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ratchermans first trip with the wires
DUCKWING replied to woodga's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
WELL FANCY THAT !, HELL .......... SNAREMAN........... PUTTING ME IN THE SAME CLUB AS WOODGA AND P&G THEM SMOGGIES AND GEORDIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BAD , BAD LOT AND........ AFTER I HAD SPENT AN AFTERNOON IN THE SHED KNOCKING YOU UP A FEW HARDWOOD PEGS ............ JUST BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WOODGA WOULDNT GIVE YOU ANY OF THAT LOVELY ASH HES BEEN STOREING UP , BY THE TIME HE GETS ROUND TO SPLITTING IT THE WOOD WILL BE ROTTEN ! NO DOUBT POOR RATCHERMAN WILL BE GETTING THE JOB FROM LORD WOODGA THERES AN AVERAGE OF 350 IN EACH SACK ,........ GOT ANOTHER -
WELL LADS , ROUND THESE PARTS ITS CAUSED A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE , DAFT PRICKS SKIDING ROUND FIELDS OF STRAWBERRYS ETC , SMASHING UP MOTORS ON DYKES THEN SETTING FIRE TO THEM ........ NO STUBBLE ONLY FOR THESE PRICKS WHIN !........... THE FARMERS ARE SICK . THE KEEPERS ARE ON RED ALERT AND THE POLICE ARE PULLING MOTORS ALL THE TIME IN CERTAIN AREAS , MOST OF THE IDIOTS ARE DYKESHITTERS SO NO WONDER , NOW THEN ........... I HAVE DONE PLENTY OF TIMES AND PROBABLY WILL LAMP FROM A MOTOR AGAIN IN THE FUTURE ... BUT LIKE MOST THINGS THE COWBOYS ARE SPOILING THE JOB ...........
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Approved 'fenn' type Spring Traps
DUCKWING replied to john b's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
WELL ...... FOR THE RECORD I THINK MOLEYS GOT SOMETHING THERE ....... AND I AGREE WITH HIM . WHICH IS A FIRST ......................... FROM THE PHOTOS WITH A SIDE ELEVATION VIEW ..... YOU CAN SEE THE GAP WHICH LOOKS TO BE A 3/4 GAP AT LEAST .....NOW THEN ...... THIS AREAS THE KILLING ZONE ........... IF THE PANS SET " LIGHT " AND THE TRAP GOES OFF ON TO A NECK SHOT I CAN IMAGINE QUITE A FEW RABBITS ETC BEING ALIVE ESPECIALLY THE HALF GROWN YOUNGSTERS , NO DOUBT THIS WOULD ALSO BE A PROBLEM ON THE FAST REFLEXED STOAT / WEASEL ..... AND DITCH ................. -
YAWN ....... TIME FOR BED I THINK DUCKWING
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THATS A VERY STRANGE FIRST POST AJW , IF I WERE A BETTING MAN I WOULD DEFINATLEY HAVE A QUID ON YOU BEING OFF HERE BEFORE TOO LONG WITH THAT ATTITUDE , MOLEY ......... HAS DONE THE JOB FOR A LONG TIME AND NO DOUBT HAS HAD MANY , MANY MORE CHANCES TO WITNESS THINGS SUCH AS THIS ............ THAN A GUY WHOS NOT FULL TIME ON THE MOLES ........... TODAY , I HAVE HAD A FEW MOLES IVE BEEN PROMISEING TO GET RID OF FOR A WHILE ,.... SET UP WENT BACK THREE HOURS LATER AND HAD 7 FROM 7 SETS OF HILLS ........ THE FASTEST ? ............. WELL A MATE WHOS SMALL GARDEN
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WELL MATE , THINK ON THIS ............ OLD GEORGE NEWCOMBE TRIED THE OUTCROSSES FOR A REASON ....... OVER THE YRS I HAVE ONLY SEEN ONE BEDLINGTON WHICH WOULD GO TO GROUND AND WORK WELL , A REAL SHAME ............... SHE WAS BRED QUITE A BIT BY HER OWNER AND NEVER PRODUCED ANYTHING ANY GOOD PERSONALLY I COULDNT GIVE A TOSS WHEATHER IT WAS " PURE " OR NOT ........ I WOULD RATHER HAVE A GOOD WORKER WITH A DASH OF OUTSIDE BLOOD THAN A FANNY LICKER WITH A PEDIGREE AS LONG AS YER ARM ... DUCKWING
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WELL SYMBEAU , IAM WITH YOU ON THE ORIGINS OF THE WHIPPET ..... THE LITTLE RABBIT COURSING DOGS WERE AROUND LONG BEFORE THE KENNEL CLUB TOOK AN INTEREST !!! AND IT OFT MAKES ME LAUGH WHEN I HEAR THE KC WHIPPET MEN ... TRY AND EXPLAIN THEIR BREEDING RACING AND COURSING RULES NO DOUBT THERES ALLSORTS IN THE MAKE UP OF THE WHIPPET ....... TERRIER BLOOD FROM BEDDYS / MANCHESTERS AND STAFFS ETC [ DEPENDING ON LOCAL AREAS ] TO GREYHOUND BLOOD ....... IN SHORT ANYTHING THAT THE BREEDERS THOUGHT WOULD PRODUCE THE WINNING WHIPPET ! AROUND THESE PARTS ..... THE RABBIT COUSIN
