how much graft?

[robert michem 314]

TOMMO I BET YOUR BODY NEW YOU ADD THE 2000, MARK,, YOUR NOT A STONE CHUCK FROM ME,, JUST THE DRIVEING A LONE CAN GET TO YOU, AND TO KEEP DOING ALL THREW THE SEASON TAKES ITS TOLL,,WE DONE 2900, 2 SEASONS AGO AND WHAT EVER THE DOGS GOT, ITS HARDER THAN GOING TO WORK,THERE WAS 3 OF US 2 FERRETS EACH AND GOING IT LIKE MAD MEN TREW OUT THE SEASON,, THEIR HIS NO CHANCE OF ANY DOG DOING THIS,,, BUT WERES THE CREDIT FOR THE [GRAFT] THE OWNER PUTS IN LOL,,,THAT WHERE IT ALL STEMS FROM,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[trigger2 3,145]

The numbers are very impressive. It would be nigh on impossible to do here, there simply arent the rabbits, on my ground anyway. Mine are out on the lamp probably 2-3 nights a week on average, more when the weather is right and less when its frozen or bright. They are out bushing most days though and at least once a week ferreting. If feel mine work hard for not much reward, i would love to see how they'd do on good ground.

 

the same oppatunities are there for evrybody with car Tyla,, you only have to get in it and drive to a good rabbit spot,,, dont get me wrong if your happy getting a dozen local as i often do,,, then thats fine .... but lads often say on here,"you cant get that many round me",,, no shit!!!,,, get out there and drive

this aint a dig at you Tyla,, just an obsevation about yousing the above statment

 

 

Aye, but seven nights a week for 7 months? With all the other folk apparently doing the same? And you telling me that they are still bagging up 20-30 + rabbits 7 days a week at the end? All of them?

 

You average 25 rabbits a night 7 days a week, which was what was claimed, for 7 months, and that's 5,250 rabbits. Over the season, and obviously more when you take into account all them high 20's, 30's - 60's that folk chat on about.

 

And that's on land where lots of others hunt / poach as well?

 

Fantasy land.

 

If you believed all the folk you here speak, we wouldnt be able to walk down the road without climbing over the rabbits, squeezing past the deer and moving aside the sea of foxes.

wheres the claim of a average of 25 rabbits 7 nights a week over 7 months i dont see it.

 

your just making things up to suit you there. a claim of 25 rabbits a night over 7 months, not one person as said they do this. i think that puts you in fantasy land.

[Ideation 8,216]

The numbers are very impressive. It would be nigh on impossible to do here, there simply arent the rabbits, on my ground anyway. Mine are out on the lamp probably 2-3 nights a week on average, more when the weather is right and less when its frozen or bright. They are out bushing most days though and at least once a week ferreting. If feel mine work hard for not much reward, i would love to see how they'd do on good ground.

 

the same oppatunities are there for evrybody with car Tyla,, you only have to get in it and drive to a good rabbit spot,,, dont get me wrong if your happy getting a dozen local as i often do,,, then thats fine .... but lads often say on here,"you cant get that many round me",,, no shit!!!,,, get out there and drive

this aint a dig at you Tyla,, just an obsevation about yousing the above statment

 

 

Aye, but seven nights a week for 7 months? With all the other folk apparently doing the same? And you telling me that they are still bagging up 20-30 + rabbits 7 days a week at the end? All of them?

 

You average 25 rabbits a night 7 days a week, which was what was claimed, for 7 months, and that's 5,250 rabbits. Over the season, and obviously more when you take into account all them high 20's, 30's - 60's that folk chat on about.

 

And that's on land where lots of others hunt / poach as well?

 

Fantasy land.

 

If you believed all the folk you here speak, we wouldnt be able to walk down the road without climbing over the rabbits, squeezing past the deer and moving aside the sea of foxes.

wheres the claim of a average of 25 rabbits 7 nights a week over 7 months i dont see it.

 

your just making things up to suit you there. a claim of 25 rabbits a night over 7 months, not one person as said they do this. i think that puts you in fantasy land.

 

 

You said you were out seven nights a week if only doing in the 20's, but might give them a night off if doing higher numbers, and said you ran even if the ground was frozen.

 

Just figuring on an average.

Edited July 16, 2011 by Ideation

[TOMO 26,447]

TOMMO I BET YOUR BODY NEW YOU ADD THE 2000, MARK,, YOUR NOT A STONE CHUCK FROM ME,, JUST THE DRIVEING A LONE CAN GET TO YOU, AND TO KEEP DOING ALL THREW THE SEASON TAKES ITS TOLL,,WE DONE 2900, 2 SEASONS AGO AND WHAT EVER THE DOGS GOT, ITS HARDER THAN GOING TO WORK,THERE WAS 3 OF US 2 FERRETS EACH AND GOING IT LIKE MAD MEN TREW OUT THE SEASON,, THEIR HIS NO CHANCE OF ANY DOG DOING THIS,,, BUT WERES THE CREDIT FOR THE [GRAFT] THE OWNER PUTS IN LOL,,,THAT WHERE IT ALL STEMS FROM,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

your right mate it can be hard graft,,, that year i had the 4x4,, was driving and running the dogs alot on the lamp, also whilst ferreting was driving round from warren to warren, so i was lucky not to do a huge amount of carrying

[boyo 1,398]

robert mitchum fair play mate thats big numbers by any standards fair play credit where its due for taking that amount of game . gotta be honest even in younger days when we were out most nights and ime going back early to mid seventies we were not taking that sort of numbers but were getting between 20 and 40 a night on regular basis but lamping was early days then and a lot more game about gotta be honest though wouldnt or couldnt carry them sort of numbers now .in fact right sort of night for lamping ide rather be cwched up in bed lol.now a day on long ears differant kettle of fish up and raring for it even now .

