Most rabbits killed with one lurcher on nights lamping now let's be truthful lads about this one

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

5 hours ago, levigsp said:

Yes he was right, the Minshaw dogs were far to big, but they sailed over the wires. There was couple of lads that came up with them, one eventually moved over to Alsatian cross. I cannot remember names. when the rabbit numbers crashed in Caithness I moved onto other things.

 

 

 

That's my pal 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

No big number pics. But had some very happy times and fond memories of  travelling up North to Scotland for a week's or weekends hunting holiday . Fell in love with it first time I went at nineteen years old, truly gods own country. 

[mackem 28,089]

Didn't Tommy mcphee sell his bitch Ruby I think her name was? To some lads from Wales? 

[levigsp 938]

14 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

That's my pal 

Does he still have dogs?

 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

Didn't Tommy mcphee sell his bitch Ruby I think her name was? To some lads from Wales? 

I believe she was called ruby, not sure the rest of it. But got a funny story relating to that. A crew of lads I used lamp and dig with in the 90,s . Went on a week's rabbiting holiday to Caithness called in to see Tommy and either bought a small whippety type lurcher off Tommy or a relative, can't remember exact details as years ago. Anyway these lads was stopping in a rental cottage and went and bought the dog, and decided that night to go on the piss in the two local pubs. Left the dog loose in the cottage. But when they came back from the boozer, the dog had eaten everything,  the curtains , a big hole in sofa , arms on sofa , carpets the lot ! It was that bad the damage they just did one back to England straight away  lol. Now i am not condoning the damage , just was a funny story that's all. 

 

 

 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

2 minutes ago, levigsp said:

Does he still have dogs?

 

Been a couple of years now since we spoke, he had one old dog then. But he packed hunting in years ago. 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

Some more old holiday pics mostly early 90s. Used to love it up there. 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

A few more

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

Few more 

[mackem 28,089]

2 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

Few more 

Did you lamp down around Brora, Helmsdale and Golspie as well mate?I remember slipping the dog on a rabbit and she caught a roe

[nothernlite 18,089]

Great photos keep them coming 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

Did you lamp down around Brora, Helmsdale and Golspie as well mate?I remember slipping the dog on a rabbit and she caught a roe

I did actually yeah, stayed at helmsdale a few times. I remember lamping brora golf course 

 

 

 

[mackem 28,089]

3 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

I did actually yeah, stayed at helmsdale a few times. I remember lamping brora golf course 

I remember lamping brora golf course,good times, you wouldn't happen to be from Manchester? 

[Leo Sayer 2,928]

Just now, mackem said:

I remember lamping brora golf course,good times, you wouldn't happen to be from Manchester? 

The posh bit 

[mackem 28,089]

8 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

The posh bit 

I met quite a few lads from Manchester during the mid-late 1980's that lamped the A9 stretch of sutherland

There was a shooting news writer, he was a glaswegian plasterer by trade, I think he moved up to caithness after visiting Tommy Mcphee a few times.