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thanks for the reply mate.
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Lads ive made my own spun poly 25yard long net from spun poly i got on the web a while back.I now need to get a spool of running line to finish it and a contact for other spun poly.Now before you all start shouting from the rooftops about Agouti let me tell you ,i have left about a dozen emails for this guy and not once have i ever got a reply (the last one was this morning).There is no phone number on his sight i have no idea how he is still running his business as when you click on anything its out of stock!.To be brutally honest i wouldn't even give him my business now and i would happily p
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Video Of Our Mink And Dogs Killing Over 20 Rats
vermin catcher replied to Minkenry's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
that was a great watch i really enjoyed it.Brought back many many great memories of rat hunting with ferrets in my younger days.Those mink are some bits of kit and you have them trained to a very high standard well done. exciting stuff. thank you -
enjoyed that mate.
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You had your work cut out for you there mate with the hedges. A lot of my ferreting is in the same situations and it can be frustrating setting the nets in the middle of hedges.It can be a nightmare too when the rabbits hit them but roots and branches stop the nets from pursing properly and you get them escaping. Fair play,enjoyed the photos
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Mate i feel your pain , i have had a few run ins with wasps in similar circumstances over the years. One particular trip that is forever etched in my mind was on the Cave hill on the outskirts of Belfast just above Belfast Zoo.Me and two mates were ferreting on a steep bank on the edge of a very big drop when one of them went to net a hole and he was attacked by wasps. They were all over him in seconds and he just legged it down the bank screaming and ripping his clothing off, i of course did the only decent thing a mate would, and i scrambled up the bank the opposite way from him and so did
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Really enjoyed this fair and i thought it was a very laid back atmosphere the whole day. I think what made it for me was that once the ferret and whippet show was out of the way early on, i could actually take the time to go round it with the family and some friends which never seems to happen at other times.We had an Archery competition and Air rifle competition among us all as we travelled around the various attractions which was a great bit of craic. Darren Moore found out he needs to go to specsavers but he won the worlds fussiest eater competition on the day because an onion had touched
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I would use a ferret for ferreting
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Thanks Dannyboi, and Deidre. the big fella has done me proud all season both in the field and at the shows. He is still a young dog so i know there is more to come from him. He has been a pleasure to own from day one, and as well as the success he has had so far he is first and foremost a much loved member of the family. No secret regarding his coat Dannyboi other than good food,and plenty of excercise and of course a rub down with my magic shammy before a show
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More Rabbit Control - 5Th Video - Rapid 7 & Ns50
vermin catcher replied to Stuart1985's topic in Hunting Video Clips
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Margaret as usual a super write up, and although you give credit to everybody else in your write ups i would also like to say that i always enjoy a days banter with yourself and John. These venues are a great day out but the people like yourself and the big man make them a day to remember no matter what the results are. Enjoyed meeting up with the usual suspects and meeting some new people and of course enjoyed the wins i had with my own dogs. The ferrets were a great laugh for spectators and competitors alike and both myself and Darren really enjoyed running it again this year. We had made a
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Thanks Robert, we still need to sort a night out with the lamp when the hunting season starts again ,i wanted him to have a full season behind him before we went out, so your dogs wouldn't make him look foolish or average mate thanks again for the comment
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Kieran, looking forward to the two days mate,and i know there is no better man to organize a fair day for all to race or show and make it two days to remember.You know the drill by now with people having a rant about this or that, and as you know you can't please them all so i commend you for trying. lol I used to think a lot like Leeview but ive come to realise people keep dogs for very very different reasons. My dogs first and foremost are for working as you know but i enjoy the racing and showing throughout the summer. Others have no interest in hunting and only want to show or race but if
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Had a very enjoyable day just me and my missus and a couple of our whippets at Florencecourt yesterday(no kids with us yeah ), the weather held out most of the day and it got really warm towards the end of the afternoon. The whole event was well organised and went like clockwork and I was especially impressed how well and smoothly the racing went. Got a few wins in the showing and racing with both dogs and got a smashing jacket to add to Bolt's collection. Biggest thrill of the day.....wee Barney winning his heat to go up against Bolt in the final. I think on the way home I was actually sleep
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Wow, that's unusual alright I have never seen a ferret that colour before, i think he looks good.
