rob reynolds uk 3 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) went out the other day to shift some foxs for the keeper .started of by trying a well worked earth been there for years it has ,mates dog in and on in about 20 seconds ,working his fox to the stop end which was about 20 ft from were we dropped the dog in which took about 10 mins gave it a short time as we know once this dog has it in the stop end it aint going no were got a reading on the b&f 1.7 nice easy going all the way down .no rocks no roots feck all ..which makes a nice change ..broke through and got one vixon ..shot that one in the head .one behind that one .shot that one also, forgot the check that one so dont no what it was ? back filled and moved on all in under 2hrs good start to the day ..next earth new dog in,it aint done much 20 or so digs under its belt ,hit its fox in about 30 seconds ,running round and round for some time then they stop so we gets a mark at 2.1mtrs gives it a short time 10 mins or so , marks the ground takes the turf off and mate says lets dig as its his dog so he knows how it works ,we get about 2ft down on clay and dogs come out ?? so we all look at each other then we all look round for a bolting fox ,nets still in place ..yes ..mate tells us that this dog has been messing him about and it is on his last chance today ? so we try and put the dog in again which it does go and back on his fox ..gets down about half way down (1mtr) dog comes out ..so we grabs the dog puts it back on its chain and put the coller on another dog .which flys to ground and is giveing mr fox a hard time so we starts to dig again as we break in at 2.1mtrs we could see the terrier was having a hard time getting to mr fox as it was a bigger terrier than the last one so we opens up the hole as we pulled the dog back by its legs the fox shot down another tube that was next to it the was being blocked by view by the dog ,so the fox was only in a stop end that just came of the main tube ..b***%*d ..LET THE DOG GO AGAIN ..which soon found him 30 ft away ?? its now getting dark ..gets a mark at 1.7 then a mark at 1.5 it was digging on but was makeing its way out on a bank if we let it .by now it was lights out and tourches on gets a mark at 1.4 so we digs just in front of it and break through pulls dog out and shoots the fecker as soon as it shows it self, time was now 5.45 at night ..lucky for us the farmer shows up in his front loader and helps us out by pushing all the soil back in so no back filling for us ..not the best of text book digs i know but we all ways get are man and was going no were till we did ..few pics of the day pics that are blurred a bit is from sweat coming of my mates back..three of us doing the digging before you ask .. first dig of the day video clip below http://www.dropshots.com/rob%20reynolds#da...-12-23/11:20:34 Edited December 24, 2007 by rob reynolds uk Quote Link to post
rob reynolds uk 3 Posted December 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 more pics Quote Link to post
thebolt 4 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 very good mate, nice videos Quote Link to post
FAT CITY 0 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 wow looks like fun Quote Link to post
lonedigga 23 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) .... Edited June 3, 2008 by lonedigga Quote Link to post
leegreen 2,254 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 went out the other day to shift some foxs for the keeper .started of by trying a well worked earth been there for years it has ,mates dog in and on in about 20 seconds ,working his fox to the stop end which was about 20 ft from were we dropped the dog in which took about 10 mins gave it a short time as we know once this dog has it in the stop end it aint going no were got a reading on the b&f 1.7 nice easy going all the way down .no rocks no roots feck all ..which makes a nice change ..broke through and got one vixon ..shot that one in the head .one behind that one .shot that one also, forgot the check that one so dont no what it was ? back filled and moved on all in under 2hrs good start to the day ..next earth new dog in,it aint done much 20 or so digs under its belt ,hit its fox in about 30 seconds ,running round and round for some time then they stop so we gets a mark at 2.1mtrs gives it a short time 10 mins or so , marks the ground takes the turf off and mate says lets dig as its his dog so he knows how it works ,we get about 2ft down on clay and dogs come out ?? so we all look at each other then we all look round for a bolting fox ,nets still in place ..yes ..mate tells us that this dog has been messing him about and it is on his last chance today ? so we try and put the dog in again which it does go and back on his fox ..gets down about half way down (1mtr) dog comes out ..so we grabs the dog puts it back on its chain and put the coller on another dog .which flys to ground and is giveing mr fox a hard time so we starts to dig again as we break in at 2.1mtrs we could see the terrier was having a hard time getting to mr fox as it was a bigger terrier than the last one so we opens up the hole as we pulled the dog back by its legs the fox shot down another tube that was next to it the was being blocked by view by the dog ,so the fox was only in a stop end that just came of the main tube ..b***%*d ..LET THE DOG GO AGAIN ..which soon found him 30 ft away ?? its now getting dark ..gets a mark at 1.7 then a mark at 1.5 it was digging on but was makeing its way out on a bank if we let it .by now it was lights out and tourches on gets a mark at 1.4 so we digs just in front of it and break through pulls dog out and shoots the feckeras soon as it shows it self, time was now 5.45 at night ..lucky for us the farmer shows up in his front loader and helps us out by pushing all the soil back in so no back filling for us ..not the best of text book digs i know but we all ways get are man and was going no were till we did ..few pics of the day pics that are blurred a bit is from sweat coming of my mates back..three of us doing the digging before you ask .. first dig of the day video clip below http://www.dropshots.com/rob%20reynolds#da...-12-23/11:20:34 Bet you drink Carling Black Label Quote Link to post
Lukey. 0 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Great work mate and nice pics and vids Quote Link to post
zap 4 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 great pics mate nice to see a dig kept tidy Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Great read that mate Quote Link to post
skeet 1 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 more pics bet that dig burnt the lager off! Quote Link to post
ratcher 69 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 good result and a good read Quote Link to post
rob reynolds uk 3 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 (edited) one more oldish vid of my little bitch called tess doing the biss for her dad well it is x mas and there feck all on the telly http://www.dropshots.com/rob%20reynolds#da...-01-02/13:56:54 Edited December 26, 2007 by rob reynolds uk Quote Link to post
pigeonphill 69 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 are u sure your not a grave digger Quote Link to post
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