A WET NIGHT

[wife 1]

WENT OUT LAST NIGHT WITH BITCH FOR A LOOK ON A SMALL ESTATE WITH A GAME KEEPER,HE BEEN LOSING A FEW DUCKS ON THE FLIGHT PONDS AND ASKED US TO HAVE A SHINE ROUND WITH HIM,THE WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE AND AS WE ARRIVED IT WAS RAINING HARD,ON THE WAY TO THE BIT OF GROUND WHERE THE FLIGHT PONDS WERE ALL THE ROADS WAS FLOODED AND THE DRAINS WERE OVERFLOWING,WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF GETTING INTO THE FIRST FIELD WE WAS WET RIGHT THROUGH,THE WIND WAS PRETTY KEEN AS WELL WHICH DID NOT HELLP THE KEEPER WITH KEEPING HIS RIFLE STILL AND THE SCOPES CLEAR,WE WALKED A FEW FIELDS AND BOTH THE LURCHERS WHICH WE TOOK FOR A FEW BUNNYS AND TO RETREIVE ANY FOX THAT WERE SHOT STARTED PULLING ON THE LEAD,WE STOPPED AND HAD A QUICK SQUEAL IN A LARGE FIELD WITH A WOOD AT THE END,A QUICK SHINE WITH THE LAMP AND WE COULD SEE A PAIR OF EYES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WOOD,IT WAS IN RANGE FOR THE RIFLE BUT THERE WAS A FEW SHEEP BEHIND IT IN THE DISTANCE,ONLY WAY ROUND IT WAS TO WALK TO THE RIGHT A BIT AND GET A CLEAR PIC OF THE FOX WITH NO SHEEP BEHIND IT,THE FOX SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AND HE PUT THE SCOPE ON IT AND LET A SHOT OFF,JUST AS HE PULLED THE TRIGGER THERE WAS A GOOD GUST OF WIND ,WE LOOKED WITH THE LAMP TO SEE THE FOX AND WE COULD SEE NO SIGN OF IT,THE DOGS WERE PULLING ON THE LEAD SO WE LET SLIP,HE HAD CLIPED THE FOX AND THE DOGS DONE THE DECENT THING AND FINISHED THE FOX OFF WITH A QUICK SHAKE,WALKED A FEW MORE FIELDS AND SEEN NOTHING BUT BUNNYS AND WE DID NOT RUN THEM AS THERE WAS A LOAD OF LOOSE ROCKS AROUND THE FIELD,WE THEN GOT BACK TO TRUCK AND DROVE TO SOME OTHER FIELDS WITH FLIGHT PONDS IN,SOAKING WET WE GOT OVER THE FIRST GATE AND PUT THE LAMP ON,AT THE END OF THE FIELD WAS A GOOD SIZE FOX WALKING ACROSS,IT DID NOT SEEM TO BOTHERED BY THE LAMP AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS MOVING IT WAS JUST HUNTING THE FIELD,A QUICK SQUEAL AND IT STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS,WE TURNED THE LAMP OFF AND WALKED ANOTHER 50 YARDS CLOSER AND IT HAD GONE INTO A LARGE PATCH OF BRAMBLE ,WE GAVE ANOTHER SQUEAL AND SEEN IT ON TOP OF A STEEP BANKING,AFTER WIPING THE SIGHTS DOWN AS THEY WERE NOW WET THE KEEPER GOT A CLEAR PIC AND FIRED A SHOT OFF,IT WAS A GOOD SHOT AND WE SEEN THE FOX ROLL DOWN THE BANK AND STOP AT SOME OLD FENCING,LET THE DOGS OFF AND THEY WENT TO THE SPOT WHERE HE HAD SHOT THE FOX AND FOLLOWED THE SCENT DOWN WHERE THE FOX HAD ROLLED,WE THEN HEARD A BIT OF A YELP AND WHEN WE GOT THERE BOTH OF THE DOGS HAD RAN INTO SOME RUSTY BAD WIRE FENCING WHERE THE FOX HAD STOPPED ROLLING,THEY HAD GOT THEMSELFES FREE OF THE WIRE AND WERE HAVING A RAG OF THE FOX,2 GOOD SIZE DOG FOXES AND THE KEEPER WAS HAPPY,COULD NOT CARRY THE FOXES BACK TO THE TRUCK SO HUNG THEN UP IN THE TREES BY THE FLIGHT PONDS FOR THE LADS WHO RENT THE DUCK SHOOTING RIGHTS TO SEE THE DUCK THIEFS GONE,POOR LADS HAVE SPENT ALOT OF TIME BUILDING LITTLE PERMANENT HIDES FROM WHERE THEY CAN SHOOT THE DUCKS AND ALSO OBSERVE THEM WHEN OUT OF SEASON AND AND THEY SHOULD BE HAPPY WHEN THEY SEE THE FOXES HUNG UP IN THE TREES BY THE DIFFERENT PONDS,A FEW PICS BELOW OF THE DOGS SOAKING WET BACK AT THE TRUCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 25, 2006 by wife

[samba 534]

WELLDONE MATE GOOD DOGS THERE

[Guest Frank]

Good man.

 

Frank.

[woody 99]

weldone lads keep up the good work

[tommy1967 47]

well done good nights work ,dogs looking well mate.

[ratcher 69]

nice one wife i like the fawn dog he looks like my bitch how old is he

[whin 463]

just back from a walk took a strong hare and a rabbit saw several roe but in the wood side