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yeah but he's in ireland!! He should keep going!! a dog is better than sticking my hand down to remove a fired up terrier from a hole....
as it happens i don't dig anymore as i now shoot!! but its his sport and he's doing it legally!!
and its about giving dogs the confidence to do there job well....so yes if it legal enter them on young foxes to get there confidence up!!
You openly admitted youve only ever been on one dig. So tell me why comment on something you have virtually no experience with? Not being nasty just asking a question
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Ive knocked over hares with a s400 .177 a fair while back but since then ive seen the light and no way am i doing it again. Its a waste of a hare and the guns really not upto the job if yoru that desperate get a .22 rimmy or 17hmr as suggested. Or even better get a lurcher.
Jordan you couldn't hit a barn door at 10 paces let alone a live animal
:11:Not with your rifles i couldnt :11: You just put the scope on top and assume its zeroed dont you Phil?
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Ive knocked over hares with a s400 .177 a fair while back but since then ive seen the light and no way am i doing it again. Its a waste of a hare and the guns really not upto the job if yoru that desperate get a .22 rimmy or 17hmr as suggested. Or even better get a lurcher.
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Good to see your back out and about mate. Time to show the messers how its done :11:
Oh and Big Bald and Beautiful Feck off mate If your going to make a nasty reply atleast word it so its understandable you dozy b*****d.
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Alright phil mate how you doing? Hope ya get the jill sorted ok and mine are doing alright. Ill get in touch properly soon.
Y.I.S
Jordan
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Sorry to hear of your loss stabs
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From my limited experience a cradle can sometimes help. Try and set your hide up in a hedgeline, under a tree etc with the wind blowing from behind you. have your deeks laid out in a rough horshoe shape with a large opening which the pigeons can land in. As a rule of thumb pigeons dont like landing with the wind up their ass. Shells are just as good as full bodied the main benefit is that shells are cheaper than the full bodied.
Y.I.S
Jordan
Me, and Philg after a succesful day
From my limited experience a cradle can sometimes help. Try and set your hide up in a hedgeline, under a tree etc with the wind blowing from behind you. have your deeks laid out in a rough horshoe shape with a large opening which the pigeons can land in. As a rule of thumb pigeons dont like landing with the wind up their ass. Shells are just as good as full bodied the main benefit is that shells are cheaper than the full bodied.
Y.I.S
Jordan
Me, and Philg after a succesful day
From my limited experience a cradle can sometimes help. Try and set your hide up in a hedgeline, under a tree etc with the wind blowing from behind you. have your deeks laid out in a rough horshoe shape with a large opening which the pigeons can land in. As a rule of thumb pigeons dont like landing with the wind up their ass. Shells are just as good as full bodied the main benefit is that shells are cheaper than the full bodied. :thumbs-up:
Y.I.S
Jordan
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Unfortunately no i didnt bring any dogs with me wish i had though
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SbS have you been on the
? Or is your spelling usually that bad? 
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good weekend, NOTHING like last year . but still enjoyed it met 2 new people, dillon and rob. Dillon were u talking to your [bANNED TEXT] about that job?. anyone know is turk came
I wasnt there pads of course it wasnt as good :11: :11: There was quite a few coppers around last year though i cant remember there being riot police last year.
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Right sorry to bother you all and i know this perhaps isnt the best forum to put it on but the way i see it this is the section that most the aussies will be active in. Ive recently moved to tasmania (spare me the inbred jokes).
Thing is i have no hunting contacts over here and am on the look out for a couple of dogs. Im thinking along the lines of bull x greyhound or maybe a couple of stag hounds. Anyway if anyone is from tasmania or knows anyone into hunting in tasmania id really appreciate it if you could give me a pm as i really need some help here lol.
Also anyone from the melbourne area that can help either? as plane fares arnt that expensive and at a guess flying a dog as well wouldnt be either.
Y.I.S
Jordan
P.S
I did ask about this before but cant remember who it was got in touch with me.
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Without Royston id of never got into dogwork. He is a genuine dogman and i cannot say a bad thing about him. F*ck the messers royston and thank you for a entertaining thread
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Heres the end picture.
Ill give you a ring soon Royston and we can have a chat i think i might have a few more like this saved to my comp so ill make a few alterations and get them up as well.
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Well as its the start of a new season in the uk i thought id post up this outing from the end of last season. I originally wrote it for an article competition but unfortunately never got round to entering.
Id appreciate your honest opinions.
Every cloud has a silver lining
Well Saturday night I met up with my mentor and made the 130 mile journey down to the outskirts of London. We had been invited out by a young lad to help out a couple of gamekeepers who were having a big problem with foxes taking the birds from the shoot. We were staying at a genuine Dog man’s house. This man has probably forgotten more than a lot of these self acclaimed expert dog men know. So we were sat down in his front room waiting for darkness to go out lamping with the lurchers. As we were about to leave we received phone call to tell us that the dig in the morning was now called off. We were rather pissed off after hearing this news especially as we rang before we left to check that we were still needed. Apparently the Game keepers had to feed the birds and apparently now did not have time, now surely anyone in their right mind who had the choice of feeding the birds or keeping them alive would choose to keep them alive. We headed out lamping that night anyway the lamps were checked and the dogs loaded into the back of the car. That night we had my mentor’s Bedlington x greyhound bitch and Saluki x greyhound x cattle dog, we also had the genuine dogman’s Bull x greyhound. Spent a good few hours out and some absolutely brilliant runs and saw a lot of game. Got back into the house at around 4am and then we were up at 7am to go out and check an earth which the genuine dogman thought was holding. We arrived at the earth and got a positive mark from the dogs. Was a nice 4 hole earth which absolutely reeked of fox. The earth itself didn’t look very deep surrounded by brambles and stinging nettles if we didn’t net up there was no way the lurchers would have been able to get on terms with the quarry if it had bolted. We lay down the nets and double checked that the pegs were in properly and there was no bramble or other debris which the net could snag on. The last thing we wanted was for the fox to slip the net and get away. Being the gentleman he is the genuine dogman asked my mentor whether he would like to enter his black dog. He jumped at the chance and collared the dog up. The dog about to be entered is a strange one my mentor acquired him as an adult dog. The dog is a mongrel the breeding is unknown many people might class this dog as a waste of space as he did start of very slow, but my mentor gave the dog a chance and he’s turned out to be a good dog, not a world beater by anyone’s standard but he does what’s needed of him.
