good to be back doing daytime ratting

[Guest jrt]

a smoker was used on a few,rest were dug out.some were living in a rotting tree trunk which took a bit of time to shift....................i dont get many rats compared to some people i know but the variety of places i hunt them on day and night means that i never get tired of ratting.

 

i guess it depends on your location but is a smoker escentual?

 

 

in some places yes,i dont go ratting with ferrets so if it cant be dug out fairly quickly ill use a smoker.the rats in one big tree trunk wouldnt have moved without it.you could have maybe smashed it up but i dont think the keeper would be very happy.then theres the times when rats are in tree roots,old stone walls,under concrete floors etc etc etc.

even if i did use ferrets i wouldnt put them into some places,same as you wouldnt risk a terrier in some earths.

 

having said that most of my daytime rats are taken by either digging them out or when a farmer is lifting bales about.

 

 

Cheers for the reply mate. happy hunting

[pointer 543]

no problem

some people take far more rats than i do without having to use a smoker.i struggle to find rats for most of the year and have to get what i can using any method available.if i didnt use a smoker or go out at night lamping rats my dogs would take far less rodents than they do now................

[Dave C 63]

Some good sized rats there mate, well done.

 

Dave.

[Hedge_hunter27 18]

Is it not enough that you nick my terrier on a night Pointer and now you've took my xmas pressie out during the day .

 

i thought it needed the excercise.

 

Yes it does but you have some cheek!!

[pointer 543]

you can have it all to yourself after it quits on me

[Hedge_hunter27 18]

I will be having it all to myself NOW, you don't share xmas pressies

[pointer 543]

you can have it,ive got too many dogs anyway.

[Hedge_hunter27 18]

Damn right .

[half n' half 8]

you can have it,ive got too many dogs anyway.

 

its nice to see you're at last coming to terms with it

[pointer 543]

your right,now we just need to get you to come to terms with not needing that many guns

[Hedge_hunter27 18]

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If he had less dogs and did less hunting he might get something done around the house

 

Good job we don't have any kids :wacko:

[Guest jrt]

whats this a mr and mrs hunter? wish my girl freind was into hunting how good would that be man!

[half n' half 8]

whats this a mr and mrs hunter? wish my girl freind was into hunting how good would that be man!

 

the only hunting my other half does is for my pay slips.

luckily she hasn't got a good nose on her.

[Hedge_hunter27 18]

whats this a mr and mrs hunter? wish my girl freind was into hunting how good would that be man!

 

Well I do enjoy ratting once a week (hopefully a bit more over Christmas) and an hour or so bushing every night flushing out the odd rabbit and other vermin but hardly would call it hunting.

 

I take Tess the Lurcher out occasionally but can not stand the Pointer he is a f g idiot , it’s like taking a JCB out with you :stupid: .

 

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[pointer 543]

we had another look out ratting this afternoon but snapped the shovel shortly after starting.this meant that we could only try and smoke out the rats but that wasnt always working.anyway we messed about as best we could and got a few.

plenty of time left to get the remaining rats before the pheasant rearing starts again.