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  1. luckyplum
    this is a topic that is of great interest to me at the moment,i have recently joined a small and very friendly diy shoot here in "silly suffolk" i also have done a bit of beating on another small local shoot so even though i at present own and work two beddy/whippets to the ferrets and the gun i am already thinking that my next dog ought to be a gundog ,but what sort ? i have read this topic and thought that it was impossible to answer untill earlier this week i shot a cock pheasent whilst out on my own with the dogs and gun,the cock bird was a strong runner and even though i spent some time
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    i went ferreting this morning at a big old yard my friend has bought to store his plant, i took three ferrets and both my beddy/whippets,when i arrived i was greeted by a big ,lean, lab that belonged to someone else who was doing some work for my mate.the lab followed us round all morning and at first i was holding the collar of the lab so that he did,nt bite the ferrets or the other way round ! eventually i had to let him get on with it and he was good as gold ! he ended up putting his snout down the holes (not really what i wanted) and taking a great interest in both the rabbits and the ferr
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    cheers for the replys people very interesting that so many different crosses manage to catch birds, hopfully mine will catch a few more or even better her two year old pup that i kept back will take an interest in birds, cheers plum!
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    me the dogs and the ferrets enjoyed a couple of hours ferreting this morning even though it rained and hailed here in sunny suffolk ! the dogs and ferrets all worked well and i,v got rabbit pie ! on the way back to the van my 9 year old beddy/whippet grabbed hold of a partridge , she has never done this before although she has flushed many phesants anyway she did,nt hold on to it for long and away it flew ! this made me think about "bird dogs " anyone out there own a dog that catches birds on a regular basis , if so what cross ?
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    just thought i,d let you good people know that after "how did i miss that bird ?" me and my nephew shared a wonderfull days driven shooting here in sunny suffolk ! i shot duck on the first drive and hit half of the birds that i shot at , some were real scorchers !! my young nephew shot driven pheasents for the first time ever , on his first drive he had three shots for two birds ! he was congratulated by the old boys and smiled broadly !! we spent the rest of the day enjoying great company and completly forgot about the bird that i missed,cheers plum.
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    You win sum,you lose sum,at least its there for another day yea true cadno coch i,m already looking forward to next time ! tommorrow it,s me, the ferrets, the dogs,& two nephews verus the rabbits so perhaps i,ll redeem myself, i,ll let you know, cheers plum. had a great morning out with the boys ! no great numbers but it was the first time out for two of the ferrets and one of the nephews ,everyone enjoyed themselfs me encluded,it,s not a bad old life !! cheers plum.
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    You win sum,you lose sum,at least its there for another day yea true cadno coch i,m already looking forward to next time ! tommorrow it,s me, the ferrets, the dogs,& two nephews verus the rabbits so perhaps i,ll redeem myself, i,ll let you know, cheers plum.
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    after finishing late all week i made sure i was finished early enough today so that i could get out and about for a walk round for an hour with the dogs and the gun. here in silly suffolk a nice fresh wind made it an absolutley pleasure just to walk through the countryside, the fact that i missed a high pigeon with the wind up it,s backside did,nt matter at all i was just happy to be there but when the dogs put up a cock bird out of some light cover i swung the "twenty" through the bird i was already smileing, both barrels later the bird flew on strongly ! i just know that when i close my eyes
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    thanks for your replys again people very interesting ! hopfully i,ll get to see one of these crosses working one day, cheers plum !
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    thanks people for your replys and thoughts about this cross i agree with bird when he questions why this cross is not more popular, i half expected someone to reply and explain why more people don,t work this cross ! along the same lines , another friend who knows more about working dogs than i do often tells the story (after a few tinnys!) of his uncles springer who rather than bolt rabbits for the running dogs caught them them in the cover instead ! my friend always says a spaniel cross would make a great rabbit dog . by the way i work a 10 year old beddie/whippet and her two year old daught
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    thanks people for your replys and thoughts about this cross i agree with bird when he questions why this cross is not more popular, i half expected someone to reply and explain why more people don,t work this cross ! along the same lines , another friend who knows more about working dogs than i do often tells the story (after a few tinnys!) of his uncles springer who rather than bolt rabbits for the running dogs caught them them in the cover instead ! my friend always says a spaniel cross would make a great rabbit dog . by the way i work a 10 year old beddie/whippet and her two year old daught
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    had a long chat yesterday with a chap who had bred a litter of lab/springer xlab pups he had kept back a dog which is now fully grown and looks like a small lab.he says the dog hunts well and had caught pheasents and rabbits in cover. he also says that the bitches out of the same litter are smaller and leaner and work very well also. this had me thinking that with a splash of greyhound/whippet these could be nice alround dogs. anybody out there work anything simular ?
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    i,v seen a young white rabbit here in sunny ipswich a few weeks ago, its the first white one i,v ever seen, i,v seen black ones and ginger ones but never a white one. how common are they ?cheers plum !
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    had a simular problem myself , tried putting three new kits in with my two older hobs, at first all was well but soon the fighting started !! the kits were having their ears ripped and allsorts. i seperated them but put them all back together when i cleaned each cage out and now their fine, good luck!
  15. luckyplum
    bisley magnums !! problem solved !!
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    well done bunny killer i think you might have solved my problem, i tried the magnums last night and they knocked the rabbits over a treat! the corn had been cut yesterday where i walked round with the gun so hopfully i,ll get a chance to drive round on the stubble of an evening and really get amoungst them, i,ll report back soon!!
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    thank,s folks for your replys,firstly i,m hitting the rabbits in the head and the rifle has,nt been cronoed, i,v been told elsewhere on this site to try bisley magnems so thats what i,m doing later this evening, i,ll let you know how i get on ,cheers!!
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    cheers bunnykiller ! i,m sure i,m having the same problem with my pellets passing through the rabbits killing zone so that they jump and spin in the air then run back into cover. i,m shooting rabbits at different ranges from about 20 yards upwards .i,ll try the magnum pellets and let you know how i get on.cheers again!!
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    firstly thanks for your replys and welcomes ! in answer to your questions no i hav,nt chroned the rifle because it,s quite new and also stealthy 1 i,m shooting the rabbits in the head,what pellets do you use? cheers!
  20. luckyplum
    hi folks my first time here so hello to you all ! i keep and work lurchers and ferrets, shoot pigeons and rabbits,beat during the season, and fish for fun so i,m sure i,ll have something in common with most of you.right i,m looking for some advice from any airgunners out there. i,m using a 97k in 177 and i,m struggling to kill rabbits, i,v tried hollow point pellets with some joy but i,m still not happy ! any ideas ?
  21. luckyplum
    hi folks , my first time here so hello to you all! i keep ferrets and lurchers,do a bit of pigeon and rabbit shooting,some beating during the season,and i fish for fun so i,m sure i,ll have something in common with most of you.right time for a bit of advice from any airgunners out there, at the moment i use a 97k in 177 and i,m struggling to kill rabbits, i,v had some joy using hollow point pellets but i,m still not happy! any ideas?
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