Born Hunter
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Why are you interested in comparing the two dan? Imo they are two different types for two different jobs. A cross of the two types would be my preference.
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No different to when we all complained after the coursing one they did. We all got exactly the same response! Maybe we should e-mail them and try to get them to do a bit on one of their programmes about legal lurcher and terrier work. Showing it in a good light for a change as opposed to their usuall anti lurcher/terrier shite! I think they owe us that seeing as our TV licences just seem to be spent on anti propaganda!
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Listen to you all bleeting on about ya fen hares! Fen hares are for jackers! Real dogmen only run hares that have been on a treadmill 7 days a week for at least 4 months. Mens hares for proper dogs!
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Im only only young and even I have regrets, not things I have done but things I wish I had. Its a shame people like him arnt made into the idols of the younger generation they should be.
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"During World War II he was chief demolition officer for the western half of Australia. It would have been his responsibility to blow up the key strategic harbour of Fremantle, near Perth, if Japan had invaded." I found this bit interesting; "But despite his military record, Mr Choules became a pacifist. He was known to have disagreed with the celebration of Australia's most important war memorial holiday, Anzac Day, and refused to march in the annual commemoration parades." Says alot about what war does to a man.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13289607
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Who mentioned the lurcher troubling livestock? So when you mentioned shooting a lurcher it had f**k all to do with livestock fella. And even if we let that one go as a typo or missunderstanding, you still have two other points made by ideation that dont sit well with the rest of us. -
A good dog man will make a poor dog look average and a good dog look great, but a poor dog man will make a good dog look average and and average dog look poor. Both the dogman and the hound have their own limitations with the jobs they have to perform. Its not all about the hound or his master, its a bit of both. Seeing a good dogman with a truely gifted dog is like watching a master of his craft at work with a quality instrument and its very rare to see.
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Ive seen similar in a cocker spaniel I used to work. But that was deffinately work related, the dog fitted during the days beating, quite often after he had been in water. We found keeping his suger levels up helped alot. However this doesnt sound the same. Whats the breed of dog? The cocker was a chocolate and I do wonder if it had something to do with it, too closely bred etc...
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I would hazard a guess that you have never shot a lurcher and never will. Another big gob keeper! To shoot another mans dog just because he chasing a few rabbits or hares etc is a dangerous thing to do. You wont shoot very many before you start wishing you hadnt, believe me...
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i think they can,and do,i have come across two litters over the years ,they were both late [oct]and both in the Grantham area.About 10 years ago i lost a doe ferret in a large open field set near Boston,i can only assume her collar packed upand she was stuck,although a local farm worker looked out for her for over a week, we had to give her up for lost,six months later, the ferret was caught in a cage trap on a fenland smallholding, a mile away from where it was lost. I found a hob ferret in the grantham area. Skinny as hell when I found him. I personally dont think he would have surviv
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Yes, good job Alli! How did your season go? If I remember right it was a slow start for you? At least your not killing cubs now and f*****g next season up for you and your dogs. I hope this 'debate' hasnt put you off posting further!
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i think they can,and do,i have come across two litters over the years ,they were both late [oct]and both in the Grantham area.About 10 years ago i lost a doe ferret in a large open field set near Boston,i can only assume her collar packed upand she was stuck,although a local farm worker looked out for her for over a week, we had to give her up for lost,six months later, the ferret was caught in a cage trap on a fenland smallholding, a mile away from where it was lost. I found a hob ferret in the grantham area. Skinny as hell when I found him. I personally dont think he would have surviv
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A honest thread by a respectable member of the site ruined by a not so respectable member of the site!
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You sound like the Gestapo! lol The site deffinately used to be alot better and have alot less cocks and a hell of alot more respectable, knowlegeable and experienced members. Its still a top site though considering the ban we are having to work with.
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Speak ya mind Dan. This thread would benefit from some American input.
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Not quite as dramatic a change as some; 8/9 weeks 12-18 months Everyone commented on the colour as a young pup and how distinct it was and then one day I noticed it had all gone! lol. Like I said not as dramatic as most but deffinately a colour change.
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Basic Advice Appreciated
Born Hunter replied to The_Oakster's topic in Gamekeeping, Conservation & Shoot Management
If you can get hold of a few bales to break up in sheltered places and hand feed onto them it makes a big difference imo. Just gives the birds somewhere to scratch around in and work abit more for their food. Even if its just the loose stuff raked up and bagged. One of an amateur keepers best skills is to be able to blag all sorts for nowt and make all sorts out of crap. You have been given good advice so far, atb! -
Hollywood! lol
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I wouldnt be at all surprised if hes having all sorts of torture techniques practised on him in some secret bunker somewhere and will be kept in a dark cell for years to come by the yanks to have his throat cut when hes out lived his usefullness. What good is he dead? What good will come of the world knowing hes alive and in the yanks hands? As long as hes out of the picture Im happy. Gadafi next! I understand the yanks were a bit crafty getting Osama. The US Military arnt authorised to carry out oporations in Pakistan but the CIA are, so they seconded enough SEALs for the job to the CIA t
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15-20, stopped counting after about 10. I dare say some were counted twice but still the place was lifting with them. Daft as hell too, practically shouting at some of them before they lifted their heads up to look at us! Sounds like heaven???..... It was, but it was hunt land and strictly a no no! Good rabbiting though on them hills.
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The Royal Wedding, raise your glass to the couple.
Born Hunter replied to shepp's topic in General Talk
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The Royal Wedding, raise your glass to the couple.
Born Hunter replied to shepp's topic in General Talk
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I fully support a closed season after all, it gets bloody cold in the winter! Who wants to be out chasing vermin in the snow?
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And looks are all that matter right? Its working pedigree is all that matters, the length of a terriers tail really doesnt make any difference. This season just gone I had a 5+ hour dig to a friends border/lakey dog that has a full tail and its tail knew no different, this dog works thick cover better than any terrier I have seen and still its tail is just fine. You may have tail damage issues but its far more common in spaniels than terriers. We all have the image of the 'perfect' terrier in our heads but its a dogs working ancestory that matters not what it looks like. your sa
