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  1. comanche
    If you're not sure about the gap being "right" skin the rabbit and you will find out if you have successfully broken the neck or not . The bones will be disconected with just bloody flesh holding the head to the body.
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    I've been told that somewhere on Facebook is a separate group fo people who don't believe in working their lurchers . Infiltration time ! Cept I'm a numpty on the computer and don't really know how face book works .
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    comanche replied to MrYou's topic in General Talk

    A few years ago Mr G denied the Holocaust ever happened and reckoned it was Ok to put the boot in to get the BNP message across . Now he puts this down to "Youthfull misjudgement". Nothing to do with the fact that he exposed himself as a historically ignorant prat with a penchent for violence ! Maybe he has changed his spots but maybe he's just wearing a smart suit over them . If he is the most eloquent, well informed and charming person the BNP could find to be their representative one has to wonder about the mental levels of the people who chose him a
  4. comanche
    Try fennel as bait
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    Don't know if any one can understand this but it might help . As so many peoplle have already said ,practice on a dead one first . First take your rabbit by the back legs . Then grasp its head as in fig 1. Them turn your fist (the one holding the head) at right angles to the body . Stretch the spine by holding the back legs firm & pulling the head downwards. No strength is needed . You are just firmly overstretching the spine by about an inch and because the head is already bent backwards creating a weak point that is where it breaks . This can be done in a split
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    Bloomin Hell "sauer" . Are you my lost twin ? Just what I'd have said . The Parker Hale is a bit long and spindly and does'nt look at all impressive but in my experienced it may be matched by more stylish moderators but it is never beaten . Yep that trigger kit is well worth the money . £12 seems a lot for a few springs and two bits of copper chenere -especially when you only use a couple of the items - but the effect is a revelation. I would add a word on night vision . It can have a very blinkering effect and you might not be fullyaware of peripheral hazards .Too many people "l
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    Don't know if you have otters about I suppose ? Rats will often pull a duck down a hole and eat the part of the corpse that is underground so you do literally end up with half a duck sometimes . Not impossible that you have more than one predator on the go . The poo could be an otter but as so many other animals are scrounging about and eating healthily on ducks and fish their diet and poo might well smell similar . Is the lake fished which mught explain a carp dying from injuries or even old age and being dragged ashore by a mink or fox . Crows and rats -lots of things - could
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    I hav'nt been convinced by the "masses" of leopards/pumas etc breeding in the wild but smaller foreign felines and a proven Scottish puma have turned up . Most of these are properly documented cases . But its a long running stale debate that keeps going over old ground ... What is needed is some refreshing new evidence . So here's a new slant Why the hell should'nt there be a few out there . Think about it .This country is beset with smuggling . If ton upon ton of illegal drugs,guns and thousands of people can find their way here via various means would
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    you do need pics Rough Coat! That reads about right .
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    Assuming your dog is reasonably obedient and stock-broken there should'nt be a problem . Coupled with the fact that a ferret will probably nip the dog if it does get a bit too curious there should'nt be a problem especially if the dog starts to realise that ferrets mean fun in the form of days out rabbiting . Some dogs and ferrets get quite playfull and if yo are on hand and your dog is not the snappy type then see how they react . If in doubt simply get your dog to treat the ferret as it would any other livestock and ignore it . Most problems occur with excitable , untraine
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    Just back from a day ferreting with a very old friend and his son on their ground . We arrived in the farm-yard to ask the farmer if there were any particular spots he wanted us to tackle just as he was leaving in a tractor . Obviously busy he barely stopped long-enough to give us a big grin and point us toward a long hedge-row between a very sparce bit of arable and a well- shorn bit of grass-land . As we approached the dogs put up a brace of rabbits which instead of heading for the nearest sanctuary decided to make a break across the grass field . Normally this would
  12. comanche
    One down! . Can i ask what sort of tunnel you were using?
