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  1. Mooch.
    No.
  2. Mooch.
    You wouldn't get this in the lurcher section of THL, I think most of us are, broadly speaking, in agreement!! Basically the best type of Gundog is the one that suits your sport. For me it's a lab 'cos I like picking up. A lurchers biggest attribute is it's speed but the best retrievers are the ones that take their time and search their ground methodically.
  3. Mooch.
    Well Millet, I think we're in agreement (a THL first)! If you have you only want a dog to do a specific (shooting) job get a purpose bred Gundog. If you want an allrounder for a bit of this and that, get a lurcher. Although, that does throw up the question of which cross but that's not for this section. Mackay, you have clearly only met shit gundogs.
  4. Mooch.
    That's fair enough, so would I, but when I'm picking up on the shoot I want my dog to pick up shot birds and not chase anything that moves. Speed is not important but a good nose is. I'm not knocking lurchers per se, they have their place, but a driven shoot is not it. Basically what I'm saying is that the "best breed" of gundog depends wholly on what you want it for and no "all-rounder" will out perform a dog specifically bred for a task at that task.
  5. Mooch.
    Spot on. Gundogs were bred to fulfil specific rolls on the shooting ground and would have been owned (generally speaking) by the upper classes who could afford a number of different dogs for different jobs. Lurchers were the dog of the working class poacher who could most likely only afford to keep one dog so it had to be proficient at all methods of taking game. On my local shoot there are 8 pickers up (not all on the same days) using a total of 17 dogs. Of these there are 15 labs, 1 lab x (mine) and a cocker. From this I would sumise that labs are best for the job of picking up.
  6. Mooch.
    She looks a nice sort. I'd take her home to meet my mother......... but my mother might wonder where my wife is!
  7. Mooch.
    Dig the roots now. When the bits you miss start emerging spray them with glyphosate. As has been said glyphosate is a contact herbicide and breaks up in soil so you'll be fine planting this year. To totally rid your beds of nettles you'll need 2 or 3 applications though but you could spot treat the individual weeds as they come up.
  8. Mooch.
    I'm not so sure, the only pets I had as a child were a goldfish and a hamster. I got my first dog when I was 28. My Dad has never really hunted either but we've always been a very outdoorsy family (Scouts, camping, hillwalking). I suppose hunting has come to me as a natural progression.
  9. Mooch.
    BSA Meteor and I've not progressed much further either!
  10. Mooch.
    My dog got seasonal alapecia (spelling? ie hairloss) on his flanks last year. After a couple of weeks the hair grew back by itself. He didn't get it this year.
  11. Mooch.
    You've really done your research! Good luck with it, looking forward to the updates.
  12. Mooch.

    Emu's

    Mooch. replied to lyndawhittemore's topic in General Talk

    i think a bloke called rod hull has had one for a while But whatever you do don't let it help you fix your tv ariel.
  13. Mooch.
    On PS3 you have to kill guard captain then climb to the top of the tower.
  14. Mooch.
    Sounds like he's coming along nicely.
  15. Mooch.
    This story's got more holes in it than a sieve. You'd never win any short story competitions with it.
  16. Mooch.
    That's a relief. I read the topic title and was half expecting a photo of some hemaroides! ( and before anyone asks, no, I haven't.)
  17. Mooch.
    Anyone would think the apocalypse is coming the way the news channels are reporting the weather. All we've had is a few cm of snow and the country's transport infrastructure is in "chaos". I stupidly went to Tescos yesterday for a loaf of bread and there people there buying enough food to outlast a nuclear holocaust. The snow will have melted in a couple of days and there will be people telling stories about how they "survived" all night in their cars on the side of the motorway. The majority of people in this country are pathetic, it almost makes me wish for a real apocalypse to cull out weak
  18. Mooch.
    Got a photo of it?
  19. Mooch.

    Only in America

    Mooch. replied to GrCh's topic in General Talk

    It's a puppet! Like Rod Hull and Emu.
  20. Mooch.
    I always add it straight to the compost bins. The high levels of nitrogen in the chicken poo stimulate the microbes in the bin into working harder so all the other contents decompose faster giving me a bin full of usable compost sooner.
  21. Mooch.
    w.nker
  22. Mooch.
    Shout "HERE" really really loudly.
  23. Mooch.
    Can't you see picture 2? Fcuking ugly dog if you ask me! Seriously though, nice kennel, and nice to hear about a company that does as it promises. Good work.
  24. Mooch.
    They look pretty decent and a reasonable price too if you can stop your dog eating them. I'm experimenting with making a pheasant skin dummy with head, wings and legs intact. Initial test are going well.
  25. Mooch.

    Dear Ian B

    Mooch. replied to rob190364's topic in General Talk

    I tried composing a long, considered reply but then realised that my feelings on this subject could best be summed up with..... ......meh.
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