Did Or Does Anyone Make A Living Out Of Work There Lurchers

[bobza 910]

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Edited April 17, 2016 by bobza

[jukel123 9,504]

We never got £2.50 a pound for venison,,,not back then,,,,£1 a pound,,,was the going rate,,,,was getting £4.50 for a brace of birds,,,to a big international game dealers,,,,so they took any amount...we had a restaurant for the fish,,,,,

 

And would try to sell the venison carcas hole ,,,or half,,,but split long ways down the spine,,,cos very fecker wanted the back half...

Ditto, only the fish we caught were salmon.Very lucrative until farmed salmon fecked the price. One salmon was worth a week's wages.

To me we were forced into it by Maggie.

Maggie's groupies are at it again-working over ordinary people.

Game dealers my end paid up to £2 per pound for venison.

Rabbits were hardly worth bothering with, hares and pheasants were better coin.

All legal and licensed of course.

Edited January 29, 2016 by jukel123

[South hams hunter 8,988]

Made thw odd pound here and there. My dad and his partner used to sell fox pelts in the 70/80s and venison but had jobs aswell. Dont think iys possible down here, there just isnt the game or demand

[jukel123 9,504]

Never sold pelts. What price did they get back then?What price now?

[neil cooney 10,416]

Just out of school one of the men who showed me the ropes would use any method to obtain game, including deer wires.

I questioned some of his methods one day and he said if it put's bread on the table it ain't cruel.

Mind you it was more about beer money back then than bread.

Funny enough, the same man if he was out for sport was very much a sportsman. Hares got law, one dog. Digging, one terrier at a time and no hard terriers as he didn't like to see a terrier hurt.

 

Someone mentioned live rabbits.

When I was a first year apprentice butcher I was working hard for £60 a week. One Sunday morning one burrow, 12 rabbits at £5 each = £60.

[South hams hunter 8,988]

They're worthless now mate. My old man and his partner used to take down 100 or so down at a time, best price he ever got for one pelt was 29.50 and lowest was £3. They used to get £15 on average for a decent fox with no whiye wool

[neil cooney 10,416]

The most we ever got for pelts was £7 wet. 15 years before that they were worth £25.

There was lads working in the building boom in Ireland in the 70's on top money but still gave it up in the Winter to get skins.

There was also the bounty back then (before my time) and you heard some great stories.

Around the border the lads would bring the tongue of the fox into the local Garda station and get the bounty. They then went across the border with the brush of the same fox and collected the bounty off the RUC.

I heard of one sergeant who wouldn't handle the fox tail and used to tell the lads to dump the brush in the bin outside the barracks.

Some lads would bring the same brush in the next day to collect another bounty.

 

 

Pelts nowadays are worth around 30 for fox and 20 for mink.

[South hams hunter 8,988]

Dried neil and where from?

[jukel123 9,504]

My old man was a good snarer.He even tried snaring red deer in the 50s. He used telegraph wire.Tripped them a few times but never actually caught one.

He was a great joker too. If he came across someone else's snares he would put two or three rabbits in the one snare and then listen to the stories in the pub after.

I remember somebody was snaring on our patch and checking them at night. He covered every one with human shite. They lifted them and fecked off somewhere else.

[Maximus Ferret 2,065]

As I'm board thought I see who has or is making a living out of working there lurcher how u go about it.said it really interests me might be a stupid question.atb bob

Bob mate, one of the biggest problems with this is selling what you catch. With recent legislation all game carcasses to be sold on are supposed to be passed disease free by someone qualified and also the number of game dealers in Ireland is nothing like that in UK.For example, I live in West Cork and my nearest game dealer is in Tipperary so that's the first problem to be got around.

Next thing, whether rabbit, hare, fox or deer, any place you hunt regularly and bag up will soon be cleaned out so you'd need to think well ahead.

I wouldn't say it's impossible but in My opinion it's better to just enjoy life and hunting and enjoy what little bonuses you can get without busting a gut over it.

Any good hotspots you find are best kept secret and visited only occasionally to keep the game steady and the sport good.

Edited January 29, 2016 by Maximus Ferret

[Maximus Ferret 2,065]

The most we ever got for pelts was £7 wet. 15 years before that they were worth £25.

There was lads working in the building boom in Ireland in the 70's on top money but still gave it up in the Winter to get skins.

There was also the bounty back then (before my time) and you heard some great stories.

Around the border the lads would bring the tongue of the fox into the local Garda station and get the bounty. They then went across the border with the brush of the same fox and collected the bounty off the RUC.

I heard of one sergeant who wouldn't handle the fox tail and used to tell the lads to dump the brush in the bin outside the barracks.

Some lads would bring the same brush in the next day to collect another bounty.

 

 

Pelts nowadays are worth around 30 for fox and 20 for mink.

Where is buying at those prices Neil? PM if you like. (Plenty of foxes and mink round here!)

Edited January 29, 2016 by Maximus Ferret

[myersbg 1,385]

 

The most we ever got for pelts was £7 wet. 15 years before that they were worth £25.

There was lads working in the building boom in Ireland in the 70's on top money but still gave it up in the Winter to get skins.

There was also the bounty back then (before my time) and you heard some great stories.

Around the border the lads would bring the tongue of the fox into the local Garda station and get the bounty. They then went across the border with the brush of the same fox and collected the bounty off the RUC.

I heard of one sergeant who wouldn't handle the fox tail and used to tell the lads to dump the brush in the bin outside the barracks.

Some lads would bring the same brush in the next day to collect another bounty.

 

 

Pelts nowadays are worth around 30 for fox and 20 for mink.

Where is buying at those prices Neil? PM if you like. (Plenty of foxes and mink round here!)

 

Fur prices are absolutely crap at the moment and you will be lucky to get a tenner for a in prime fox pelt and mink i have a freezer full of and they are not worth skinning.

[neil cooney 10,416]

Dried neil and where from?

I'm not sure if they want wet or dry but it's no secret that a Scandinavian company last year came to Ireland and said our fur's quality are some of the best.

They approached the Gun Clubs and said they'd even giving skinning demonstrations if need be.

[South hams hunter 8,988]

Got the company name?

[neil cooney 10,416]

 

 

The most we ever got for pelts was £7 wet. 15 years before that they were worth £25.

There was lads working in the building boom in Ireland in the 70's on top money but still gave it up in the Winter to get skins.

There was also the bounty back then (before my time) and you heard some great stories.

Around the border the lads would bring the tongue of the fox into the local Garda station and get the bounty. They then went across the border with the brush of the same fox and collected the bounty off the RUC.

I heard of one sergeant who wouldn't handle the fox tail and used to tell the lads to dump the brush in the bin outside the barracks.

Some lads would bring the same brush in the next day to collect another bounty.

 

 

Pelts nowadays are worth around 30 for fox and 20 for mink.

Where is buying at those prices Neil? PM if you like. (Plenty of foxes and mink round here!)

 

Fur prices are absolutely crap at the moment and you will be lucky to get a tenner for a in prime fox pelt and mink i have a freezer full of and they are not worth skinning.

 

Then why have you them in your freezer ?

30 euro for a fox and 20 for a mink is what they offered for premium pelts. So what's that in sterling ?