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  1. Derek1962
    meant to say he was a good friend of the late John Kelly from Drogheda.
  2. Derek1962
    Hi,looking for a bit of info on a old man by the name of Pip Byrne,i have know him for around 20 years,used to meet him at gamefairs and he used to call on me every now and again for a dig and the odd course,the last i heard from him was about a year and a half,and havent seen him since,he is a small man,he used to be a taxi driver but had retired from this trade about 5 years now,he was always into his lurchers and terriers,has a great eye for a good dog,i remember him telling me he used to breed working wheaton,s in the late 60,s when badger digging was still legal,i havent heard from him in
  3. Derek1962
    I bred a litter of wheaton greyhound x greyhound about 4 years ago,i knew the guy who owned the stud dog [wheaton x greyhound],he was a very good dog for fox and deer,afraid of nothing,this dog was put to a greyhound bitch and produced a nice few pups,i kept two back for myself,[a dog and a bitch] they turned out good workers,the dog being the best,he would course hares well,take fox day or night and was a handy dog to have around on a dig,he had a good brain and knew how to use it,the bitch on the other hand was,nt as good as him,she was a bit slower but still very game,she had her uses,she
  4. Derek1962
    Was at a house party in North Dublin last night,it was close to a place called Saint Annes Park in Raheny,the owner of the house told me the place was full of foxes,so i shone the lamp into the football fields around the park and i counted 12 foxes,left the party around 3 and counted another 6 that crossed the M1 on my way home,so no shortage of foxes in Dublin,but you cant shoot them inside the park but i am sure you could lamp them with a dog .
  5. Derek1962
    had a bit of ground to hunt on around Meath about 15 years ago,great place to hunt,roughly about 500 acres of land,plenty of hares,loads of bunnies,and lots of foxes,we would hunt there every sunday,morning for digging,afternoon for hares and depending on the night a bit of lamping,but one guy brought a friend of his down from Louth to hunt mid week there, and then his mate brought down a load of his friends from up north and they coursed hares day in day out,and not only coursed the hares but coursed the farmers sheep,broke fences and left gates open,so the farmer decided no more dogs or pe
  6. Derek1962
    In the early ,s i used any lamp we could get our hands on,we tried everythng,from headlights of cars or motorbikes to hand held spotlight we bought up north,i think the best one we had was a searchlight from the top of a squad car [gardai],we took it off when it was parked on a country road checking out our mates doing a bit of digging,it was a good lamp,a nice tight spot and good distance,
  7. Derek1962
    More than likely the guy who owned this dog gave him a free rein when out lamping,so problems like that are hard to break,maybe a shock collar,chances are it will either kill or cure,had a lurcher years ago,done the same thing,first run was a nightmare,if he missed the bunny,he would run the whole field and the next one and the next one right into the next county,different dog in the daytime,i used a shock collar on him at night,it cured the problem till he run into a 5 bar gate and broke his neck.
  8. Derek1962
    we dont have to shoot them here. Foxes far tougher here - we need to shoot them before a dog gets anywhere near them..... Them Irish foxes are f****n gay..... the collie hound first cross is as good as any lurcher for fox,might not be a good hare dog but will lamp ,bush with terriers,ideal companion when your out ferretting and most will do any job you put them up to,i kept a first cross collie for years,she was as good as any bull greyhound,afraid of nothing,would kill foxes with ease,she lacked speed for a hare but would lamp all night and give you 100% on every run,i b
  9. Derek1962
    Sadly the lurcher in the pound was,nt his dog.....
  10. Derek1962
    Didn't ask him to jump it he was f**k fearless jump anything Know what you mean lad, had a lurcher jump of a cliff while out lamping one night,..it was,nt the fall that killed him......it was the sudden stop.
  11. Derek1962
    i have to go out for a few hours but i will check in later to see if this lad is online,or he needs any more info on when i seen her,
  12. Derek1962
    it could be her,hopefully it is,and hopefully its not rehomed yet,i know they have a lurcher rescue going on in Ireland and i hear some lurchers are sent to lurcher rescue centers in the UK,
  13. Derek1962
    A bit young for having him jumping six foot walls,at 5 1/2 months....but f**k it,thats life...live and learn.
  14. Derek1962
    when i read the post i thought she was only missing a week,she is missing over a year,hopefully this is his bitch,
  15. Derek1962
    i have sent him a pm,
  16. Derek1962
    26 to 32 inches are great for that open countryside,but in the paddocks we hunt here in Ireland you need something small and sharp and can find top gear very quickly,so anything from 16 to 25 would be ideal for me,but everyone to their own,i knew a guy that lived in Nt Dublin,he always kept big lurchers and i mean big,they were great in open land where they could course with ease but in small land they were useless,and a smaller lurcher would make a show of these giants,when i mets this guy at a few shoes and i remarked on how big they were he always answered,;did i ever see a big horse that c
  17. Derek1962
    Iwas over in the dog pound in Finglas last week looking for a lurcher that went missing from a mate back garden, and i seen a bitch that looks something similar to the one on this forum,i asked where they got her and one of the guys told me she was dropped into the pound a few days ago,i noticed she had a few marks on her face and she looked in very good condition,chances are this is your bitch,i asked what will happen to her and they said she would be rehomed if not claimed i was only brousing this forum and i seen your post of your missing lurcher,,their phone number is ..018383236,
  18. Derek1962
    Thats what am saying captain 10s 15s yeah but 32 and 50 i smell some bullshit. And this post sound like this lads been out wi the lamp how can ya count day time hares when most are sat in the seats tooked up. This lad wouldnt bi coming hunting wi me stood there counting lol. Am there to hunt and count at the end of the day or night when ive finished what am there to do and thats not counting lol. here why the f**k would i want to lie about seen 32 hares in one field?then write it on here.and i was out on the lamp who said i was out through the day?and who the f**k wants to go hunting with y
  19. Derek1962
    i have come across holding pens for coursing clubs and seen 50 odd hares in them but they would of been caught all over the country,its a rare thing to see 5 or 6 hares running together let alone 35
  20. Derek1962
    might of been the same hare you seen 100 times
  21. Derek1962
    walking or by broomstick haha wouldnt you like to now it takes about 1 hour to get there from my house Walking or by broomstick
  22. Derek1962
    Well done to you and your Pup,this is a start of a new begining,
  23. Derek1962
    might o What because I see a load of hares in 1 field? Not my problem you don't have them in numbers round your way lol MIGHT OF BEEN SHEEP YOU WERE LAMPING LAD
  24. Derek1962
    MAYBE YOU SHOULD OF WENT TO SPEC SAVERS :icon_eek:
  25. Derek1962
    Its not safe anymore to have friends or anyone one else in your back garden looking at your animals,9 times out of 10 people that enter your private property are someone you know or someone that are friends with your friends,Hope you get your dogs back...best of luck.
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