NET DOGS

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We learnt together Mick they were used to the longnets daytime and knew not to touch once theyd hit the net.

Then i took them on pit stacks and walled fields where the hares where using the gates to make the job easier for them.

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Some very intresting replies here, i think whin hit the nail on the head as regards the amount of training required to produce a dog for this work. I wonder if the net men of old that we read about really could single handedly manage to set a net, handle the dog, and make off with a double figure haul. Sounds like bloody hard work as anyone who has had a go at poaching knows. Anyway thanks for the input ATB Blucher.

[Mick C. 229]

We learnt together Mick they were used to the longnets daytime and knew not to touch once theyd hit the net.

Then i took them on pit stacks and walled fields where the hares where using the gates to make the job easier for them.

 

 

Thanks for the info -very helpful.

 

I thinking the way to learn is to get out there and give it a go and make the necessary corrections to the problems encountered as i go a long.

 

I will be working on my own but its only small scale.I find that the dog is more in sync with you when you go hunting alone and you can go anytime you want to.

 

I will change my two traditional nets into quick sets that should make things a bit more manageable.

 

 

 

Did you have your first dog that worked with nets from a pup.

Edited February 26, 2010 by Mick C.

[Mick C. 229]

Some very intresting replies here, i think whin hit the nail on the head as regards the amount of training required to produce a dog for this work. I wonder if the net men of old that we read about really could single handedly manage to set a net, handle the dog, and make off with a double figure haul. Sounds like bloody hard work as anyone who has had a go at poaching knows. Anyway thanks for the input ATB Blucher.

 

 

To be honest mate i personally dont know.I would imagine if they did they would have had to be very fit.Twenty plus rabbits and yards of wet hemp netting would be no easy task to carry home.Although i suppose they could have hidden some of the gear and picked it up later.

 

Im not hundred percent sure but i think silk yarn was used as a netting material when it was available because it was lighter.Unfortunatley i have never had the good fortune to speak to one of the real old boys in the flesh,way before our time.