New Season In France

[Rabbit Hunter 6,608]

Jealous too. Great job Blaise. Are you digging to many Patterdales?

[Blaise 2,253]

Jealous too. Great job Blaise. Are you digging to many Patterdales?

 

We've 9 Patterdales, 7 in my kennel and 2 in a friend's kennel.

When we are digging, just one dog in the set.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,608]

Any pics of the dogs you dig? And is there any particular bloodline you keep?

[keepdiggin 9,222]

do your terriers ever mix?

 

Its a win win for everybody the terriers get to do there jobs and the badgers move to other parts of the country.

[Blaise 2,253]

do your terriers ever mix?

 

 

Sorry, what do you mean by mix ?

[terryd 8,045]

 

do your terriers ever mix?

 

 

Sorry, what do you mean by mix ?

 

 

try and en gauge, get to close and fight it out

[Blaise 2,253]

We don't need fighting dogs, I don't want it.

Courageous yes, steady worker yes, fighter no.

I hunt badger, some places are hard to dig. Some hunts need 3 or 4 hours, few times more. Dog has to be able to bark near the badger for a long time.

[dytkos 17,536]

Blaise are there many lads out there without the neccessary permits etc who dig badgers?

 

Cheers, D.

[Blaise 2,253]

Blaise are there many lads out there without the neccessary permits etc who dig badgers?

 

Cheers, D.

 

May be, but you risk big problems. I think most of us have the licenses.

In a team, only the master need licenses.

[Rat face 1,655]

 

 

Blaise are there many lads out there without the neccessary permits etc who dig badgers?

 

Cheers, D.

May be, but you risk big problems. I think most of us have the licenses.

In a team, only the master need licenses.

Is a license hard to get and what requirements do you need to meet to get one?

 

I love how the sport is conducted in France

[Blaise 2,253]

 

 

Blaise are there many lads out there without the neccessary permits etc who dig badgers?

 

Cheers, D.

May be, but you risk big problems. I think most of us have the licenses.

In a team, only the master need licenses.

Is a license hard to get and what requirements do you need to meet to get one?

 

I love how the sport is conducted in France

 

 

Yes It's quite hard if you want to become a Master of a team (Maître d'équipage).

You have to prove your personal abilities (hunting experiences), abilities of our lads, abilities of your dogs (minimum 3 dogs breed teckel or terrier). In fact, each new master has been hunting before in another team. You can't begin without experiences.

You need a french hunting license (there's an exam like driving license).

Your dogs, tools and kennel are controled.

To have a license in order to hunt badgers, you need with 3 agrements :

- Association Francaise des équipages de venerie sous terre concerning abilities,

- Fédération départementale des chasseurs (hunting local organization),

- Rural administration.

This license is delivered for one year the first time, 5 years more if every thing is OK, 6 years later.

If you can't reach all this requirements, you can still hunt. You have to join another team as a member, you hunt under the authority of a Master.

We are 10,000 terriermen in France, 1,500 are Master.

Edited June 7, 2017 by Blaise

[chesney 5,326]

That sounds like good system how it should be be ideal if a similar set up was brought out here dogs get a chance ta work all quarry. Fairplay blaise thanks for updates very good thread hope thete plenty more ta come.

[Themole 323]

No doubt you'd you find them chesney

[chesney 5,326]

No doubt you'd you find them chesney

. To right I would

[Mooching Celt 658]

Once you have the relevent licenses can you just go out as and when you like or do the authorities need to be informed of your hunts and do they turn up unannounced to check that you are following the rules?