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  3. Imbra Traps and Mink?

    in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

    No offence meant Ditch Shitter,... :D

    I can obviously understand the 'economics' of your situation as regards purchasing a Kania 2000 trap for £40.00....or thereabouts,.depending upon your geographical location,...but,.I figure that a target species deserves a quick and humane end (that is WHY I pioneered the Bodygrippers and the Kania,..plus others to follow ;) )...So,..as a pro hunter, the £40.00 is considered to be an investment for the future. OF course,.if you are just having some fun and trying to catch various critters for your own amusement,.well yes, I would agree with you. Make some tunnel traps,.funnel traps and 'feckem up' type Traps,...

    Youve time on your hands,.so fill yer boots... ;) Kind regards,.PL. :)

  4. Imbra Traps and Mink?

    in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

    Forget Imbras and Juby's for Mink Ditchshitter,... :D

    As YOU well know,...these excellent rabbit traps were designed for setting,.in the burrow,.for rabbits..and whilst they will most certainly take out a Mink,.or a feral cat,.oops,..the BMI 116 Bodygripper is a far better killing tool.. The USA Trappers use the 110 Conybear ,they rate it highly,...but our 'powers that be',.. :angry: dictate that we must use the 116 Magnum....Same with the Fenn's... The Mk 4 will easily catch and lightly hold the mink,.AND take it down if a drowning wire is fitted, (illigal),.and the recommended tool for the job is the MK 6 Fenn,.but my video footage of this particular item in action is ,.er,.emotional,..so feck it,.I always go for 'arguably the best trap in the fecking world'...The Kania 2000,...my BABYEEEEEE.... :11: :11: :11: C'mon mate,.you have money to burn,...grasp the fecking nettle,.but one, set it real light,.and learn to love once again.... ;)

    Kania,.Kania,...come on,.come on.... :D:D

    All the best,.and be lucky....PL. ;)

  6. Successful Conclusion

    in General Talk

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

    All the best for your future plans hope you have a successful season and your breeding plan goes well if the rabbit population is getting out off hand maybe you would like a apprentice for a day?? all the best

     

     

    Your 8 month old pup Ruby, looks to be coming on real nice moomin :clapper:

    I've got an 'eight monther' meself,...and what a difficult fecker she is :blink:

    She has put years on me,... :11:

    Its very hot and humid 'darn sarf' and I can't wait to get back amongst the rabbits.

    Hopefully , a few days hard work on the chalk downlands will sort her silly head out,...

    Roll on September :D:D

  7. Successful Conclusion

    in General Talk

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

    It’s always nice when things turn out well. :clapper:

    The breeding of lurchers is often a hit and miss affair and before one can say with any confidence that a project has been a real success, there is much to go wrong. Back in 2005, in the October 8th issue of The Countryman’s Weekly, the subject of my article concerned the Newcastle-under-Lyne based lurcher enthusiast, Dave Cooper. I mentioned his exciting foray into the unknown. A year or so previous, he had put his Australian Kelpie across a top class greyhound, and this union had produced an honest and serviceable litter of work dogs. The red bitch that he retained , he named Gem. This stunningly powerful and naturally gifted huntress has turned out truly superb. And without exaggerating her working talents in any way, I personally feel that she is destined to be something quite special. I’ve followed the progress of this breeding experiment very closely and I genuinely feel that, all things being equal, it was a resounding success. Dave had some business interests to sort out in my area, and I was pleased when he agreed to come on down and visit me at my base in Hampshire. With him, he brought ‘Taz’, his pure Kelpie. What an amazing creature this dog is. He has an incredibly fast, almost instant response to any whispered command from Dave, and is certainly one of the most intelligent canines that I have seen. I’ve always loved the herding breeds, be they Sheepdogs, Cattle Dogs or Huntaway’s. For me, these types really are at the very pinnacle of the learning chain. And when it comes to trainability, and of showing a definite understanding of the handler’s requests, most other types of canine are just not in the same league. That is why I will own no other kind of lurcher composite. Obviously, most running dogs can catch a rabbit, there is no denying the fact, but I just feel happier and more at ease with a lurcher that exhibits the useful traits of a pastoral canine. Initially, I christened Dave Cooper, ‘The Kelpie Kid’; however, my new name for him is Mr Barf. The reason is simple, and it is because I am now a born again feeder of meaty bones and raw flesh. Due to the increased work load, and the sheer amount of contract jobs coming in to control the ever increasing rabbit pest, I have been forced to buy in a brace of lurcher puppies. I usually breed my own and I would have normally done so, but I need fresh blood that will hopefully be ‘up and running’ for this coming season.

    I asked Dave to bring me a few samples of the kind of food that he has been feeding his own team. There was a time, several years ago, when you could simply call into the local Abattoir and purchase fresh tripe , sheep’s heads, cows udders, etc, but unfortunately, not any more. Modern health and hygiene regulations have seemingly put paid to that cheap source of wholesome grub and for the last few years I’ve been feeding the dogs on a complete meal. However, after much consultation with Dave I have now decided to return to the old ways, well, near as dammit. This time around, there will be no deer carcases or surplus hares, for the pups to enjoy and we will have to stick to legal quarry. The tips and hints on the subject and the various gifts from my fellow lurcher enthusiast were much appreciated. I was most impressed with the chicken carcases and lamb ribs. In fact, there was more than enough chicken left on the large poultry carcases, easily enough to provide a pan full for my favourite chicken madras, but, somehow, I just couldn’t face frying it up. Luckily my canine helpers enjoyed these meaty treats and set about them with a definite relish. And to be perfectly truthful, I now find sitting and watching my young sapling demolishing a lamb carcase to be strangely therapeutic. I freely admit that such an admission is possibly quite sad, and perhaps I should get out more, but there you have it. I doubt that I will ever get to see Cheetahs feeding on their kills on the plains of the Serengeti, so I suppose the desert like dustbowl that passes for a lawn in my back garden, will have to suffice. I’m now 100% committed to feeding a diet of raw meaty bones. I intend to supplement this natural way of nourishing a carnivore, with a small amount of pulped vegetables an occasional raw egg and of course the obligatory smelly green tripe. If I can source it, this is fated to be the fodder for my canine crew. And if I manage to find a regular supplier, boy oh boy, them crafty old rabbits will have to run for it this season, and that’s the truth!