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WELL IAN , AS LADS WHO KNOW ME WILL TESTIFY ....... I LIKE SMOOTH COATED DOGS , BUT I REALLY LIKE THAT ROUGH FAWN BITCH ... REMINDS ME OF A BITCH I HAD YRS AGO ..... THAT WAS A MACHINE I HOPE SHE TURNS OUT AS GOOD FOR YOU ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL IAN , TO BE HONEST .......... I DONT KNOW HOW YER BULL CROSS WAS BRED ....... AND ,........... WITH ONLY 1/8th BULL IN HER COMPARED TO 7/8th GREYHOUND .... PERSONALLY I WOULDNT CONDEM THE VERY SLIGHT BULL INFLUANCE IN HER I ONLY HAVE PUPS AND NEVER HAVE HAD A SAPLING OR ADULT WHICH I HAVENT BROUGHT ON BY MYSELF ....... THIS BEING SO ... I KNEW THE BREEDING OF THE BULL SIDE IN MY BITCH VERY WELL ....... AS I DID THE GREYHOUND SIDE , OVER THE YRS I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF CRAP BRED LURCHERS BRED BY " SO AND SO " FROM THE NEAREST DOG OF THE BREED WANTED WHEATHER ANY GOO
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WELL IAN , IVE HAD AS " WELL BRED " SALUKI LURCHERS AS CAN BE GOT FOR A LOOOOOONNG TIME , FOR HARES ON LARGE FIELDS DAYTIME THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE ..... NO DOUBT ABOUT IT ...AND YOU SEEM TO BE LOOKING AT IT FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW ? OVER THE MANY YRS.... IVE WALKED OUT WITH LADS WHOM EXCELLED IN THAT GAME AND THEIR HOUNDS , BUT IN NO WAY WOULD I CONSIDER THEM TO BE AS GOOD FOR OTHER ASPECTS OF WHATS EXPECTED OF A MODERN DAY LURCHER , NOPE ..... THEY ARE THE SPECIALISTS WHERE AS THE BULL CROSS WILL FIT THE DIFFERING ROLES MORE COMFORTABLY FOR JOBS OTHER THAN COU
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two jobs at once .F.A.O. SNAREMAN
DUCKWING replied to woodga's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
NICE GOING WOODGA , HOWEVER JUST ONE THING ............. WHERES RATCHERMANS STRIPED APRON AND STRAW BOATER ? GOOD LUCK WITH THE RUNNING POLES MATE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING ps , PLEASE TAKE THE ASH LOGS UP TO SNAREMAN , HES BEEN ON THE PHONE THREE TIMES CUSSING ........ IF NOT ........ NEXT TIME YOU GO UP HE RECKONS YOU ARE FELLING A TREE WITH A JUNIOR HACKSAW -
I AGREE SNAREMAN , THAT SHED WANTS A GOOD CLEAN OUT ............ WOODGA , GET YER PINNEY ON AND GET CLEANING , IVE A NICE CLEAN CORNER OF MY SHED YOU CAN STORE YER GEAR IN ....... DUCKWING
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WELL URU , IF THEY ARE STILL WORKING WELL TO GROUND ......... THEY COULD BE PINK FOR ALL I CARE , THE BLUE COLOURATION SOMETIMES CALLED " DUN " IN ANIMALS OR BIRDS IS USUALLY CREATED FRON MATING A BLACK TO A WHITE , THE DUN IS A DILUTE FORM OF BROWN ............. OF COURSE IF THE LINE HAS BLUE BULL BLOOD IN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MATING UP CLOSE , THE MATING WILL THROW BLUES , URU ................ WASNT IT YOU WHO A GOOD WHILE AGO PUT A NUTTAL DOG UP WITH YELLOW EYES ??? ...... ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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CHALKIE , I NEARLY SPIT MY CUPPA CHAR OVER THE KEY BOARD AT THAT PHOTO ITS FUNNY , I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME LADS GOT HOLD OF SOME STUFF THAT DESTROYED THE MESH WITHIN MONTHES ....... THE LENGTHS SOME LADS WILL GO TO RUN A FEW CONEYS ........ AND YER RIGHT .... THE HOLE DO APPEAR BEHIND TUSSOCKS NEXT TO POSTS .......... MUST BE THE SAME THE LENGTH OF BRITAIN AS FAR AS CLIMBING CONEYS ........ YEP IVE SEEN THEM .......... BUT NONE AS GOOD AS HARES CLIMBING THE CORNERS OF STONE WALLS ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL SNAREMAN , SEEMS THE RABBIT FENCES AND THE DROP BOXES DONT LAST LONG AROUND HERE .............. THE RABBIT TEETH ARE TOO SHARP AND THEY GET DAMAGED QUICKLY DUCKWING
