Vicky Steadman
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1 hour ago, poxon said:
base blood wise a bit of collie but mainly beddy is the most predominant in there. Sight hound wise greyhound is the most predominant there is deerhound whippet saluki in there as well but I’d think the latter is almost bred out now as it’s been a while since it was added
That saluki was probably added a dozen generations ago but that line was used for coursing just not heavily saluki based
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Just now, mC HULL said:
Nice dog he is
got a 20 month dog called simba aswell daughter named him had a nyla aswell
Lion King fan for 25 solid years so only right to name him after the main character
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Really pleased with how my young dog is shaping up, now coming up 21 months old, being the first dog I've bred for myself. He's not easy and biddable like his dam but he has a brilliant work ethic and far better wind than her so I'm sure in time he'll make up for his faults in other ways. Had a great first season with him all things considered and look forward to many more. Recent picture of him stripped out.
He's out of my Heidi (bred by Poxon) x a dog called Micky who comes from Jackie Drakeford lines.
Included a photos of others from the litter now they have matured too.
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14 hours ago, Saltmoon said:
It is nice to see relations mad how they are all broken coat and mines smooth coated took more after the dam I reckon more to the greyhound side
All her pups ended up rough, my one and one other male took longer for the coat to come through. But all 8 ended up rough coated
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On 04/03/2021 at 10:44, sandymere said:
Not easy on a golf course so did well
Certainly not easy, missed more than we caught on the night shifts but the main thing is the dogs came home sound each time.
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I didn't think we'd see many rabbits this season but a mole trapping job on a golf course 2 years ago earned me a fantastic offer to do more pest control; this time rabbits. I hit it hard lamping early season 2 or 3 times a week using mainly the pup Simba and his dam Heidi, then I moved house and jobs which meant nothing happened there for a few months. I began to make weekly trips in December and January but rabbits became very shy and hard to catch so I finished the season with 5 ferreting trips. Old Nancy came into her own here as an experienced and accomplished ferreting dog with a nose to die for. A count up revealed I'd knocked back 96 rabbits off that golf course which the green keeper is more than happy with, and secures the role for next season too.
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Using the pulsar xm30 myself, game changer really where rabbits are lamp shy. Means you don't have to scan lamp for eyes, you can see exactly what else in on the land (and who else). Takes the dogs a few goes to understand how it works as they're left in the dark but my pup watches my hands to see if I'm lifting the thermal or the lamp so he mentally preps himself for a run when he sees the lamp come up.
Draws far less attention, handy if poaching but even on permission the less neighbouring houses see the better. I've not had to charge my lamp for about 12 outings now as you hardly need to use it. Really handy bit of kit, we also use for deer stalking in the woods.
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19 minutes ago, Shadow100 said:
Both pups doing adult foxes single handed at a year old? Honestly that’s good going if that’s the case
I know one is, can't remember if the other has gone solo yet on them. Shot and retrieved as per the law of course
very forward pups he says he's had running dogs for over 40 years but doesn't remember having any as forward as these two at this age. Makes you wonder if you kept the wrong one back haha.
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On 18/06/2020 at 05:53, nothernlite said:
Thats dome doing for a 1st season pups if there a year just now that must of been 8 months onwards what a achievement for a dog so young is that the pups trev has ?
Yeah it's mental how quickly they've developed, come a year old they're doing it all single handed too. Yep Trevs pups
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On 14/06/2020 at 19:03, welshphil said:
Fair play, what a cracking litter! I'd happily give a home to every dog in that litter - I think you should do a repeat mating next year so I can have one..........
Phil
Haha, I'd love to have another litter, unfortunately I'm living back home with my mum and step dad so another litter is out of the question till I move out. We'd be over dogged here with one retired and one non worker, 5 dogs about the place would be too many.
The other thing is the sire got sold and I don't know his whereabouts. I really like what they produced together.
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2 hours ago, Black neck said:
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Simba 5 weeks, 4 1/2 months and almost 1 year old
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Dam and two of her pups today
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2 hours ago, Black neck said:
Single handed
Like a pro
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1 hour ago, The hunter 1990 said:
Looks like a tidy dog how are the mother and father and what have you taken with them?
Mother saluki father labrador both single handed on elephants and lions
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Simba had a nice sized rat this morning, cheeky bugger has been eating my chicken food.