[robert michem 314]

I NO WHAT YOU MEAN BOYO, ITS A YOUNG MANS CAME CARRYING RABBS; OVER HILL ALL NITE I CAN STILL DO IT NOT A PROBLEM, BUT LIKE ME OLD DOG A STIFF THE NEXT DAY,,LOL, SOME PICS IN THE EARLY 90.S WITH OUT A BAD BACK, AND THE OLD TYPE LURCHER,,DEER H ,GREY H BEDDY ,,COLIE AND 1 OR 2 BITS IN HIM,,

Edited July 16, 2011 by robert michem

[Simoman 110]

I'm out 2, perhaps 3 nights during the season and a couple of times a week during the day. In the past i have travelled with the dogs and visited various counties, as wilf said, different terrain and environment can test your dog. One of mine has had a good first season, i'm very chuffed with him and what ability he has demonstrated, this season his workload will increase along with my expectations and we shall see what happens.......

[Guest storm70]

iam out alote in winter i wont say ware but somtimes do 500 to 600 miles a week they early 70 and 80s was the lampers dream still raelly good at some places but you have to travel loads and doing big numbers becomes a job at any quarry i do ok but credit wares its due some big bags there robert atb my best was 76 rabbits and 11 le in the early 80s whith 1 dog i bread myself he was a good 1 bedxgrey xcolliexgrey proaberly the best ive had and looked like nothing old d clark seen that dog do over 50 and 60 a night week in week out and he took all quarry singlehanded and had more balls than most dogs ive seen in the last decade its all down to the man aswell and now you cant take lads to carry your quarry for they will certainly go back days gone buy eye

[windyhill 30]

everybody seems to travell,ive sussed it out your all travelling to each others ground as the dogs you have where bred for the area you live in and the game has got wise to your dogs,hence you travel to new areas where the rabbits dont know your dogs style,as they cant catch the numbers in the area you live in could i be right???

Edited July 17, 2011 by windyhill

[mackem 27,018]

hence you travel to new areas where the rabbits dont know your dogs style

Rabbits dont really have the capacity to suss out a dogs running-style,with dogs its just hard and fast,thats a running dogs style,rabbits educate to the beam in heavily lamped areas,first flicker acriss a field and they high-tail it for cover.

[windyhill 30]

hence you travel to new areas where the rabbits dont know your dogs style

Rabbits dont really have the capacity to suss out a dogs running-style,with dogs its just hard and fast,thats a running dogs style,rabbits educate to the beam in heavily lamped areas,first flicker acriss a field and they high-tail it for cover.

what about other animals foxes used to suss a dogs style out

i seen a documentry once where a fox took a load of hounds over a train line then on the roads and even over the cliffs so surely foxes know a dogs style

Edited July 17, 2011 by windyhill

[asbo93 10]

hence you travel to new areas where the rabbits dont know your dogs style

Rabbits dont really have the capacity to suss out a dogs running-style,with dogs its just hard and fast,thats a running dogs style,rabbits educate to the beam in heavily lamped areas,first flicker acriss a field and they high-tail it for cover.

what about other animals foxes used to suss a dogs style out

wells that a fox everyone no's how clever and sly one is. mackem is right

[TOMO 26,447]

everybody seems to travell,ive sussed it out your all travelling to each others ground as the dogs you have where bred for the area you live in and the game has got wise to your dogs,hence you travel to new areas where the rabbits dont know your dogs style,as they cant catch the numbers in the area you live in could i be right???

 

well its a theory!!!!

[mackem 27,018]

Fox is no longer legal running-dog quarry,and you didnt mention fox,you stated rabbit,rabbits dont work out an individual dogs style,they work out that light at night equals get-the-f*ck-outta-here,the reason that the people who travel get the booty is just that,they travel,some areas get hammered nightly winter and summer alike,some dont,thats the crux of it.

[windyhill 30]

Fox is no longer legal running-dog quarry,and you didnt mention fox,you stated rabbit,rabbits dont work out an individual dogs style,they work out that light at night equals get-the-f*ck-outta-here,the reason that the people who travel get the booty is just that,they travel,some areas get hammered nightly winter and summer alike,some dont,thats the crux of it.

 

ok i will be getting my provisional soon and i will be travellin over to youkshire a lot to catch some rabbits as theres not loads around here,

Edited July 17, 2011 by windyhill