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    The 've been" taken out of season" which normally happens by being mated . The result of mating is normally a litter.The ferret's hormones are fooling it into thinking she's mated and had a litter.Her instincts to drag wandering babies back to the nest have been transfered to retrieving her unfortunate adult cage-mate.As has been said let em get on with it but be if the surrogate "baby" is too brow-beaten or becomes too raw round the neck separation for a while is the fairest solution.
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    ....Maybe one, amongst many, reasons they do it IS as some sort of bonding behaviour.Take the smell of rotten hedgehog back to the pack--spend all afternoon in social grooming ....Dirty little attention-seekers.
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    It might be true that the offspring revert to green after a few generations.Would certainly make sense considering that one would've thought that the few golden ones must be at risk of being geneticly overpowered by the green genes.That's even before considering vulnerability to predators. About thirty years ago I saw a tiny golden tench caught from this pond .The lads who caught the old girl in the picture reckoned she was 4lb s but I'd say more like two n half to three.A good size for the pond though.Difficult to say if she was some sort of throw-back to Victorian times when the ponds
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    Didn't know if I should put this in fishing section but sooooo pretty! Walking the dogs on land owned by a friend .Came round corner to find two very sheepish lads fishing the farm pond. Some fishing is allowed but the owner rigerously enforces the old Close Season .So fishing in the Close Season ,without permission on land designated an SSI.They were polite lads, suitably apologetic,there was no litter.So what did I do?....Told em to carry-on just for the evening but get permisssion before coming back....On the understanding they let me photogragh this golden tench they'd caught....
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    If I was a dog why would I roll in smelly substances?. To cover meself in predator stench so I can creep up on prey . Makes perfect sense ...Not! But to cover meself in predator stench so that a herd of prey animals will notice me and instinctivly come towards me out of a mixture of curiosity and desire to threaten and chase me away.Hence present an oppertunity for a kill to be made by me or one of my pack-members ... Maybe. Roll in rival predator spoor to mask the rival's scent and replace it with my own as a warn
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    Thanks for this great post .I've been hearing about these kits and keep thinking (a dangerous pastime for me..thinking), "I wonder". Your not on commission are you ? Joking. Thanks again
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    My BRNO (CZ) with Parker Hale moderater,definatly is a touch more consistant with Eleys ,Winchesters are a reasonable and universally available second .CCI just don't seem to work in the old girl.On the rare occasion I use them High velocity Remington as someone else mentioned seem good.
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    I have the original instruction sheet but to be honest all you need to do is whatTHE ONE said.Make sure whoever hides it remembers where it is in case something goes wrong. Mk 1 works most accuratly when the bottom of the grey box is pointing directly at the top (inside edge)of the transmitter on the collar (the transmitter must hang under the ferret's chin not on top of its' neck.) Lay the collar on the floor or on a long table a few feet away from the box.Turn the dial on the box up to full sensitivity..Point the base of the grey box at collar from several feet away move closer until
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    Two n a half weeks to go.Good luck!
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    Some Bolt-action rifles with full length stocks resemble the military arms of yesteryear yet they are now regarded as being totally acceptable, traditional-style hunting tools.A synthetic stock is now seen as a sensible option rather than a slightly naff feature of budget guns. On that basis it seems illogical to frown on cammo patterns,thumb-holes or other martial -looking features providing they are truly functional . Faced with a .22 r/f BRNO bolt action or a Remington Viper ( Off the top of my head ,showing me age ,any still out there?)who could honestly say which action ow
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    Carp turn-up even in the fast tidal stretches of the Sussex rivers.It can be scary ,tackled- up with bream or roach gear when one picks up the bait.They don't seem fussy about presentation and seem to have a thing about bread-flake and worms .Maybe they've become used to snapping up the food before the current whisks it away. A bunch of rather serious chaps do specialise in them and use modern bait n wait tactics.They catch some good ones but to me it somehow seems a bit alien to use electronics and be so bivvy-bound when there are miles of wild river to explore. They probably regard people
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    Brilliant ,must get off this computer ,I'm well past borrowed time ,into "daggers" time.
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    " Cuchulains Lament " could turn me to jelly to this day! " Warm, Sweet Breath of Love ". God, the memories! Here? Well, talk about a f*cking coincidence! Look what I spotted in a shop window yesterday!!! Guess where I'll be going! Coincidence to the point of spookyness!
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    Ah I will quickly look for asaid Horslips but I'm on borrowed keyboard time You have seen at least one of that I'm sure..Cheers!!
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    Is there any dog

