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On 05/01/2024 at 07:03, forest of dean redneck said:
What sort of badger are we talking?
eurasian or honey ?Those damn Honey badgers are so damn tuff that lions give way to them.
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I caught a few yesterday, all on a soft bait & all from the river that winds its self passed at the end of the road I live on. The fishing season for about 75% of waters runs from oct ist until April 30th. The rest of the waterways are open all year around. Sorry to high jack some members post.
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I used that coloured and size of soft bait on all the different waterways for the whole season and found, although the colour is both bright and unnatural, I caught fish in all I visited. I think the size and movement is far more important than colour. A lot more action can be added to a soft bait set up by pointing the rod down and pulling the tip down and back up again in short quick movements of about 5/6 inches, all the while reeling in at a steady retrieve. This has the effect of making the soft bait dance, this has resulted in some cagey fish hooked and then landed.
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A wild brown.
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If you are looking for good gear but a much cheaper rate ,try Eliexpress they have a ton of great gear,hard body lures ,soft baits ,jig heads,line ,reels ,rod you name it they got it .
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On 29/02/2024 at 20:39, low plains drifter said:
Will we ever get the old days back?, incidentally I still have the oil painting Esmeralda done of us, Circa 1800, look at us grinning slyly as we were leaving Goathland, note the saluki that we were gifted by the Sheikh
The chap with the cane looks as though the Sheikh has been giving him the Arab snugger sausage all weekend.
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On 28/02/2024 at 22:00, keepdiggin said:
No mate a bloke called Martin owned the tug im about huge bloke body builder did security work with him as well
When you have the big mussels, you got to have a beast to match, It's simply not done olé boy.
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Enjoyed that watch ,had to laugh that JR didn't want you to take "it's rat".
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On 22/09/2023 at 17:51, Penda said:
Alas when I was poaching on lord Mount batons land I got caught trying to steel a brace of pheasants from his larder I was struck 7 times with his favourite riding crop
Were you naked at the time sir?
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I had at one time two high country golf courses that I delivered pest control 3 days per month each ,these days I work only the one.Last time I was there during the day one of the dogs flushed out a rabbit that was hiding under some pine branches ,just on the edge of one of the fair ways .Once on the move ,it flew across the fairway.It nearly made its home, in a bank of boulders but was just picked up by the whippet x greyhound bitch out about 350 yards in a catch that resulted in her loosing her footing at the strike ,and flipping over 3 or 4 times .The rabbit remained firmly held in her jaws.Given that she wasn't dog that jumped bunny, she had some ground to make up but shes a grafter and has been given a lot of rabbits to chase and catch,the opportunity to gain experience at the game, that is a card that can be played when it's needed .When she returned to me with the rabbit in hand I noticed a slight limp in one front leg that didn't grow into anything major.I was not only delighted about result but being able to view the whole race was the cherry on top for me .
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On 11/08/2023 at 21:35, OldPhil said:
Hi Toolbox,...yes, we bred straight half crosses for a while, and I was well satisfied with them....however I also used Hard Blood, non-ped race whippets on the first crosses,..but eventualy settled on the Red Heeler/Greyhounds, put back to a Border Collie /Greyhound....
I prefered this mix, and found that after a few litters, they all levelled out nicely....
Hi ,excuse me for not knowing but what is the term hard blood in
Hi ,excuse me for not knowing but what is the term hard blood in non-ped whippets? also did you prefer the red heeler to the blue ?
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OldPhil was that bitch a straight cross between a greyhound & a Aussie cattle dog ,commonly known as a Blue Heeler ?
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On 23/06/2023 at 18:41, Daniel cain said:
Still good numbers of what look like good healthy rabbits local to us...
they still a few about come the season.
Plenty of suitable cover for rabbits there Daniel cain along with plenty of scope would keep a man busy for a long time ..
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On 20/06/2023 at 21:02, EDDIE B said:
Seemingly young rabbits are unaffected by RHD, but once mature, they succum to the virus. That is why it often looks like a recovery, but it's short lived.
That is fact and happens often here in New Zealand ,for the most part the break out is in the cooler months of autumn and early winter.
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Its a ugly little fecker.
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Wow, she did you proud, that's a good-sized litter and given the rocky start it's all come together nicely for all those involved.
I had a bitch who had the same problem, except I had to decided what I wanted to do as they were nowhere near full term.The vet told me," we need to get those pups out right now, they can't be saved, but I can save the bitch, we don't have any time to waste". So I made the best choice I could.
