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Their FB page is Ban Foxhunting and Stag Hunting in Northern Ireland. As you read down through their rubbish you'll see they are very un-educated on the subject but they're not afraid to break the law as they have already and IMO they seem to have took tactics from the scum in England so I would take them seriously.
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Spot on Griz and it's not too often I hear common sense on the subject from your side of the pond. A lot of your fellow sporting countrymen think gameness is equal to the scars on a dog.
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I've done it several times Blaise and know it works. It's a very interesting subject and I would love to see an experienced man finding a terrier in such a way. But it's not something I'd rely on doing myself.
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LOL, I know. If the forecast is correct scent should improve this week. Most of the packs over here are starting this week and it could be hard for them as there's stock out everywhere. More bad news, there's a new saboteur organisation after starting in the North and they've already tried to disrupt a hunt. Judging by their Farcebook page they're from another planet.
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Divining works on finding water and if it works in a digging scenario it must be the water in an animals body that makes it work. The rods can be made from two wire coat hangers straightened out and then the last few inches bent to a 90 degree angle for each hand. Held loosely they'll cross when over water. Anyone can do it, try it over a glass of water sitting on the floor. What's more amazing is the true Diviners tool. It's a hazel Y cut about 18 inches long and when holding the two forks the straight part bends to the underground water. It takes practice and has to be seen to be believed
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You know something TT, I forget the mans name. Must be the beer.
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Serves you right for leaving the Tyke at home, LOL. Typical Huntsman, "We're not out to kill them all." But if you had the Tyke with you you'd have increased your tally, wouldn't you. Admit it. LOL. Funny enough, for the fine weather we're having this Autumn I've bumped into several foxes underground, in fact more than some wet years.
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Marigolds. Single skinned, waterproof and would probably fit on the girly hands of a lot of todays hunting men, LOL. Couldn't resist it.
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Working Staffordshire Bull Terriers
neil cooney replied to ferret20's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
I disagree Mushroom. I've had strongdogs that could be left loose around the yard with other dogs or exercised with other dogs with no problems. It was when some excitement came along that generations of selective breeding kicked in and the result was always ugly and stressful to all involved. That's if we're talking here about staffs bred from ancestors who were bred like staffs should be bred. I'm talking about gameness. But if we're talking here about staffs that have been bred from ancestors who have been bred from the same breeding methods as poodles and pugs etc. (which probably cove -
Funny a collie should be mentioned as I've seen a collie do it too. The same collie when a terrier was to ground would often run at the entrance a fox was about to bolt from and turned many's a fox back to ground. I've seen lurchers do it too and it's because they've learned that the nearer they are to the ferret the nearer they are to the bolted rabbit.
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Working Staffordshire Bull Terriers
neil cooney replied to ferret20's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
If we're talking about anything other than "proper" working bloodlines then a staff in no way would make an ideal dog for running loose in the countryside working alongside other dogs or ferrets in the proximity of livestock. If a staff is safe among livestock and other dogs and has a good nose (which they do) then is it a good example of a staff ? And would it be as useful and as obedient as , let's say, a springer or a teckle. And for anyone to think for one second that a staff would have a tougher constitution than a black terrier (a well bred one I mean) is silly. Makes you wonder what -
I remember saying when I first seen that video that that Terrierman is an absolute credit to terrierwork and hunting. Good to see justice done. Unfortunately she'll be a martyr to all the other ignoramuses.
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The pair of b*****ds. Once again, good job Rob.
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Apply to join your local gun club straight away. They're usually between 100 and 150 euro a year and automatically you'll have 100s or maybe 1000s of acres of permission as well as being insured to hunt these lands.
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IMO the assholes are the ones who think that they are too macho to go to a show on a cold Winters day. So instead they sit at their computers (probably with central heating on full) and talk shite there, as opposed to the show ring. Get over it lads, some folk like shows and some like hunting and some like both. Those to be worried about are the show folk who're anti-hunting and the so called hunters who're anti-shows.
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Yes decoys for ducks is no bother but if your using a semi-auto make sure it's plugged to take no more than 3 cartridges. On some of the bigger lakes lads often come in from shooting to find a wildlife officer waiting to check their guns. Also you boys in Britain often include geese when talking about wildfowling but there are local bye laws regarding geese in the ROI.
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Stew, eating and drinking.
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There's no point in saying YES the use of decoys is legal in the ROI. The law seems to change like the weather and most people have no idea what's legal and what's illegal. Lads have been prosecuted for not knowing the law and in the case of shooting over decoys it's crucial to know the law as you'll be sitting in the one place for hours (hopefully) making a lot of noise. It's illegal to shoot over decoys on stubble but not on sown. So if your sitting at a field of Winter wheat shooting over decoys but the field next door is stubble you are not breaking the law, but if you went through the
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I wasn't implying that you think Kerry Blues are the gamest, or even remotely game for that matter. What I was implying is that those who breed them (and all the other non working breeds) will always try and fool others (whilst fooling themselves too) into thinking that they breed the real deal.
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Bushranger, I've yet to meet a breeder of Kerry Blues who's dogs weren't the gamest, best hunters out there. Years ago a breeder of Glen of Imalls was telling me how game his Glens were. You know what I said ? "Show me". I picked him up and he soon realised that his dogs were curs. BUT, this man wasn't stupid ,nor was he as big a dreamer as most owners of Bedlingtons, Borders, Glens and Blues etc. and he knew his dogs needed an injection of something. So guess what he did ? He put one of my Pit Bulls over a Glen bitch. The litter arrived and just looked like Glens with massive heads and
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I bred a litter 13 years ago. There was 14 pups booked but the bitch , Pip, only had 7. I was keeping 2 of them so I picked the one I liked the most and rang 5 lads and told them to come and pick a pup each and the one that was left would be my second pup. The lads came and as they were looking at the pups one of them stood on one of the pups toes and it ran in behind a door and lay there crying. Needless to say she wasn't picked by anyone and she ended up my second pup. She's now 13, retired living in the house and gave me 8 seasons of hard, hard work. She had several digs over the 4 hour
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JMHO but one of the best waterproofs is dirt. I've never washed a hunting coat in my life and find that they get better with age, like a fine wine. Until they're threadbare and then they let every thing in, both wind and rain, then it's time for the bin. I'm always suspicious about the amount of hunting someone does if they say they have a coat that never let the rain in.
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Kennel Bedding - Shredded Paper
neil cooney replied to dayredfern's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
You can't beat good wheaten straw IMO. Paper is a nightmare once damp and gets everywhere, including the house. A lot of lads use shavings but it always seems to get in their water and it's great for blocking drains too. Hay's too dirty and barley straw can lead to eye problems etc. A duvet is the last thing I'd use. I've seen stools that were 100% cotton after using such bedding. -
I can't comment on the Harrier X Welsh cross but whether they'll admit it or not some of the greatest breeders of Foxhounds have used Welsh outcrosses to great success .
