Went to check out some new land today!

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Unfortunatly had to work for most of the day, but decided this evening to go and check out a new farm that i got recently. It's 300 acres ish, of mainly arable, with some nice fern bankings and a few strips of wood scattered about.

 

Took the dog, some nets and a couple of jills just in case i came across anything interesting, but mainly just planned to have a walk.

 

Got to the farm and spoke to the farmers wife, who very nicely gave me a map on which she had marked the main areas that she thought there might be some rabbits about.

 

Started off running the dog around some ferm banks, but the cover was way too thick to do any ferreting, then made my way across some stubbles. Had a nice mark on a huge brush pile, about 30 foot high, but couldn't be arsed with ferreting it, as with one dog it would have been a waste of time.

 

Continued on having a mooch in the last of the sun across the stubbles, and up some thin hedges.

 

The dog put one up in the hedge, hunted it a long for a while then smashed through the hedge and ran it to groun under a tree.

 

Nets on around the tree, and a couple of holes a long the hedge a bit on either side. Waited one side, and stuck the dog the other, but then when the bumping started he decided he wanted to be my side. Sods law the bunny made it's break from a hole on the other side of the hedge, and started to kick the net. The dog did his rambo bit and smashed straight through the hedge, bouncing off the barbed wire on the way, but luckily didn't do much damage (this time!), and caught the bunny before it could get much steam up.

 

Ferret out and nets off. We continued through a small woodland strip which bordered a nice open stubble field on one side and the adjacent property on the other, hoping to put some up and out into the open field.

 

Of course it never works to plan, and the first three that the dog put up went flying through the fence into the neighbouring stables. But it was good to see the dog working the cover hard.

 

Banged a couple of pheasants out of the cover but alas no catches.

 

A bit further on he put another two up that went out across a path (stable side) and into a ditch, which luckily bordered a field owned by the same farm the dog following over the fence and i followed the dog, to find him marking a set in the ditch.

 

Netted up the six holes and dropped the jill in, after a bit of thumping the first bumping the first rabbit hit a net. Dispatched it and replaced it, and then heared a bit of squeeling from the same hole, stuck my hand down but only got the ferrets arse. The rabbit then backed off down. I was a bit worried as it was not really an easily diggable place, being under a holly tree, but luckily the jill evicted it with a slightly mangled face out of the hole and into the net i had stuck back on.

 

Mooched back through a horse paddock to the house and had another chat with the farmers wife and her angry German sheapard Otto, who wanted to eat my dog (thank f**k for the big fence!), arranged to pay a proper visit soon now i know the land, and bid her farewell.

 

Went home and made an omelet.

 

Out tomorrow with johnnyboy and borntorun329847928347298749823749823 (or something like that), doing some new land across the border.

 

Atb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dymented 2,220]

well done bud

cracking land to

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Cheers mate, it looks good from what i have seen so far, but unfortunatly it only holds rabbits and a few fox, and too many stripeys. Would be nice to have the odd hare or deer kicking about. I'm hoping that soon enough i can get permission to lamp it as well as ferret. . . .

[malc1 544]

well done jay some nice big fields there carnt wait to get out with the ferrets my self alb malc

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Cheers matey. Give us a shout if you fancy any company Would be good to have a mooch and a chat while bolting a few bunnys.

[mackem 29,961]

Good read,beautiful countryside,your a lucky guy.

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Thanks matey.

 

I am very lucky with the land i have around me, it really is beautiful, and i have permission as far as you can see in most of those photos.

 

The only down side is that due to a mixture of location, disease, people with rifles and certain physical barriers, there is a lot less quarry than there should be by the look of it. Still, very nice land to walk, and enough to keep me busy

[stealthy1 3,964]

I love new land, just got a bit more myself, two lots in the last couple of days, good luck with the new land

[muddy210 34]

cracking read mate getting new land is allways good

[KittleRox 2,147]

Good stuff

[tegater 789]

Nice country, is that close to Shropshire/Hereford border, it looks very similar?

 

Its great when the farmer doesnt just let you on, but is helpful at the same time, its nice to see.

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Cheers guys!

 

Tegater - No mate, it's further south, but it does look similar.

[bigbailey 90]

Nice whippet dog that mate looks similar to my bitch! where about did you get him from? mine are about 15 month now!

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North Wales mate. He's about 18 months.

[NEWKID 29,074]

Good write up mate and good looking land,

gonna be having my first trip on some new permission this weekend coming, the farmer has told me it's crawling.......we'll see.... can't wait either way.