dytkos 17,843 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Between 1992 and 1999 i did no field sports other than fishing. HOW f*****g SHIT WAS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from 1968 to 1992 and from 1999 I'm reborn. Could not live without the dugs now, don't know how I ever did. Even if it's an unproductive mooch, It's better than anything else I've ever experienced, (except for my kids and they are 300+ miles away with their own lives) No surrender! Cheers, D. Quote Link to post
whin 463 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 just awqay of life hunting fishing traveld far and wide to enjoy the chase Quote Link to post
boyo 1,398 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 what is a way of life if its thinking aout them every day and wishing your life away wishing you were out with them when your doing something else or cant get to sleep thinking about the days sport you have had with them. then yes thats me but family will always come before the dogs .but there was a time when perhaps they didnt and should have . 1 Quote Link to post
coney clucky 93 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 years gone by people would eat their catch and it helped supplement their diets nowadays people toss their catch in ditch or give it away i can rember my first taste of venison i thought i was living like a king went out hunting wi dogs would eat most of my catch loved eating bunnies venison pheasants thelot still get the buzz catching them but the kids look at me like ive just eaten their pets +like Quote Link to post
stabba 10,745 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Not so much as a way of life for me...More of a habit...Was brought up with dogs so it was only natural that i,d keep my own once i,d left home...Maybe these will be my last 2..who knows..by the time these 2 are done i,ll be pushing 50....if my hearts still in it then ...then who knows...atb stabba Quote Link to post
poacher3161 1,766 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Wish i had never fekin botherd with dogs and the poaching life and done some thing more constructive instead of wasting it f*****g about in the country side. Quote Link to post
old timer123 367 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Depends on what you class as a way of life if you earn your living at the game then you can say its a way of life, if you live off state benefits and supplement your dole money by a bit of poaching ect than no that aint no way of life. why not ?? YOUV,E A LOT LESS SCRUPLESWHEN YOUR LIVING OFF A GIRO. DIFFERENT 4 LEGGED CREATURES BEGIN CREEPING ON TO THE MENU. probly so but none the less its a way of life for me just too many idiots in the game these days Quote Link to post
old timer123 367 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Depends on what you class as a way of life if you earn your living at the game then you can say its a way of life, if you live off state benefits and supplement your dole money by a bit of poaching ect than no that aint no way of life. why not ?? YOUV,E A LOT LESS SCRUPLESWHEN YOUR LIVING OFF A GIRO. DIFFERENT 4 LEGGED CREATURES BEGIN CREEPING ON TO THE MENU. baaaa being one lol no not sheep lol Quote Link to post
nitestalker 28 209 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 defo a way of life and always will be as long as i can listen and learn and 1 day pass it down to ur own kids Quote Link to post
rocky1 942 Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 some mixed views their lads ,everyone 1 to their own Quote Link to post
skycat 6,174 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 For me its totally 110% a way of life, and its not just about hunting stuff: its about being out in the countryside, noticing the changing seasons, what's growing, what's living there even if it is stuff I don't hunt: birds, reptiles, insects. And its watching the dogs hunt, being part of something which no material possessions could ever compete with, having that bond with a dog, training it, watching it grow up, eating what the dogs catch (well, most of it anyway) Dogs might drive you nuts at times but if I couldn't live like this I'd sooner be dead and they can ban whatever they like: I'll never stop going out with my dogs. 2 Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Suppose a way of life is the best description but then again maybe Stabbas right calling it a habbit, then again, maybe an obsession? All I know is that, I see it more when I can't run a dog, through injury, time of year or sommat. I'm obsessed, watching fields, looking for habitat, always planning, wondering, serching somehow, gets worse when I'm out of the country, it's just something I can't switch off and when I can run a dog, I just do, it's just part of me...! To use an Americanism... 'Go figure'... Cause I can't....!! 2 Quote Link to post
Casso 1,261 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 im not sure how you sum it up ,Bosun has got pretty close, although my focus nowadays is more fixed on the mutt ,and getting the best out of him ,it's more of a compulsion, primal you could say, im not sure if sport or way of life explain it properly ,its an urge,, Quote Link to post
dytkos 17,843 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 some mixed views their lads ,everyone 1 to their own Good thread Rocky, and Dell, I reckon your tellin' porkies Cheers, D. Quote Link to post
doga 50 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 i do it for many reasons but the main one is for the love.atb for the coming season all. Quote Link to post
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