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    Hopefully they'll be fine but keep us informed as a friend was telling me this morning he had a clutch due out a couple of days ago but no sign yet. His electricity was off for a day (9 till 5) a week or so ago.
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    I especially enjoyed the last two chapters, John Charles Jones MFH ,Gogerddan and Eirfyl 'Cochyn' Price, Sennybridge Farmers.
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    My daughter took a fall of a horse a couple of months ago and broke ribs. She was back on the same horse a couple of days later and every day after that. She's 18. Man up ladies.
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    To answer your question - Yes he will teach the others to eat their eggs.
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    LOL, Tomo I forgot the Iron Curtain has gone.
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    In the last week I've seen 3 litters and been told of 3 more. That's all probably in a 3 miles radius. If the midnight cowboys leave them be it could be a good Winter.
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    Apologies, I've spelt Lyn's name wrong, it's Harber.
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    As far as I know he used to come over to follow hounds in Cork and some friends of mine spoke well of him. One thing I found about his books was that he must have been well got amongst huntsmen or they wouldn't have given him such interviews. That's my opinion anyway. I'll be getting his other books when I can.
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    Be careful Bird, that's what turned Paul McCartney and the wagon (I can't remember her name) that he married into anti-hunting vegans. He said they were sitting at the table eating lamb, looked out the window and there were some lambs playing and the rest is history. You're f****d.
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    OK, give Darcy a gold star, LOL. I'll get the next one.
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    Your not wrong Biglurks we did indeed had our own "sighthound" the fresian greyhound. Extinct breed these days.found this on the net you have to put it thru a translator. http://www.windhonden.nl/fries.htm Interesting, I presume the long poles with the stop at the end is for jumping the dykes while following a course ? Pity it's banned in a country made for coursing. I could be wrong but I think Ireland and Spain are the only countries left in Europe where coursing is still legal. Makes you more thankful for what we got. Interesting thread this.
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    I'm just finished Lyn Harbors book "Hunters of the Welsh Hills" which I enjoyed. I also have his "Try back lads, try back" which I also enjoyed. One thing I really liked about both these books is he got Huntsmen to open up to him ,which, IMO is a hard thing to do.
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    They look like Eiders from that pic.
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    While on the subject of wild mammals, Jill Masons book on The Hare is a must read for any coursing man. Anyone who likes reading about the countryside and animals should read James Herriot's books.
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    I've always said that the most pure bred breeds of dogs are the American Pit Bull, the Greyhound and the Foxhound and of the three of them I'd say the APBT is the most pure bred. Yes, he might have been called other names over the years but the truth is that he goes back to the dog that was the original Bulldog (the breed nowadays known as the bulldog is a modern reconstructed breed) and as he was the gamest of breeds there was not another breed that could be used as an outcross. His standard was not on the showbench and because he was bred for function, not form, is the reason he comes shor
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    I've always said that Mr Fox wasn't all bad. There's proof he does some good.
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    The topic started of about working terrier books but as we're now talking about all fieldsports I'll mention a few of my favourites. Walshe's book Lurchers and Longdogs was good and IMO ahead of it's time. LOL, he had to get a lad to pose in daylight with his DIY lamp as he couldn't take a photo at night. I think Rod Adairs "A chain of Bubbles" and "Reflection upon a chain" will be classics in time and the work he put into those books was unbelievable. Herbert Atkinsons best known book IMO is also a classic. I used to have all of Plummers books and sold to them a man who was every bit as b
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    It's on the TV here while I was looking at the computer and I seen the footage of the stoat running across open land. Cwis Packam said that the stoat was taking a big risk running across open land as he could be snatched up by a buzzard. According to the "experts" buzzards are scavengers and don't kill prey.
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    I've just had a thought. Feeding any dog a dry dogfood dry, ie. not soaked, dehydrates a dog. If it doesn't then why do they drink so much afterwards ? So, if scent needs moisture to carry it and a hound is dried out maybe it picks up scent better ?????
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    I would never ever call another mans opinion on hunting rubbish (as long as he's a proper hunting man) and a good huntsman will watch 14 couple better than most dog owners could watch 1. So I'll take this huntsman's statement serious. But I'd love to know why he said it.
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    Of all the invasive species being brought into Ireland no ones thought of bringing in Barbel. Do they travel well ? LOL. I'd love to fish for them. Regarding Otters ? Would the decline in the Eel play a big part in the Otter problem ? The Eel once being the Otters favorite prey. Here in Ireland the Otter is common and thriving but we don't seem to find the specimen fish you boys seem to find on the bank with just one bite taken out of them. We have a decline in our Eels too but our rivers are full of fish but no one seems to have Otter problems. I do realise commercial carp fisheries
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    For rough shooting I'd go with poults and over here in Ireland we're not allowed shoot hens so that leaves the hens behind for breeding. Regarding ex-layers ? Again, over here most commercial breeders use Michigan Blue cross hens as they're great mother but great wanderers too so as Lab says they might wander. I'd go with poults and try and build up your stock of wild hens.
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    I'm reading Lyn Harber's book "Hunters of the Welsh Hills" at the moment. In the chapter on John Pugh, Llanwrthwl Farmers, JP says "Although more expensive, I found feeding dry food superior to feeding flesh because hounds fed on flesh could not hold a cold line as well as hounds fed on dry food." Have any of you ever heard of this opinion before ?
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    Not at all. If someone can afford £6000 for a terrier they can afford security. If they were unlucky enough to get a visit from the scum then with that sort of cash they could afford to get them back. The likes of Booth needs these big figures thrown around. It helps sales. The yanks don't want to be gifted a pup, they want to pay thousands. Free pup = useless. $20,000 = best in the world. In the states you'll get your money, and more, back with stud fees and sale of pups. Hence the reason the $20,000 terrier was boasted about and people like Fat Tony were giving his good buddy thousand
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    Yeh, I'd say the skipper wont need to make any Rubby Dubby.
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