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WELL LADS , HAD A GOOD FEW RATS FROM AROUND HERE SINCE POSTING LAST ....... HOWEVER I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT AS MANY BIG FECKERS AS RECENTLY .......... JUST TODAY I WAS OUT CHECKING A FEW AND HAVEING A GENERAL MOOCH ,,,, CAME ACROSS A BIG SOD HANGING JEEZ I WAS SAYING WHAT A BIG GIT , WONDER WHAT THE HELL HES BEEN EATING .......... THEN I LOOKED ALONG AND SPOTTED A GOLIATH .............. IT WAS LIKE A FECKIN OTTER HANGING THERE NOW I KNOW THIS HOLLY WAND , AND IT HANGS AN ADULT RAT ABOUT A FOOT FROM THE FLOOR ..... BUT THIS S.O.B WAS LAID WELL DOWN , I TOOK A PHOTO WITH
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WELL DONE TJ , NICE LITTLE FEELING TO SEE THEM SPRUNG ............. BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT MYSELF LATELY , JUST LEARNING AS I GO .............. YOU HAD A GOOD START WITH THE BASICS FROM PEG AND GUN . JUST KEEP IT UP NOW !! ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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FIRST THINGS FIRST KID , I WASNT ON A HIGH HORSE OF ANY DESCRIPTION ............... JUST TRYING TO HELP I WAS GIVING AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.......... POLITE I THOUGHT ? THE TROUBLE IS ............. THERES KIDS / GREENHORNS ON THESE SITES GIVING ADVICE TO FELLAS WHEN THEY KNOW NOTHING THEMSELVES ........... AND REPEATING RUBBISH /OLD WIVES TALES WHICH HAVE BEEN TOLD TO THEM FROM LOCAL LADS WHO KNOW NOWT AS WELL THE BEST BIT OF ADVICE I CAN GIVE ANYONE IN THE HUNTING GAME IS TO HAVE AN ENQUIRING MIND , BEFORE TAKING ADVICE FROM JOE DOWN THE STREET AS GOSPE
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WELL MATE , OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE A COLLAR TOO TIGHT IT WILL RESTRICT BREATHING .......... THE THING IS WITH HUNTING / DOGS ETC .... YOU HAVE TO USE COMMON SENCE , TROUBLE IS IT JUST AINT THAT COMMON ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL LADS , IVE USED THAT TYPE OF SLIP LEAD FOR OVER 25 YRS ,................. BUT ..................... ONLY WHEN IVE BEEN CAUGHT SHORT OF A DECENT SLIP LEAD , IMO ..... THEY ARENT SOMETHING I WOULD USE AS THE NORM ..... RUNNING A DOG WITH A COLLAR ON ? ................... WELL IVE DONE IT AND WILL IN THE FUTURE FROM TIME TO TIME NO DOUBT TO BE HONEST ............. IVE RAN DOGS FOR NEARLY THIRTY YRS NOW AND HAVENT SEEN OR HEARD OF A SINGLE DOG GETTING INJURED BY HAVING A COLLAR ON , YET THE SAME STORIES STILL PERSIST .... NO DOUBT SOMEONE OUT THERE WILL HAVE HAD A DOG HURT TH
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Plummer's TROG ~ A Masterpiece of Characterisation, Surely ?
DUCKWING replied to a topic in General Talk
WELL D/S I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ..... PLUMMERS OVER THE TOP STYLE OF CHARACTERISATIONS ... MAKE HIS BOOKS MORE FOR KIDS THAN ADULTS , MORE AKIN TO HARRY POTTER THAN HUNTING ........ IAM SURE HE WROTE BARON MUNCHAUSEN HIS MODUS WAS TO TALK TO LADS AT SHOWS AND TRY TO GLEAN INFORMATION FROM THEM , NEXT CAME THE FANCIFUL WRITEING , TROUBLE WAS A LOT OF THE FELLAS HE WAS TALKING TO WERE HALF WITS FULL OF ALE ............................. YOU MIGHT SAY I HAD A RUDE AWAKENING AS A 12 YRS OLD KID ........... WENT TO A SHOW , AT WHICH PLUMMER WAS BUYING A RUSSEL TYPE DOG ... -
HI PEG, YEP IVE USED COPPER ON THE SNARES , TO BE HONEST WHEN I TRYED THE SNARES OUT I NOTICED BECAUSE OF THE SOFTER NATURE OF COPPER AS OPPOSSED TO BRASS THEY SHUT JUST OFF THE WHIPPING ACTION OF THE WAND . ALSO PEG IF ANYONE SEES THESE SNARES AND DECIDES THEY HAVE MORE RIGHT TO THEM THAN ME , I CAN REPLACE THEM FOR NOTHING .... A BONUS WHERE I LIVE AS THEY WILL NICK THE CORN FROM A BLIND HEN !!! .......... YOU WOULDNT BELIVE IT BUT 3 WEEKS AGO I CAUGHT A BIG OLD FELLA JUST ACROSS THE NOSE AND BEHIND THE FRONT TOP TEETH . FORGOT TO SAY I USED ELDER ON A COUPLE OF WANDS AND THEY BO
