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    Got a new permission last week - sixty acres of orchard surrounded by 150 acres of corn, beans and alfalfa. Owner said it was loaded with hogs, so hit it today for the first time. He wasn’t kidding. Stopped at his fruit stand to shoot the breeze, he suggested checking his cherry section first. Got there and it was full of holes, too many to count. Multi-eye settes all over. Worked the first one not thirty feet from the truck. Dot bolted a hog from it, no digging required. Over the next couple hours we worked two more bolts with no digging and two that bolted when dug to. (Lurcher
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    Not here to defend PBurns' opinions. If he wants, he can do that himself. I agree with Nikey, don't know what his occupation has to do with anything. Here's his recent professional bio: Patrick Burns is the Director of Communications at Taxpayers Against Fraud where he works on False Claims Act issues. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and Georgetown University where he received his Masters in demography. Mr. Burns has spent 24 years in the nonprofit arena, as was formerly Director of Communications for the National Council of Senior Citizens where he was a frequently quoted expe
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    Don't know about your side of the water, but on our side there are quite a few antibiotics that are prescription for humans or canines that are non-prescription for fish or birds. I keep some on hand here just in case my aquarium fish get scraped up by something nasty. I normally get 'em from some of the mail-order animal supply businesses here, don't know what you have available similar there. I'll supply a few URLs if wanted. Keep in mind, I'm NOT a vet and don't even play one on tv. How I treat my "fish" is up to me, how you treat yours is up to you.
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    For something to get 'em whizzin' in one spot you might try something like http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod...p;N=2001+113510 For places they've already gone http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod...p;N=2001+113510 Finally, as a preventive supplement you might try http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod...p;N=2001+113510 I've dealt with the Foster & Smith folks pretty regularly here, but don't know what they'd be like to deal with from your location. You might have similar merchants offering similar products closer to home. If you see where they're whizzin
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    Ran into a farmer I know Monday evening, said he’d just harvested two fields of winter wheat that he planned to replant in beans, saw a lot of groundhog holes, and asked if I’d take a look for him. Sure. Why not? Told him I’d be by Saturday and he was fine with it. Got there this morning, the two fields were sandwiched between standing corn on one side and standing beans on the other. Started in the one bordered by corn. Sure enough, plenty of holes but most covered with wheat straw from the earlier harvest. Not likely anything there. Spotted one ‘hog out in front of us
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    There are a lot of people here who can provide excellent advise. They've even made a hunter with terriers out of me. (And thanks to all of you. ) The best advice is to find someone to take you into the field. Can't beat the learning that comes from seeing it done and doing it. For some outstanding background information, although geared somewhat toward us on this side of the water, I recommend http://www.terrierman.com/ as a good place to get the theory.
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    Shucks... I'm just happy to tell my craics from my bollocks. Don't spend a lot of time "down in the hood" except working on my truck which I think you would call "under the bonnet". Sometimes have the atmosphere thrust upon me when watching tv though. I think the terms you're thinking of there are "bitch" and "Ho", the difference being that the former gives it away rather unselectively while the latter charges for it. Maybe similar to your "bint" if that's actually used there. I'm always a little afraid of some of the unofficial dictionaries. Remember too well some spanish-spea
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    For those of us on this side of the water, I found this: http://english2american.com/index.html#index that's been helpful to me. Saves me from PMing Ditch and asking what the heck are they talking about.
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    Good explanations, Ditch. We call our female dogs bitches as well though, but also use the term the same as you. Never heard it used to mean "whore", but can't say it isn't some places here. It is particularly insulting directed at a female human though. "That's a good looking bitch" at a dog show won't warrant a second glance unless you were staring at the woman holding the leash while saying it. "England and America are two countries separated by a common language." -- George Bernard Shaw Guess it applies to our more northern American friends as well. I have a link to an
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    A Rude Awakening

