swanseajack 227 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yeah! Me Night time hunter I'm not or haven't been for a least ten years.... more of a PC virtual hunter in the night!!! I know I need to get out more, trouble is, it's normally to the pub Anyway Mondays and Tuesday night are detox and a bit of loving I get home last night fire up my PC and my mobile rings, one of the lads I was talking to in the pub at the weekend, I'd given him my phone number after a few and said that he could ring me any time if he wanted to go lamping.... Feck it I thought there's nothing much happening on the sites, and I agreed, I had fed the bitch Eva early this morning so I knew she would be ok.... Dilemma, do I take my camera or do I just go out for a good old mooch?? Eva had only ever been lamping once before and that was last year when she was about 14months, so I guess I'd leave the camera behind and spend some time concentrating on her.. so the camera was left at home... Mate picks me up, I load her into the back of the car with his bitch and of we set, not that much of a wind up when we get to our permission, quick check with the lamp and not a rabbit in sight, (apparently this place should have been crawling with them Things were not looking good. We decide to give it a go even if it's just exercise for the dogs on long slips.. Ten minutes into our foray we hadn't seen anything, then the wind picks up a good wind... we cross two fields and into the next, whey hey rabbits sitting out everywhere.... Walks right up to one with Eva tugging on my arm, get's up close the rabbit makes a run for it slips the bitch........ to say she's uneducatd on rabbits would be an understatement, she's very inexperienced and it showed, up and at it, straight over the top, put in a turn and the rabbit was gone... lamp of and she was back at my side now I was chuffed at this because she's a daytime hunter with an excellent nose... so was half expecting a fiasco on her recall... Eva back with me, quick shine rabbit number two, sitting out... my mates bitch Sash's turn 4 yr old and experience, slip quick, course first one in the bag.. Went on to the next field, rabbits out, slipped Eva same again.. overshooting, missing tight turns etc... I wasn't bothered at all, as all is a learning curve for her and basically another learning curve for me, it's amazing how rusty you get when you haven't been out lamping for years... Sash went on to catch another four bunnies, some easy some good courses... Eva missed quite a lot then in one small field a bunny sitting out, got as close to it before I slipped the bitch and the chase was on, up and at it, turned it, turned it again then it was heading straight for the hedge, she turned it back out into the field, twisting and turning all the time then bang nailed it right on the hedge... and guess what she retrieved it straight back to me and put it in my hand, bit of a mangled leg quick dispatch and rabbit number one for Eva... The wind died down, almost immediatley after this...THEN a fecking herd of young cows decided they would run riot around us, fecking hate cows in the dark... my mate was moaning he had to be up at 6:00 so I checked time.. only 1:45 Sash picked another up in the next field and we decided to call it a night... Total bag 6, one for Eva five for Sash... :thumbs-up: I know it's not much in you lampers eyes but I had a good night and the bitch learned a bit... 5 in the photo we left one for the foxes as it wasn't that big... here's a pic of Eva.... Have I got the lamp fever that saw me out 5 nights a week when I was younger... nah!! will be out again though, soon I hope... Quote Link to post
alimac 882 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 a good read mate, keep at it ...... happy hunting Quote Link to post
Guest MOLLY Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Brilliant read...the time absolutley flies when your lamping. MOLL. Quote Link to post
T.F.Student 0 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Good for you and the dog ..."THEN a fecking herd of young cows decided they would run riot around us" ...and you didn't run Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Excellent thread and well done..............Al :thumbs-up: Quote Link to post
buddy 1 Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 nice read. i cant stant it when the cows start running. me and my mate went out the othe nite walked in this field lamped a sitter, sliped the whippet, rabbit run straight through a herd of cows with young. i was back in the other field at a blink of an eye. but my mate just stayed there. slowly walking back. the dog missed the rabbit, but she had bigger things on it mind. Quote Link to post
micheal rennicks 17 Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 great read,class looking dog.what she made up of. Quote Link to post
swanseajack 227 Posted November 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 great read,class looking dog.what she made up of. how's she bred !! have a look Quote Link to post
micheal rennicks 17 Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 :ok: your on a winner there buddy. Quote Link to post
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