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    we have 40 odd "rag" hounds and have 18 of them in full running spec right now running 3-4 days a week you cant beat trial hounds! and when their done racing their dam good working hounds too! PK, does the trail hound not stay mute when switched to the real thing ? I admire trail hounds for what they are and the little bit of the sport I've seen I liked, but it's not hunting. On the subject of hound cross lurchers ? My own lurcher has foxhound in her and has an excellent nose and I remember years ago a friend brought one on a hunt and it caught and killed a fox that bolted. But the
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    Dunghill.
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    Oh I see his helmet now.
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    I see your concern Jigsaw, he's not wearing a helmet and if he crashed he could get a serious injury.
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    Isn't that how Honeybunch died ? Using a springpole ?
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    Greggs link has answered my question best so I'll leave it at that other than to say the John Pugh hunted hounds 'till the 90s and I doubt he fed mutton as most huntsmen wont feed mutton for obvious reasons. Mutton by the way is around 15% protein, 22% fat, lean beef is around 21% protein ,10 - 15% fat.
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    Depends on the meal or flesh being fed.
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    Foxbolter, I'll comment on a couple of things in your post. I've never followed a pack that's been fed on meal. Hence my original question. In fact, I don't know of any pack (other than a few gun packs) that are fed on meal. I asked the original question because I find John Pugh's theory very interesting. Regarding those who write or are interviewed in books, remember this . Some books, not all, are written out of a labour of love and not always purely for financial gain. If the book makes the author a few pounds, good on them. So when someone who's walked the walk and has the T-Shirt (in
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    May he rest in peace.
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    If someone is not good at spelling or punctuation it's not always their fault and as Phil L. said if they're trying to get a message across about something they're passionate about then fair play to them. BUT, if there's one thing I hate (and I hate many things, LOL) it's text talk simply because it's used due to laziness.
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    Great to see the Perch making a comeback and they seem to be getting bigger every year. There's an old saying, a big perch is the biggest fish of all. I think it's true. There's trout lakes in the Irish Midlands where trout anglers catch and throw back 2 and 3 pounders regularly but you don't hear much of them being targeted by specimen hunters in Ireland. Nice fish J.D.. The Perch is the only fish I'd have any interest in specimen hunting for and my PB is 2 lbs 8oz which is small in comparison to your fish. Well done.
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    I've been following hounds for a long time Foxbolter and have followed hounds up to 100 days a year. I don't pretend to know it all and I prefare to first see hounds on a line before seeing if there's scent or not. I've often seen scent in covert but not outside and vice versa. I'm also a big believer in waiting for the 3 o clock fox (when half the field's gone home). But I always laugh when I see a layman rubbishing a huntsman's experience, especially one of good repute. But everyone's entitled to their own opinion. One reason there's probably not more opinions on my original question is
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    Foxbolter, what John Pugh said was that a pack fed on a meal diet could hold a cold line better than a flesh fed pack. Not that they couldn't hunt at all. Don't forget when it comes to scent that huntsmen of years ago didn't have as much spoil to contend with as todays huntsmen. A man can tell himself as much as he wants that he knows it all but no one will ever know it all when it comes to scent that's why I would never rush in calling someones theory (especially an experienced huntsman) rubbish regarding scent. I used to ask two men at the meet (both involved in hunt service since the '50
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    Does anyone remember the "Fur, feather and fin" series ? They were good books to read that were worthy of anyone's collection. Also, someone said earlier about some books having too many photos. Jim Meads books were all photos and I always enjoyed them. I once asked Rachel Green was it true that Jim Meads could follow any pack on foot and be there at the right time in the right place to take his photos. She said it was true and Jim was doing that at a good brave age. I believe his last book is to be the last he'll be doing. I have his book "They always meet at eleven" and in it he says t
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    A mate of mine had it done and the doctor sat him and his wife down to explain the procedure beforehand and the doctor finally said "any questions ?" "No" said my mate but his wife asked the doctor "will it taste the same ?".
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    Very nice. I have a friend who keeps a mule cage either end of his kitchen with a goldie mule in each. He sits there drinking his whiskey listening to them singing to each other. He says it's better than the telly, LOL.
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    If a mole trap traps a mole and a rat trap traps a rat then I presume a kist trap traps a kist. It's not rocket science folks.
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    Thanks for that Gregg, very interesting. I've always said you can't beat a good man with good stockmans skills. Looks like there's a lot of truth in his statement. Thanks again.
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    I read Country Mischief last year and enjoyed it a lot. I was wondering when Jim Corbett would be mentioned. One of the very best authors IMO.
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    Socks is right. Keep the bitch right and seven pups will be no bother to her and they'll make betters pups for it.
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    I never heard that and wouldn't believe it for one second. When it comes to best producers within a breed it's always a matter of opinion anyway but I wouldn't believe there's pointer in the APBT. People always want to scrutinize things and when it comes to dog breeds every one wants to know what went in to the breeding. If you're serious about your chosen breed for work then the last 30 years is more important than the previous 300. If however you want to go back 100s of years to find out whats in a breed then why stop at 100s of years ? Why not go back 1000s ? That way you can tell e
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    In this modern age of science we humans think we know it all and if something is a mystery we automatically try to come up with a logical reason for it. But, we're not as smart as we'd like to think and don't have all the answers. I've seen the old cures working a few times, often in front of other people and when you ask them what do they think they just seen they'll tell you they don't believe all that mumbo jumbo. Even though they've seen it with their own two eyes. Only last week I asked a nurse how she could explain a cure I'd seen work and her reply it's all nonsense, only medical sc
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    I wonder if he's ever diagnosed with the big C will he refuse treatment ?
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    I seen it. There's one or two lads over yonder starting to use the Irish hounds now.
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    LOL, that story reminds me of the old joke where a fellow gets stung on his todger and goes to the doctor. "Leave the swelling but take away the pain please," he asked the doctor.
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