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  1. neil cooney
    And while we're at it, Trim is on this coming Saturday and Sunday.
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    Never never never never. OK I'll tell the truth. Have done it several times over the years but never to get the quarry always to get the terrier that's been lost. Remember seeing a second terrier entered years ago into a massive place to bolt a fox that was playing cat and mouse with a good fox killing terrier for hours. He bolted in minutes. When the JRT was the most common type here seen it done loads of times. Stitched a terrier for a lad last year. He told me he didn't think the other two terriers that were with her needed stitching. Usually a very foolish thing to do and anyone who s
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    And 6 more since. There's a rock sticking up in the middle of the pond beside the island with a half eaten duck on it. So I guess that answers my question.
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    6 more ducks killed since. I have no doubt now that it's an otter as one of the ducks was eaten in 6 inches of water instead of being took up onto to the bank. Also I've found his slide into the pond. We've accounted for a few foxes nearby but the last 2 killed were last night. The nearby trout stream I mentioned is in full flow with all the recent rain so I suppose our ducks are easy pickings for him. I'll have to put up a sign saying "no otters".
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    Anyone lost a lurcher near the North County Dublin / Meath border ????
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    Staying alive by the Bee Gees, although Ozzy did a great version.
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    Seems like a lot of hard work just for a rug.
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    We're telling them that this years.
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    A nice tidy job but was just wondering would song birds not be a problem ?
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    If the huntsman knows what he's doing that is,
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    Interesting indeed Duckwing. The pond they're on is a man made farm pond that the farmer gave me the use of after his 17 farmyard ducks were killed by a fox one night several weeks ago. I tried hard to get the culprit but he was as educated as can be. Calling day or night didn't work. Either did sitting and waiting for him because as soon as he left this farm he went on to a road and strolled by 3 houses. Snaring wasn't an option. My snares would have either been where the farmers dogs might be a risk or along the road I mentioned. Too many walkers for that option. The earths on the land are
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    I always thought that Killarney had plenty of Fallow. But no Sika. The Red Deer of Killarney are considered the most pure in Ireland as they haven't hybridised with the Sika yet unlike like the rest of the country. The Fallow doesn't cross with any, not in Ireland anyways.
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    I'd say a racing pigeon.
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    Yep......In the same race......"the foundation"......put the house on it. "the Squirrel"......should be in the first three.
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    There's one running tonight called "the clothsline". Put your shirt on it.
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    Yesterday when I discovered the dead ducks I put 3 of the dead ones out into a paddock beside the pond. Around half ten last night a friend shot a dog fox in the paddock that was rooting at the dead ducks but I'd agree with most on here and say that an otter is the culprit. The nearby trout stream has a good population.
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    9 week old mallards killed on me by a bite to the underside. Any eaten were on their backs and breasts eaten like a sparrow hawk eating a pigeon.I've ruled out buzzards. Not a mark on the head and there's a trout stream a field away from the pond they were on. 6 birds killed. Any ideas ???????
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    At the end of the day what's 100 extra guards and 100s of extra security going to do???? Follow the knackers individualy??? Nor can they be stopped at the gate. This would cost any show organiser a fortune in racial descrimination lawsuits. Remember folks, knackers rarely breed. They get there dogs from somewhere. Either by stealing or buying. Dogs might be worked by them but rarely kept for long. They are either dumped or sold on. When sold on it's usually to a settled person. Anyone selling or buying dogs from knackers is keeping them in the game. If it wasn't profitable they wouldn't
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    I always wondered were they ever used as a lurcher cross. IMO they'd have the stamina of a Saluki, but I could be wrong, and the fact they run silently but obviously have a strong hunting instinct I'd have thought they might have been worth trying as a lurcher cross. It's a sport that has to be seen to be believed. Especially near the finish line. The condition of these hounds would also supprise a lot of people.
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    Just to add before some read this and get bright ideas. One of the reasons Newbridge is a very good meet is because it's held on private property where the hares are watched 24/7 and there's always someone around. Duleek on the other hand suffers from poaching every year including one year when some cowboys from nearby Drogheda hunted through the land 2 hours before first dog were in slips. A whole years work ruined by assholes. They know who they are. It's the oldest open coursing club left in Ireland and is in danger of finishing up because of so called fellow fieldsportsmen. Lurchers a
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    They are. In Ireland we have park coursing and open coursing. Same rules apply but in park coursing the greyhounds must be muzzeled, and not in open. Although the same rules apply in park coursing the dog that wins the run up usually wins the course. Athough this can differ from judge to judge. When I see the same type of judgeing used in open coursing it makes my blood boil. A lot of the Open C.C.s are struggling nowadays as poaching is a growing problem (it's illegal to use lurchers to hunt hares in the R.O.I.) but a bigger problem IMO is the ever growing buzzard population. Scavangers????
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    They are. In Ireland we have park coursing and open coursing. Same rules apply but in park coursing the greyhounds must be muzzeled, and not in open. Although the same rules apply in park coursing the dog that wins the run up usually wins the course. Athough this can differ from judge to judge. When I see the same type of judgeing used in open coursing it makes my blood boil. A lot of the Open C.C.s are struggling nowadays as poaching is a growing problem (it's illegal to use lurchers to hunt hares in the R.O.I.) but a bigger problem IMO is the ever growing buzzard population. Scavangers????
  23. neil cooney
    They are. In Ireland we have park coursing and open coursing. Same rules apply but in park coursing the greyhounds must be muzzeled, and not in open. Although the same rules apply in park coursing the dog that wins the run up usually wins the course. Athough this can differ from judge to judge. When I see the same type of judgeing used in open coursing it makes my blood boil. A lot of the Open C.C.s are struggling nowadays as poaching is a growing problem (it's illegal to use lurchers to hunt hares in the R.O.I.) but a bigger problem IMO is the ever growing buzzard population. Scavangers????
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    I would have those birds outside (with shelter) as the weather is getting colder in the evenings and later in the mornings and they need hardening. Also the longer kept in that box the more chance of disease.
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    Nothing we haven't heard before from that Anti scum. If you were to run ,say, a 64 dog coursing meet you would start catching your hares several weeks before the meet. The hares would be handled when being taken out of the net and then handled again when wormed and dosed for coccidiosis back at the coursing field. After coursing they would be handled again before being released back where they were caught. Then they would carry on with there lives. I know because I've watched them. As a matter of fact this was proven in research carried out on hares released back by a club in Northern Irelan
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