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great pictures as always Deidre, I love the one above there with Bolt in the yellow collar you can see im poking around his back end to make him go faster,my secret is out! :D
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A very enjoyable day out yesterday at the Mourne show, weather (mostly) held out and the company was great as always. Was fortunate enough to get wins in the show ring and racing, and was over the moon at getting best overall whippet and best overall in show with Bolt, as all the other dogs were very worthy competitors in the final. Credit to Kieran and the Mourne for the prizes on the day as they were fantastic ,im especially chuffed with the hunting lamp I received and three large bags of meal as well as the silverware. To top it all off, my two boys both came back from Scotland with G
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excellent mate I loved watching that, you are a crazy man though lifting rats by hand like you do Excellent video and you know your stuff regarding hunting with mink.
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LOVELY write up from a LOVELY person,,,it was great to meet up with everyone again at the first show. And Margaret I always get a laugh or two with you and big John which is what it should always be about .Some times the competitive side can take me away but I can always get a laugh or two after talking to you or John for 5 minutes.Both myself and Nicky really enjoy and look forward to all the shows we attend with our family and yourself ,John and all the other usual suspects in the whippet world always make it a special day. We have always been made to feel welcome at the S.W.C.NI from the wo
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Mrs Bluebell, did you just think I had a massive forehead .. yeah I shaved those bad boys clean off !!! set the trimmer at number 3 to give them a light trimming as you do. looked up into the mirror,then near had a heart attack because Lily Savage was looking back at me. Didn't realise the fooking plastic depth head wasn't on the trimmer so it was just a bare blade. Think the missus must have been shaving her back with them before id lifted them .it was the same last week,i couldn't find my angle grinder in the shed, little did I know Nicky had been using it to cut her toe nails!!!! :D .im i
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Mate as you know I had to do or say something sensible this week after shaving off both my eyebrows by mistake at the start of the weekend! :D Had to stay away from Deidre, cause if she had of cottoned on my eyebrows were history goodness knows how much abuse she would have given me and how many close up photos she would have got of them :cray:They should be back for the next S.W.C.NI,, failing that its a trip to Jolleys for two Siberian Hamsters and some double sided tape!! . Forgot to mention our ole mate "Kathy dog groomer Knox" who has found her new calling with her dog Eva and took rese
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A great day yesterday at the first meet of this year, One or two changes have been made to the order of events this year and there were a few minor teething problems with it being the first one, but all in all a cracking day and the weather was great. I thought it was great to see so many new pups in the puppy class and it can only be good for the sporting whippet club AND TERRIER AND LURCHER EVENTS in the future. Im not a member of either club but it was good to see the lads and ladies from the Northern Ireland Lurcher Racing club attending with their own whippets for a days crack and support
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mate I give them to mine a couple of days a week and as others have said vary it with all sorts of other dead furry bodies. mine love them and I usually give each ferret two and they are not overweight nor too thin. I find them excellent for rearing young ferrets during the summer when your freezer is running short of rabbits ect,., variety is the spice of life regarding feeding any animal.
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looking forward to both Dessies show and the Sporting whippet Club this weekend. good to meet up again with the whippet folk
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You are right,,point taken ladyjane regarding this being a thread for advertising the upcoming fixture and my original post was not supposed to offend the genuine whippet people who attend the Sporting whippet club( yourselves included) . The sporting whippet club in my view is the best run and enjoyable day out with the family and dogs, month in month out throughout the summer. Darren and myself have been debating the very real differences in the kc show whippets and the genuine kc fit for purpose whippets recently, and it has then spilled onto this thread from my first post which is the wron
