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By the way sounds like a good dog - any pics?
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Firstly you've done pretty well. A lot of folk would be very hapy to end up with a dog that on its first chase put up and killed a rabbit. First bit of advice is next time, praise him. If you dont like the idea of him running off after game then give him to someone who does, because it's hard wired into him and what he will do. If your ok with it then build a good bond with him, spend a lot of time with him and work on the recall, get him coming back on a command or whistle. Then work on retrieving. The time he puts, up a rabbit, courses it, catches it and brings it back tail waging will be on
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Albert64 makes some very good spun poly nets in bright yellow. They are very well made and catch well. I've also noticed the holes are big enough for a collared ferret to slip through no prob, which is handy. I have only used long netters nylon nets but they are also very good.
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You got what i was asking / saying - cheers mate. What do you think makes one a better ferreter and the other better on the lamp? You reckon this is down to what you have put into them, the time you have given each dog on each discipline or is it a natural thing? Parker is a better ferreter because hes got a natural intensity and unending patience. He never gets bored and will watch, listen and mark where he thinks a bolt will come from. Alot of the time he is right and, unless we're purse netting which is unusual, he regularly catches as they bolt before they ever get to the nets. He i
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I make bets on my dog all the time with johnnyboy68 on here. Like 'I bet he fucks off now' and the sure winner 'I bet he's sick on your ferret box'
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Don't know if anyone has said this already but whilst i admit that there are many many women that are dedicated hunt followers and love all aspects of it i have also noticed that it is the one hunting pursuit that attracts many folk that are not 'that' into hunting, but are attracted by the social side and the chance to go for a blast around the country side on horseback. These are the kind of people as happy to follow a drag as they would be a fox. I am not criticizing them but perhaps this accounts for why there are more women that hunt with hounds on horseback than practice any other kind o
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I always thought that it made it harder for them to judge the jump through the wire / hedge and paniced them, but maybe your right and the flashing makes them turn cos they think its something in the hedge.
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What you say usually makes sense whin, its just usually somewhat off topic. But that last lot made me smile. . . . very very true. All i was trying to ask was has anyone noticed a dog that has a natural 'lean' toward a certain pursuit, regardless of time focused on that pursuit. I.e - is it totally down to what you work on with the dog or do some dogs, like some people just have a natural talent toward one type of hunting? Not such a stupid, pointless or out of order question is it? One last thing - if you learn nothing from this site, it's full of morons, they aint funny and it annoys
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Try bringing one on from a pup rather than buying and selling over and over. You started the season with 5 bull x - when i doubt you have work for more than 2. By seasons end you have got shot of most if not all of these and decided you now want some terriers and hounds (which you also just buy in ready to go). Next year you will be onto something else. If your wanting the 'all round lucrher' then do the damn work for it. It probably doesnt exist anyway. I'm guessing your pretty young? Under 30?
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Wanted Driven hare shoot day in scotland
Ideation replied to Mesarya's topic in Fieldsport Opportunities
So would i.....still a sport though So is Toe Wrestling. -
Wanted Driven hare shoot day in scotland
Ideation replied to Mesarya's topic in Fieldsport Opportunities
So would i.....still a sport though So is Toe Wrestling. -
Nice pics as usual and i dont need to say nice dogs again but i will. Must come up your neck of the woods sometime, stunning country for a good leg stretch with the dogs.
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LOL I HUNT 4 SPORT AND KNOW WAT I WANT 4M A DOG , I DONT KEEP PETS , BUT IF A DECENT DOG COMES ALONG IT WILL STAY . If you know what you want from a dog how come you end up with so much crap that has to be got rid of? No offence just wondered. Hope to finish this season with what i started with LOL U SERIOUSLY WANT ME 2 AWNSER THAT Yup! And whats up with your caps lock?
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Good days work done today. But i did have to dig 5.5 feet to a squirrel!
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so its hard ferret and not a bayer lol
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Yer mate, shes a stayer, but a bit of a munching machine.
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dug many things but never a squirrel
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Yes mate i have, its not to say that an older ferret will always kill in or that it will kill in more than a younger one or that it will even kill more than when it was younger itself. HOWEVER some ferrets that i have had, a long with generally becoming better workers, quicker, more efficient etc, they have also developed the knack of killing quick. I may be wrong but i have always put this down to a familiarity with the rabbit, and the situation and a total lack of being phased by getting stuck in quick. Just like most old fox dogs develop a quick kill method. I have one here that when younge
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LOL I HUNT 4 SPORT AND KNOW WAT I WANT 4M A DOG , I DONT KEEP PETS , BUT IF A DECENT DOG COMES ALONG IT WILL STAY . If you know what you want from a dog how come you end up with so much crap that has to be got rid of? No offence just wondered. Hope to finish this season with what i started with
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You got what i was asking / saying - cheers mate. What do you think makes one a better ferreter and the other better on the lamp? You reckon this is down to what you have put into them, the time you have given each dog on each discipline or is it a natural thing?
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Whin do everyone a favour and read through the f*****g threads rather than just looking for opportunities to tell everyone how good the dogs you had 'back in the day' were. The point i was trying to make was simply that most dogs will lean toward one discipline even if entered and worked at many. Like you i have seen saluki x's that lamped, ferreted etc, but they were truly made for running a good hare on big land and this is what the excelled at.
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Good example tomo. But which one do you think she is best at? Whats her 'thing'? And which do you reckon she enjoys most? And you?
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1 extra thing there is a difference between ratting land sets that are a long cover crops / release pens for keepers and doing the kind of shit you find in big pig/chicken type places - it's a f*****g nightmare and i hate rats anyways. Go down at night with the dogs if you get a chance and try cat lamping.
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If the recall has become second nature there should not be a problem, providing the dog has a steady nature. I started my youngster by doing a bit of ferreting.Although most nights i was on the playing fields training him to pick up and retreive a dummy on the lamp I think this method has now started to pay off. He hunts up is own rabbits in daytime but also knows what is required when taken out at night..no hunting up. However bushing is not one of is strong points he is a bit to big for that. At first i had visions of training him as a lamping dog only but hopefully a specia
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I'm not coming across right at all - all i want to know is how many folk truely use their dogs for both disciplines equally and believe that they are as good at both? And how many keep 'lamp dogs' that they do take out in the day? Rather than saying daytime ruins lamping?
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No to the first bit and yes to the second. Just my opinion tho. everyones opinion diffrent,,,and i respect that ( dog,s are diffrent ,,,owners opinion,s should also be diffrent the way it should be Aye thats right mate - shouldnt spend life trying to convert everyone to one view. I think what i do because i have seen very good obediant steady lamp dogs be taken off lamping for say a year and given lots and lots and lots of daytime hunting (not ferreting) which they took to and excelled at and then when put back on the lamp a year later they use their nose A LOT. A
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So WHY exactly do people get pissed off? Cos what pisses a lot of people off is people jumping on threads and being flippant and agressive for no reason? What you say is foolish - for example a lurcher that is lamped 5 nights a week but not ferreted / mooched is more of a working dog than a dog that does all three but only occaisionaly. There are also very good lurchers that never lamp.
