burrowman

Hi folks, would anyone have Jonathan Darcy’s book “Dead Game, Irish strongdogs of Old” for sale. I have tried his website but the only contact is by email and I’m still waiting for a response. I need it asap for an elderly friends 80th birthday so a quick reply would be gratefully appreciated.

They sure are hard to kill Phil, when were hunting them in Australia, one day my mate downed a big boar at around 150yds with a .22/250 but when he when he got close to check he was dead (the boar was only badly stomach wounded) he jumped up and chased him. Now I’m not joking but my mate had a .357 magnum in his chest holster and as he was running he was emptying the magazine into the boar but he just kept coming and only for a sheep wire fence that my mate jumped he prob would have been caught and killed.

Thanks Phil for all your info. We don’t have feral pigs in Ireland but I did hunt them a long time ago in Australia, those razorbacks are huge.

Thanks PhilH for all your info if I can’t source a halogen lamp I think that Convoy L21B looks the business....is it true that red light doesn’t scare the rabbits as much as white light ?

Thanks for all the info folks, it looks like it’s a halogen lamp with a variable power switch. Can any give me a brand name and model that are still available cos from reading previous posts it seems like they are very hard to get nowadays.

Thanks Dytkos I will look into an led with red filter. Black neck when u say a “variable one” is that an led or a halogen ?

I have spent a couple of hours now trawling through previous post about lamps and it seems to be old halogen lamps versus new led lamps. The area I live in has unfortunately had a lot of houses built since I last lamped so I need a lamp that throws the least amount of light when I flick over the field but when I spot one I need a small powerful spot for the chase. I know this is a tall order but there is no true remote places to lamp within 60 miles of me so I have to sneak around like a criminal. Also are the red/green filters a good idea

What’s the best type of lamp for lamping rabbits, my son has bought a nice dog (collie x beddy x greyhound) and wants to go lamping. I used to use to old Clulite lamp but it hasn’t been charged for years and doesn’t work anymore. Are these new tactical torches any good, they would be very handy and lightweight, they come with a choice of zoom or wide beam and claim to put out over a 1000 lumens. Some can have red or green filters.......are these colour filters less frightening to the rabbit that’s being lamped ?

Thank you, will do.

Thank you, will do.

Hi folks, can any of the members on here please help. I own a Theoben MFR which has a persistent leak. I have tried several gunsmiths but once they see a Theoben they are not interested and say parts are too hard to source. I would really appreciate any info......here’s hoping. Burrowman

Hi, can any of the members on here please help. I own a Theoben MFR which has a persistent leak. I have tried a few gunsmiths but once they see a Theoben they are not interested and say that parts can’t be sourced. If anyone can help with any info I would really appreciate it. Cheers Burrowman

Can any of the members please help. I have a Theoben MFR which has a persistent leak. I have tried a few local gunsmiths but once they see a Theoben they are not interested and say that parts can’t be sourced. If anyone can give me details of someone that specialises in Theobens I would be very grateful. Really appreciate any info, Burrowman

Sorry but I totally disagree with most of the above comments.My main complaint is LOCATION, we were stuck away over a hill out of sight from the main crowd, like second class citizens and much too near the clay shooters.When people did find the judging area the small gateway was almost invisible and lots of people had to get over a sheep/barbed wire fence ! If the terrier and lurcher people have any chance of getting a better acceptance with joe public at least if they could see our dogs and maybe spend a while at the ringside things might improve.At the fair I couldn't find a sign to tell you

Now folks Reynardman has come up with a solution, would terriers go to wet scent like foxhounds have to do in the uk since the ban?