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WELL CHALKIE , WITH THE ADVENT OF THE INTERNET ..... THE TRUTH COMES OUT ....... WHEATHER THE BUSINESS MEN " WANT " IT TO OR NOT ............. IAM AFRAID THERES NO EDITOR ON THESE SITES LOOKING AFTER ITS CONTRIBUTORS OR ADVERTISERS £££££££ AND NOW THE WORD SOON SPREADS , ....... REMINDS ME OF THAT OLD DYLAN SONG ..... " THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING ! " ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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SIMON WHITEWASH ..... THE MAN I DONT PERSONALLY KNOW SIMON OR HAVE EVER MET HIM ........ COME TO THINK OF IT , I HAVENT EVEN STOPPED AND WATCH ONE OF HIS LECTURES AT ONE OF THE GAME FAIRS . THE ONLY THING IVE SEEN OF HIS WERE THE DVDS HES MADE ........... AND ......... PERSONALLY , ONE THING THAT DOESNT SPRING TO MIND IS PROFESSIONAL ... EITHER IN ATTUIDE OR SKILL , HIS ARTICLES ? .......... WELL ....... IAM AFRAID I DONT WASTE MY MONEY ON THE MAG HE WRITES FOR ... AND , .... TO BE HONEST ..... IF " HIS " DVDS AND ARTICLES MAKE HIM WILL MAKE HIM GO ON TO BECOME THE MAN
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WELL DONE MARK , PERSONALLY I WOULDNT LET ANYONE PISS ME OFF FROM HERE UNLESS . .... " I " WANTED TO GO ...... ONE THING I REALLY DO AGREE WITH YOU ON IS THE " ANNOYMOUSES " WHO USE TWO OR MORE USER NAMES TO STIR THE CRAP ........ PERSONALLY THESE ARE THE GUTLESS WONDERS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THROWN FROM THE SITE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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What mouse is this... Live traps a winner!
DUCKWING replied to Tis TM's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
I don't believe it, you've caught a golden unicorn vole. I've been trying unsuccessfuly to catch one these last fifty years. I was told by a Shamen, that they could only be caught in a snare made from the braided eyelashes of a Rumanian virgin. I never successfuly found any, though I searched for ten long years. Eventually I gave up my search and came back to Britain, yet it was only when I dropped the virgin prerequisite that I managed to make a snare of sorts. I set it in 1961 and have checked it twice a day since without any luck. Perseverence is a must! Then this morning after the hundred -
WELL LADS , LIKE CHALKIE ... AFTER GUIDENCE FROM SNAREMAN ..... I DECIDED TO CLEAN UP A FEW TRAPS AND SEE THE DIFFERENCE , TOOK A FEW TO A MATE AND HE SHOT BLASTED THEM , THEY CAME OUT BRAND NEW ! ...... . AFTER THAT A GOOD DEGREASEING ..... THEN A METAL PRIMER ADDED .... FOLLOWED BY A FEW COATS OF VAUXHALL LEAF GREEN....... , AFTER THAT ....... A DIPPING IN THE MELTED CANDLE WAX AND LEFT TO DRIP DRY ..... HELL THEY FIRED WELL ....... AFTER THAT ?....... I DID EVERY TRAP I OWN ....... I BELIVE IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE , LIKE SNAREMAN DRUMMED INTO ME ............ " A
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BY FECK CHALKIE , THAT " BUSH BUSTER " CHIPPS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A FINE LOOKING TYPE ......... I HOPE IT TURNS OUT JUST WHAT YOU LADS WANT , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WARREN , I THINK YOU HAVE INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD WITH THE YOUNG BITCH ........ DUCKWING
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WELL LADS , IVE RAN MY HANDS OVER THE TUMBLER MOLLY A FEW TIMES AND SHES A REAL NICE TYPE FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY LETS HOPE SHE KEEPS GOING THE WAY SHES GOING AND MAKES A NICE BITCH FOR CHIPPER ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL JOHN , NO WONDER CHIP IS SO SHORT ....... YEARS OF HUNTING 4 OR 5 TIMES A WEEK ON THE FELLS HAS WORN HIM DOWN BE CAREFUL ........ IF YOU JOHN GET OUT MUCH MORE YOU COULD END UP HAVING TO PUT TURN-UPS ON YER UNDERPANTS LIKE CHIPPER ! HONESTLY THOUGH , .......... THERES NOT MANY LADS GET OUT AND HAVE THE SUCESS CHIPPER HAS ..... GOOD ON HIM ! ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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MOLEY , WHEN YOU USED THE PIKE TRACE WIRE ..... WAS IT A SINGLE STRAND OR SPUN ? DID YOU SPIN IN ANY BRASS ETC ? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
