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This can be nice,
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Night Out Shooting Cubs...
neil cooney replied to Rabbit Hunter's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
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Bosun might be the man to ask ?
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After seeing the amount of slug pellets and spray I seen put on a few fields of vegetables this year I've promised myself to eat more meat. The farmer was even putting slug pellets on them one morning that had a hard frost. I said it to him and he said he wasn't taking chances. He was also poisoning the water and bird life. Another farmer I was talking too told me he was going to grow his own vegetables for his own table. He said the farmer next door was spraying his potatoes 2 and 3 times a week with a foul smelling chemical, beside a trout stream. Nothing is healthy nowadays .
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havunt a bad wurd to say about mi techurs, day wer gud, specully mi inglish techur
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Just finished the book this morning and enjoyed every page. As someone who's done a lot of stopping with my terriers I could relate to loads of it. It's over 400 pages but as I've read most of Eddies articles over the years I noticed that (maybe out of modesty or space in the book) he never mentioned the terrierwork he carried out in America and Africa as well as the hunting he did in Ireland. Truth be told if Eddie had told us everything about his hunting life it would have made a book of 800 pages. Sadly he's not around now to do a volume 2.
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There's loads of footage of Pine Martens taking Red Squirrels in the trees and although I'd say the PM would hunt the slower larger grey more they will indeed turn to other prey when the grey is harder to find. So common sense suggests that 1 or 2 PM in a large wood would keep a fairly even natural balance. So why have plenty of folk seen the OPW here in Ireland releasing 5 and 6 Pine Martens at a time into woods that probably have some in them already ?
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Poor cub, probably his first catch an all.
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Never got to know much about the personal life of my teachers except that my History teacher wrote books on the IRA. But I do remember their nicknames, Droopy, Knacker, TT (Tiny Tits) Smelly Wallace, Hoppy (he had a club foot) and Oscar (the grouch) were a few of them. In hindsight as kids we were the cruel ones, LOL. Oh, and a science teacher who's name was Waters so we called her H2O.
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A cracking few days north....
neil cooney replied to Northumberlandkeeper's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
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A Wharncliffe gents knife with ivory
neil cooney replied to spsurfer's topic in Countryside Skills, Craft & DIY
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Please lads lets not make judgement before anyone has seen the show. The BBC is an anti fieldsports channel and are well capable of forging evidence and editing material to cast terriermen and other sportsmen in a bad light. So watch the show before casting assumptions. Sadly one way or the other terrierwork will be cast in a bad light. Unfortunately we don't have the channel here so fingers crossed for you boys who all abide by the law.
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The feral goat has been making the news a bit lately. The herd that had invaded a town in Limerick were rounded up during the week and transported to Louth to replace a herd that was wiped out during the foot and mouth. I'm sure the local farmers are delighted.
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I've seen Brian exercise 16 terriers no problem at all. A good terrierman.
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A conversation piece ,that's for sure Rob. Only one criticism to make and it's not about the taxidermy it's about whoever set that purse net should be fired, the rabbits near out of it, ?
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I have a couple of box chewers here who I was often tempted to put in a barrel. An upright one full of water...................................but so far I haven't gone that far. It's a very annoying habit and it's definitely hereditary.
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In an ideal world the proper way to stop hounds on any riot is to let the deer or hare or whatever past you, give it some vocal encouragement to hurry on, this will stop the scent. It works the same way as a headed fox looses it's scent when turned for a short while. When the hounds come to where you headed the riot hounds will loose the line and lift their heads. That's when you correct them and tell them no. Like I say, that's in an ideal world.
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Well done Blaise. Is that a Coypu mask on the wall ??????? And make sure Glyn gives you a small commission for advertising some of his work ,LOL.
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My favourite shovel was a gift given to me by Glyn in 2001 when I was over with him. I christened it a week later when a terrier I was walking along a local river went into the river and went to ground in the riverbank. I ran home got the new shovel and dug the bitch with her game which I allowed to swim away. Last year the shovel broke on a dig but a friend fixed it and even sprayed it and it's better than ever. Like you Steve it should do me 'till I finally hang it up.
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Also works on various body parts................................................so I'm told ?
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Have one here that I've had over 30 years. 6 new handles and 4 new heads in those years but it's still like new.
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But f****d if I'd carry the 100 lbs around that some lads do. I dug a few times with a very good terrier man who'd carry a mattock and shovel in one hand and the the chain leading to a terrier or a couple in his other hand. He'd have a small bag on his shoulder which carried a couple of nets, a torch, a finder and a bottle of water for the terrier in it and I've had 10 footers with this man just using these tools.
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Yep, a good terrier man does indeed get attached to his favorite tools.
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I've seen one and the first thing I thought was that a folding saw that fits in my pocket would do the same job.
