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    the best i have seen have all had beddy mothers , Oh good! I've just got a pup with a whippet mother!!!
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    what you trying to say mate.......... im that sad that id post a message at that time of night for the crack !! you cant even see on that pic the compound where i keep my dogs. It was took when we were out between 7.pm and 9.30pm when we went out and i also have terriers so to be honest neighbours are used to hearing dogs barking. Update today is you can see where they have been through neighbours garden and leant wood up the fence to climb over. We have reported it to police last night and been round somecamps looking for it, but it could be anywhere by now. really helpful pos
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    Hope you get them back mate. I'd sack the guard dog. I don't want to sound like a twat mate, but could it have been anyone who the dogs would have been familiar with? I wouldn't like to try to get past a rotty. Then again some of these doggy boys are cute bast4rds. Anyway whatever or whoever, I honestly hope you get them back.
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    That grass will need some work if we're going to be playing croquet. But seriously, I'm glad you've posted these and not been put off by what people might think. There's a lot of experience on here and there have been some good points, positively made already. The important thing is that people don't feel afraid to make a suggestion or float an idea on the forum. excellent point John.
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    Hi mate Very nearly got double figures one night about ten years ago, ended up with nine. It was a wild December night and I was just about to flick on my lamp when I saw a red light, I thought bloody gamie, so I squatted down and pulled the dogs into the cover, but something didn't look right, so keeping low I sneaked forward leaving the dogs on stay. This old guy with a white beard appeared going YO,HO,HO, that was it, the dogs were off in a flash, the old guy's shouting no not Rudolf, oh! not Prancer. Nine I ended up with. Come on then who's got kids or Grandkids, there was Dancer, Prancer,
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    You'll enjoy it mate
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    Yes,when i was fence snaring with woodga,we had 2 pheasants that had come through the fence on rabbit runs.Both where released Nice to see you set a good example mr T. I used to have rabbiting on an estate, and was advised against fence snaring by the keeper after I'd reduced his pheasant stocks by one or two. He'd been round before me. The answer is, be there on the grey dark, then you can release them before anyone knows you've caught them in the first place.
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    No pics but I had a bit of ground with 3/4 mile of railway cut going through it. It was silloutted against the nearest town, and it was opposite to prevailing wind. It had one saving grace though, there was a 75 yard bit at one end that was blind as long as you stayed bent over. I regularly got between half a dozen and a dozen and a half off it. The best was I think 19 that we kept as the mixie was starting. For big bags, you need the rabbits and the ground, and unless you're working similar areas with similar amounts of rabbits, you can't really compare much. A good example
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    I thank you all for your input, and I'll look for the recent article, thanks everyone. ian
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    Hi Lads, I've never been on this section before, however, the lad's just been getting a Beddy whippet pup which he's hoping to, "amongst other things" have a bash at lamping with next season. I offered to rig him up a car spot light with a battery, but oh no, it's gotta be a proper lamp. I've been looking in Countryman's Weekly and everywhere I can and I see hundreds of choices. Deben Lightforce Stryker. Now doing other things you ask the people who know, so I'm asking you guys, is there a best make, a best lamp, a best battery pack?. Please don't be afraid to reply in case not
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    As Chris says Rob, be very careful. Everything you catch is your responsibility no if or buts or mitigating circumstances. It's your responsibility not to catch anything other than the target species. One or two court cases have proved that. take care ian.
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    Hello ''tramp'', yes i prefer the old traditional method of setting long nets as well, it's so versatile, and also i use cotton lines as the net does not slide along lines of cotton as easily as nylon and holds better on pegs. I suspect that the traditional method is now used by a minority of netters. I use hemp too lads, and always fancied giving the cotton cords a go, I bet they don't bunch up as bad in an end wind. As regards the 3z net, I still use it, "through the day" it's buggered now, but boy does it ball them up. It tears easily now and since I used Kangol seat belt thread spoo
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    Hi mate, as Joonsy says, peg as you go is the best, however that's if you can manage on your own. NB it's a LOT easier if there are two of you who have practiced together. If you get in a pickle half way through, don't waste time, just run the rest of the net, peg it down, quickly get back to your last peg, and back peg forwards . If you start from the end when you already have a few pegs in, you could end with a bit of a mess in the middle. Free running bands are a must if you peg as you go, as it allows the net to even out. The reason that I don't like the dogma aout this m
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    Hi Mate, Joonsey no doubt can do the job well, however I feel he's being a little dogmatic. I can manage fine doing it either way. Peg as you go, done very carefully will keep the bag in each section. It is possible still however to get in a mess. It is easier if there is two of you. Tied in bag can cause problems. The net can blow along over the knotted part giving a large heap of unmanageable difficult to sort net. Peg as you go and always lift the net into the wind, if you can. If you back peg, always be aware of keeping your net sorted ie if your bag
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    Sorry about the curt reply joonsey, just, I replied twice and an error came up and I lost it. First point, I can do both peg as you go and back pegging. Secondly, you overstate the difficulty of bag distribution . Third point as I said, you need a running cord if using peg as you go, but for back pegging it matters not one jot. Third, you can get away with a peg every eight yards if back pegging as you can get the cords tighter. We had all these things about a month ago. We agreed that not everyone found it possible to peg as you go singlehandedly. Some prefered preset, I'm not sure it matters
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    there you have it then, throw the nets in the bin, there's only one way.
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    Aye there's an awful lot to learn on here, I've snared in an amateur pot hunter way all my life, but these guys opened my eyes, and you'll find them very helpful, though some things are so obvious to them, they might not think it worth mentioning, so anything you're not sure of just ask. You'll get a reply, and if it's not correct, someone will correct whoever wrote it. Seems to be the way it works.
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    Hi Alec, just set the runs as if they were beats, sometimes they're like that. Woodga very kindly pointed out to you not to expect much when it's frosty. There are topnotch snarers on this site who will keep you right. Snareman and Woodga are awesome, and catch unbelievable amounts of rabbits. Good snaring. ian.
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    i am an SGA member, and really could not believe what i was reading in the scottish gamekeeper magazine, when it arrived last saturday morning, about setting fox snares at 5 inches high, and the usual 100 year old drivel of setting rabbit snares with 4 inch nooses set 3 fingers high, i phoned BASC, and they said it was best practice , thought up by the usual organisations, and to phone BASC scotland , and spoke to the man the office , i explained the situation, and asked what clowns came up with all this nonsense, after an hour,s conversation, isent breakaway fox snares and rabbit snare sam
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    You take things easy Woodga, there's nowt worse than dodgy ribs, they take ages to sort. Thanks for the stuff you sent me recently, you are a gentleman.
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    sounds good stuff mate, I'll take ten balls.
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    You did not a bad job mate, not bad at all.
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    Hi mate, there are quite a few opinions and methods for both quickset and conventional/traditional methods of setting your net. The methods depend on whether you are working alone, how much dexterity and co-ordination you have, and your own opinion as to what suits you. For example, the man who invented the quick set net, "Glenn Waters" , never uses a basket, he prefers to carry the net by hand. Traditional nets single handed can be ran out then back pegged or pegged as you go. I suggest you read Harold Wymans' book, "The art of longnetting". Some regard it as a
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    Ok Rolfe, clear enough now, though methinks you piss take with that last photo :11:
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