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lamping woodcock
comanche replied to watchman's topic in Gamekeeping, Conservation & Shoot Management
We get quite a lot round here at times. Won't see one for ages then one day the little things are everywhere . I think the term is a "fall" of woodcock. On the last Shoot I worked on the boss would only allow them to be shot on special days like the Boxing Day morning Shoot. Wiggly little things to shoot at. As other folk have said they are the sort of quarry one can feel quite happy with a few under the belt over the years without feeling the need to take too many more . Something quite special about them . I remember being a guest of a fellow Keeper and getting my first one . -
It does depend on how many ferrets you have and what the weather is like . Chucking a whole bun into a pen is fine if there are enough ferrets to finish it off quickly or the weather is cool ,but in hot weather or if you just have a single ferret it is better to only feed a portion at a time to avoid it going "off" or attracting flies. But a bit of everything -head,guts ,blood ,bone,flesh,organs etc-is a good natural diet .
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Yep . I'd do it again if it felt right and I had plenty of time in case something went amiss . Sort of place I prefer to work alone so I can tackle up in a quiet, relaxed atmosphere and take as long as I like . To be honest though I'm hoping that the place will have been sorted out by next season . If not I might ask to borrow the tractor from the stables and tidy things up a bit. Lucky old ferret. Normally we curse when one slips the collar but I bet you were pleased enough on that occasion .
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Thanks for the comments. Funnily enough my Son in Law asked me to give him a hand last wednesday. I'm sure he only asked me because his locator had run out of batteries . Mind you a locator would have been of limited use as the situation was not unlike the one you describe . A garden had been newly rabbit-netted but there were still a few bunnies holed -up under a big summer-house and verandah. The purse-nets were set with a bit of spit and a prayer not to mention a few sticks to help keep them in place but we were pretty sure that any rabbit that did slip the nets would be picked up b
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Think its just hitting us all that another season is slipping away and we must make the most of the last few weeks . Good luck tomorrow !
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Ah .Now I do tend to get mocked by my mates over this sort of thing but you are not far off the truth . Stuff I kill does'nt get lobbed casually behind me into the mud and the day's haul isn't carried back to the van crammed sweatily into an Ikea bag. "Paganistic" might be a little off mark but I think if I ignored the linked aspects of respect for the quarry ,be it live or dead, and a certain almost spiritual approach to hunting I'd lose something. The sixth sense -the instinct comes in trade-off for giving that respect . Feel free to take the pee now . I'm use
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Yeh . I think you are right its SSSI site of specific scientific interest.
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I sort of know what you mean but you know how some sixth sense tells you it will be fine. Bit of backnetting. and a bit of canine posing
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I've recently aquired about 50 acres of new permission. As if the fact that it is right on my doorstep and in a lovely piece of very ancient countryside were'nt enough I have been given pretty much a free rein to deal with the rabbits "by any Legal method" .That's what it says on the bit of paper the lovely lady owner thrust into my grubby little hand . On my first trip I was accompanied by my usual ferreting partner . The dear delicate fellow coming from the land of open Downland buries had a bit of trouble coming to terms with the overgrown hedges and rose thickets of my rough bi
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Oh yes! You despise them at the time but you'd not have them any other way! I distinctly had the impression that the litter my bitch came from had been fed on supermarket waste or similar and had been living something of a "natural" existance before I collected her . She thrived on obedience and performing tasks whether for work or just for fun , operated real sixth sense when it came to knowing what was required but when left to her own devices did tend to revert to feralism .... Have I been put off getting another ?. No . One day maybe ?......
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I yearn for another . Then I remember the wrecked pergola,the chains round the freezer,the loss of the Sunday joint from the oven and all the other endearing little ways my delicate,sensitive bitch displayed. Then I recall the good stuff . I still yearn for another.
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Roger Daltrey?. Last time I fished at his place (a long time ago -not sure if he still runs the lakes commercially ) he was discussing an up and coming shoot .. Still, there's plenty of celebs and luvvies that do a bit of shooting and fishing. Once emerged from the woods in a beating line and found that found that I'd been aiming pheasants at Nigel Havers and Bernard Cribbins . Mr Havers very politely -as one would expect-thanked us for a good Drive and Bernie cracked a joke . Draper tools . Who buys them ?. Well I don't . Not since I saw their back-page advert on an anti-
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It would help if you knew why it is a SSI. Special habitat ,rare plants etc.Then if approached by a curious member of public or an official you would be fore-armed with information and could end up appearing interesting and knowledgeable which would score both yourself and fieldsports a few brownie points . To be honest I bet few ramblers even know the place is an SSI and SSI "officials" have no right of entry without the landowner's permission or along a footpath . There are certain operations that may not be carried out in an SSI . These will have been already agreed between the Nat
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Sometimes it is almost as if the mole is saying , "Ha, this is what I think of your attempt to catch me. I spit on your efforts and fill your crude devices with dirt. You lumbering human oaf . Oh you'll get me in the end. You and your bag full of expensive, industrially produced and cleverly tuned traps versus little old me . Of course in reality I'm not mentally inclined to take such things personally. I'm far too busy searching for worms and reacting instinctively to draughts and daylight , foreign objects or velvet -clad rivals that disrupt the smooth equilibrium of my world .
