Deer specialists

[Night Walker 591]

1 hour ago, Aussie Whip said:

Hard to break dogs from deer once they have a taste. The fallow over here are becoming pests, they are breeding right on the coast to almost the desert. 

Are they hunted a lot as well mate? Can they be legally taken with dogs over there? 

[Aussie Whip 3,827]

1 hour ago, Night Walker said:

Are they hunted a lot as well mate? Can they be legally taken with dogs over there? 

You can't use dogs legally to pull them down  but as the deer population increases a lot more people are hunting them. I was surprised they could thrive in so many different climates and regions over here. I find them annoying when ferreting as the dogs can't seem to resist them.

[Night Walker 591]

55 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

You can't use dogs legally to pull them down  but as the deer population increases a lot more people are hunting them. I was surprised they could thrive in so many different climates and regions over here. I find them annoying when ferreting as the dogs can't seem to resist them.

Yeah same thing is happening over here with deer increasing in population all the time, there popping up and causing problems when your ferreting or just trying to do a bit of rabbiting. Pain in the arse for a lot of lads

[Wild-Bill 500]

1 hour ago, Night Walker said:

Yeah same thing is happening over here with deer increasing in population all the time, there popping up and causing problems when your ferreting or just trying to do a bit of rabbiting. Pain in the arse for a lot of lads

A joy for others though  

[Tyla 3,179]

Bloody nuisance things they are, more deer than rabbits in some places

[Black neck 15,162]

2 minutes ago, Tyla said:

Bloody nuisance things they are, more deer than rabbits in some places

U poor beggar

[Tyla 3,179]

1 minute ago, Black neck said:

U poor beggar

It depends what you into I guess, used to love them but now they are the ruination of many a mooch lol

[Black neck 15,162]

1 minute ago, Tyla said:

It depends what you into I guess, used to love them but now they are the ruination of many a mooch lol

See what your saying I feel that way about feral cats but I never used 2 love them tho

[Tyla 3,179]

1 minute ago, Black neck said:

See what your saying I feel that way about feral cats but I never used 2 love them tho

I think they'd be ok if you could choose to go places where they are when you wanted to. It's a pain in the arse when they are in every bit of cover whenever you want to walk the dogs though. Mine are now as broken to them as I can get but it took ages and a lot of accidents to get it done 

[Black neck 15,162]

2 minutes ago, Tyla said:

I think they'd be ok if you could choose to go places where they are when you wanted to. It's a pain in the arse when they are in every bit of cover whenever you want to walk the dogs though. Mine are now as broken to them as I can get but it took ages and a lot of accidents to get it done 

How did u do it like

[Tyla 3,179]

Just now, Black neck said:

How did u do it like

A mixture of patience and exposing them to lots of deer, in situations I can control, and accidents followed by bollockings lol. My collie based bitsa bitch picked it up pretty quick, the bushers and terrier blooded dog were hard work. The bitsa bitch is now so steady to them that she will sit under a high seat and watch them when I take her stalking. I use her as an indicator and tracking dog for that which she's taken to really well. If a wounded one is still mobile, and I tell her to, she's more than happy to catch and pull it for me though. She's 10 now, im really going to miss that dog. Not going to be easy to replace.

[Black neck 15,162]

4 minutes ago, Tyla said:

A mixture of patience and exposing them to lots of deer, in situations I can control, and accidents followed by bollockings lol. My collie based bitsa bitch picked it up pretty quick, the bushers and terrier blooded dog were hard work. The bitsa bitch is now so steady to them that she will sit under a high seat and watch them when I take her stalking. I use her as an indicator and tracking dog for that which she's taken to really well. If a wounded one is still mobile, and I tell her to, she's more than happy to catch and pull it for me though. She's 10 now, im really going to miss that dog. Not going to be easy to replace.

Very good