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3 hours ago, fireman said:
In body yes but of shorter leg and by far the yummiest meat from any deer imo.There not much sport to be honest for a half decent lurcher on arable land but give them a chance and there grand sport indeed. Me and a pal used to hunt them on flood marshland where half the field was under water or any arable land was soaked and to see them skim over the water and the dog plough in and loose ground then catch up to be turned on a sixpence,well you can keep old puss
and infact we'd leave them be on that ground as the chinks were far better running 
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One thing i will say apart from they got really smelly feet
is they have hair that breaks off to prevent predators from getting hold and iv'e seen a few dogs stood there and swimming in a dyke choking on it while the chink bounds away,also that same hair gets everywhere and if you were say not wanting to show what you had in your motor then for god's sake use a sack.You have been warned 
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Good read up and interesting, I've never seen one only photos bit hard to tell in photos what they're really like, would love to add it to my list as it sounds delicious.
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5 hours ago, nothernlite said:
This guy could be worse
I'd say so. He hates me, no idea why, tried telling me at a show in front of hos mates that his dog is such a good fox dog he brings them live to hand, I said "can't he kill them then?" Not sure it went down too well
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8 hours ago, Black neck said:
Cheers d I'm very sensitive atm
Any chance on a bum
Get a room
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5 minutes ago, Shadow100 said:
It’s blown out of all proportion to be honest, the way people make out as if there’s policemen & keepers behind every hedge & everywheres “red hot”. You get bits of bad luck but if you’re sensible how you go about it you can pretty much get whatever you fancy done without too much trouble.
Think it depends on the land too. One of the estates i have permission on, i have no idea how many thousands of acres but the fields are 5 times as big as local and you can cross 4 or 5 without seeing a road or house so very safe. But local to me farms are very small, 2 fields then a house or road, so easy to get seen. And there are more hunters than there are fields I swear, it's not "red hot" but it's hot enough. Had lamps put on me and cars pulling up in gateways to try to catch me out plenty of times and I don't have an awful lot of nerve so easy to assume every one of them is going to get me in trouble.
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1 hour ago, Loton Moocher said:
They dunna shout fox
when one appears in a drive the shout me on our shoot ? Lol
If the beaters in line spot one the call goes down the line and we get put in position for best chance of sorting it
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35 minutes ago, bird said:
spot on charts mate, deff big world out there , to mess with a lurcher . this what i think, if you do some beating and yu enjoy it , and the keeper will let you have few night in the lamp as well, got to be a good thing i reckon. but there keepers and keepers aint they. i did couple sesons beating, but never get to run my lurcher, had bit of pigeon shooting , but it shared out with 14 other blokes so , not always good days. in the end i stopped beating , and just jumped over the fence at 2 am lamping, but i will be honest here after 30 years of jumping over fences , and having to get out some nights quick lol , it was ok when 37, but at 67 carnt run no more , so if you can get the nod from a land owner/keeper , go for it, but if it was like my keeper back then , stat fit if your young bloke, no good getting older .!!
Problem is now every other hunter is using a thermal so they see you 1000m away and you'd never know they're there. They don't need lamps to see you so you could be trying to get something off the land and they're recording it all on the thermal and before you know it the police are waiting by your car. Which is why I'd always prefer to get the permission where possible, to be able to send a text to the land owner that you'll be about and to not worry about the lamp light, or your motor in the gate ways, means you don't have to be looking over your shoulder every 10 seconds.
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3 minutes ago, Shadow100 said:
Got to be honest mate I prefer freelancing, think it’s a bit more exciting, some prefer permission that’s fine as well. We all enjoy different things.
I just think why spend days beating to get a bit of lamping permission when you could just jump on whenever you like. Before anyone starts as well I don’t condone damage to property or anything like that but I way I see it they’re wild animals, nobody owns them so I shouldn’t have to ask permission to have a run at them
Unfortunately by me all the farms are small and over look their fields and there are a lot of folk trying to get on them for shooting. To turn up unexpected woth a dog is asking for trouble, wouldn't want to make enemies around here. So I'd always look to get permission before poaching because for me the risks are too high. I couldn't run if my life depended on it
there's a few nice safe spots I have always run the dogs on that dont get shot over but hardly see anything on them now.
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1 hour ago, Loton Moocher said:
Where else can you take your mut to keep it paw in and get payed for it ? And these days it aint all toffs our sydicate are great bunch of working class mancs we even got a russian surgeon ? Lol
My local shoot certainly isn't toffs just a group of villagers that all pay into a syndicate, really small and casual we all sit and eat together and take the piss out of the guns bad shots, then go for a pint after. All game gets sold in the farmshop on site, and the pub do an excellent game caserole. Local villagers all supporting local businesses, average day is 50 birds.
They don't particularly like dropping deer there but any foxes that make themselves seen aren't to get away with their lives.
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Simba
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I thought it was great, it came out in cinema and we went to see it the day I picked my keeper so it seemed apt to name him that