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15 hours ago, shaaark said:

You think I don't know book writer's 'exaggerations' lol?!

Just asking for some good book recommendations, simple.

I've never been to a rat killing pit/contest, or the old dog fighting contests, but I like reading about it.

Just fancy reading some books about the countryside and poaching etc, that I've not read before. 👍

BTW, juke, I'm not having a dig at you, and understand what you're saying.

Just fancy reading some good countryside/poaching books that have good/very good reviews. 👍

Read most of the poaching books over the years the one that stood out was by Harold Wyman the great game. TBH I enjoy reading about big game hunting and man eaters rather than most books wrote about hunting and what not in this country. 

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Poaching stories should be taken for what they are.. romantic stories. Plummer and the rest  made stuff up. It's what writers do. It's good entertainment. I've never seen a dog trained to push ga

I wasn't responding to your post shark, just braying my opinion as usual. So we are 🧡 friends again.

Read most of the poaching books over the years the one that stood out was by Harold Wyman the great game. TBH I enjoy reading about big game hunting and man eaters rather than most books wrote about h

On 09/12/2007 at 20:01, nrat said:

:hmm::hmm: POACHING WAYS AND GYPSY DOGS, :hmm::hmm: IN ALL MY OLD YEARS I MUST HAVE READ MOST OLD POACHING BOOKS,AND TRIED SEVERAL OF THE OLD POACHERS WAYS AND MEANS OF CATCHING A DINNER,NOT COZ I WAS HUNGARY BUT JUST TO TRY,NOW SOME OF THESE OLD TALES WANT SOME BELIEVING,LITTLE LYOYD MENTIONED USING A CONE SUNK IN THE GROUND WITH SOME CORN IN IT,PHEASANT EATS CORN AND GETS HEAD STUCK IN CONE YOU THEN JUST COME ALONG AND PICK UP THE PHEASANTS :thumbdown: ANOTHER ONE,YOU BURN FLOWERS OF SULFER UNDER ROOSTING PHEASANTS STUPPIFING THEM TILL THEY FALL OUT THE TREE :thumbdown: EVEN ON A STILL NIGHT I DOUGHT THE FUMES WOULD GO STRAIGHT UP.FISHING FOR RABBITS WITH A FERRET :hmm: A LINE ATTACHED TO THE FERRET AS IN A LINER LET IT WANDER IN THEN JUST PULL OUT THE RABBITS :hmm: WOULD WORK IN A SHORT STOP END, BUT NOT IN A EVEN A SMALL EARTH WOULD IT WORK BY THE TIME THE FERRETS GONE ROUND A FEW BENDS YOU WOULD BE STUCK :thumbdown:HOW ABOUT SNARING A PHEASANT OUT THE ROOST HAVE YOU EVER TRIED PUSHING A SNARE UP THROUGH A BLACKTHORN BUSH :thumbdown: THERS LOADS OF OLD WAYS SOME WORK SOME DONT SOME SEEM A BIT FAR FETCHED, AND WHAT ABOUT GYPSEY DOGS ALL THE OLD TALES TELL OF THE PROWESS THEY POSESED,WHEN APPROACHED BY A KEEPER THE DOG WOULD MAKE ITS WAY HOME VIA A DIFFERENT ROUTE,AND GATE NETTING DOGS DO THEY REALLY EXIST,A DOG LIKE THAT WOULD BE PRICELESS :hmm: IF THE THE GYPSY DOGS WERE THAT GOOD AT COURSING AND HUNTING,WHY DO THEY ALWAYS KEEP CHANGING THEM,I THINK MOST POACHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN NETS SNARES DOGS AND GUNS,PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS TODAY,THE MAIN DIFFERANCE BETWEEN OLD POACHERS AND NOW,WAS THAT THE BOYS,TENDED TO BE COUNTRY WISE, :thumbs:

The linner ferret, in the days before the knocker boxes. My old man used to use them if the gills had killed in. Pop them in the Warren they would shift the gills off there kill you would then dig and follow the line to the hob on the end and the kill. Ideal in shallow Warren's.

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We used to go to massive park , owned by the council, had a massive lake full of duck, geese etc , lots of woodland, cover etc, funny how a .410 cannot be heard on fireworks night. I love a nice duck or goose .

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