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    Get some images posted then we can see the improvements.....
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    Yes, it's one of the females staple diets. However, I would say that both species could nest very close to one another and things would be ok. The hawk will probably travel a little ways into their 'hunting zone' before starting to hunt. IMO.
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    I think this thread unearthed some slight hypocrisy, and, I hope, also taught some about traps in other countries. Not all of us will agree with each other, obviously. It's good to debate, it was good to see some people's opinions soften toward the end of the thread........ For exhibition use only...... And, yes, course I've tried it out on my hand!! it's one of those things, you've just gotta!!!
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    just get a cheapo one from hongkong mate....you'll have to prefocus on the flower in manual focus....then you have only got to wait for the bird to arrive. Set your camera to take a sequence of pics as long as you press the release. You might get a good one then! lol. Don't give in, keep on doing it.....I remember back in the days of film camera, things were harder then...eeeee when I were a lad.. but, anyway, I had it in my head to photograph a great crested newt at the exact time it surfaced to take a gulp of air. They do this only once an hour and they're lightning fast. It took me a lon
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    Cheapo one from ebay mate....will last a year...
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    Shoot on manual. I take it that there's lots of light, so whack your F rating right up, over 10 if you can. You'll also need a fast shutter speed for the wings! lol.... Take a few practice shots until everything looks good. My advice would be to pre-focus on the flower/feeder and then shoot when they come near. If you know a bird frequents a certain flower/feeder, set the camera up on a tripod and use a cable/ir release. I have used that set-up when i have been targeting dragonflies and moths at night. Please let us see the results!
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    Found a bloody pheasants egg in a molehill yesterday!
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    All I meant is that pups bred from a pure MIGHT be found wanting. The way I see it, why have a pup that is only 50% tested blood in it's background, when you can have a pup that has 100% tested background. Just my take on it. We all have our own ideas.... Best of both worlds, to get 100% working blood in a genuine first cross use a well tested greyhound! Out of curiosity jonathan and i dont know the answer but do you think or maybe know if the offspring off a fenn type saluki hybred to a lurcher would be as quick as those pups off a well worked and competed greyhound over the same lurcher??
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    I'm being critical about my own dog. What i call fast and what the next man calls fast may be two different things. It all boils down to what dog you are comparing it to and ...'what is fast'? He is fast enough to fill the freezer.....
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    All I meant is that pups bred from a pure MIGHT be found wanting. The way I see it, why have a pup that is only 50% tested blood in it's background, when you can have a pup that has 100% tested background. Just my take on it. We all have our own ideas....
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    When we are making statements that a 'pure' needs to be added or we will lose speed, it is worth remembering that the coursing dogs of today have had no pure influence on many of their lines since the 1970's. And for those who think that the saluki hybrids of today is just sighthound bred, then think again. They nearly all have lurcher in there. For example, look at Merlins sire, Toby the Hoover, his sire was a beddy/grey! Tony Bolts Rocket, the father of Dawn, was half cross collie! You've only got to look at The Seagull to see there ain't just sighthound in her! There's some lines that are
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    House sparrow mate.....
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    Is there a sea trout run? obviously a little later in the season...
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    I'd like to see a con/ukip coalition....if I had to choose my best case scenario.
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    Mik, is that typical size of river up there that produces? What # line do you use? 7? 8?....looks a nice water.
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    Absolutely...I couldn't agree more. Apart from one outburst of personal abuse at myself the rest has been a great debate. But Tiercel, why have you (as well as others very vocal in condemnation of trapping with legholds) not commented on the post in the lurcher section of dogs attached to a wild pig? I'm curious?
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    And over in the lurcher section theres photos of two dogs latched hold of a live wild pig followed by not one negative comment.... funny old world aint it.... I wonder are the people who have been vocal on this thread will be as vocal on that thread? :whistling:
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    You're right, footholds are a tool used by biologists in the USA to catch, tag and release animals. I know that many of the tracking information/studies conducted on these animals are started with an animal in a leghold. There's a youtube video, type it in 'destroying the myth' that sheds more light on how a foothold works. I can't post a link, but I'd be grateful if someone could.
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    If they have the conference in the same state next year I bet there's no gun men...
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    By far my best, most productive tunnels are simple three sided run-throughs. On some of them I catch every day. Just like cats are attracted to cardboard boxes, the rabbits seem very keen on going through simple cubbies......I restrict the entrance with a couple of sticks, but apart from that its simple. I rarely cover or bury the trap, just throw a few leaves over it.....
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    Hi Micky, I have found the opposite....I get better kills with the Fenn Rabbit than anything else....
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    Heritage , they are also my fave rabbit trap. That is the trap in the last series of pics i posted.....a proper nice trap!
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    Look at the body language of the fox then look at the rabbit in Phil's photo, hell of a difference there. TC Aye TC, that rabbit looks like it's really enjoying the ride..... Hold on a minute....surely waiting for the rabbit to be retrieved is putting it through undue stress, surely we should sprint to the dog as soon as it makes a catch to save the quarry the extra five stressful seconds of being in the dogs mouth. :hmm: p.s, TC, when you handle a live fox in your hands, most of the time they just sit there nice and calm. Just like the rabbit.
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    Is the fox in a trap more stressed than a hare or rabbit your lurcher is running? Yes it's is ... Rabbits and hares are prey animals their whole existence relyes on flight so running from a predator is second nature to them and wouldn't cause them stress if it did there would be rabbits and hates dropping dead of shock all over the place lol .... A fox is a predator so being trapped is going to cause it plenty of stress ... If left alone then they will happily lay down and go to sleep as I am sure many of us have seen ... But when you walk up to it to carry out the dispatch it's is certainl
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    And in that statement Micky you have hit the nail on the head, Most, but not all by any means, photos are about bragging rights or for the acceptance of their peers. TC TC, how can photos of one single catch be considered bragging rights? I love the photos posted on here...whether they are of one single rabbit catch or thirty moles....it's nothing I don't see every day, but I still like the idea of folks getting out, getting their hands dirty and trapping! The more the merrier IMO and if it helps bring a few young guys into the trapping game then alls the better....
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