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alright folks does anyone on her live on or close to a complete self sufficent life in terms eating fuels etc one of my friends is moving to a little rural cottage with an acre with the aim to be as close to completely sufficent as possible he will grow veg rear chickens ducks for eggs meat pigs too and shoot lamp ferret and fish just wondering is it anyway at all possible or is he deluding himself
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another dog i wasnt there
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terrible to hear that mate your sad post was however very poignant and im sure the 19 months she had with you were brilliant and your correct too many lads dont appreciate there animals. your tilly had an owner who cherised her and your right she will never be forgotten a new pup will help you get over the lost and fill the void atb nick
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single handed best or one other mate tops two dogs lamping is max and nearly always single slips
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agreed it might be ingrained however the previous owner was an old man and health has stopped him lamping or mooching about so the dog hasnt been lamped for over 10 months its not like the dog was out all the time opening up
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one of the lads took on a free dog the other week he brought it out the other night its two yrs old now ran the first rabbit ok second one fine caught the second and on the third and fourth he had a few yapps its not speed related as the dog went on to catch the third and fourth rabbit just wondering can you work yapping out of a dog as hes not in the game of getting rid of dogs its his now for good but would be a absolute cracker if it didnt sound at all have any of you lads had a dog that you have sucessfully stopped yapping or even had a dog that yapped that just stopped yapping
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its a competiton every night we go out haha mainly undulating fields small hills so both are really on an even point when it comes to sighting i just got a new pup bitch mother is first cross collie hound father full whippet a taller whippet so hoping pup will amke 22 23 inches
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hey guys having a friendly disagreement with a mate of mine over the best rabbit cross, we both accept that hypathetically some complete other cross could be the best dog on rabbits but were arguing over the cross that most consistently proves the best rabbit dog i have a collie,whippet x whippet, bedlington hound stayed small only 19 inches he has first cross collie hound 25 inches both catch roughly the same amount as each other we normally lamp together so know how both dogs run inside out his obviously has the advantage of longer stride however my dog can turn his dog inside out although t
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never liked labs no real reason i suppose just on of those fickle opinion type things think ill settle for a spaniel
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why make stupid replies dont waste any ones time trying to act the funny lad
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cheers for your reply stroller no i have an even bigger headache haha
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preferably southern counties as he has a nationwide businness in republic
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to all the irish lads what would you consider to be the best county in ireland for pure quantity of rabbits my mate is moving and is basing his purchase solely on availability of quarry mainly rabbit hes going to try go completely self sufficent
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would a gsp but a silly option
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hey folks want an opinion from all gundog owners. i keep lurchers 4 and two terriers 4 ferrets im based in ireland and main quarry is rabbit and old sly however i have just obtained my airgun licence and bought a new gun ive been out a few times with my quietest old lurcher bitch in the hope that i could use her to retrieve the pigeons, squirrels, rabbits that i shoot however she is still a lurcher at the end of the day even though she 9 and flies off after the said quarry so essentially i want a gundog. I dont want a lab so was wondering in your opinions what would be the best alternativ
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normally you work a young ferret with an older one to start with however with ferrets its very much there natural instinct to hunt so they should do it instinctively but some a far better than others
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a really jinky running rabbit can be great to watch all the years ive been lamping and ferreting i still love watching the rabbit run he has the ability to make the best dogs look daft the odd time at least a good fox can be great too especially one thats been ran before a hare that runs a good race and gets away can only be admired pure athletisism and deer always gets the blood flowing my favourite its a hard one alright depends a good fox or a deer that is taken before it has hit a ditch just my opinion though also depends dogs you keep
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law on shooting 22 on golf course
alcamy22 replied to jocky's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
a golf course is not a public place it is a private property which in turn may be open to the public be it council owned or privately owned it is very much not public it would not be like land deemed commonage where everyone has equal right to be on the land be careful with that one or you might find yourself in the docks -
ess, Iwould advice a lab,they very steady when trained properly and not as giddy as a ess or cocker spaniel,not knocking the spaniels i have 2 of them i use from september to end of january for my own rough shooting and also to beat on a partridge shoot for a mate.The lab i use mainly for picking up and for duck shooting and find her a lot steadier than the springers. what about a german pointer
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hey folks just got my self an air rifle and i am in need of some sort of retreiver / pointer that will be mainly used on retrieving rabbits and wood pigeons what in your opinion would be the best dog for the task i keep lurchers and ferrets too but need some thing for shooting with all advice welcome and appreciated
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cheers for all the advice guys appreciate it
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got her just before 5months she will run off with the other dogs but the other dogs are very calm and i have them most of the time to heel too theyre never really running wild the very odd time they will but most time they stay close in to me as they are worked all the time and understand that when they stay close to me they find quarry more often than when there off on the own she did seem slightly nervous and freezes when you touch her, however seems very happy wagging tail when i talk to her and jumps up she wont be pawned off on anyone else as id never do that i know she will take work she
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alright folks i have a 1/4 collie 1/4 deerhound 1/2 hound bitch pup over 6 months now, the thing is ive only had crosses with whippet in them and now got this bitch but shes a pup but she is so calm just walks by my side never leaves heel and is just so calm anyone have any advice is this normal one of my mates said its normal with the deerhound crosses that there really calm until they see there prey then they bust a gut to catch there quarry anyone else experience this
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best gun for a newbie
alcamy22 replied to alcamy22's topic in Rifle Reviews, Technical Help and Tips
i completely agree on ur above comment i said in my previous post that realistically i have too much however i will be getting some hunting buddies to help me i have also made farmers aware of the reality of having just me walking the land so they agreed to allow 2 other people walk the land also only 2 lads i really trust and who are proper dog men the farmers didnt have anyone really walking there land apart from the odd poacher so there happy ill be walking it regularily also all farmers staunchly against any type of poison even livestock friendly ones so dogs and guns are the onl
