COMPO 54 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 as above, after reading the threads on the ferreting forum on M OOCHERS about getting ready for the forthcoming ferreting season and one lad who has been out doing a bit of ferreting, i have got the last bits of my gear ready, fixed the dial on my locator and have been to cut some more hazel wands for the longnet. whilst cutting the wands with my lad, my little teckel x border got through a fence that surrounds a local school playground and has a border of wood around it, she starts kicking up a hell of a fuss, i think whats she got there. she is silent with rats and doesn't make that noise with rabbits, a cat? a fox? i can see her diving in and out of a pile of sticks, then she throws something in the air, a fecking hedgehog, cut a long story short i was too fat to squeeze through the hole in the fence, so my 8 year old lad has to go and try and recover her, by the time he has got to her the hedgehog was dead anyone else got a dog that will bite through hedgehogs?? she has holes in her muzzle and the inside of her mouth,but that didn't seem to faze her! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret15 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 my bull cross got one once but he got it before it curled so only got him on the nose but he hasn't seen one since so i don't know if he would do it again. He got bitten by a squirrel onces well my fault as i was riding my horse and a squirrel shot out in front of us and he went after it the squirrel was heading for the road. so i called him off just as he scooped it up by its middle. he froze not sure if i wanted him to drop it or retrieve it and the f****r turned and bit his nose he went f*****g mad and destroyed it there and then and then retrieved its front legs back to me with blood poring from his nose since then he has had a dislike for the little buggers and always give them a shake before retrieving Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shell 42 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Malc had an old Border Terrier dog that he used to do a lot of ratting with on the canal side. The dog used to knock hedgehogs into the water so that they opened up and he'd jump in and bite them on the soft under bellies. shell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 i cant sem to let my terriers off the lead at the moment without them takin hedge hogs ! they are a menise to ground nesting birds, but can only be controlled legally with a shotgun ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest foxtrack Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 shotgun i thoght they were protected Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 NOPE NOT FULLY PROTCTED ! shotgun is the only *legal* method ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest foxtrack Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 are you sure mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 yes quiet sure ! there has been numeroius calls for a cul on them as the possess a terrible threat to the ground nesting birds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest little_lloyd Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I thought that the one of the other reasons for a badger cull was to protect hogs. Sure i read something in there about this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest foxtrack Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 yes mate it has but in the northen islands of scotland i might be wrong but i dident think itwas also legal down south, but like i said i could be wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest foxtrack Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I thought that the one of the other reasons for a badger cull was to protect hogs. Sure i read something in there about this. lloyed'y boy it's late now mate shouldent you be in bed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 it is totally legal to cull hedgehogs using a shotgun ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 For some reason we get hell of a lot of hedgehogs through our garden, I'm sure they are suicidal, they crawl under the tiny gap into my terriers run with predictable results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Jazz used to crunch them like quavers Ive broke her to them since, easy enough to do. MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swamper 11 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 my old bull would rip them apart with his claws in a second Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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