    Hopefully, the long hot summer will soon be at an end.

    This year will be the best ever for the rabbiting man, and please God, my health will hold out for one last season. All the best to all true ConyCatchers and good hunting to you all, Kind regards, PL ;)

     

     

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  9. The Forum & Site

    in General Talk

    Posted

    Any of you lads and lassies like to see anything improved or added on the site or forum??? :thumbs-up:

     

     

    Yes,.chuck off the silly auld fool that keeps deleting his posts and pictures,..

    Honestly,..it does my fecking head in....:diablo:

  10. Long net making

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

     

    Hi Rabbithunter,.got to disagree with your appraisal of the 'fixed pole ' long nets...

    WE catch a few thousand rabbits each season and find NO problems with the nets holding the rabbits.

     

    Hello Mr. Warren. My nets must have just been shite then (Brinded's Nets)

     

    I must say that i have seen it a few times when i have had a rabbit hit near center between two poles, the top line pulls down. But thats when i had the poles at 8 yards, i have now reduced to 6 yards.

     

    Also, splicing the line of a quickset net is a right B@stard!!!!!

     

    I am not "anti-quickset" as most of my nights adventures i have used the quickset, but feel that if i was using traditional i could have accounted for more bunnies.

     

    Its only last season that i hed learned to handle traditional nets and im in search of a good "netting jacket" I've heard old donkey jackets are quite good.

     

    One thing i would say is that if your getting a quickset nets, use grommets, as opposed to them rubber rings, as if you need to adjust the height of your lines, it just rolls down and takes some getting right again.

     

    Although the grommets take a wee bit longer to attach, they are a lot better in the means of adjusting the height of your lines, particularly the bottom line.

     

    Happy pegging

     

     

    I think you have said it all regarding your own choice of 'Quickset Nets',... ;)

    WE set at 5 yard intervals ,....and experience no problems....

    Grommets,... :laugh::laugh: Yeh,...got to agree,....very handy idea,..wonder who thought of it.;) All the best,....... ;)

  12. FERRET HUTCHES.

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

    Might go C,...mind you,..I've heard that you are so famous now, you even charge for autographs :laugh:

    Seriously,...regarding my 'deleting problem',..er,.its a medical thing,...I just get fed up chatting to guys who ain't on the same wavelength,...so,.when a thread is going nofeckinwhere,...I just 'gets me coat',.and fecks off,. :laugh: But,.I'll willingly 'talk dogs' with a genuine guy till the cows come home,.... ;)

    All the best to ALL crosses,...CHALKWARREN....

  13. FERRET HUTCHES.

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

    Posted · Edited by CHALKWARREN

    Chalkwarren, why do you find it necessary to add input to a thread and then constantly delete what you have added.... :wacko: .... :wacko: ....i dont know how many times i have scrolled through different subjects on here and on smoochers and nearly everything you have posted has been taken off by you.

     

    Just wondering why you feel the need to constantly do it thats all.

     

    SINDASOX :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

     

    Life sucks ,.learn to live with it.... :yahoo:

     

    :D @ moomin & caleb ;)

  21. pest control

    in General Talk

    Posted

    Pest Control has been a good 'Mistress' to me.... :good:

    I started off doing the 'bugs and rats' same as 90% of lads do,..but nowadays it ONLYTHECONY for me ;)

    My advice to any aspiring pester would be to 'do yer homework',.get trained up and preferably 'certificated' and,.FORGET the rabbiting jobs,... ;) Things ain't always what they seem.... :good:

    Do the basics and wait for the golden opportunities to arise,.. ;)

  23. Of Pedigree Unknown?

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Posted

    I VE READ A COUPLE OF HIS BOOKS ................. PERSONALLY I WOULDNT BOTHER

     

    CARRAGS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD .......HE WAS A FIRST CLASS C.U.N.T , A TURNCOAT OF THE FIRST DEGREE :realmad:

     

    DUCKWING

     

    :good: @Carreg and Duckwing...

    I couldn't ever write a book,.so fair play to him there,..but,..he did sell us down the river, and his early days being tutored by the likes of the late,.great Bert Gripton were conveniently forgotten.... :yes:

  24. Rabbit man 1and 2

    in Hunting DVD's

    Posted

    Yeah,.its a nice parcel of land oop there mate...

    You are probably right,..I'm not much at measuring height,.but,.I would of placed Nell at way over 23" :blink: I made her about 24"/25"..just right for that big country...

    All the best, ChalkWarren... ;)

    she just looks that big standing next to Chipper :D:D:D

     

    :laugh::laugh: @ Nightmenellie ;)

    Your probaly right,...23" she is then... :D

  25. Rabbit man 1and 2

    in Hunting DVD's

    Posted

    Yeah,.its a nice parcel of land oop there mate...

    You are probably right,..I'm not much at measuring height,.but,.I would of placed Nell at way over 23" :blink: I made her about 24"/25"..just right for that big country...

    All the best, ChalkWarren... ;)

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