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  1. Ocset
    This dog never faltered, faced anything, never bayed, got stuck in and stayed, he was from show lines and KC registered. I owned him. Those are the facts, first hand.
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    It's a strange one. I don't suppose it's any different than fishing for salmon and putting it on a wall. It's just different. It would be exciting but I think I'd prefer to shoot them with a lens.All the money for tags is put back into the environment and helps to sustain the natural resources.Bear populations need controlling. I feel it's better for this to be done using scientific data to establish how many are to be culled and in which areas and for monies to be generated from it. All of my hunting is trophy hunting. Be it bunnies, pigeons, foxes or deer. I've got a normal job. I'm not
  3. Ocset
    It's a strange one. I don't suppose it's any different than fishing for salmon and putting it on a wall. It's just different. It would be exciting but I think I'd prefer to shoot them with a lens. All the money for tags is put back into the environment and helps to sustain the natural resources. Bear populations need controlling. I feel it's better for this to be done using scientific data to establish how many are to be culled and in which areas and for monies to be generated from it. All of my hunting is trophy hunting. Be it bunnies, pigeons, foxes or deer. I've got a normal job. I'm
  4. Ocset
    I'm bowhunting a black bear this year. It's a trophy hunt. I make no apologies for that. It's my first bear so I won't be worried too much if it doesn't qualify for Pope and Young. In Manitoba, as long as I have paid for my bear tag, I can shoot timber wolfs and coyotes for free. Which I will do, given the opportunity. It'll be a guided hunt, although I won't have a guide with a gun with me. ALL guided hunts in Africa, regardless of your weapon and quarry, with have a PH with a back up weapon alongside you. Bows are an effective hunting tool.
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    I'm sure you could teach your dog to open up. I doubt it would take much training.
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    They're not as fast as a greyhound. A proper greyhound has decent feet, drive, wind, speed, speed and speed. They are no more reckless than any other running dog and aren't made of glass. People shouldn't base their judgement on ex racers that they've seen run. From what I've read so can't base it on me witnessing it,they've run them against pure greys and fairly beat them?As I said I've never seen one in the flesh but only what I've read. Any dog can beat another if the circumstances are stacked in its favour. The fastest greyhound would lose to a beddy whippet if they were working
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    They're not as fast as a greyhound. A proper greyhound has decent feet, drive, wind, speed, speed and speed. They are no more reckless than any other running dog and aren't made of glass. People shouldn't base their judgement on ex racers that they've seen run.
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    The stuff used for coursing and working shouldn't have bad feet. In fact proper greyhounds don't have bad feet regardless of where they run. A dog raised as a hunting dog will be able to turn and stop.
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    A pure grey is fine in the field, just get a pup from proper stock. The people that tell you about paper thin skin and poor feet will never have owned one and I doubt they've seen one work. People who've seen ex racers work aren't the best to give you an answer.
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  11. Ocset
    Just to add, I run a couple of golf courses. The grass is short, the rabbits are fast and you get to see exactly how far away they are by the 100 yard markers. It's easy for the dog to see rabbits a long way away on a golf course at night.
  12. Ocset
    Well, It was only my opinion..... I have to say that i've personally never seen anyone slip on a rabbit at plus yards at night. And I've spent my whole life lamping. Other critters are a different matter, but even with those yards is still a long slip and before long they will be out of the beam if they don't run your way. That said, it's only lamping and, in all honesty, I don't judge my dog (s) on what they do at night, it's daytime where they are graded. But each to their own and good hunting. Surely you've hunted all over the country and possibly in other countries too. In cer
  13. Ocset
    Spot on.
  14. Ocset
    If that's someone who knows what they're on about and can spot when someone is just rehashing stuff that they've read and obviously haven't done anything, then I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks. Do you want to answer my questions? After you went to all the trouble to highlight text in red, it'd be a shame to leave it there. But maybe for the best.
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    That's not right. A dog that'll run 300 yards before it even gets near its quarry and then run that down and catch it, isn't just an animal that runs down the beam. There's dogs out there that would struggle to run 300 yards and catch. If you're 300 yards away and your quarry is away and running then there's something wrong with your fieldcraft. You need to get an asthma pump or some slippers! If it's walking or standing, it makes no difference, in fact a walking animal will stop and look at the approaching dog more often than not. 100 yards is not a long slip and not much of a test. I
  16. Ocset
    Well, It was only my opinion..... I have to say that i've personally never seen anyone slip on a rabbit at plus yards at night. And I've spent my whole life lamping. Other critters are a different matter, but even with those yards is still a long slip and before long they will be out of the beam if they don't run your way. That said, it's only lamping and, in all honesty, I don't judge my dog (s) on what they do at night, it's daytime where they are graded. But each to their own and good hunting. Surely you've hunted all over the country and possibly in other countries too. In cer
  17. Ocset
    That's not right. A dog that'll run 300 yards before it even gets near its quarry and then run that down and catch it, isn't just an animal that runs down the beam. There's dogs out there that would struggle to run 300 yards and catch. If you're 300 yards away and your quarry is away and running then there's something wrong with your fieldcraft. You need to get an asthma pump or some slippers! If it's walking or standing, it makes no difference, in fact a walking animal will stop and look at the approaching dog more often than not. 100 yards is not a long slip and not much of a test.
  18. Ocset
    What was the statement and which type of dog did it pertain to?
  19. Ocset
    Is that on the lamp? I'm an advocate of long slips.
  20. Ocset
    Fair point, your estimate isn't far out.
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    Who said 400 yard slips? That's not right. A greyhound at full speed would only take 20 seconds to cover that distance, all things being equal. There's too many variables to take into account to work that out properly though. Yes, definately too many variables, by the time the greyhound had covered that 400 yards the hare would have gone a fair distance itself. Hares didn't used to get up when they saw a dog 400 yards away, you'd never need to slip that far. I think Brigzy was getting confused between someone saying that they could spot stuff and get eyeshine at 400 yards and
  22. Ocset
    Who said 400 yard slips? That's not right. A greyhound at full speed would only take 20 seconds to cover that distance, all things being equal. There's too many variables to take into account to work that out properly though.
  23. Ocset
    A football pitch is between 100 and 130 yards!! Two football pitches end to end would be 200 t0 260 yards. I can see what you mean about peoples perception of distance being wrong.
  24. Ocset
    It's an offence to discharge a catapult in a public place. Even fisherman who use them to groundbait are committing an offence, although I doubt anyone would attempt to take a fisherman to court. A lot of that would come down to intent.
  25. Ocset
    Kranky had a catty like that, didn't he? You're thinking of Yeeharr.
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