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WHATS RIGHT WITH ELDER SHOULD BE THE QUESTION DITCH ............... JUST NOT ON THE SAME PAR AS HAZEL , BLACKTHORN , HOLLY ETC , INCIDENTLY ......... THIS SET UP IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE USED AS KIDS TO CATCH PHEASENTS WHEN RUNNING FROM COVERTS , DEADLY ON SOME SPOTS AS THEY PUSHED THROUGH THE HEDGES ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL LADS , JUST A FEW PHOTOS OF MY LATEST CATCH OF RATS IN THE SPRING SNARES .......... IVE BEEN SNAREING THESE AT THE BACK OF SOME STABLES IN A DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG AND UNDERNEATH AN OLD HEDGEROW ............... FROM THIS SPOT IVE HAD 49 SO FAR IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO , SETTING THEM ONLY AT WEEKENDS WHEN IVE GOT THE DAY LIGHT ON MY SIDE , I SET THEM THIS AFTERNOON WHEN I RETURNED FROM WORK WHILST WALKING THE DOGS , POPPED BACK JUST AS IT WAS DRAWING IN DARK AND NOTICED I HAD TWO DANGLING MY 49th FROM THIS SPOT PLUS A WEASEL 2 WEEKS AGO ........... THE TRIGGER MIGHT INTEREST S
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WELL MATE , THE ANSWER TO THAT ONES YES , THERE IS SOME SEALYHAM TYPE BLOOD ABOUT ........... HOWEVER ITS KEPT MAINLY IN HOUSE , SO TO SPEAK , I WOULDNT RATE YOUR CHANCES ..... GOOD LUCK , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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SOME HOLE JD , AINT FUN DIGGING THAT DEEP AND WONDERING IF THE LITTLE DOGS STILL BREATHING NICE TO HEAR OF A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION WHAT ABOUT THE BACKFILL ?? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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HEY CHALKIE , SEEN THAT PHOTO SOME WHERE BEFORE THATS SOME FORTRESS !!!! PERSONALLY I CAN SEE , LOADS OF NON TARGET SPECIES GETTING BLOWN TO BITS SECOND THING IS ............ IMAGINE USING IT UP ON OUR RABBITTING GROUNDS , DONT THINK THE PEAT WOULD TAKE MUCH TO SET A FIRE , OR OLD RAILWAY SIDES WITH LOADS OF COAL DUST AND COKE IN IT ME AND THE LAMPERMANS BEEN DIGGING ON LIE UPS LATELY AND EVEN AFTER ALL THE RAIN A COUPLE OF FOOT DOWN ITS BONE DRY = FIRE PLUS ........... DO THESE PRATTS NOT KNOW RABBITS CAN AND DO LIVE ABOVE GROUND ? TO ME IT SEEMS A
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HELL NOBBY ............. I LIKE EM LOOK LIKE REAL USERS AND HAVING SHARPENED MORE THAN MY FAIR SHARE OF PLANE BLADES ..,..... I KNOW THEY CAN GET A REAL EDGE ON !! THE LAURI BLADES ARE AS CHEAP AS CHIPS FROM BRISA , ABOUT 6 EUROS { MY FAVOURITES ARE THE PT BLADES } , ANOTHER 3 EUROS FOR A PIECE OF HORN AND A BOLSTER , WHATS THAT ABOUT A FIVER ? ......... PLUS THE ENJOYMENT OF MAKING SOMETHING YOURSELF , HELL ITS FOR NOWT !!! WELL IVE TALKED MYSELF INTO ORDERING A FEW MORE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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NICE JOB REMMY !!, CAREFUL THOUGH ............... IT GETS A BIT ADDICTIVE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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THANKS FOR THAT PICTURE CHALKIE THEY REALLY DO PAINT A THOUSAND WORDS , ...........I KNOW WHAT IAM MAKING TOMORROW , NOW THEN A JIG WOULD PRODUCE THEM ALL THE SAME ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL MOLECATCHER , I HAVE IN THE PAST HAD A FEW HARES IN THE GATE NET , AND LIKE YOU I WAS PRIVALIGED TO GET VERY INFORMATIVE PMs FROM THE SNAREMAN , DESCRIBEING HIS METHOD OF GATE NETTING WHICH HAS SET ME IN GOOD STEAD ............. TO BE HONEST THE MANS KNOWLEDGE IS FAR REACHING AND EVEN THOUGH IVE BEEN NETTING FOR A GOOD WHILE I CAN TRUELY SAY HIS PMs HAVE IMMENSELY HELPED ME UNLIKE YOU I HAVENT HAD THE PLEASURE OF A LOOK AT " THE " GATENETTING VIDEO , ............. BUT FROM THE PICTURES OF YOURS IT SEEMS THAT THE SLIDERS ARE STRAIGHT SIDED ? , WOULD IT NOT CAUSE THE SLIPPI