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Quite a few things will kill moles if given the chance but only a few will eat em . They turn-up in owl pellets and I guess more than the odd mole-catcher has had traps trashed or stolen by badgers who do seem fond of snacking on moles . The only human reports regarding eating mole I've heard of come from that Victorian father and son team of dietry experimentalists -the Bucklands . Mole-flesh was not favoured . Considering these guys once had an aged and very dead leopard dug-up (They were miffed that London zoo had buried it without giving them first choice !.) One can assume
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I've eaten badger and fox. Badger was ok . It had been prepared by my boss of the time's wife- who obviously knew what they were doing .It had been salted and smoked and to be honest was very similar to a bacon joint. On the same menu was squirrel and bacon pie - tasted like nutty bacon. The fox was of my own preparation . Might have been my lack of culinary skiulls but I opted to chop some haunch into cubes and stew it . Dry ,musty a bit too strong tasting for me even when boiled to utter tenderness.Probably fine in a survival situation but not for me Maybe I did it wrong. Badger
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Ideation hit the nail on the head when he mentioned teamwork. A couple of dogs that learn to work well together will often develop a pattern of behaviour when on quarrythat uses their respective talents to advantage . You know when you have a bit of a team because when the quarry is caught one dog will back down and let the other retrieve it without any jealousy yet both dogs will come to hand as proudly as each other . Pre ban. In coursing to rules a fast dog might make a spectacular run-up and a crafty or slow dog might pick up a confused hare but the better dog was judged to b
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Yep Auld Salmon and The One are on the ball . This might help to clear some misconceptions for the younger folks who have every excuse for being confused when you consider the locator variations that are about . MARK 1 The "FE models"(and the One strikes again . Look at the serial numbers on the circuit boards and you will see that there were several different Marks of "Mk1" but that's just confusing ) commonly called "Mark1" locator have a grey boxes . The collars are variously designated as 8ft models ,Micro models or 15ft models etc but all have square resi
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Guess you've tried other batteries just in case. Take the front off the box . Check that the wheel is not just spinning on its central screw . Occasionally the hole in the middle of the plastic wheel wears with age and just spins while the rest of the mechanism remains on one setting.This can be fixed with a new wheel or by rebuilding the centre of the old one with Araldite or something similar If you are feeling confident that you will not snap something carefully take out the circuit board and give it a wipe with a spirit like meths ,petrol or nail varnish remover
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How to use a Deben MK1 ferret finder?
comanche replied to gavalar1081's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
Dead easy to use .Try this for practice. Make sure you have decent batteries. Place the collar on the ground with the transmitter/battery holder on the floor as if it was hanging under the ferret's neck . Stand 10(or more if you have the 15 ft model) feet away from the collar. Wind the dial on the box to maximum and work nearer the collar until the ticking noise starts. Stands still and then turn the sensitivity of the dial slowly down until the noise just(only just, mind!) stops . Move the box about until you pick-up the ticking again. Stop and turn the dial dow -
Yep the lighter mornings and evenings mean folk are starting to realise that they are not alone. Best thing thing is to show willing and fit in as much as you can in the next few weeks after . Even cream off the easy burrows so you get decent numbers to show the landowner you know what you are doing . Then explain that next Autumn you will (with his hopefully continuing permission ) try to get round in a more systematic manner and take in the difficult areas a s well. Good luck and well done with the permission .
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Gonna change your avatar? Ditto. Full marks for spotting that ! spotting what sherlock if you think thats normal behaviour after youve had a spliff,then your as fecking clueless as that halfwit on the bike dont tell me your putting that tit in the same class as an oxford graduate Ha ha ha . Aggression ,paranoia,over -defensive. . Always the other guys who can't handle it .... Lighten up pal-you don't . Just funnin ya. Sorry if you took offence . You picked a fine role model there son ....
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Gonna change your avatar? Ditto. Full marks for spotting that !
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I told my grandchildren that I'd rather be put to sleep with dignity than end up controlled by a machine and reliant on fluids . Little buggers just turned the computer off ,threw me beer down the toilet and asked for the keys the gun-safe.....
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I've got it somewhere . Saw Lizzy a few times and he was with em on a couple of those (Yeh ,I'm an old fart ) but though he was technically brilliant he did'nt have the style or flair of Gorham of Robinson. Still one of my favourites though .
