herdwick 52 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Spoke to a keeper friend other day about ratting. Yes, we got rats he said. Went to have a look, holes and runs everywhere. Was only allowed to take a couple of people with me so couldn't take the whole team. Tyla, Blackstaff, his boy Bill and myself with 6 terriers made up the crew. Arrived, saw the holes, saw the runs and thought" faark, this is gonna be a BIG day" Huh, yeah right! Smoker worked fine, rats would not bolt! Thought well tis a bit exposed here on the track, try in the maize plot! Good idea but didnt work out, the buggers would not bolt. Reduced to digging where the terriers marked. That worked ok, averaged 1 rat every 30 minutes!!I had looked at a grassy bank which was riddled with holes when I went to see the place. Originaly I thought leave that until the maize is swiped off but as the rats wouldn't bolt from the holes in the maize we decided to tackle the bank today. Had a few bolt but the setts were so big the smoke couldnt get thro all the runs. Decided the thing to do was just smoke where the dogs marked. This worked up to a point and we did catch a few but nothing like we thought we were going to get. Ended the day with a rat throwing contest (how sad is that?) which Blackstaff won. Drove down to the keeper's house and saw a buzzard and a red kite, which made my day. Blackstaff took about 2,000.000 pictures with his new camera so hopefully he will add a pictorial record of the day. Quote Link to post
magners 107 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Spoke to a keeper friend other day about ratting. Yes, we got rats he said. Went to have a look, holes and runs everywhere. Was only allowed to take a couple of people with me so couldn't take the whole team. Tyla, Blackstaff, his boy Bill and myself with 6 terriers made up the crew. Arrived, saw the holes, saw the runs and thought" faark, this is gonna be a BIG day" Huh, yeah right! Smoker worked fine, rats would not bolt! Thought well tis a bit exposed here on the track, try in the maize plot! Good idea but didnt work out, the buggers would not bolt. Reduced to digging where the terriers marked. That worked ok, averaged 1 rat every 30 minutes!!I had looked at a grassy bank which was riddled with holes when I went to see the place. Originaly I thought leave that until the maize is swiped off but as the rats wouldn't bolt from the holes in the maize we decided to tackle the bank today. Had a few bolt but the setts were so big the smoke couldnt get thro all the runs. Decided the thing to do was just smoke where the dogs marked. This worked up to a point and we did catch a few but nothing like we thought we were going to get. Ended the day with a rat throwing contest (how sad is that?) which Blackstaff won. Drove down to the keeper's house and saw a buzzard and a red kite, which made my day. Blackstaff took about 2,000.000 pictures with his new camera so hopefully he will add a pictorial record of the day. thats some camera Quote Link to post
x38 179 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 blackstaff he`s mad 4 it Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 It was a good day but not the best bag. I've never seen anywhere so infested, i think the warrens were just so big they were able to keep runnning from the smoke without ever having to bolt. Thanks for the invite herdwick and hurry up with the pics Blackstaff! Quote Link to post
blackstaff 488 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) Thanks to Herdwick for a really enjoyable day out The boy and myself had a good day, the weather was kind and the company was amusing to say the least the bag not so good but theres always next time. You also forgot to mention about my ' offroader ' that went everywhere that your Hilux did :search: ( Thanks goes to X38 for the beauty dog bus, shes a cracker thank you ) Or that it was actually Bill that won the rat throwing distance contest ( my fault for underestimation on his throwing techique )he was the only contestant in that comp. I won the ' Rat up the wall ' instead of ' penny up the wall ' with Tyla 2nd, Herdwick 3rd and little Bill 4th. Too many funny things to mention, thanks you 2 Tyla - We need to start this tradition thing a bit better Mrs B said . Maybe some eggs into the deal would be great as she loves baking, the results could be coming out with us in the lunch bag I did take a few pics over the weekend to say the least, 970+ on sat, 400+ sunday Herdwick also took a few on my camera but said he didn't like it as it as too heavy. He asked that when he presses the button and it goes click click click click click click does that mean its a picture for every click ? I said yes knowing i had to sort them when i got round to it Anyways thanks again, look forward to the next day out Heres the pics of our day,I did aim to take action shots of the day but the best laid plans and that Hope you like them http://s1178.photobucket.com/albums/x372/blackstaff2/Ratting%20March%2011/?albumview=slideshow Edited March 7, 2011 by blackstaff Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thanks to Herdwick for a really enjoyable day out The boy and myself had a good day, the weather was kind and the company was amusing to say the least the bag not so good but theres always next time. You also forgot to mention about my ' offroader ' that went everywhere that your Hilux did :search: ( Thanks goes to X38 for the beauty dog bus, shes a cracker thank you ) Tyla - We need to start this tradition thing a bit better Mrs B said . Maybe some eggs into the deal would be great as she loves baking, the results could be coming out with us in the lunch bag I did take a few pics over the weekend to say the least, 970+ on sat, 400+ sunday Anyways thanks again, look forward to the next day out Heres the pics of our day Now the chooks have decided to start laying again im sure we can provide some eggs! Anything for Mrs Blackstaff, packed lunch maker of the year! Where are the pics!?!? Quote Link to post
blackstaff 488 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 At the bottom of my post, click the link Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Bloody hell, thats a fair few pictures!!! Didnt realize how comical my blue hat is! Some real good ones there, the sequence of me chasing that rat and the dogs chasing me til they see it is good! Your gonna have to change your username to David Bailey soon! Quote Link to post
herdwick 52 Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Good pics Blackstaff. You do get carried away when you get going with the heavyweight camera dont you Tyla, your blue hat is in my kitchen. Did think about putting it on ebay but then thought I probably wouldnt get any bids on it. Can make sunday if you want to have another go but only the morning as I'm working. Quote Link to post
blackstaff 488 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Sorry guy's no can do Sunday I'm out fishing on a charter boat for cod, if its too rough my dogs are booked in running at a greyhound track so i can go with the mrs Quote Link to post
L and A 2 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Great pics and write up guys, sounds like you all had a blast. Quote Link to post
matt32 44 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 nice post thats a cracking looking staffie lovely build on it cheers for posting Quote Link to post
blackstaff 488 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Cheers matt , she's not in what i would call good shape but she's getting there Quote Link to post
Molie1337 35 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 good post guys, looks like you had fun! blackstaff where are the 2 whippet x's ?!i was looking forward to seeing how they're doing! ATB Molie Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Good pics Blackstaff. You do get carried away when you get going with the heavyweight camera dont you Tyla, your blue hat is in my kitchen. Did think about putting it on ebay but then thought I probably wouldnt get any bids on it. Can make sunday if you want to have another go but only the morning as I'm working. Im in for sunday, be careful of that hat - its worth a kings ransom! Quote Link to post
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