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WELL LADS , POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE , .............. SOAK THE DOGS FEET IN A DISH USE A GOOD QUALITY " PAD STOPPER " BEFORE EXCERCISING / HUNTING , IT WILL CUT THE CHANCES OF FURTHER TROUBLE DUCKWING
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GIN , THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION BLUE ROO THATS A LOVELY LITTLE KNIFE , IVE HEARD A LOAD OF LADS MENTIONING MAKING KNIVES FROM OLD SAW BLADES , BUT THATS THE FIRST I THINK IVE SEEN , VERY NICE IVE GOT ACESS TO A FEW OLD BLADES , I THINK I FEEL A FUTURE PROJECT COMING ON ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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GIN , I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE RUNNING KNIFE MAKING CLASSES ? ANY INFORMATION ??? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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VERY NICE GIN NICE LINES AND LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHINGS A REAL NICE FIT , WHAT BLADE WAS USED , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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WELL WHIN , IAM SURE THAT CHIPPER TOLD ME OF A LAD THAT MADE CRACKING KNIVES ? FROM UP YOUR WAY , SEEMS A COINCEDENCE ?.......... TODAY IVE JUST BEEN GIVEN A PIECE OF EBONY AND A LUMP OF MYRTLE BURR FROM A WOODTURNING MATE , IVE A LOT OF RED ANTLERS AROUND , PLUS A FEW BITS OF OTHERS , LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE BUSY SO WHIN .................. GET THEM PICTURES UP OF YOUR HANDIWORK , I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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i can see your point young rabbithunter, but ,theres a small but very important point i have to make about the top line, it doesn,t matter how high or how tight you think you have it , it will sag even without a rabbit in it , its called gravity , also on a proper netting night , your lines and net are going to be blown in an arc by the wind, if you have your line too high and too tight , it will bounce a good few rabbits off, its called common sense, the lower your topline the better you will tangle up the bunnies , but you will have to expect a few escapees, its quite suprising how high up a
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WELL LADS , FIRST OFF , THANKS FOR THE NICE COMMENTS FLETCHER I JUST COPIED A SHEATH MAKING TUTORIAL ON BRITISH BLADES ........ IT WAS SPOT ON ! HERES THE LINK http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8266 JJBULL , I THINK I WILL GIVE THE BEESWAX METHOD OF LEATHER SHAPING A GO ON THE NEXT ONE GIN , TRY THIS SITE , LOOK ON THE FULL TANG .......... ALSO TRY BRISA http://thegoodstuffshop.dk/default.asp?lang=uk BASICALLY TOOL WISE , YOU NEED ........... NEEDLE FILES , RASPS A FEW LONG 3 MM TO 5
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WELL LADS, IVE USED TRAMMELS FOR FISH AND GAME , THEY DO TANGLE ......... BUT ISNT THAT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ?? I HAVE EVEN MADE SOME TRAMMEL GATE NETS WHICH I USED FOR KATIES [ HARES ] YRS AGO FROM IRISH LINEN [ THE BEST NATURAL TWINE IMO ! ] WHICH WERE EXCELLENT WHEN WORKING ALONE , I HAVE SEEN TRAMMELS WHICH LADS HAVE MADE AND THEY ARE ON THE DIAMOND , TO ME THEY ARE BETTER KILLERS ON THE SQUARE ....... BUT TO EACH HIS OWN ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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NETRIGGER ...... GOOD POST ! WELL I HAVE ENJOYED THIS THREAD AND MAPREADERS EXCELLENT PHOTOS .......... YEP A BROKEN LINES A BITCH , BUT WHEN WORKING ALONE HAPPENS TOO REGULARY , PERSONALLY I USED TAPE TO MEND , USUALLY BECAUSE I WAS WORKING TRADITIONALS MOSTLY ON A NIGHT ......... AND WITHOUT PERMISSION .......... THE CONSTANT NEXT DAY REPAIRS WERE A PAIN BUT " HELL " ALL PART OF BEING A NETMAN I KINDA LOST MY WAY IN THE RABBITTING GAME FOR A WHILE , AND RARELY USED THE LONGNETS FOR A FEW YRS , HOWEVER THE ADVENT OF LAMPERMANS EXTENSIVE PERMISSION ON SOME QUALITY RABBIT