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  1. Tiercel
    Nice bit of copy and paste there. TC
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    I have and cannot fault their service, that said I have only bought poles of them. The postage is a bit high, but, that is not down to them they do not set the postage cost R. Mail do. TC
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    Just a thought, they are not grass carp are they? TC
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    If you cut them in November, leave them in a cool dry place where air can circlate around them they will be ready by next season. The best way is to tie them in small bundles and either stand them upright or lay them flat on the floor or a shelf. Edited to add: It does not have to be hazel, as long as the sticks are the right diameter and fairly straight almost any wood will do the job, Willow, Sweet chestnut, Ash all make good pegs. I have some Rowan that I am going to cut this winter to try. TC
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    Google images search hazel bush/tree. You can cut them now but they will take longer to season. It take roughly a year per inch diameter to season, longer if you cut them when the sap is up.I usually start cutting in November. Edited to add: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&cp=9&gs_id=y&xhr=t&q=hazel+bush&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1366&bih=660&wrapid=tljp1348559922409016&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=OmRhUI_1BMSm0AX05oDYAw#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=hazel+coppice&
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    Gone now, well so far anyway. TC
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    Looks like the site has been hacked. I am having it but was blaming the wife and bloody facebook Ian will sort it out. TC
  8. Tiercel
    I have never used them. But, the first question I would ask is can they do better than purse nets, stop nets, long nets or poke nets that we already use? If you believe they can, then by all means use them. Personally I cannot think when one of the above nets has not covered a netting need for myself. TC
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    Incest is ok as long as you keep it in the family I find that statment relatively boring. TC
  10. Tiercel
    Years ago and I do stress many years ago, I pulled a 23 stone bag because she liked the look of my lurcher. Beat that!!!!!! :laugh: TC
  11. Tiercel
    FFS grow up. TC
  12. Tiercel
    I'm 58 and my legs feel as if they belong to a 90 year old. Still get out with the long nets and the odd day ferreting when I can.There is an op I could have, but there is a chance I could lose my legs, so feck that. I gave up my SGC a month ago, that was hard, I have had one since I was 15. The mind is willing but afraid the legs are not, it's a bit of a bugger this getting old lark. By the time you think you have an idea of how things work, it's too bloody late. TC
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    I remember the thread full of intresting stories about the Abbott Bros. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/157107-abbott-bros/page__hl__abbott TC
  14. Tiercel
    You will get a lot of different answers to that question. I have lamped during rain and done very well. I have also lamped during rain and done terrible, with no rabbits out. Over the years long netting and lamping I have found the the weather in the previous few days will play a part in wether the rabbits are out feeding or not. If the weather has been wet for a few days previous I have found that more rabbits are out feeding than if there has been a dry spell when they could feed when they wanted to. Another time I have found lots of rabbits out feeding during rain is if it comes to
  15. Tiercel
    It depends on your outlook, if you can keep on knitting for months on end without giving up, then yes it is worth it. Have a look at this thread. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/96100-66300-knots-later/ TC
  16. Tiercel
    ............. God save us. TC
  17. Tiercel
    It's the not so fuzzy now. ...... What are you going to do for a catch phrase from now on? Cracking few pics them. TC
  18. Tiercel
    Well done. Just look after it and if you say your going to go, then go, don't call it off because it's raining or the such. Congatulations. TC
  19. Tiercel
    The first photo made me think. A very powerful image. The last picture left me cold, it seemed to me like a trophy. Although, taken as a pair they told a story. Just my take. TC
  20. Tiercel
    Hav'nt had that problem for 30 odd years now. TC
  21. Tiercel
    What is the % of meat to bone in the block roughly? I should imagine it would be more bone than meat? TC
  22. Tiercel
    Very Churchillian Jai, maybe you could come West at some point over the season towards the end of it and put that theory to the test! It'd be easier trying to ferret in the Bornean rainforests than some of the rabbit holding spots round here! Too right Mal, I could help out with some nice Pembs hedges. 15 ft wide and solid blackthorn. TC
  23. Tiercel
    Young man, A stop net is just a short long net, different parts of the country have different names for the same type of net. I have heard them called hedge nets, stop nets and even ditch nets. They are all basically the same nets (short long nets) just used differently. TC
  24. Tiercel
    A good question. The obvious answer is where you think the rabbits are going to bolt too. That sounds crass I know but it is the truth. 5 yards of net in the right place will always catch more that 100 yards in the wrong place. It shows your actually thinking about net placement and that is a good place to start when using long nets. I do one hedge where one side there is a 3 acre field and the other side it is a 100 acre field. On the big field side I place 5 yard stop nets at 40 to 50 yard intervals to catch the rabbits bolting up the hedge as there is nowhere else near for them to r
  25. Tiercel
    Ah well thats me out of it then and 3/4 of the hunting life. :laugh:
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