had a good night up there last night despite the full moon, simmo came with his weaton, bull type ,, i had venus,
we started on some bottom fields , but it was difucult to hold them in the lamp, they were pretty spooky due to the moon, but we ploded on and added a few to the bag.
simmos dog had a bit of bad luck at the start, with rabbits running in to barns, through game holes in the walls and even one that went over a wall like a national hunt race horse. then about halfway through the night, he took a knock against a wall but kept hold of his prise. we got back to the car with doz
what a good thread this is,,, i was dubiouse when i read judges first post , but its nice to see how people have delt with things.
my ex worked for mencap and regularly brought home residents from the care home she worked at,, they had all kinds of learning difuclties including some with downs, it was a good experiance for me , and the thing all you guys said was on the money ,, i soon lerned to talk to them and interact the same as any one else.
it could somtimes be amusing to watch my mates if they were at our house at the same time . you could see my mates would be very uncomfortabl
Personally I think he saw the thread and then went out to graft his dog as much as he could........nothing wrong with that.
Fairplay, not my hares, my dog, or my land, so it ain't my buisness how he kills them, as long as there is no uneccessary cruelty (obviously).
And like i said, dog is obviously skilled and fit, and the owner has put in the time and effort, so good on them both.
Still, it will get some folk out desperatly trying to do 13/14, so they can stick a post up that's '1 better'. And there are some situations where it's not the test of the dog, it's the numbers that
its not about recognition mate its just testing the dog,,, people who think numbers dont count are deluding themselvs,,, cos weather its a bull x, coursing dog , or lamper,,,, you would buy a pup of, parants that had done the biz, that could be 6 out of 6, regular, or 200 fox a season, or 50 60 bunnys a night ..
well done shaun,, and gaffer
like i said at the begining of this thread,, i had no reason to dowt it, i know he cought a load on the plains last summer,, perhaps it was this he got the wrong end of the stick about...
must of been a car load of people out with him,, unless your mate hedz, and dottys mate are the same person???
although i belive its possible, under the right conditions,,,, i have since been informed, that this 19 is a lie,, and the guy in question no names,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(markbrick) is not telling the hole truth
i always said 100 bunnys was possible with the bitch ginny spinner, but unfortunatly we will never know now.
your right though jim you do need time,, when we did the 100 with 2 dogs it took 7 hours