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Everything posted by 3175darren
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Superb knife cheap and very effective, I use one for graloching deer gutting and skinning rabbits/ hares, can't go wrong you can sharpen them lke razors I have a habit of running mine over oil stone twice both sides each time I return,watch the point don't prise too much with it otherwise really good choice
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I agree with worthy, the traps I have set I am using rabbit portions,the one live catch I have down the side of the building is covered, on a straight wall behind some rubbish,thats done three now none of the other 3 have been looked at as far as I can tell,
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2 of mine are retired old lab bitch and the spaniel pointers looking his age too granddad always said give em a good retirement if they've erned it I won't replace them, will scale down to 3 but all mine have worked even the teckel and the lurcher is just starting his working life all walked twice a day well vetted and fed they have a better life than me I think pleasure to own em
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2x labs 1 dog 1 bitch 1 shorthaired pointer 1x spaniel dog 1x teckel terrier bitch 1 x lurcher dog pup cattle dog x
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God no I knew a man who died from it,got it while fishing its very bad not many things survive it,sorry to hear about your mates dogs
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Yes I know its law,all my traps are well covered,I have plenty of experience with other species,just little with mink,mink I normally sit wait and shoot them,I have two live catches set one of which was responsible for the catch
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Got a bit jill mink tonight on rabbit,traps been down 6 days now thats the first catch in this area,
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I had it both hands mate it was pins and needles thumbs and fingers it got bad in end not painful as such just shit sensation affecting my grip had both operated on in 1997 when I finished in pit they were sore for a while but brilliant afterwards symptoms seem to be starting again in left hand though got my sympathy mate pain in arse
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What bollocks about the law have you seen the amount of cheap shit mole traps from china some have really poor springs they are quick to jump on us but who quality controls some of the stuff from abroad none of us want to cause suffering good effort making that trap mate well done I am sure it is far better than most of the imports
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By the way was told last yr when stalking that the gland of the mink was worth money to the fly fishing crew to make floatant is this true ??
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just put under trap or rubbed on it
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Snickers????????????????????????????????????????? I will try owt mind but was thinking down lines of chapie or fish
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Anyone got any recomendations for best bait for mink traps, got mk 6 traps set with rabbit portions behind, well tunnelled and covered Iam unable to set up a raft where it is ?????????
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what age do i start coursing my bull greyhounds??
3175darren replied to aarons332's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
good luck fella look forward to seeing that -
what age do i start coursing my bull greyhounds??
3175darren replied to aarons332's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I dont deny you have taken on alot of work on, but be patient take your time its just as hard with any brace of dogs try to train one dog at a time if pos if it gets too much 6 months down the line then fair enough get rid of the worst one, but by then you will surely have got at least one good dog this topic is a mine field mate, maintain consistancy with each dog use the same commands and dont lapse the boundrys with em they are a hard dog and will compeat with each other this may be a stumbleing block ,but if you get it right you will be a happy man -
Looking for a Teckel Stud Dog
3175darren replied to duke_of_wales's topic in Deer Stalking & Management
Try the teckel society, I have bitch too the stud dogs are hard to come by,I will see if I can find the number if so I will pm it,it only cost a small amount to join and they give you a full list of stud dogs in country, -
Hi mate trust me thousands of pheasants, have fallen to a 410 I love the gun but by the sounds of it the advice you have been given is right 20 or 12 bore would suitable 410s are great over rabbit sets in the right hands, pigeons anything really within reason but range is limited even with three inch magnum shells, of couse the idiot lead shot ban in england rules it out for the ducks I do remember seeing ducks shot to a small flight pond with one and it was fine, a long time ago mind but you really have to be on the ball with one go for a cheap 12 or 20 at least then you can get the shot comb
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Has anyone any idea where I can buy 3 inch 20 bore BB shells ????
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I find to take my time, do a bit each night with a beer,make you mind up what you will use nylon or hemp and buy enought in,If hemp be maticulas with the quality control,especially If you end up getting it from different suppliers I have one net I made I did it to use all my old hemp up its a right mish mash of od rolls,but its a good rabbit catcher,dont skimp on the bag I use 50% ie 50yds of net to make a 25yds of long net,If you are setting at night it might be worth considering using different coloured lines top and bottom,if not dont bother, If you want to make the net a bit wider than a
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Veteran Cattle dog and Apprentice, photos.
3175darren replied to wild rover's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Hi struggling with pics,people are saying build a photo bucket no idea what one of them is,not got a drivers lisence for one of these things, thankyou very much for the info,didnt take him yesterday went duck shooting instead weather crap here,going to try a easy set this morning that well sheltered again thankyou, -
Veteran Cattle dog and Apprentice, photos.
3175darren replied to wild rover's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I think I have managed one picture seems the camera on my phone too good,hope this gets to you, if not will try again later,its a stupid face on shot -
Veteran Cattle dog and Apprentice, photos.
3175darren replied to wild rover's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I bet thats the farther of mine,I was lucky I was loosing my old lab at time, and just decided to put a lurcher in my team of six dogs, went on preloved and he was there, the owner said that she no longer had time for him due to work comitments,when I look at the shape of the dark dogs head at the start of this thread and can see him in its breading I really like the animal,Ireally like the dark dog too, -
Veteran Cattle dog and Apprentice, photos.
3175darren replied to wild rover's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Thanks for that got the pup from,west cumbria was told it was bred,dam 22inch lurcher bred form cattledog didnt find the mix,sire racing wippet 20inch, I am struggleing with pictures it wont let me load them, the dog learnt every thing like duck to water stuborn when shown something new,usually put it in kennel overnight next day it really seems to have grasped it, dog swims retreives fur and feather anything fresh shot,well grown now around 22 inch well built explosive turn of speed,will not back down to any threats from other dogs been that way all time I have had him,he is fearless pleasure -
Veteran Cattle dog and Apprentice, photos.
3175darren replied to wild rover's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Hi I myself have a young austrialian cattle dog bred lurcher,only 7 months can anyone tell me anything about the breed,what are there traifs,good bits and bad please,I wont to know what they are like to hunt with,this one has alot of prey drive I havnt used him yet, going to start him over nets and keep him at that till 14/18 months old before open runs, I cant seem to find any Info on this cross dispite being told they are becoming popular