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Warning, if you have a few rabbits, best get into em because once RHD arrives it will blow an awful lot down, up to over 90%. This is why I've read many comments on about "oh there were a few rabbits on my permission, but now they have just disappeared"I know what that relates to. These comments appear to relate to areas from one end of the country, to the other, sadly nature will have to run its course, hopefully the numbers will build back up with the passing of some years. The sport of catching rabbits is under pressure from so many quarters in your country and worldwide, as mentioned the lack of rabbits, the public outlook on chasing & catching rabbits, using dogs, the removing of cover & building over of ground that was once held rabbits. In my country, we are certainly behind but given time we will find ourselves in the same place because hunting worldwide is under threat, it's not viewed as a favourable pastime, so I think our generation has seen the best of it. Back in the day, it was the way people fed themselves, once we moved away from that, it then became a hobby/sport, supported only by those that engaged in this sport.OMG how far we have slipped, I wonder what grandad would say ?my bet is he would not be able to understand & he certainly not would view it all as anything ... good...
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I'd of tapped that pup as soon as I knew it was blind, then as fast as possible driven to the London Bridge and thrown myself over......
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On 06/05/2023 at 19:59, low plains drifter said:
The Mutton Cup
Single handed comp rules
100 yard minimum sportsmans slips, not permitted on the plough, soppy seed only
Only original sheep counts if a straggler gets up ended in the process, shepherd gets first refusal of carcass, minus the tripe which goes directly to MC HULL for pre season low calorie high rib sticking slop hound bulking purposes
No one to impede the quarrys escape routes, but any nearby able bodies are expected to rescue the wooly from bramble heavy drainage ditches, guitar string tight wire fences etc
All stewards to carry throat extraction rods-
to be used in accordance with proper procedure should hound succumb to the lanolin strewn larynx plug in conjunction with 15 chest compressions and two nose breaths
Any hound that falls foul to a kam
ikaze ram will receive a plastic cup and a framed and signed selfie with said ram
ffs ha ha ha very entertaining
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On 04/05/2023 at 08:48, dodger said:
Does anyone feed coes milk I was always led to believe its a no no due to the lactose but I often give mine plenty even a pint each with there food n never a problem..
Grown dogs can't handle milk, what animal drinks it within nature, once they are weaned & full size?
Over the last couple of years I've cut back my dog numbers, the 2/3s that are left still eat a lot of food in one form or another. My local home kill guy sends me a text once or twice a week to go uplift any full bone bins. These I load onto my car trailer, some weeks I could get 200kgs, at other times 50kgs. Its scrap trimmings, fat, head, hearts of beef, sheep or red deer. I sort it out, throwing the boneless meat in one corner, big bones in another. The waste fat is made up of any fat from around the kidneys, hard fat from different parts of the body as I know while the dogs eat a lot of fat, there is some they don't like therefore won't eat, it becomes piled up in a corner of the sleeping boxes. The dogs that are becoming a tad large around the waist, I feed venison that usually has little fat, others like whippets who have a thin skin, require a lot more meat containing fat than a big dog with a rougher coat. It's all free apart from a couple of bottles of the amber top shelf stuff. If I didn't have this supply, I'd be unable to keep the number I have.Yesterday's pick up.
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2 hours ago, low plains drifter said:
We would get stabbed and rolled into the drainage ditch if we even dreamt of having a bowl
Some of you guys are really quite funny, it's a crack up for sure.
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On 30/10/2018 at 19:35, Penda said:
Lets be honest in this day and age with all the new laws on dogs and stuff a lot of the time now they don't want dogs to bite the bye gone years when the police would take on any dog didn't matter if it was nasty they'd use it it's all history now it's all sniffer dogs and stuff people are training
There's a few on here that would sniff some old boilers dirty knickers, if given half a chance, then spend the next 3 minutes stuffing 'em.lol
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On 22/10/2018 at 05:27, Busher100 said:
Mean looking b*****d a yank has a website called California catchers have a look mate he uses them as catch dogs in California and tosas
Can that dog see out of those eyes ? lol and where's the rest of his ears and tail. Did he fancy a midnight snack?
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Taking out some youngins is one of the most rewarding, neatness things you could do in this sport sharing it with a grandson is even better ,job well done ,I tip my hat to you sir .
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Soft Lure Fishing
in Fresh & Salt Water Fishing
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In the deep south,of New zealand .