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My 18 month BedWhip x Pointer has always been well-behaved, tho headstrong (no surprise) and a mad little hunter. I love seeing him get rabbits, pheasants, pigeons .. but he's now started on deer. Killed his first one yesterday, a pregnant doe, noisy gory and long drawn-out. Right next to the village. So that he doesnt have to stay in a muzzle every time we go out, does anyone rate stun collars for this particular use? Any other suggestions? Thanks, Nick
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Did you save the park then ? No
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I was involved in a campaign to save a city park from being built on a few years back, and ended up squatting it to try and keep the JCBs out. Loads got involved, from scally nutters to little old ladies, eco-warriors (of course), and .... the animal rights lot. They are FCKING WEIRD. Totally focussed on animals - any conversation will get back to it. Not fluffy bunny, just totally emotional and chock-full of hate. Got the impression they could just as well have ended up religious, nazi, whatever. Just luck of the draw they saw something about hunting or factory farming and that was it for a
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To cheer us up, how about more like that? I've heard Otis Ferry's anti-anti, and his dad's famous
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running a dog on a night with no lamp
nicklpool replied to bobby-b's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Like Whin said - powerful lamps are quite recent, so on nights that didnt suit nets, or if you didnt want to be caught with nets, or couldnt be arsed carrying nets, moonlight mooching was the way to do it. Feels a bit weird prowling round in the dark tho, Nick -
In the spring / summer there's meant to be a closed season, which many hunters observe. BUT if you're just out strolling with your dog, and there are loads of diddies around, who knows what will happen? It's certainly a lot easier for an inexperienced dog. Hopefully your dogll get started before then.... Nick
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I'm not really sure it would work. How many homeless could actually run fast enough to catch a rabbit? Some of them are wiry but would they really fit into a warren? As for lamping, the ones with alcohol problems would be in no fit state to rush across a field and bite a bunny after a few cans of the old jungle juice... Only pssing about - brilliant idea really. Nick
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Huntinglife for hunting lurcher people only?
nicklpool replied to baldockbanks courser's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
"most the people i meet who shoot are up their own arse toffs with names like Montgomery,Harold and Charles" 'Harold'? What - like the bloke off Steptoe and Son? La-di-fcking-da! -
I've always prepared my pheasants by standing on the wings and hauling up the legs. Very neat, but can you do the same with partridges? Or will they crumble into a crunchy mess? Cheers and Merry Crimbo, Nick
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Nightmare mate - good luck and keep us posted, Nick
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Judging by the photo, you've changed your clothing to match the gay / high-pitched voice. That's real commitment that is!
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Bit late Im afraid, but if the other two ways havent worked: I started mine off by rewarding each retrieve with a treat. When he dropped short, I put a plank about a foot in front of me. Dummy dropped on the wrong side = no treat and 'give it here, c'mon here'. Dropped on the right side = treat. Worked a treat. Nick
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Thanks everyone - will get down to it! Nick
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Blimey - that's an unusual service! Hope he washed his hands afterwards...
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Similar problem with mine - he'd come running in, drop the ball a few feet away and it'd bounce on towards me. Fine for a ball, bunny wouldnt keep bouncing like that tho!! Solved it by standing behind a scaffolding plank (on its side). He's got to drop it at my feet or it bounces away and no treat. Little fcker keeps hold of the bunnies now tho - I wont be solving that with a fcking plank!!!
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My 1-yr old may be unusual, as if I whistle him and walk off (decisively mind, no looking back!), he'll always follow. Might take a field or 2, but he seems to bottle it in the end. Anyone else do this?
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" f**k u declan " Yup he should fit right in!
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Thanks Fitchet - not much good with tecky stuff! Nick
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youtube - 'rabbits beware' 10 month old lurcher x pointer - believe it or not, he's already caught 2 like that! All comments welcome ... Nick
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Dazza: On a slightly different note - wouldn't it be better if the hairy bloke in your picture cut the rope on the other side of the post? After all a particularly speedy copper could probably rush over and twat him one in the time it took for the walkway to become structurally unsafe the way he's doing it. Just wondered...
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My BedWhip x Pointer hound is now nearly 8 months and with the help of advice I've had on here is shaping up nicely. One weird thing though - when he goes into a field he spends ages sniffing round - even if there's acres of bunny all around. He seems to miss quite a few chances this way. Don't get me wrong: I'm not deliberately hunting in the close season, but when he goes for them, it's often by stumbling across them in long grass. He got a young one that way last week, so I'm not worried about jacking. I'm no expert (as you may have guessed) but he doesn't seem very 'sight-hound' to me.
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Thanks to all who gave tips ATB, Nick
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clearly a piss take, surely Mate if you heard us - it sounds like a one-man band!! And I don't go round the long way to avoid sending my niff past the 2 warrens we walk past. No piss take
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I've got a 7mth old BedWhip x Pointer who's dead keen on chasing Mr. Bunny, especially after dusk. I'm sticking with the close-season (walking downwind as well as up, clomping wellies, not taping up his tag), waiting to start mooching and lamping after the corn goes. But he's still going for them, but never getting them. My question is: with a couple of unsuccessful chases every night, will he get put off by the time the season starts again? Thanks, Nick
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Very interesting question mate I have found when my dogs are being worked very hard everyday, they need extra fat and carbohydrate to keep their muscle up and a fine layer of fat over their ribs. The first place I notice wastage is around the loins and hips. Once I start to really see the bone poking out then I know I have to increase their food. I am referring more in relation to the greyhound types. But some Saluki types have leaner muscles anyways. Now my collie hybrid puts on fat like a.... collie, so I feed him less and he can work all day. He starts the days work with a decent