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  1. Squirrel_Basher
    I would put it down to the tree type that the bucks are cleaning on .Pine sap or the tannin within must but a darker dye than our deciduous trees.Either way there is a definate divide between roe heads north and south .We tend to get spread beams whereas the scottish heads are tight and straight .Nice head there vissy especially if called in May
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    Boil carefully mate ,you may have your first medal there too albeit a bronze.Excellent account as usual but was that the buck intended for me lol.
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    After using all those condoms ,im surprised you had the energy for any other shooting
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    Check all the lintels at ground level as this is where the cavity is sometimes left open .Overhanging trees as said, are a favourite too mate .
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    Take a chill pill Bill.
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    AMEN
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    Its very hard to picture a sum of 200 or 300 quid changing hands for a pup ,something which ive never done right form the start .I feel that the more the pup costs ,the higher the expectation ,the bigger the regret if its useless .No wonder certain breeders have to give a refund at those prices.However ,if the pup turns out a goodun and breeds gooduns ,what price can you put on that ? I always offer to jab the pup thats a lads keeping when offered a pup but in most cases even that is turned down .
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    Theres quiet lads that dont want any recognition that have done plenty more for the game mate believe me .Did i read right ,£300 a pup ?.
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    Now thats quality Mark . Question -If a lad has the dsc 1 and 2 and no previous experience is he eligible to take on a lease straight away from the forestry commision? .I think i know the answer but is it right for this to happen .Is following up a wounded animal part of the testing as it surely should be ,as should the need for a deer finding dog be covered or at least the use of one in such situations .The hands and knees locating of a wounded beast is daunted to experienced chaps without being thrown in the deepend as well . No matter how you dress it up ,it will never take the place of
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    ................and long may it be so mate .
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    Welcome .A good introduction mate ,look forward to your posts and pics .
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    why do you say in the MISTAKEN belief. if the breeding is there then he is not mistaken. i know he has not covered himself in glory by passing other stock off as his own. but from what i'm aware he knows his stuff re genetics and breeding. and as has been said he has produced good quality consistantly for many years. one of the main complaints about his stuff when i was young was that they where to big and chesty. now he has them down to a handy size they are to small. he has had his line for many years and his reputation for breeding good terriers for working foxes to ground is still good. so
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    Ill take a guess that its got some wheeler in it.
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    There seems to be people chipping in here for the sake of it ,stirring shit for the love of it.Brian has in the past produced probably the highest number of workers consistently than any other commercial breeder .Note i say ,in the past as recently he has lost sight of the ball so to speak . An upsurge in terrier interest enlightened Brian to the fact that there was money to be made and im afraid he lost the plot a bit .I have his old stuff in the yard and would never slate the man for what he had 20 years ago .He made the mistake of giving refunds and mistake it was as these failures would h
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    Very strange head that mate but a good cull nontheless.Dont think its peruke related ,just velvet ,blood vessel damage.Was the buck entire mate ?
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    I ,along with many lads i know do not have the dsc at all and have all the stalking i could ever wish for and no sign of any change either .So far as i see it you lads are playing right into their hands with the paperwork ,youve opened up the flood gates for more paperwork and more costing to yourselves .Some of you ,and i say some of you seem to think you are a cut above the rest simply because you do things according to a manual!.Ive stalked with several of these types and the bigotry was amazing ,cut short by one know all when a head shot went badly wrong on a fallow doe and this fron a lea
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    The third one in Mark ,whats the story with the hole?Forgive me if im imagining it!
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    As a young keeper we were requested to hang vermin on traditional lines and were paid according to what we trapped and shot .Foxes however were never to be strung up as they according to the owner ,looked better infront of hounds We were however paid for tails handed in . Foxes stretch fence wire too
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    Glad to see you having a few now mate ,perhaps you wont be selling the rifle .
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    Its the anticipation mate ,it gets me every time .Well done on that buck mate , fully mature ,good weight by the looks of it.
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    Not been there for ages mate .The disturbance at the end of the winter ,the ditching and hedge cutting had an affect on the deer so hopefully with a bit of regrowth we will see a few back there .
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    Theres quite a few gamedealers that need educating on the subject John .Paying according to the shot
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    As said ,no need whatsoever to open the chest cavity in the field .
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    Chicken wing versus a bloody good romp on a deers arse .Well no contest really .Give him the wing when the chest slows down a bit
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    Tried a place last evening where the deer come down to a pasture ground from a 150 acre wood nearby .To say there was deer eveywhere is an understatement as there literally was ,at every turn .Muntjac in the farmers garden ,verboten here as the wife likes to see them but elsewhere fair game .A buck and doe crossed a gap in the hedge in front of me followed by another older buck still in velvet.In the next field i could see five does and a pricket and on the hill to my left i could see seven deer in all but never got to glass them .A plan was hatched in my head to intercept the two bucks at th
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