Other Hobbies

[the fezz 44]

family,fishing garden and wildlife programs oh and the tinternet

[NIGHTSHADOW 3]

Rebuilding old land rover ,gardening, help the wife brake her horse go to game shows and lots of diy

[bullcross1 10]

a like going to the gym, fishing on me boat especially in the summer, oh and mooching around with me dogs

[Guest Macnas]

Woodwork, gunstock repair & restoration, reading, messing around on the 'net, and have a long term research project on the go, just for my own amusement.

[steve66 3,402]

Metal detecting , must remember not to wear my steelies though

ooh nearly forgot , trying to train a feral teenager

Edited February 20, 2007 by steve66

[swamper 11]

ridge walking free climbed when i was younger but to fat now

[pointer28 1]

Try to do a spot of fishing once in a while.

 

I also own a set of golf rackets but don't use them that often.

 

But may main hobby revolves around work which is horse breeding. I run the sales and marketing side of a large stud farm with 7 - 10 stallions and love talking about breeding and bloodines.

 

As well as that I'm also a showjumping course designer and am trying to work my way up through the qualifications, so that's my Sundays sorted for most of the year.

 

But the downside is, I have feck all time left for shooting, digging, ferreting etc.

[reynardhunter 3]

Doing the family thing and then just collecting old traps for me, I love doing the car boot sale thing on a Sunday morning too - you never know quite what you will find!

 

OTC

the trap in the picture, whats it called? i have some of those,

[OldTrapCollector 377]

the trap in the picture, whats it called? i have some of those,

 

It's a gin trap, they were made in their thousands in the first half of the last century but now illegal to use.

 

It's what I collect - if anyone has any old ones knocking about they don't want I would be interested in hearing from you

 

OTC

[reynardhunter 3]

I was just wondering what other hobbies folks have got other than working their dogs.

 

I play bowls (the old mans type, but am only 26, sad i know) and do a bit of fishing. Also like to watch the odd TV program and have the ocasional shandy

 

Don't have much time for anything else as I have a young daughter with another on the way.

 

So, who does what??

I,m trying to learn to play the guitar, not very good i,m afraid, i spend a lot of time dreaming of having a place with a bit of land attached, then i would build a huge aviary and fill it with goldies, bullies, etc all captive bred of course, and i,d breed some mules, canary x goldfinch.

 

the trap in the picture, whats it called? i have some of those,

 

It's a gin trap, they were made in their thousands in the first half of the last century but now illegal to use.

 

It's what I collect - if anyone has any old ones knocking about they don't want I would be interested in hearing from you

 

OTC

thanks otc, i just wasn,nt sure what they were called, i have two of them, i thought they were fenn traps, so what are fenn traps then?

[weekye 0]

I,m trying to learn to play the guitar, not very good i,m afraid, i spend a lot of time dreaming of having a place with a bit of land attached, then i would build a huge aviary and fill it with goldies, bullies, etc all captive bred of course, and i,d breed some mules, canary x goldfinch.

 

when i was a kid my old man used to breed canary x goldfinch, lovely little birds.

[nelson 0]

Rugby, abusing people, settling old score's, ridiculing those less fortunate than myself, kicking cats, scaring small children, drinking to excess , putting off house hold chores, doing as i please, in fact i can't be bothered as were almost there.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I don't actually work my Dogs. Largely because they're not 'working' types. So, whilst I'm not doing that, I largely get on with my life. I guess ye could say That's my hobby. Luckily for me, I'm now in a position where I largely do what I like and like what I do.

 

I look after my few head of 'stock and my Dogs. I also, as part and parcel of that look after their housings and my ground. Fence erecting then is never far from my mind. But my favourite activity is actually building and fitting out building doors, would ye believe? There's nothing I like more than ripping out a rotten old stable door and replacing it with a nice, new one I've made to measure. Happy me; I have several of my own to do and, only today, a neighbour offered me the contract of re dooring his entire farm!

 

In between times, I kill things for other people, as the occassion arises. Spend my evenings on this thing. Am waiting to be able to get on with my book about the traps designed to replace the Gin.

 

Oh and, of course; I practice 'Zen in the Art of Mink Catching'. Fail at it like me; Ye Have to be Philisophical!

[jasper65 6]

I spend as much time taking my 11 year old lad out as possible! he's still at the age where he wants to be with me and wants me to take him everywhere! In another 4 years when he is 16 he won't want to know me as no doubt I'll embarrass him infront of his mates and girlfriends .

 

I also enjoy in the summer months Breeding birds wether it be British Finches, Hawks/Falcons or anything else for that matter, My main interest is the artificial Incubation side of things through to pip and Hatch then back with parents.......

[lone wolf 0]

i have just got myself a workshop so i can make terrier and ferret boxes,i have almost finished a double one,just took the measurments that would fit in my car(nissan primera).will put pics up when finished at the weekend.