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    Il give you £30 for it mate, not worth any more than that.
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    Thanks very much for the link Herdwick, Il have a read through the thread, there looks to be loads of info on there
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    Ive hate sand too, its nightmare stuff! Its so easy for things to go bad
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    I think the hardest dig for me was last season on my own, Scrumpy entered an old earth early one morning, and after a search with the mk1 I found him at about 5 foot. Set away, and quickly hit problems, it was like compacted hardcore, bedded in clay, and the shovel was not making progress.... after about 3 hours of sweating, I decided to jog back to the van to get my pick and graft, on my return I set away again, starting to slowly inch my way down, a few hours later popped through, on the dogs back as darkness was aproaching... ive never been so phisically tired from a dig. The hardest f
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    good result there
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    ah right... wouldnt watch it if you payed me!
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    Thats what im thinking I dont understand lol
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    Thanks Mart, These were some of the problems I was thinking about, but had only heard glowing reports up until now. I hunt dense forestry and steep hill ground as well, but the way im seeing it, is that I hunt the land at present, with no tracking device at all, so even patchy results would be a big help to me. I would have thought that the UK hunters running small private packs of hounds, or lurchers in hard country, would have taken more advantage of this technology. Im more than willing to take the plunge and will let you know when I get mine and how I get on with it in the field.
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    Very nice pics, well done!
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    strychnine attacks the central nervous system, and if you had eaten a mole that had eaten a worm dosed with it, you would be dead. or at best totally f****d. Mole and fox have to be the two most putrid things possible to eat out of all the tasty wild game we have in this country.... your either a joker or have a stomach lined with rubber!
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    Dont get me wrong mate, theres been snow here for two weeks, and ive been out with the dogs mooching and night work every day... its just now the snow was frozen and the crust was like as sharp as glass, I took the dogs out for exercise in the morning, but decided to leave the lurchers in kennels as it was far too dangerous for their legs and feet. However it seems to have thawed a wee bit now, was out this morning, bolted a fox from a hole i didnt know about with my old terrier and had a good hunt totally by accident. Managed to bag him a couple of fields down the valley. Il be out on the l
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    basset or basset crosses are the best for hunting fox on foot, easiest to keep up with anyway, with a big voice too.
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    Good man Digbret , and im glad you told the lad how it is... may fall on deaf ears though by the sounds of him
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    why do you want to breed off your pet beddy?
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    Anyone using these for their hunting? http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=87428&view=&hl=garmin astro gps&fromsearch=1 Ive been keen on buying a garmin system for some time, and the prices are coming down too... they seem far better than the radio and telemetry systems available, as the features are many, and reports from the US and Canada have been outstanding. Also is there talk of a new model coming out from garmin? Would still like to hear from people using either tracking systems on their hunting dogs, including pro's and con's etc happy hunti
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    any pics of the cross-breds scent?
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    whys that? what will a spaniel do that a terrier won't? and why not get one from earth dog lines? Is their any badger setts in the area you hunt??Terriers are without doubt good bushing dogs but i found years ago that getting a terrier to hunt cover [bANNED TEXT] all its got to learn off is a lurcher can be frustrating and dont forget a terriers main vocation is to kill and as your lurcher was their first some jeolousy could develop.I can only speak from exspeiriance of using terriers and now spaniels for bushing over the years my spaniels are trained that [bANNED TEXT] a rabbit is flushed
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    Sounds like different conditions up and down the country...you lot with the wet stuff can count yourselves lucky i suppose lol, as ive just looked at the met office website and the next 15 days in the north east hill ground is frosts and snow lurchers going to be bouncing off the walls soon like! Hunting invites down south... more than welcome
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    Out with the terriers and for a mooch about on a small shoot today, was hoping to take the lurchers along, but the snow has frozen solid and its just too risky it was -6 last night, and the other night the vehicle read -13 over the hill... in some areas the snow is a good 8 inchs and deeper in the drifts, the crust is like glass and its obvious that it could injure even good feet on a lurcher.... so its spaniels and terriers only today, hopefully we will find old charlie tucked into the cover or to ground and make the landowner happy... as he has been avoiding the lamp and snares for some ti
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    I would think that a collie based lurcher would be right up your street, they are a very loyal dog to their owners and family. Are probably the most bidable and easily trained of the lurchers, and have amazing hunting ability... find a pup from parents that you would be happy with, and you wont go far wrong(regardless what breed).
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    The black ones round my way are usually big and healthy. heres one with a small bag of mixed game including a young keeper.
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    good thinking lol
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    I went to the local hunt meet with my son, was a good turn out and a bit of decent hunting too. My cousin and myself tried for a doe christmas morning but no luck, was great too be out over the festive period.
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    You never hear of this problem on a proper barf diet.
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    One of my lurchers broke his tail, but luckily near the tip... the end bit was hanging and needed to be cut off. He runs well for what he is.
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