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    what if the mutation becamepart human and these mutant dog people enslaved us and took over the world??? dooomed dooomed doomed i tell theeeee were all DOOOOOOMED!!!! "Christ Sake ,"I thought , "How bl**din silly are things getting with folk believing that the government is going to control the fox population by releasing a form of vulpine myxomatosis ". Then I read the above quote from Garypco who subtley reminds us of the danger of viral mutation and suddenly the viability of such a scheme seems a potential reality. Yes, suppose the boffins have created a strain
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    White spirit ,petrol ,parraffin,acetone or similar poured down the hole should help tighten the skin and hold the hair better .
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    Accident waiting to happen with that slatted fence
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    Right in about 20 minutes a mate is coming round and we are off to try to shoot some rabbits . Yesterday I gave my old Brno a jolly good service ,cleaned the barrel and silencer out and fitted a Rimfire magic trigger kit before re-zeroing the scope and generally getting very excited about everything . Just noticed that the rounds i used to zero the old girl up were labelled"Eley Subsonic hollow "( I have a few left but not many ) but the ones I was sold today are " Eley subsonic hollow Xtra". How different are they ? If they are going to significantly alter my zero I
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    Health or management problems with the birds making em easy prey? Runners not picked up after a shoot ? Primary feathers bitten through could well mean fox ... Bit of detective work and a few quiet dusk and dawn stake-outs required. Could be a fox has got to know the birds routines a bit too well.
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    I think some of the chaps might not be aware of the segmented CCi the way they are talking . Totally agree that myBrno prefers Eley but if these segmented rounds do what it says on the tin ,might at least have to give em a go. On the other hand they do seem a bit of an urban(or is that rural) myth at the moment .
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    If he's doing small jumps in the garden why not build some medium sized jumps in the garden. Them make some bigger jumps and even fake fences in the garden. You can't expect the poor thing to go from little jumps in the comfort zone of his home to menacing fences and stiles out in the big wide world . Forget sitting him on one side of the fence an letting him squeal and scream himself into a frenzy until he is forced by desperation to try a jump to get back to you. It's not a nice thing to do to a dog you want to build a relationship of trust with and there's every chance the pup
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    Everone's already answered this in the affirmative but just make sure that it is fresh or properly de-frosted and is'nt starting to go off. Some folks pick a bit of meat up for their dinner , sniff it and decide it might be past its best but happily throw it to their ferrets . Not a good idea , especially with pork or chicken . Don't feed bacon or anything that's been salted either .
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    The one Mr Hancock sold me ,albeit over 25 years ago (SH*T was it that long ago??!)was good enough.24" smooth ,black first cross took a bit of everything . Doubt I'd bother with one of his now though.It's a long way from home for me and I've picked up local dogs just as usefull if not better . Hancock has bred a lot of dogs and for every person that runs his stock down there are folk who have done very well with their Hancock lurchers . Some that I have first hand knowledge of have excelled at all lurcher work, gundog duties and competition work. Others have'nt seemed quite "all
  23. comanche
    I love ferreting on my own .Big warrens need a bit of a survey first .Decide what is the worst that can happen ,where the ferrets might wander out from ,whether it is best for you to stand in one position that gives a good overall veiw or is it best to walk quietly about checking from different angles . A dog is a great help .It can be placed as an observer to cover part of the warren and if it moves or shows a reaction either a ferret is out or a rabbit is in the net . Perhaps the best advice about doing big warrens on your own is to start early so you have plenty of ti
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    It helps to know your individual ferrets temperaments . Some are quick ,will kill and lie-up on a regular basis . With the use of locators this is'nt such a big deal especially where the digging is easy . Others tend to be a bit less predatory and even if they get a rabbit in a stop-end will often lose interest .These are often the ones that are slow to start but they become gold-dust after a couple of years and are the ones that can be put into the more difficult burrows with a degree of confidence . An old fashioned collar and line can be a cheap and simple addition and is especialy usef
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    You clearly are not as thick as you claim but this guy thinks you are and he is on a fiddle.Not only is he on the fiddle but he 's targetted you as an easy touch which is insulting to you . He might be more senior ,or bigger than you but get caught in something like this and you could have the Tax office watching you closely for the rest of your days . Don't get involved !
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