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    That message could be considered a veiled threat. Fine if someone wants to feed the foxes and gets pleasure from watching them on their patch so be it . It takes all sorts and I try to extend the same tolerence to other's ways of life and sensibilities as I hope they might extend to mine.Extremism and intolerence tend to create unheatlthy situations . I've just finished a fox removal job on a school field . Those in power were very loathe to go ahead and had been putting it off but the Rugby pitches were becoming very unsavoury places and in the end they relented . Every fox I took
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    More and more people can't see anything wrong with walking in season bitches in public . At one time no one would have considered such thoughtless behaviour. The best behaved dog can go walkabout when he's had the wiff of a receptive bitch and could end up straying miles or being killed on a busy road . The chap with the retriever sounds like he was pretty frustrated but well done you for standing your ground and remaining polite ...It was probably a good job that there wasn't a bloke with you . That bit of extra testosterone might have tipped the situation over the edge . I reme
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    The Searchers is a classic Western-even people who don't like westerns have been known to admid that it "was'nt bad ". Think I've got the spelling right or close but try" The Three Burials of Melquiadas Estrada" with Tommy Lee Jones . Every character is seriously flawed yet they all have something redeaming about them .
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    Am I right in thinking a famous whippet ? Someone might have a picture on the inter web .
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    I've a 97 one that I bought -simply because I needed a vehicle fast and it was available and reasonably cheap- about 3 years ago .I really did'nt expect it to be a long term thing but as everyone has been saying -good honest vehicles with good spares availability and mechanics that don't baffle with science . As Stubby mentioned the window mechanism needs greasing or they stiffen up and if you get heavy handed things break . When I took it for its first MOT under my ownership I looked down at the MOT Certificate and thought, "Hm, failure sheets have changed colour ". Then I r
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    Can be an effective method if you have the patience but human nature being what it is it was asking for trouble doing it in a country park with folk about ! AS to your moles . A decent trapper will catch them &show you the bodies to prove it.Someone on here might be able to help or check out the various mole-catching sites on the Inter-web
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    comanche replied to yorkshire's topic in General Talk

    Man is the Prey by Clark. Runs through all the birds ,bugs, reptiles,fish,mammals and other beasties that have from time to time turned their deadly talents on mankind . You never knew budgies were so dangerous ! Dead cheap from the likes of Amazon .
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    Alex Harvey singing Delilah. pure class Ha -Alex Harvey singing "Next". Just don't let your mum in the room while its on ! Or for the folky lilt Horslips or Show of Hands
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    comanche replied to tb25's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Mates lad has one and he loves it .It was a cross he'd set his heart on and luckily his dad came with him to look at various litters as some were not the real deal -just mongrel lurchers with bedlington in them . Luckily he held out and found a breeder who reguarly produces the genuine cross . This has to be the way to go as you can check up on previous litters . He is really glad that he waited to find the right puppy .Good luck
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    Old pictures I'm afraid so not the best . The little pup and the grown lurcher are the same photographed dog ten years apart(my daughter also seems to have grown over that period ) The bitch was a strange brindle merle colour. She's in the middle in this picture between the heeler cross and the mongrel collie.cattle dog fen molly kelly.bmp
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    Here's one of my whippet/ saluki . And an old picture from the 70's . Just what is my churchgoing Mum doing in a stubble field with a 22" whippet
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    For a walk -out on me own ,travelling -light with half a dozen nets in a pocket and only the dog for company I've often used a semi- rigid, well-lined canvas bag . To be honest though,a bag -even a well designed one- probably has very limited applications especially in these days when awareness of wellfare issues tends to err on the side of caution. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that ferret bags are still offered for sale as I doubt that modern animal transport regulations would look kindly on their use . For serious ferreting expeditions a box scores every time . Fer
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    If you can stretch the finances I'd say so but its no good having the finest nets in the world if you can't afford enough to cover all the holes ! I'm lucky enought to be in a situation where I can use nets of my choice but I can remember what it was like starting ferreting from scratch-saving the pennies etc . I still have plenty of 35-40 year old cheap and flimsy nylon nets hanging in my shed and once in a while-when circumstances dictate- they come out for a ride .They work well enough but just are not quite so enjoyable to use.
