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Thanks OTC for dating the Fenn, bit older than I thought. Regarding Fenn mk1 rabbit traps, used to have lots and bought them from Scats ( (now Mole Valley Farmers) wish I'd kept hold of a good few, only have 1 left !
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Could anyone please date this (mk4?) I belive early to mid 60's. Not had one with the thumb loop built into the jaws and a thin wire safety (more like a fish hook than a safety!) Also looking to buy old traps Fenn mk1, imbra and decent gins (especially small ones). Cash or possible exchange traps, cartridges or vintage air guns
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Cheap cartridges View Advert Mostly 12g 28g fibre, 30% ish high pheasant approx 275 20g approx 135 mostly Italian (Sipe) again fibre 40 28g 12 x 3in 410 Good few paper cases mixed in Open to offers or WHY Near Andover Advertiser Bird Catcher Date 06/10/23 Price £1 Category Shotguns
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Just picked up new HW45. Mostly for rats and squirrels in cage traps, anyone else use the same. ? and what's your preferred. 22 pellet.? I'm using RWS at the minute and the pistol seems to like them
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Anybody on here keeping British softbills? If so what do you have?
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I have always used 12mm lead, my mould do 8 at a time and I do the same as you by snipping off the excess then put them all into an empty 2litre plastic pop bottle and give them a bloody good shake, no need to then crush any bits with pliers . I melt my lead outside on a camping stove and use an old heavy cast iron milk saucepan, this keeps the heat well. Don't forget to warm your mould first. I use tube elastic which fire these well. Heavy draw but what I was brought up using
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Yes mate , i well remember how he was bred, he was 22 1\2 tts a blue dog, his mum was called Rose a first x collie greyhound, fantastic bitch on the lamp, i knew her 5 year before my mate bred off her and gave me the pick of the litter, his dad belonged to a gamekeeper from Farrington Gurney and was a greyhound \ saluki x whippet\bedlington, i always prefer the smaller type lurcher for what i do, lost a great little dog (12 yr old) just before last xmas 3\4 whippet 1\4 collie, proper little pot filler and great on birds as well . now days for a bit of lamping or ferreting plus a lot of
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I well remember working on a trout farm back in 1985. Farm went bankrupt mid November, we was out of work being owed a month's wages, Christmas coming up, no jobs about and a wife and 1 Yr old to care for. No help from dole / social. Was out nearly everyday ferreting, watching for the birds going to roost late afternoon so I could come back that night with the pellet gun or Ludger. Lamping every 1/2 decent night or ferreting in dodgy places at night with a full moon. Had a fantastic little dog then , and for 3 months we lived off what that dog caught and what else we could get. Apart from se
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Massive respect. You truly make them seem alive still. Fantastic talent and I'm in the market for a cock pheasant in natural standing/ walking pose if you can oblige
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New forest rabbits, where are they?
Bird Catcher replied to Luckee legs's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
This part of Hampshire has been devastated concerning rabbit numbers. Must be VHD, or something, I ran rabbit after rabbit 10 Yr ago. Now rarer than gold, many,many days had 15 /20+:ferreting, now pleased if you get 1 or 2. Some pockets seem to have big numbers still. What has multiplied massively are Hares and squirrels, its nothing to see 10 to 20 hares here when I walk the muts at 05.30. Also rakes of muntjac, none here 10 year ago. I goes over Watership Down daily and your lucky to seer rabbits. Plenty of wild polecats mind -
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Air pistol View Advert Wanted , a low power air pistol for my youngest grandson. Gat, SP50 or anything along those lines. Must be in good nick and willing to post. Will pay decent price for right gun Advertiser Bird Catcher Date 22/07/22 Price Category Airguns
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Oily fish is good for joints , coat etc etc either whole or oil supplement, but the whole fish , tinned or otherwise is a welcome change in the diet, slightly off topic but 20+ Yr ago I had a pure blood APBT, He developed severe joint problems in older age, greyhound track vet advised me to give him human grade green lipped mussel extract. Worked absolute wonders on him and I've used it on any dog since as they get on in years, natural inflammatory, look it up , its great stuff for us oldies as well !
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This is the complete I mix with my dogs food , either meat or fish ( sardines, mackerel etc) it's 50% salmon and you can smell the oil. I only got 2 dogs so probably not affordable or practical if you got a lot of dogs. Suits mine and they does good on it , well shiny and lively
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Anyone fished this lately? Used to haunt the place and had some decent bass. Thinking of giving it a night bash this weekend
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Cut it into rounds (steaks) and poach in cider with a bay leaf and peppercorns. Bloody lovely. Old boy we used to go sea fishing with told us how, was that many year ago he used Woodpecker green label cider !! You don't want too big a conger mind, about 3 - 4 inch across the steak and about 2inch thick
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Usually tinned sardines in oil , sometimes mackerel but my 2 will eat most fish. About once or twice a week, then I alternate the food between meat and dry complete which is 50% salmon
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Back in the 80's I used to get dog grub from a Greyhound kennels in Andover. Every morning after exercising the dogs he fed them ripped up brown bread with raw mince and raw eggs. My 2 don't mind a raw egg in goats milk now and again, but saying that , they'll eat eggs any way the come !! Regularly give a raw egg and goats milk to the ferrets as well, especially before going out rabbiting
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Absolutely spot on , as jukel123 says too hard on a sensitive dog and you've ruined him. I got a 6 month Bedlington x that is sensitive to a raised voice , where as my Italian greyhound x whippet needs a firm voice. Its all about the dog in front of you. Neither of mine are timid in the least but they do require different handling to respond. You as the owner are the best to assess the dogs temperament. Remember NEVER EVER hit or kick a dog , if you do you'll destroy any trust instantly, better to walk off or kennel the dog if your not getting the required results. My 2 go over the top to pl
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OldPhil, That oblong lamp you got in your photo, I well remember them ! Got mine from Argos I think and kept it in my Hilman Avenger so I could check places out on the way home from a night out. Would have been about 1980/81
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KP & S nets ! Still have one of their original canvas ferret sacks hanging up in my ferret shed !
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Well remember them days, best one I ever made was with a spotlight off a Hymac digger. Removed the frosted glass and fitted clear. Good beam for then. Also remember having a massive head fit when the battery acid ate my Barbour Solway Zipper , that I had to save for !! Now use a hand held Night Saber. Ideal for a couple or more hours and a brilliant beam, from flood to tiny pencil spot. Clulite also good little lamp for a couple of hours
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Used to crumble tobacco from a fag in each nest, same with the racing pigeons, seemed to stop lice and mite, also used to put vasceline on the perch ends as the mite hides in the day and come along perches at night
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Looks like our old enemy is back
Bird Catcher replied to Ferretman65's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
(Not seen it in Hares around here yet, and nore do I want to. Rabbits very scarce where once plentiful, Hares now seems to be breeding all year round, by the size of some my 2 have retrieved (shot... of course !! )
