near miss

[darrell jnr 16]

Hi all ,have just got in from a dig which very nearly went badly wrong for me older bitch, have lost two chickens last night so thought i,d best get out back of me to have a look about for the marauder!my back garden backs onto farm land in the middle of the feilds is a big wide strip of marshland ,woods etc,theres quite a few earths in there too (very handy)we had a good 6 inches or so of snow in the night so went and checked all the usual places ,all empty or holding the other ,s..after a time of looking i cme across a new spot i,d not noticed before,well kicked out ,both dogs marking strongly,so collared up the older bitch,netted the one holer away she goes,now this place looked nothing of a spot,but we all know how deceiving these types of places can be eh,well to cut a long story short ,the best mark i could get was 12ft,ffs thought i,so had a cuppa,ciggie etc,gave the top of the ground a good thumping with the spade to see if she,d move and move she did!? 9ft better !so i gets cracking ,all the while there,s no sound,but not unusual as this bitch uaually takes hold when she can,anyway it took me a fair while to get to her,when i broke through ,she,s killed her fox,she had amouth full of fur,in a very tight stop end,almost lifeless ,another five mins or so would of killed her ,got her out cleaned her up,warmed her etc...she ok now though,surprisingly not much damage.so all in all good turn out to what could of been a bad situation....good hunting lads/lasses...darrell.

[rizla1 122]

very lucky mate, glad you got to her in time not a very nice way to loose a dog

[screeny 0]

looky escape ther bud, glad your bitch is ok, tricky earth ther

[darrell jnr 16]

cheers for the replies people,she,s ok now so all good.cheers.darrell

[diggory 130]

Alls well that ends well.......the rest of the chickens should sleep a bit better too !

[slingshot82 32]

Hi all ,have just got in from a dig which very nearly went badly wrong for me older bitch, have lost two chickens last night so thought i,d best get out back of me to have a look about for the marauder!my back garden backs onto farm land in the middle of the feilds is a big wide strip of marshland ,woods etc,theres quite a few earths in there too (very handy)we had a good 6 inches or so of snow in the night so went and checked all the usual places ,all empty or holding the other ,s..after a time of looking i cme across a new spot i,d not noticed before,well kicked out ,both dogs marking strongly,so collared up the older bitch,netted the one holer away she goes,now this place looked nothing of a spot,but we all know how deceiving these types of places can be eh,well to cut a long story short ,the best mark i could get was 12ft,ffs thought i,so had a cuppa,ciggie etc,gave the top of the ground a good thumping with the spade to see if she,d move and move she did!? 9ft better !so i gets cracking ,all the while there,s no sound,but not unusual as this bitch uaually takes hold when she can,anyway it took me a fair while to get to her,when i broke through ,she,s killed her fox,she had amouth full of fur,in a very tight stop end,almost lifeless ,another five mins or so would of killed her ,got her out cleaned her up,warmed her etc...she ok now though,surprisingly not much damage.so all in all good turn out to what could of been a bad situation....good hunting lads/lasses...darrell.

Glad to hear the bitch is ok mate

 

Kyle

[goldfinch2007 2,336]

glad shes alright darrell,the p&p came to £100 cheers

["Earth!" 503]

Lucky boy but a good result..

 

didnt have a bad day myself mate

 

speak soon pal.

[RETIC80 11]

Glad she's ok, just goes to show how those 'easy looking' one holers can spring a suprise! Good job.

[BEARINATOR 2,894]

Good result all round Darrell mate

[darrell jnr 16]

cheers lads.and goldy mate do ya want that ton in postal order,or should i take it out the rent of the cottage i ve got you,s come feb eh ha ha..... ..all the best everyone.YIS...Darrell.

[goldfinch2007 2,336]

good job i love yer

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Glad to hear the bitch OK, had a dog die to ground two seasons ago the same type of thing, mouth full of fur and wedged in tight, I'd imagine both contributed to the dog dying.

[patterdale moocher 10]

Well done mate 9ft on ya own-keep a close eye on her tonight in the house if poss- had a similar dig a few years ago dog was life less when I broke through put him under my jacket all the way home and cleaned him up then put him under heat lamp and he died that night-always keep em in kitchen now if had a hard dig-all the best

[brendy73 12]

glad to hear the bitch ok had the same thing happen to me on tuesday

but i wasnt so lucky and i lost mine atb; brendy73