stroller 341 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Set off before daybreak this morning, i had a little spot in mind at the back of a couple of fields is a steep bracken covered hill leading into a wood. During the summer the rabbits laugh at you as you walk down the field towards them as they disapear into thick cover. Got to the site and it was just light enough to net up, maggie had marked a warren of about 20 holes which used up pretty much all of my nets (I had hung up a load of nets last time out and just grabbed the bag with what was left)i used the old silver and the young albino hob who is getting that big i can hardly get my hand around him to pick him up.i had brought the young silver bitch from the late litter i had just to give her a run through but as the rabbits turned out to be fast and furious i didnt get her out of the box. It wasnt running dog ground a thick carpet of flattened bracken on a hill side covered in tall hawthorn but the little bitch did well and she is showing varying degrees of mark. if there is a rabbit at home its a lifted paw and a cocked head but if there are a few rabbits she is trying to dig at the mouth of the hole im not really worried by this as a click of the finger puts her right and calms her down. She did get a run at a bolted rabbit from a missed bolt hole and she turned it back to the set where it back netted apart from that she held them in the nets as they bolted which was just as well as i was on my tod and they were bolting hard. i dont think we moved further than 100m over the 3 hours we were out but the sport was good and steady. All of the rabbits caught were in top condition well nourished with a healthy deposit of fat as this was in horse country i wonder if they eat the haylage thats put out for the horses? Very pleased with mags today we had an ownership issue of a rabbit that she caught that had slipped the net but in the end she brought it in. Managed to shove the knife through my finger at home when i was preparing four rabbits for the oven. a couple of steri strips later and a good dosing of cut heal and i was fine. however due to the loss of blood and the pain i have slept all afternoon and im now having a couple of jack daniels to soothe my fevered brow and by the way im not fat just big boned Quote Link to post
captainpugwash 2 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 sound like a good day out mate Quote Link to post
rex 8 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Great stuff! Well done Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Good day and write up mate, to be fair you do look like your going to chin the camera man in the second picture. How's about a smile 1 Quote Link to post
DeerhoundLurcherMan 997 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Nice little dog mate how old is she? whats her breeding? well done!! Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Well done mate looks a good day Quote Link to post
darbo 4,776 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 good stuff nice looking bitch you have there whats her breeding? Quote Link to post
stroller 341 Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I always look like that mate im a f*****g horrible b*****d, every body hates me My little mags is a kelpie x grew she is about 20 months old and 22" to the shoulder game as a banty cock and i would reccomend the x for anyone wanting a good rabbit dog. very fast on the straight but has the turning circle of a double decker bus, The lad is at work tonight and he will have her out lamping for an hour when he comes in, he runs a saluki x normally but the big dog is cut at the minute. The lad raves about her speed but says she sounds like a pony running as she puts that much effort in Quote Link to post
darbo 4,776 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 is she a home bred dog or is she from dave sleights lines looks a cracking bitch. do you only use her for ferreting? Quote Link to post
pukerk 161 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 nice looking dog Quote Link to post
mexlad 189 Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 good stuff mate, well done. Quote Link to post
stroller 341 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Darbo: i bought her as a 7 week old pup from a lad who followed sleights breeding, she is my dog but but we have a policy of sharing dogs in our house so the lad will use her for lamping when his dog is injured, secretely i think he prefers my dog to his seriously though she isnt an easy dog she is timid and aggressive because of it you can see it in her eyes when i put her on the table top she is un happy about it her ears are back and the eyes a bit starey. I have spent a lot of time training and socialising this little dog and i would think if a young lad or in experienced owner had bought her she would have been dead by now. i wont breed from her as she is too nervy but there are enough lurchers being bred already. anyway she is primarily a ferreting dog so her working life span is potentially a very long one and i wont be bringing another lurcher pup on for at least 4 years. however the lad is leaving home shortly and ive said to the missus if he stays away for a year then i will have a cocker pup in 2012. I have a 5 year old gun dog at the minute (Labradoodle) so he needs a protege. Its all about having enough work for the dogs and having a wife who is as nuts as you are about dogs im lucky Quote Link to post
darbo 4,776 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 thank you for your honest answers all the best with her and your ferreting. Quote Link to post
artic 595 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Well done Stroller. I can relate to the rabbits, I live and work the dogs where there are a lot of horses and the rabbits have always been mean and lean! Good day out, and nice portrait too.......Guv! Quote Link to post
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