to shoot the lot under the lamp,...I didn't fancy the job and left him to it....? I don't mind taking a brace for the old folks or netting Hares for re-location , but shooting them at night with a rifle and silencer, holds no pleaseure for me. Each to there own though,...?
  4. I really like using the Putangs on the garden jobs,...smashing, easy to set, economical wee traps.?
  5. Great to hear some positive words on this incredibly humane spring trap?
  6. Nice friendly looker...very similar to the curs that I grew up alongside..? Wide head, plenty of thinkers in there,..just right for some schooling.... Best of luck with him,..stay safe...?
  7. ? I learned several years ago,..that, you cannot 'talk dogs' with dins,.. on the Internet.. It just cannot be done..end of story,...SO,..all we can hope for, is a bit of light relief and banter,... When the craic is good, it is good,..and the opportunity to meet like -minded souls is unique... As for 'strange ones' talking about or (God forbid), bad mouthing,.a fellow hunters ratley and chavvies, well,..what can you do with such divi feckers..? Of course , such vermin deserve far more than a weeks ban, especially on a site that they have freely abused,..but, what can ya do
  8. Dangerous game,...the French farmers are a law unto themselves,..and the local Police will always support them.. If I was ten years younger, I would join the lads who like, a walk on the wild side, but nowadays, I am too feeble to have a row...? Goodonya, though...?
  9. Well, I've always been a fan,...I grew up around sheep herders and cattle dogs, so it was perhaps inevitable that I gel, with the pastoral hybrids.. Used, other tools for other jobs, mind you?,...but although great age does not always guarantee, great wisdom, I have returned to the fold, so to speak..? The collie influence does bring a lot to a Moucher's table,...ya just got to be,..realistic..?
  10. I agree, and of late, due in the main to a massive increase in girth, from Curries and Shiraz,..I have started to physically resemble,... a Mole? Financially, the trapping game has been a good Mistress to me, ..it's always been great craic ..?
  11. Personally, I would sooner gift a rabbiting tyke to a genuine good home than accept vonga for it... Loads of good lads around the UK,...plenty of nice average hunting jukels available...? Obviously, if you desire something special, a coursing /racing champ or a similar paragon,..you will have to pay the seller's price...but, really,...is it THAT fecking serious.. Life is too short Brothers,..I've been there, done that,..why not settle for a good honest worker and leave the super -priced, super dawgs,... to them as craves em..?
  12. I still dream of this scran... I guess I always will..?
  13. I kept giving a bucket load of dead moles to M. Moon's Eagle Owls in Hilsea... They got fat real quick and put weight on to such a degree, that they fell off their perches.. Moonie loved them old Owls....?
  14. You are right there Fireman,...I had many years of loyal service from my hybrid Heelers,.. real strong, well -padded feet...? No probs....?
  15. Fair play,...? But a nice net always helps the wee mouching curs of the world?
  16. Be careful Dido..? I once took 30 + Grey Squirrels from Bay House School in Gosport.. They had been allowed to run amok in the schools, 'Nature Area'..? Every Bird Box and nesting area had been ransacked, and there was feck all nature left, just squirrels! I started using kill traps in tunnels, but after catching a dozen or so, I started finding fag packets, spuds, all sorts of mysterious gifts firing off my traps. It was plainly obvious that I had been rumbled... In cases where there is even the remotest chance of a kid getting into a Spring Trap, I invariably go
  17. I've several pals working traps on the Moors,.. they tell me that the Doc sure delivers some powerful medicine to the Stoats Mind you, its only right and proper,...I've always felt that a killing trap should do what it says on the tin, I reckon this fecker does?
  18. True words,...sometime with lurchers/running dog types etc,.. things often go full circle and the old originals return?
  19. Good on ya Fireman for showing some feelings about your old canine pal... I really admire that quality in a Hunting Man.?
  20. ? It's good to look back on past events, remember your old hunting pals and the exciting times out with the dogs,..but, film wise, there is a time to switch the camera off? Most men know when that time is, and they act accordingly... In saying this,..and considering my own past deeds, it is a case of 'what any man chooses to do with his dogs, is entirely a matter for his own conscience'... End of story really...?
  21. I've seen some beautiful Plummer style terriers..? Gorgeous, fiery Red and white marked tykes,..lovely wee things. They look ideal for getting into those tight, dense bramble patches, for the rabbits. Been offered some nice pups over the years, ( once even saw a Brindle coloured one)..but, on every occasion, I just couldn't do it....I just couldn't?
  22. I've just had my Covid Jab,..very slick and efficient work by the Nurse...? Now we are off out to harass a few shushis with the dogs... I feel strangely empowered,....'onwards and upwards' now, eh.?
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