    bshadle replied to a topic in General Talk

    Ditch, you have to feed that poor dog more so it doesn't feel the need for a midnight snack. Otherwise you're going to wake up some morning and the stain will be from where it's gnawed of your foot. Good story there. Like to start the day with a grin.
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    Hornady .50 cal. patched round ball and 60 gr. Goex FF black powder for whitetail deer during our early and late muzzleloading seasons. Usually Federal 30-30 Win. 150 gr. SP FN in a Winchester 94 during the regular whitetail deer season. Will occasionally use 30-06 or .308 Federal 150 gr. SP if hunting whitetail deer where I anticipate shooting beyond 100 yards.
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    Here's a link to an article discussing shovels in general with a picture and instructions for what you might be looking for. http://www.terrierman.com/spoons.htm
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    Remington makes quality firearms. Their 700 platform has been around forever and is well-proven. Read a pretty good review of yours at http://www.snipercentral.com/spstactical.htm I personally prefer Savage and their Accu-trigger, but you can't go wrong with a Remington either.
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    I guess everyone's had days like that. If you can't thrill 'em with tales of success at least amuse 'em with spectacular failures. We both got home alive, so it counts as a good day.
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    Nice cools temp this morning, but high humidity. Got an early start. Three days rain had the ground soggy and the undergrowth dripping. Hit a row by the Tulpie next to some nice standing corn. Flushed two groups of ducks from the stream walking up; one had a nice flock of ducklings. The first ones startled Dot, but she ignored the second bunch including the ducklings. Good girl! We checked several settes, no one home. Dot entered several for a good look and got nice and muddy for her effort. Had to call her back from the corn several times. There’re quite a few dens in there, but the
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    Hunting

    bshadle replied to Cleanspade's topic in General Talk

    Rabbits over a brace of beagles. Grew up doing it and still find the baying of a beagle on scent some of the sweetest music on earth. If I had a second choice it would be ruffed grouse over just about any close-working flushing dog. I still count on missing the first flush of the season when that wup-wup-wup of their wings takes my breath and makes my heart race.
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    As someone once told me, if the dog knows instinctively or learns quickly to, "Bay at the bitin' end and bite at the shittin' end" they can have a long career in the field.
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    Thanks, stevo. We're learning. Next time one's pulled live at the end, foxmad, instead of dispatching it I'll post it to you.
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    They can if the dog's not smart. They have large incisors like most rodents and can deal a nasty slice. Imagine putting your dog on a rat that weighs anywhere from 2 - 10 K. Most of the time if the dog knows what it's doing and isn't unlucky they might get an occasional "kiss" from them with a light scratch. Haven't had to deal with a slice yet, but they tell me it's usually a pretty clean wound that generally heals quickly with few complications.
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    Got out with Ken B when he stopped by on his way to Jack B's place. He brought one of his Borders, two experience and one young Jack. Dug a three footer to dispatch on a young'un, bolted momma from the same hole. Followed her to the next sette and dug her at five feet to another dispatch. Walking back to the truck, worked a third in a new-mown hayfield. Located at four feet, started to dig and hit a massive limestone outcrop. Dug beside it enough to pull the dog and decided to save that one for later. Ken's dogs did all the work on these, Dot participated in initially checking
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    Well if you want some of that "thinking outside the box". We don't have an off-season here to get bored with and enough land to hunt that there's seldom a problem finding someplace to do it legally but... Maybe if I was on your side of the water and on a mooch, a pair of dark glasses might make it harder for the gamekeeper or any other enforcer to identify me when I snuck off the back side of the property to make my getaway. :whistle: Could even add a false beard to it to keep it really interesting. Maybe a mask as well.
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    If you're referring to a .22LR cal. designed for shotshells, rather than a 22 bore shotgun which I'm not familiar with, there're several manufacturers of the .22 shotshells. Federals, IIRC, are crimped as described. CCI makes theirs with the shot contained in a plastic cap. The .22 shotshells are considerable more expensive than standard .22LR, but not outlandish, at least not over here. I think the last ones I bought were around $5/box of 50. I use 'em mostly for dusting mice in the basement of our cabin. They're loaded with #12 shot and just about worthless beyond 15 - 20 feet or on
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    Ditch, Professional shooters will sometimes own 6 - 8 different glasses for different lighting conditions. They take it to a fine science, far more than the average man needs. Of course, they're shooting far better and more often than the average man as well. If you just need something to dim the light on a bright day, any of the shades of gray do the job and preserve natural colors. How dark you need depends on how bright it is. A lot of hunters will use the various shades of yellow - amber, especially on overcast days or early/late in the day when the light is flat. They'll
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    That one might've come in handy on that last momma 'hog. At one point I had her by both hind legs and tail, and she wasn't budging. I do want to give a big "Thanks" to the folks on this board. Some of you have provided direct advice, and more have posted their hunting stories that gave me a lot of insight into this sport. Without the help you've provided the dogs might still be tearing apart stuffed toys for sport when they weren't serving as lap-warmers.
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    Just trying to pay back for all the times over the winter when I was coming up empty and you folks over there made me feel like I was on the moors and fells "protecting gamebirds" with you. She's one hard-workin' woman and is welcome here anytime she wants. Tara, actually Terra but I spell the names the way I hear 'em until corrected, is one impressive dog too. She worked those two 'hogs for a good two hours straight and took a couple nips in the process but stuck right with 'em. The second one probably out-weighed her by a pound or two. Hard to beat a dedicated 10" dog in a tight s
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