    comanche replied to a topic in General Talk

    Of course . :wallbash:He'd use the pretty bubble -perm boy as bait , smash the greasy gladiators and thus qualify himself for a job as Centurian to the 15th Regiment Roman special forces(C15).Wait a minute ,C15 ...That was a 60's motorbike.Picture the scene .Thousands of unit -construction BSA's crucified along the Apian way while Bodie,Doyle and a host of large dogs writhe in a bloody mass with leopards and wolverines.....Whilst the late Gorden Jackson looks on enigmaticly.
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    Made in France,where they were known as (rough translation) "Leg pull"traps by Boule & Chiet these little traps were once the mainstay of the professional pest controller in the war against wasps. Set on widowsills and other sunny areas in the Spring these little devices were intended to catch the Queens before they started nest-building. Use in this country came to an end in 1958 as they were affected by the 1954 Pests Act but abroad they are still used in fish hatcheries to control dragonfly nymphs . Primitive indeed when compared with todays' Gas-pots!
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    Is there any dog

    comanche replied to a topic in General Talk

    No f*cking way! Sparticus would adopt the 'Cammo Man' position, with his little sword in his hand, and snarl. Then Bodie would fetch something out from under his left armpit and blow Sparty away. End of. Ah but Bodie would have to have a speed loader coz he would'nt know if he'd got the right bloke .Faced as he 'd be by hundreds of greased -up muscle-boys dressed as though for a South Coast fetish conference,each waving his Gladius and wailing ,"I'm Sparticus!" I heard that a dog was the best possible bait for a leopard.
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    Don't laugh cos it's true but I've fixed a broken budgie beak by gluing a lady's (I would'nt waste one of mine) false fingernail onto the broken stump and trimming it to shape.Lasted until the beak re-grew.
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    Give it a few weeks .There are still a lot of kits in the nest or yet to be born. Going back 20-25 years we used to buy and sell ferrets ,pet rabbits and poultry at our local (now built on ) market.Most of the folk buying and selling were no different from the sorts that buy privatly except fot the odd "dealer" or pet shop owner.One guy regually bought as many decent looking freds as he could which was great if you were selling but tended to push the prices up if you wanted to buy cheap..This chap had a deal with a vet . They tamed and immunised the kits and sent them to America for the pe
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    I was in this spot a couple of months ago when my old manual Pentax k1000SLR died. Digital SLRs are lighter but just as bulky and probably not as sturdy as the old SLRfilm cameras . Then there is the expense of extra lenses and big bags if you start becoming serious.The Photograghy side of things could overshadow the original idea of simply having a handy little camera in the top pocket .They take wonderfull pictures though !. Dad has a Canon from the top end of the "pocket digital "selection .His work meant he had almost daily experience of the printing and photograghy and he is a real per
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    Lord it's Lazarus .Seem this post has been revived .Pheasant Season 's been over for ages.Let's face it killing pheasants illegally is a pretty skilless and often lazy pastime (hard bit is doing it without anyone knowing)..... Do seem to me that the lad has an airgun and (one assumes )permission ..all that's missing is something he'll not get from reading a computer screen . Good old Fieldcraft!
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    Great idea ,forum for youngsters. No swearing ,nothing risque hopefuly.This means my Grand-daughter will be able to have a go.She's probably better than me on the computer if I'm honest and she's excited at the moment because "her " (actually her Mums ) ferret became a Dad a week ago.Stand by for child and baby fred pics in a few weeks ! Nice one
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    A girl by Lord in a flatbed Ford ,slowin down......Always found Deep Purple deeply irritating till I actually listened to the lyrics.Strange kind of Woman ,the guy falls in love with a prostitute but she only gives him afreebee when she's on her deathbed. Yeh 70's stuff was alive with passion,feeling,musical talent.Check-out Grandad by Clive Dunn It's forever,er man. :whistling:Ditch ,Horslips?
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    tool! Old mate of mine, who just so happened to be tangled up in the aquisition of my Greener, had in his posession - Post Ban (uk Amnesty!) a rifle, of indeterminate calibre. That's to say, I don't remember what the f*ck it was. But he reckoned this thing dated from about the time of " Sharpes Rifles " and it bore .....? Yeppers! A Martini action by none other than W.W. bloody Greener! Yes! Yep I know where one hangs on a wall."Oh look you have a Greener Gp ",says I smugly(also thinking meself clever because the owners surname is actually Greener) "No .It's a Henry rifle".I
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    NEW TATTOO

    comanche replied to Garypco's topic in General Talk

    Really good tattoo.Let us all know when you hold the next potlatch ! Know a chap from way back ,bit younger than me .IntoPunk rock. Picture this ; real Pawnee type crest of hair ,shaved sides with a zip tattooed right round his skull. The guy was 17 ,anti-social and proud of it. Ok he goes "straight",marries ,successfully spawns,grows his hair over the zip tattoo ,gets a job etc. Fine , now he is a middle -aged Grandad and bald! Looks like the top of his head's sewn on.
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