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    They'll work well enough especially if your burrows are on fairly open ground . Where there are brambles ,thorn bushes or bits of debris lying about they do tend to tangle and snag more than hemp ,spun or the heavier 10z nylon nets that are about . The choice of nets has become very varied in the last few years .When I started out as a spotty teenager it was more a question of sending off for as many nets as i could buy with my pocket money (read ;school dinner money ) and little thought was given to the material involved . To be honest hemp and spun nets are lovely to han
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    I have to confess that when I was a lot younger and even dafter than I am now I had a close shave of the milbro type. My younger brother had really pee'd me off so decided to use his best Action Man as target practice. I don't know what the balistic resistance of the newer AMs is but the originals were made of stern stuff . The pellet flattened itself on "Alan" and came back to hit me right in the fore-head . I was very stupid and very lucky! All the AM suffered was a round grey dusting of lead on his Terminator-like chest . I also had to bluff to my Mum as to why I had suddenly sp
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    Very good points -If you like your dog and can live with the yapping, keep it . If the sort of work you intend to use him for will be seriously affected by his noise you might have to think again of course ,not an easy descision if you've put a lot of effort into his training and have built an otherwise good relationship with him. Not many dogs are perfect in every way it just depends on the sort of hunting you do as to the effect of these percieved faults . Some classic rabbiting dogs like Pharoah/Ibizan types and Podengos tend to yap when working and it is considered a usefull trait
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    Stinking out difficult or dangerous buries so rabbits either move to easy holes or sit- out works. In the past I've used creosote,Reynardine (ah the sweet smell of Reynardine ...happy days ) and some foul mixes of anything that smelt bad . The quickest and cleanest method was a backpack sprayer full of diesel squirted down the holes . Had to leave some holes free of scent so the rabbits had clean exits or they may have been tempted to stay deep in the burrow .I've also used it in reverse to prevent rabbits moving back into burrows that have been ferreted. The problem nowadays is
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    AAAAAGH
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    Apparently the BNP are to severly restrict the sort of sporting events their members are allowed to attend . Formula 1 is Ok .As is the Grand National and the Derby. All other races are considered inferior .....
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    I am (a bit) sorry.Someone must have some good pest control jokes or at least some really ,really bad ones worth telling ?
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    Spun is probably the best but there have been plenty of foul wet days when they have soaked up water like a sponge and become heavy and next to useless . At times like these I always wish I'd brought a few of my ancient el-cheepo ,flimsy, nylon things out with me . Some of the heavy-gauge nylon nets available today handle reasonably well and are very good value . If I were a beginer on a tight budget they would be my choice until I learned to make my own .
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    Oh I apologise but,,, Why did the lady have mud on her shoulder? Er ,,She had a mole on her neck. Quick ...run away ...
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    didnt know i could use mk3 collar with mk1 box Yep mk3 collar can be picked up up to about 10 feet with a Mk1 locator box . Some folk -including me- actually prefer that combination .
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    You don't say if it is a Side by side but if it is and it is a basic model it will probably be a Yeoman(they also made a later over&under by the same name) -a good sturdy gun . Next up is the number 3 which is a little more finely finished but i think is still a non-ejector. The number 4 is a really neat gun. Sturdy , balenced and an ejector . And well sought after . Could the person you aquired the gun from not help or was there no clue from the details of it on his certificate? .
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    Seems to me this question is not one of brains versus balls but the age old chesnut of the difference between a simple "running dog" and a lurcher . A dog that will course through the fires of Hell to get to its prey is fine if you have the need or preference for that type of dog and the country to safely work it over . A lurcher though is a different animal .It hunts as much by brain as speed . In short it has to be able to multi-task and respond to its owner in a way that a coursing dog might not be required to do. A lurcher does'nt rely on its own mouth to put game in the b
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