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    Shroom - no it's an old pet of the mrs.
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    ACCIP - If you bother to read the numerous posts that have been going on. I think you will find that while most have slammed this guy, I've been defending him. Quite possibly the only one. I'm just being honest, and vocalising the thoughts of many, whilst also trying to explain to his haters, why I think the guy has a lot to offer.
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    As we're talking about domesticating things . . . .
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    When I was a kid my dads mate had two pet red foxes. They lived in a kennel and run, came out off lead and did some basic commands. And was there not a rat catcher that used two foxes in Victorian times?
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    R.E the horse bit - I just meant that they are flighty mo fos. . . .. but someone ended up being able to sit on ones back fairly quick. . . . in human societys evolution. So I guess some were less flighty than others. Leading to someone being close to one and thinking. . . . hey I reckon I could sit on that things back without a saddle, reigns etc etc. And considering that they are from wide open spaces that was no mean feat!
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    Yer, I've read about the fox thing and done a lot of research into the wolf to dog transition. It does seem like its all about the fact that certain individual animals are lacking in that fear and so will be drawn to folk for the advantages they offer, food, shelter etc. . . . without that being negated by the flight reaction. So are those the more fearless creatures or the more stupid? lol. R.E the ferrets . . . . that was my guess on the matter to be honest. Probably something a long the lines of. Polecat less scared of folk hunts in and around settlement. Polecat has litter. Person ends
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    Yer I get what you are saying mate, and perhaps you are right. It's entirely feasible Just going on my experience. The wild one I had here (and others I have seen) were very very 'wild' in their nature. The one I had hid in the darkest corner it could, only came out at night, and when I tried to handle it, it would freeze solid, like it was dead, as my hand approached, like it was shit scared, and as my hand made contact, turned into a ball of spitting, hissing teeth. It's funny how some animals are naturally more ok with people, than others, both individuals and species.
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    From what I've seen. Can be brilliant, and can also throw the wrong way!
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    Malt - in response to his comparison of wild polecats and ferrets. I think they have been used for applications (hunting / vermin control) other than removing rabbits from warrens. And also I would disagree that in their wild state they would be inquisitive enough to approach humans etc. Not the wild ones I have seen anyway! However, I believe that they naturally inquisitive nature, would lead them to be a more suitable animal than some to take in infancy and tame. Having said that, most animals will tame to man well, if reared from birth. We've all seen various examples, including fox
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    I got fed up of multiple argumentative threads. At worst, at least we can have one big argument. . . . .
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    I'm very chilled buddy. Spent the day wandering the woods with J.B and the dogs, catching rabbits.. . . . nice frost, good sun, and even had a cuppa and biccies brought out to us by the farmers wife. I'm just bored of all of the bickering now.
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    Right so I thought I would have a crack at ending all of this bollocks. . . . So I decided to start a post and try to answer some of your questions. Let me begin by saying, you have absolutely appalling social / people skills, on this forum. . . . your way of replying to other peoples ideas and opinions does you so little favour, and you are rapidly digging yourself a hole, that will be impossible to climb out of. Having said that, I kind of get the impression (and I'm probably going to live to regret saying this, when you prove me wrong!) that once I'd got past the Americanisms, t
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    Right, so you hate all mink and want to kill them all? BIG MAN. You ever actually killed a mink? I've hunted and killed them. And round here, I'd kill one on sight. But I'm able to grasp that in the country where they are a NATIVE species. . . . perhaps they are not PURE EVIL, or even that much of a menace. It's somewhat of a basic attitude, to believe that an entire species is EVIL. . . . because of the negative consequences caused when some of that species is in the wrong place or causing a problem. It's similar to being someone who hunts foxes and saying you HATE foxes a
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    William Palmer..... You're being a tit mate.
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    10lb terrier???
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    Mine always have meat around. And I've always said they shouldn't be starved before work, and that they are due a meal like us if we are going out. But invariably I wake mine up when I take them from the court and put them in the box to go. So how do I know when they last ate? or how hungry they are? And they work just fine. As long as they are in general, healthy and well fed, I don't think it makes much difference either way if they ate before they went out or the night before. . . . .
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    Oh. . . . you just wait. Honestly, I've tried really hard. But . . . . . . a mink killing a terrier? And I mean a proper terrier not a hand bag dog.
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    Aye, the last one is still in it's jacket in the freezer, lovely looking beast, big dog mink. Always think you should be doing something with the skin. . . . They are amazingly strong the males, and bite like feck
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    Exactly mate, so lets not drive him off. Hey Mink Man. . . . do these guys a favour and just accept that us brits know more about ferrets than you yanks and that in the context of the u.k countryside. . . .the American mink is a right c**t bag? And they will hopefully man up, deal with how upset you made them, and get the f**k over it lol. Or just not read your posts? P.S I like your mink. . . . but if she popped her head up here. . . . she'd be dead.
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    I must have missed a couple of threads mate? From what I can gather, the lad knows f**k all about ferrets, but is more knowledgeable than me about hunting fish with mink, and I think that's kind of neat. Who did he call arrogant for what? It's interesting because there are A LOT of arrogant folk on here, and a lot of folk who are arrogant sometimes. And most of those. . . . I don't believe I have ever read a hunting report from. . . . . so he's winning on that front. At the end of the day, who cares if he sinks his own book by not taking any advice. I didn;t even realise the ma
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    I do agree that there are some places, such as a few acres of tight bramble etc, where I'd rather work a terrier than a spaniel any day.... Mainly because I wouldn't really just send my spaniel off into a load of cover and stand on the outside for ages while it ran the quarry around on the inside, at a fair distance for me. . . .
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    The man has a point. Whatever arguments you are all having over this guys book. Do me a favour Mink Man . . . . and don't stop posting about your hunting. This is a hunting forum, and some folk forget that sometimes. You are practicing a unique and interesting form of hunting, and sharing it for us to read. Like I've said, to me, that's great. Or we could go back to. . . . show us your micros? How much is my e.u worth? and. . .. similar drivel. P.S - I get the book writing thing. You are righting a few lines on ferrets. . . . Funnily enough it doesn't bother me either w
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    RM - What . . . . like every man with an air rifle? lol.
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    I hadn't seen that mate. I agree with what you say, but don't find it particularly arrogant (the way he responded, not his thoughts). There have been a lot worse on here as you know. I'll take the Americanisms for the videos of the mink hunting fish. . . . . . it seems a fair enough trade! However . . . . . why do folk feel the need to write books about things that folk have written about before. . . and done so with more experience and articulation. If he had said he was writing a paper on training mink for hunting, I'd have said, worth a read. . . . but a book?
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