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Loads of folk think keeping is about drivin bout in a landrover with a sack of corn and a shotgun . Or even better get a high ground job on a grouse moor .You just drive about on a quad with a shotgun and a box of matches ... It is in reallity not like that but instead of dwelling on the facts that it can be a struggle to get started and there are very few available jobs I'll answer your questions as best i can . Part -time or do-it yourself shoots operate at a lower level but let's assume you want to be a Keeper -even a Headkeeper -on a big Shoot. As an Underkeeper starting
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Kay you;ve heard of this on other forums ? I know (well I'm fairly convinced) that when there has been laying snow ,even for a few days ,that rabbits can be stimulated into breeding condition . The snow reflects the light hence gives the immpression of longer days . or maybe it'd be worth collating a survey of feeding methods with the incidence of unseasonal seasons. Maybe Wellbeloved uses a source of protein from a hormone rich source? Just a thought.
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I wondered where they got the chocolate for Penguin bars
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Ah, so the penguin was named after the Auk. I live an learn .I would have slept happily with that knowledge but for one thing . You've a copy of the Massive book of Christmas Anoraks?. The Anorakophile 's BIBLE!.. 1844 edition Is it one of the late ones with the tiny gold lettering on the spine that can only be seen through a powerful lens? Only 232 printed ,27 copies of which have the wording set 3thou lower than the others . Or are you a kagoul wearer just trying to wind me up ?
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Hard to believe you have a jill in season ! Everything is wrong ,the time of year ,light levels etc. Does'nt add up unless you've been stuffing her with hormones under an artificial sun-lamp.Or she is ill in some way. If she really is in season I'd be worried she recieved a scratch or took on a bit of dirt in her "delicatly swollen" area and would not work her . Seriously though, something is'nt right and i'd find out why .
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Nice one PAL
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Not wishing to admit to being an anorak but I was not aware of this .My Giant book of Useful tips for the Anorak Owner has let me down ! I know there 're pingus off the coast of Africa but northern Pingus ,where ,when .? Are we talking fossil remains .? What were their names?
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Mine mostly sleep on me it seems.. Although I had one called Ghandi(a mean fakir he was too) who favoured a bed of nails.
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BELITON? nice to see the folk who set up this poll really know their dogs
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Mind you some anorak 'll probably be so pre-occupied with mentioning that penguins come from the Southern hemisphere that they'll not notice that not only is the reindeer in the picture standing on two legs ,it is talking English... Everyone knows they speak either one of several Inuit dialects or Saalmi
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Had a mole job to do some way from home so thought as i was travelling so far I'd set the mole traps , spend the day ferreting and then check the traps for moles before going home. Did'nt quite work out as over the last few days the stream surrounding the small-holding on three sides had burst its' banks & flooded most of the burrows . Only one good dry burrow left so it was quite a short ferreting trip.
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why has my mk3 started being tempuramental ?
comanche replied to ferret boy charlie's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
New batteries ? you've tried that though. Batteries in the right way up?. Spect you've checked that too. Good clean connections all round?. Have you tried another set of new batteies just in case you have been sold one or more duds? Sometimes a small piece of rubber band gently eased under the collar terminals helps to make a more positive connection .(If you find that squeezing the collar unit cures erratic performance this last suggestion is a good solution). Out of interest , jewellers always handle watch batteries with plastic tweezers & wipe the batteries with a cloth .Thi -
I was told by a customer ,an ex RAF pilot ,that he recognised myDeben mk3 collars as cut-down military watch straps .Another source perhaps .
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And their inspecters carry what they like to call a "Warrent Card" as if they had some sort of police powers. B*llocks ,it's just an ID card with no legal attachments at all.
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Probably one of if not the most intelligent domestic dog breeds.Very close to a feral dog mentallity.
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Another of Mums' sayings . If she saw someone who was a little ,er ,overweight or had a large bottom she'd mutter. "Butter will be cheap when grass grows there". Took me years to work it out Big person covered in lots of grass thus supporting a large herd of cows =high milk yield=drop in dairy prices = cheap butter ,phew.
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Mum had a similar one about rubbing two bits of rhubarb together to make fire . I think it means ,"it'll never happen".
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To honest if,back in my keepering days, I'd come across a chap with a lamp and lurcher strolling the lanes at stupid 0'clock at night I might well have thought it reasonable to ask questions especially if I'd had previous problems with poaching. On the other hand; If you are innocent do not under any circumstances allow them to "let you off" with a caution .Accepting a "caution" is an addmission of guilt. Tell em that You will not accept the "caution " and they will have to either charge you with a crime and take you to court or let you walk scott free ..with your lamp! Ps I'm sure y
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BDS would love a total ban on the use of shotguns against deer both on welfare grounds and as a way of boosting their desired monopoly of all matters concerning deer in this country. Sadly , in many areas rifle stalkers are proving unable to control deer numbers . Sometimes this is due to the practical limitations of the situation and sometimes it is because there is possibly too much emphasis on selective culls.(That last statement won't make me popular). The truth is that in my area rifle-stalkers have failed to control deer numbers and the population ,especially of fallow is amazin
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Heard some noises in the loft so I went to investigate. No sign of life but I must have disturbed some dwarves at breakfast because they had abandoned their sausages everywhere..... Either that or I have bats but that is far less interesting prospect than an infestation of fairy-folk
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if you could have anythink you wanted for xmas what would it be
comanche replied to csme55ex's topic in General Talk
A Royal Enfield Mk2 Interceptor. ...With a very tame mechanic -
My mate and his lad (I was doing the David Baily) and our scurvy hounds!
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I've been trying but can't find anything official. I'm sure Unnatural England would like to promote a policy of non-enforcement on their part as it would be "one less job" for them and the onus would be on the agrieved landowner to sue his neighbour in a Civil Action at his own expense. Not sure the article is totally believable. I 'm given to understand that there is no single maximum fine of £5oo involved for non-complience as stated in the article .I believe that a single fine is applicable for non complience with an Order and this is then followed by further fines (I guess a l
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It's quite normal for the mk3(or at least the ones I've used) to be pessimistic when giving a guide to depth.I have a letter from Debens which admits that the gauges are not accurate..They are taking the micky charging £130 for a bit of kit that can overestimate depth by up to 75 or even 100% . On the bright side ,once you know that a 4ft reading actually means only a two foot dig there is no problem. The answer ,as has been said is to read the instructions and then have a good play until you are familiar with the tool and it's quirks. good luck
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The mk 2 transmitter /battery cases are black as opposed to grey in the mk3. Don't know if a mk 2 reciever will pick-up a mk3 collar but I can't see why not as a mk 3 will pick-up a mk2 collar . You are right "the one" mk2 collars do use up batteries a bit quicker than mk3's probably because they tick a bit faster . This is actually usefull as if you ,like I do, run one ferret with a mk2 collar and one with a mk3 collar it's easy to identify individual ferrets below ground . Both mk2 & mk 3 collars work with the grey "mk 1" reciever up to ten or eleven feet .