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  1. danw
    Yhea I know I just can't remember ... Your missus certainly has a talent that's for sure ... I can't even draw the curtains ....... http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/302545-new-tattoo/
  2. danw
    Do people not understand the general licence, it gives us leave to shoot birds (no mamals are under the General licence) which are normally protected under certain circumstances and given certain criteria is met, since people have widely abused this then there is no wonder the powers that be wish to show their teeth. Lets be honest how many times do we see in the puffgun section "just nipped out for a pigeon for tea" this is and was always illegal its just we turn a blind eye well not anymore so we all have our selves to thank
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    amber, ffs where have these people been looking. last week i counted over 70 between 2 canal bridges a distance of no more than half a mile According to what I see late spring here the Hen Harrier isn't faring too bad, The male did a fly by every day at 5-5:30 I might just have to rely on what other experts say of its status nationally though you saw one bird and you think it isn't faring too badly? If you'd have seen 70 then you are well within your rights to state that they must be doing well, but one? Sarcasm, my point is counts need a lot mo
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    interesting that mallard are amber yet good old Buteo Buteo is green and of no concern in the UK.
  5. danw
    Gets a call from the boss at about 11pm one night He says "Dan I think I saw a light on top the hill could you go have a look" aye boss so grabs the shepherds and lamp jump in the truck and set off when I get up there there is a blue ford KA and a discovery parked in the field I flick the lamp on and there is this balding old geezer going like fook into what I presume is some bint so I shouts out the landy for him to move the truck and f**k off then I clock it what he is banging has a f***ing goaty beard pair of dirty b*****ds.I head back and ring the boss telling him it was a pair of queers
  6. danw
    Did the hunt draw that good holding covert at yours Dan?...................... "The Keepers Garden Covert" Bloody foxes
  7. danw
    I think what lads need to realise is that keepering should never be about the sport/shooting you may get but it is all about the sport you provide all the way from the beaters smacking rabbits, to taking people stalking,the hunt finding and of course shoot days to me the greatest pleasure will always be seeing others enjoy what I've worked so hard to achieve that's where the real satisfaction from the job comes, the times I've taken some one to shoot their first rabbit,deer,pheasant etc will always stand out in my mind just as clearly as it does for those that experienced it.
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    Every estate I've keepered the rabbits where considered the keepers perk even to the point of being mentioned in my contract and funnily enough I've never had complaints from the estate about the numbers there are always plenty of beaters willing to sit on the back of the truck and shoot my holiday fund for me
  9. danw
    If your only talking of up to 45kg then I'd be sticking it in a roe sack lots easier than dragging
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    Storm Warning

    danw replied to swg dave's topic in General Talk

    http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=629&c=5
  11. danw
    No being funny but if the estate manager called someone in to sort the rabbits then it's to be expected that the contractor will be treated with contempt,On nearly every estate politics ensure that the keeper and estate manager are at conflict ( each usually vying for the highest point of the pecking order)seems to me socks rightly or wrongly your going to end up right in the middle of it hence the keepers attitude to you.
  12. danw
    Come on then lads what makes you want to keeper? For those that are in the job is it what you expected? For those not there yet what do you think keepering offers you? Be interesting to here from those that left the job do they regret it? is life outside better and would they return?
  13. danw
    All I'm going to say mate is I f***ing hate pressure washing
  14. danw
    very true on beaters day we were sat having a drink and a couple of the beaters said to me "well that's it Dan,end of a long season" my reply "aye and at the stroke of midnight another f****r starts"
  15. danw
    folks don't insure their cars what makes you think they would insure their dog? Yes but thats illegal..........law is law.....if you break it you face consequences if caught. And just how is it enforcible are the police going to check every dog they see will every dog have to be chipped and would that prove ownership? there are an estimated 10.5 million dogs in the uk who will check or even find all of them?
  16. danw
    folks don't insure their cars what makes you think they would insure their dog?
  17. danw
    I wish you well mate, at least you have a trade to fall back on if it isn't what you expect
  18. danw
    Honestly anyone with another trade setting out down this route needs their head examined the job market for keepers is non-existent I've spoken to 3 keepers in the last fortnight who are due for redundancy and can't get a job these lads aren't wannabes they are good experienced keepers,I spoke to one headkeeper last week he had advertised a beatkeepers post he had over 350 applicants in the first week and he claims most are lads with experience,with more shoots closing and no new ones starting this situation will not get better.
  19. danw
    How do you know you will enjoy being a keeper? truth is most that dream of being a keeper end up very disappointed either they cant get a job or they cant do the job.
  20. danw
    to put a 13foot hole down here I'd be ringing for the minidigger
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    Fox Cubs

    danw replied to whippet 99's topic in General Talk

    I saw a brace tied the 16th january
  22. danw
    Flick on the Anti lag flatfoot change between 1st and 2nd while alongside 2foot of flame and a sound like a shotgun going off they lycra louts f***ing hate my scoob
  23. danw
    It's not so much that the paper work is forged as what's on the genuine paper work that's just bullshite without DNA you will never know for fact what you've bought I know for a man who used to breed border terriers when they really started to get popular he would buy whole litters of unregistered pups then sell them on with paper work that he had registered from bitches that hadn't even whelped I asked him once if anyone actually spotted the bitch hadn't had pups and his response was he could show most customers a f*****g cat most wouldn't know the difference should have added that so
  24. danw
    It's not so much that the paper work is forged as what's on the genuine paper work that's just bullshite without DNA you will never know for fact what you've bought I know for a man who used to breed border terriers when they really started to get popular he would buy whole litters of unregistered pups then sell them on with paper work that he had registered from bitches that hadn't even whelped I asked him once if anyone actually spotted the bitch hadn't had pups and his response was he could show most customers a f*****g cat most wouldn't know the difference
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    danw replied to uru's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers

    Why is it that those that speak out against faith never seem to be able to do so without the use of profanity?
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