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  1. lifelong cumbrian
    Any of you lads and lasses ever tried a pure kelpie for the ferreting job, had terriers, lurchers and a Collie for the job over the years. Seriously thinking of getting a kelpie bitch pup to work with the ferrets and be a companion dog as well for fishing and mole trapping and other countryside activities. A bit of input off experienced folk could be a great help, thank you.
  2. lifelong cumbrian
    i have pm'd you mate
  3. lifelong cumbrian
    free to good working homes, i only breed if i want one for myself.
  4. lifelong cumbrian
    My father raced them in the 80/90's, all had a touch of greyhound in, not many lines wont have. I took the odd one out for a run on the rabbits, catch no problem but easily got banged up, usually feet trouble. The odd one lasted longer, my mate had a ex track dog around 23" whippet greyhound, that would be mid 70's, i used to skive school and take it out, fantastic rabbit dog and a decent nose, not so great on the hares, if it didnt catch it in the first couple of hundred yards it didnt normally catch it. Didnt have great wind but recovered fast enough. Some he had, the little black one was ar
  5. lifelong cumbrian
    is that one of Stephen's mate. My mate has one, making a cracking ferreting dog and just a youngster, about 21" dog.
  6. lifelong cumbrian
    brain freeze i think. have a hw100 now, good gun but personally not as good as the rapid.
  7. lifelong cumbrian
    wish i had never sold my rapid 7
  8. lifelong cumbrian
    same idea though. ATB.
  9. lifelong cumbrian
    I use 2 triangles, knit off one for 4ft or so, clip the other one through the meshes and then knit off that triangle, remove other one and drop completed net into a carrier bag, just keep repeating.
  10. lifelong cumbrian
    I use the centre of a electric cable drum to make the bow, it is 3mm and already formed into a circle so is easy to adapt to the bow part. I have loads of pics but wont load up for some reason.
  11. lifelong cumbrian
    a lot of collies can be a bit hyper, mine was fine, farm bred.
  12. lifelong cumbrian
    had one, was a great little ferreting/ratching dog. and a big plus is trainabilty and biddable. You wont regret it.
  13. lifelong cumbrian
    Tidy Les.
  14. lifelong cumbrian
    Thats what i do mate when taking time to take sticks out and change shoulders as i go.
  15. lifelong cumbrian
    I am ferreting tomorrow at a place were i use a load of net, taking all my nets so the big basket gets a run out. Got it out earlier and was having a little look at some sort of weight aid. Personally i dont find it to heavy even fully loaded but as said when taking time to take sticks out and taking time it can be a little heavy on the neck. I think a remedy can be easily sorted. I would make a harness out of car seat belt material ( similar to the purse net harness off torchy) and put on 2 rings and quick release clips were my hands are on the pic. Just clip it on when needed to the framewor
  16. lifelong cumbrian
    i just use the fibre poles but i cut them at 1 meter i think the shorter ones (830mm i think) are to short, for soft ground etc they are to short, the extra is length is handy for getting more in the ground in woods etc. also handy for slipping up the back of netting etc to keep the poles taught. Just my personal opinion.
  17. lifelong cumbrian
    I like 4 z personally, use it in woods around gorse etc, they pull up better, lighter to carry, im not bothered about having to pick a few sticks and twigs out. When they get damaged i just nail knot the meshes back together. Got some that have had some hammer the last few years, i run them out in the field every few months and fix any holes, they been fixed loads of times but still catch no bother.
  18. lifelong cumbrian
    I had this little collie bitch for 15yrs, fantastic little dog, probably the best ferreting dog i have had. Will have another or a Kelpie when the time comes.
  19. lifelong cumbrian
    I know it is more coin to shell out but i much prefer to take a couple of small baskets with the 48yds in, i set my nets at 6yds. I do hedgerows myself, with the 2 little baskets you can run how ever much netting you need to cover the set then lay the basket down as you will know. much more versatile than the big basket.
  20. lifelong cumbrian
    I will take a pic tomorrow mate. Yes i agree when there is i few stick in it slows you dow, i tend to just slip the basket round to the side right and left as if you are carrying it when i taking time to remove sticks, takes a little bit of weight off the neck whilst removing the sticks.
  21. lifelong cumbrian
    So you just use the extra strap to lift the net, not carrying it around. I use 4z net as i have said makes a fair bit of difference in weight and for me performance. When the basket is full with 2 slots full there is a hell of a lot of netting in it, whatever basket you use it is going to be on the heavy side with all that netting in. On the original i have a band on the bottom which helps plus i have it perfectly balanced when full of net. I only ever use my big basket when i need all that net.
  22. lifelong cumbrian
    Sorry mate i don't make them to sell, contact Les he will sort you out, as said he should have some small light baskets, ATB.
  23. lifelong cumbrian
    I made it mate.
  24. lifelong cumbrian
    how much netting are you putting in mate, i like the 4z, that knocks a bit of weight off and i also set my poles at 6yds. I only use my big basket when i need a load of netting, normally i jst take 2 tiny baskets with 48yds of 4z in each, does most things i need to do.
  25. lifelong cumbrian
    very sensible post.
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