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[dev 227]

i f****n hate lads shooting foxes at night with rifles, round here ive heard of lads shooting 25-30 foxes in a weekend, i dont see the point in it,

[Guest oldskool]

Rifle men where I am are even out shooting cubs. They don't quit to give them a chance here at all.

 

 

 

same here mate... i do a bit of shooting myself but i dont go over the top... last summer i went for a shine around just to see the young stuff coming about... on the way home i found alot of leverets thrown on the side of the road, all done by cowboys....

[old dog 210]

I think we all have valid points, and as mentioned it's up each of us to try and educate the asholes in our chosen sports, I'd be the first to condemn shoddy terrier work. It's not the first earth I've come accross that's been left in a mess but I've done the best I can to repair the damage. If we were all of the same mindset on the asholes no matter what our chosen field is, we would'nt be having debates like these. It's always the few that spoil a good thing for us all. Like olddog says with some it's a numbers game, I spoke to a guy that shoots with a rifle all year round, driving round in his jeep, silenced rifle boasting of nearly 400 in 1 year, he then went on to say I was'nt wise out digging when I could just shoot them from the comfort of a jeep!!! Its these numpties that need educating, but where do you start? I think since the FAC laws have been slackened here in the north of Ireland after the troubles, the amount of men with rifles has risen dramatically and the number of foxes has dropped dramatically also. I can recall 10 years ago being able to kill 5-6 foxes a night with lurchers, now sometimes we are lucky to see 5-6 foxes in total. I'm a firm believer that we also have to preserve our sport which to me means having a close season. We do it in fishing hunting should be the same, unless it is genuine pest control. JMHO.

I thought there was a close season; I have always hunted to a close season, start October finish end of february, odd lambing calls in March, but I know where you are coming from. But how do you educate these people they are so tunnel visioned their dicks are the same size as their triggers, they seem to have a point to prove. Maybe they have never had the good fortune of owning and seeing a good working dog. It's not how many you have had, it's the style and hunting of that one, that makes a memorable day!

[old dog 210]

I think we all have valid points, and as mentioned it's up each of us to try and educate the asholes in our chosen sports, I'd be the first to condemn shoddy terrier work. It's not the first earth I've come accross that's been left in a mess but I've done the best I can to repair the damage. If we were all of the same mindset on the asholes no matter what our chosen field is, we would'nt be having debates like these. It's always the few that spoil a good thing for us all. Like olddog says with some it's a numbers game, I spoke to a guy that shoots with a rifle all year round, driving round in his jeep, silenced rifle boasting of nearly 400 in 1 year, he then went on to say I was'nt wise out digging when I could just shoot them from the comfort of a jeep!!! Its these numpties that need educating, but where do you start? I think since the FAC laws have been slackened here in the north of Ireland after the troubles, the amount of men with rifles has risen dramatically and the number of foxes has dropped dramatically also. I can recall 10 years ago being able to kill 5-6 foxes a night with lurchers, now sometimes we are lucky to see 5-6 foxes in total. I'm a firm believer that we also have to preserve our sport which to me means having a close season. We do it in fishing hunting should be the same, unless it is genuine pest control. JMHO.

[old dog 210]

I thought there was a close season, I've always hunted to a close season, start October finish the end of February, odd lambing calls in March, but I know where you're coming from Eamon. But, how do you educate these people, they are so tunnel visioned, their dicks are the same size as their triggers. They seem to have a point to prove. Maybe they have never had the good fortune of owning and seeing a good working dog. It's not how many you have had, it's the style of hunting of that one, that makes a memorable day!

[gizmo 1]

i do the shooting end of it aswell but if it came down to a choice it would have to be with terriers

it just the rush you get when hearing you dog go when hes underground doesnt matter how many times

you have dug to it

[Guest fell terrier]

we hunt a wide lump of ground and i can honestly say the rifle men are affecting our digging once upon a time we had dead cert earths now they hold nowt the same land is lamped with rifle

[old dog 210]

Don't worry boy's they have to start shoting the towns and cities next to keep up with the numbers cost they 're going to have them in the countryside then they will be reduntant