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  1. Rabbit Hunter
    Trust the dog until it's proven otherwise, we were out the other day, came to a decent size earth with all the holes booted out and looked like it was full of them. Tried a young dog that's had a handful of digs, he wouldn't even travel the earth which we thought was odd, so tried my bitch ,who's only had one dig, and although she searched the earth she also said 'no-one at home', and with it looking so good we were cursing the 'b*****d useless' dogs as we left the earth, then about 30 yards from the earth we came across a one holer that has never been more than a rabbit hole and sure enough t
  2. Rabbit Hunter
    Just had a look on a hunting book website and it says they have a Second Edition edition of this book, reprinted in 2005? Does anyone know whether there was a reprint? As I'm sure it says on Darcy's website that he won't reprint any of his books??
  3. Rabbit Hunter
    Could you put a pic up of the shovel from a side view please.
  4. Rabbit Hunter
    Are you Bluck in disguise?
  5. Rabbit Hunter
    This beats watching Emmerdale anyday...
  6. Rabbit Hunter
    The fact there was a few decent lads on it, that posted regular about their digging days out and there was non of the shit that you get on here from the keyboard warriors that do f**k all but slag every man and his dog off.
  7. Rabbit Hunter
    Who was what?
  8. Rabbit Hunter
    Just been on his forum, the gist is that he (Bluck) has put an advert up saying he has two spare pups for the right homes, but when lads have asked into it he's said they're £250 each!! Also having a slanging match with some of the Irish lads that he's done chapters on in his new book...seems like it's all gone pear shaped.
  9. Rabbit Hunter
    Yep was defo the best forum at one time the old Patt BBS site, but I think a lot has changed in regards to terriers and the internet even just in the last 2 or 3 years where it could never be how it was...
  10. Rabbit Hunter
    Didn't a lot of the old timers used to say breeding a steady badger dog to a hard fox bitch often produced good pups?
  11. Rabbit Hunter
    Definitely good digging bitches about, it's just that the lads that keep them don't shout their mouths off or advertise pups or studs, so unless you know them personally you won't know what they have. Also I think the statement about the Gouldy bitches is a bit vague, is there such thing as a 'Gouldy' line anymore?
  12. Rabbit Hunter
    I work in a recycling place and the stuff I've had is unreal. All my digging tackle...shovels, chain leads, clips, mesh and wood for runs. A shed full of new and almost new tools. Someone brought in an almost new pair of Meindl Burmas the other day, must have been worn twice at most, a size too big for me but with insoles in and a thick pair of socks they fit like a glove.
  13. Rabbit Hunter
    Too true...
  14. Rabbit Hunter
    Nice pups, Dee they look like they're going to be strong like 'Bodie'...
  15. Rabbit Hunter
    tell your mate ,....hes a liar......... Ok boss. Wasn't bragging, just adding to the topic...
  16. Rabbit Hunter
    I think the last Otter dug legally was by Bert Gripton in '73, there's a pic in a few books of him holding it's 'pad'.
  17. Rabbit Hunter
    Most I've had in a stop is 3, got a mate who had 11 in a stop, that's the most I've heard of...
  18. Rabbit Hunter
    That is good going.
  19. Rabbit Hunter
    That's good going. I think it all depends on how much good permission you have, added with how many decent dogs you have around you that get the dig numbers up throughout a season. I've heard of some lads that dig 200+ head of game a season. Unbelievable numbers to an average terrierlad, but if you're a professional terrierman, in the the right counties with a decent yard of dogs then the world's your oyster!
  20. Rabbit Hunter
    It all boils down to a persons judge of character when giving pups out IMO. You would only give a pup to someone that (you thought) you could trust to bring it on and have the right amount of work for it and give the dog every chance etc etc, otherwise you wouldn't give them the dog, and if they f****d you over or went against their word then they wouldn't be given the chance again and to me that's the only time when gifting pups out that it can go wrong, which IMO would be a very small percentage of the time as that person would have been vouched for by another trusted friend etc etc and woul
  21. Rabbit Hunter
    My granddad used to dig badgers(when it was legal) and help the terrierman at the local hunt (South Durham) aswell as having a couple of lurchers for hare coursing, however by the time I was old enough to take notice he just had ferrets and did the odd bit of rabbiting so I suppose it's in the blood as much as if you're brought up amongst it...
  22. Rabbit Hunter
    I'd email him, usually next day delivery with his books.
  23. Rabbit Hunter
    Same here, decent book so far with some good interviews in.
  24. Rabbit Hunter
    Amen!
  25. Rabbit Hunter
    Just how it should be, good luck with them...
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