Best Area To Start Hunting For A Teenager?

[Nik_B 3,791]

The thread title sounded so wrong

[Ideation 8,217]

Which part of wales you in?

 

And i'd say ferrets. That's how I started, jill in a pocket, dozen nets. . . . . . .off you go.

[Walesy 13]

Pembrokeshire

[Ideation 8,217]

Pembrokeshire

 

I'd maybe speak to Malt on here, he's a nice bloke and local to you.

[Blackbriar 8,569]

 

Pembrokeshire

 

I'd maybe speak to Malt on here, he's a nice bloke and local to you.

 

Well, he's local to you, anyway............... .(I feel a warning point coming my way!)

[Ideation 8,217]

 

 

Pembrokeshire

 

I'd maybe speak to Malt on here, he's a nice bloke and local to you.

 

Well, he's local to you, anyway............... .(I feel a warning point coming my way!)

 

 

You're just jealous because we are culturally and racially superior

[patterdale666 1,620]

Plenty of teenagers in my area if you can start here ill donate some tools etc.

[Giro 2,648]

I recon ferretings dear to kick of with these days..

 

Collar and box £100 ish

 

Spade £20

 

Ferret box £20 or make one

 

Hutch £50 upwards to £100

 

Nets £3.50 a pop and you need at least ten ?

 

For cheap hunting a cheap second hand air riffle with scopes bag the lot £150 mabie cheaper is you get SMK or Crossman.

 

Catty £25 bar

 

 

 

My own personal choice would be get a little ratching dog and enjoy a walk, flush a few bits bobs..

 

Its dogs for me the hunt and the frill of the chase.. As lads we were out for hours with a little pack of terriers often we caught nothing but what fun we had

[Hot Meat 3,109]

get a lurcher an youll never look back

[Ideation 8,217]

I recon ferretings dear to kick of with these days..

 

Collar and box £100 ish

 

Spade £20

 

Ferret box £20 or make one

 

Hutch £50 upwards to £100

 

Nets £3.50 a pop and you need at least ten ?

 

For cheap hunting a cheap second hand air riffle with scopes bag the lot £150 mabie cheaper is you get SMK or Crossman.

 

Catty £25 bar

 

 

 

My own personal choice would be get a little ratching dog and enjoy a walk, flush a few bits bobs..

 

Its dogs for me the hunt and the frill of the chase.. As lads we were out for hours with a little pack of terriers often we caught nothing but what fun we had

 

Spade. . . . borrowed.

 

Hutch . . . . . made or free ads.

 

Nets . . . . . . £1.50 a net, spun poley, pegged (here).

 

Ferret bag . . . . . . Free (pair of jeans, bank bag etc).

 

[baw 4,360]

I think traditionally most folk start with a ferret if keeping animals to hunt with is the road you want to go down. Easy kept, fed, trained etc.

[Bosun11 537]

For me Hot Meat & Giro are on the money, ferrets ain't as cheap or easy to start as you may think, I'd go for a nice racy lurcher, preferably with a bit of terrier blood in the mix, real little 'goer'. You'd see some action with a dog like that.

Armed with a dog like that even a late nights walk to a McDonalds for a burger and you should find sommat lurking in the shrubbery's that surround it, never mind the local countryside..!

[baw 4,360]

For me Hot Meat & Giro are on the money, ferrets ain't as cheap or easy to start as you may think, I'd go for a nice racy lurcher, preferably with a bit of terrier blood in the mix, real little 'goer'. You'd see some action with a dog like that.

Armed with a dog like that even a late nights walk to a McDonalds for a burger and you should find sommat lurking in the shrubbery's that surround it, never mind the local countryside..!

Considering we have to assume he has no hunting background, knowledge etc, do you think starting out with a dog is the best idea? Who's gonna train it, harder to get permission than a ferret, vet bills, feeding etc all more expensive. I've never had to use a tracker on a ferret in my life and I reckon I've only lost about 4 since I was 7 and most of them have been silly things like getting the lid open and falling out the box when I've been walking etc.

[pip1968 2,490]

i think you would be better getting out with lads who have dogs already and see if you really like the hunting scene before jumping in head first and its just a passing phase and youve lost interest after a few weeks when the weather turns nasty

[Bosun11 537]

 

For me Hot Meat & Giro are on the money, ferrets ain't as cheap or easy to start as you may think, I'd go for a nice racy lurcher, preferably with a bit of terrier blood in the mix, real little 'goer'. You'd see some action with a dog like that.

Armed with a dog like that even a late nights walk to a McDonalds for a burger and you should find sommat lurking in the shrubbery's that surround it, never mind the local countryside..!

Considering we have to assume he has no hunting background, knowledge etc, do you think starting out with a dog is the best idea? Who's gonna train it, harder to get permission than a ferret, vet bills, feeding etc all more expensive. I've never had to use a tracker on a ferret in my life and I reckon I've only lost about 4 since I was 7 and most of them have been silly things like getting the lid open and falling out the box when I've been walking etc.

 

Maybe your right mate, I just looked at it through my own eyes as a kid, it was a dog I always wanted, ferrets were secondary. It was always harder to work ferrets for me as a kid, I got nicked more with 'em. With a dog at my heel I could an would find stuff anywhere, just that kid an dog mooching combo, dog following me everywhere, though I suppose times have changed....

I think maybe reading through all the answers Pip has it right, the lad should get out with others first and decide what hunting vocation he wants to pursue.