He was screaming to be let off the lead. As soon as he was uncoupled he was off like a train and disappeared into the gloom. You really have to admire these little tykes and their willingness to go into the unknown and face an opponent on its own ground and by its own rules. We sat down on top of the earth and listened to what was unfolding below.
Old Charlie was giving the black dog a good run around. A couple of times we thought we would have a bolt on our hands luckily this wasn’t to be the case. The sound that all terrier men love to hear drifted up to us. The black dog had started to bay and was mixing with his opponent. Any true digging man will know the feeling I’m going to try and describe now. Other authors seem to leave it out whether their scared of provoking anti’s or just think it’s only them who feels it I don’t know. It doesn’t matter how many dig’s I go on the feeling you get when a terrier goes to ground is unbelievable, your heart is n your mouth and nothing matters apart from what is taking place under your feet. You can’t help but wonder whether this will be another text book dig or whether your dog will come off be seriously injured or god forbid die. The need to hunt or be hunted is in all of us. I firmly believe that all hunting people whether it is with dog’s gun or traps are descended from those who were relied upon to provide food for their fellow tribesmen and protect them from predators. People can deny it but I am sure that every hunter gets the rush of adrenalin which puts all your senses on edge. Out came the knocker box and we got a reading of 3 foot. The shovel was pulled out and put to good use. Before we start digging we always beat the top of the earth with the shovel to make sure that the fox and dog were not going to move to a different location as there is nothing worse than getting a reading on the knocker box of six foot digging down five and then to have your dog and quarry move to a different part of the earth. We were down the 3 foot in about five minutes. It was nice easy digging with the soil being very soft and almost compost. When we did break through we were greeted by the strong aroma of fox. We opened up the tube some more to allow us to see what was taking place in the tunnel. The black dog was working his quarry well. As soon as he realised we’d broken through he gave it 110%. Using the shovel as a barrier we removed the black dog and coupled him back up. Moving the shovel slightly we were able to reach up the tunnel and get a firm hold of the foxes back legs. We lifted it from the tunnel and held it at arms reach. We checked it over; it was a good sized vixen though unfortunately it had started to develop mange. We did the right thing and put it out of its misery. While I backfilled and left the dig looking tidy they checked over the black dog. Despite mixing with the fox he had received very little punishment and was raring to go again. We called it a day as we had a long drive ahead of us. A big thank you goes to the genuine terrier man and his wife for putting us up for the weekend and for providing sport when others let you down. And I would like to thank my mentor for taking me under his wing and teaching me everything I know about terrier work and lurcher work. I owe you two a lot and without you I would not be who I am today. Another excellent outing with genuine people and brilliant dogs.
Yours in sport
Jordan
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Funnily enough Compo i did this before i heard about poor old steve irwin. Felt a right c**t afterwards :11: :11:
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Strewth mate, Went down the local shop to get the morning paper. Fair dinkum of a walk it is. When I was suddenly attacked. It was a vicous fight but luckily I managed to get the upper hand and got the little stinker in a submission hold. He soon gave up.
Y.I.S
Jordan
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Heres a pic of me and my attacker
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Fecking jason. Lol thanks alot mate i thought youd atleast remember my name lol. How are things with you mate. What happened to the whole im not going back there then?
Why Tasmania thats a good question. Came on holiday here a few times and liked it so the family thought why not move there. So i tagged along after all its a once in a life time experience. Englands not going anywhere apart from down the shitter lol i can always come home if i want to.
Y.I.S
Jordan
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its because the moons orbit has been affected by the deteriation in the earths orbit around the sun. experts are currently trying to work out wether we will all be killed by the moon hitting the earth, the earth hitting venus, or we all drown in a global tidal wave.
Ever the optimist i see
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Jordan you fat ugly peace of shit i think i might actually miss you untill i saw kane is your new hero your just a slut aint ya
Im Sorry Royston but you just didnt have what i wanted. Kanes A fully grown experienced man.
:kiss: :kiss: You can have sloppy seconds if you want though.
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Fair weather hunters
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Kane your just jealous of my leather coat that thing is the best :11: Ill give you a call sometime soon and have a proper chat. Remember mate my offer still stands if you ever want a holiday your more than welcome anytime. Same goes for royston and Ratkilla. Second thought you and royston can come but leave Ratkilla there. :kiss: -
this board has gone to shit , 
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Fecking hell just when i thought all the messers had left thehuntinglife you turn up :11:
Nice to have you back Vim
Y.I.S
Jordan
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Nothing wrong with ratting with ferrets
As long as you use your head A jill of mine which philg now owns Was entered into a rat sett and bolted aropund 30ish rats only got bit once and that was because it was a stop end. If the ferrets got the knack then why waste it Im sure millet will have something to say about this.
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Good to see roo's ok, Your new dogs looking good mate. should be a beast when it matures.