ANOTHER DALES TRIP, watership down

[salclalin 240]

Cracking write up Tomo.Another great night had by you again.

[barney rubble 12]

bloody hell well done pal

[KittleRox 2,147]

i cant stress how hard some of the fields are on this farm, well i can most of it is inaccesable with a 4x4 even a quad would not get to alot of it,,, this is proberbly the reason for the sheer numbers of rabbits.

 

i hoestly belive if you could get round in a truck with a rifle, then 200 would be achived possibly more.

 

kittlrox,, yes real strong collie types would be the way to go on this farm , rather than the gangly speed merchant,, im not saying the other wont catch, but for sheer tuffness and staminar, with strong feet and wrists, its the way to go on this particular bit of land

[The Happy Ferret 6]

Is there a reason why you take that many rabbits? Do you sell them to butchers, people, even zoos?

 

When I receive an order I sell to certain animal establishments at £2.50 per rabbit, makes it worth my while. I'll only take a large number if needed.

 

i take a lot of rabbits mainly cos i fecking love doing it, and testing the dog,,, as it happens they go to a zoo hole for £2.20 each, they take what i catch.... even if i didnt have this outlet, ide still try and catch them

 

Testing the dog? In what way?

most dogs are good for say 10 to 20 rabbits ,above that your testing the dogs stamina and ability in my opinion,,by the way another cracking night you had that don dog does well for what looks like quite a heavy set dog,not knocking him in any way because he does a good job by the the looks of it but how many of the 45 do you think were took out the seat???

 

I wouldn't like to say because I can only comment on what I have witnessed, and 10 to 20 rabbits is nothing for a healthy dog that has had many rabbits put in front of him.

 

I do believe a good lamping x coursing dog is hard to beat.

 

[Sirius 1,391]

A very healthy haul, well done.

[iceman001979 1,316]

Tomo how many different spots would you have up on the dales and how many times a year would you go back to the same spot????

[TOMO 26,069]

theres 8 farms, ile go back to the same farm as long as theres rabbits on it, but you just got to keep moving round , to try not educate them to much

[trigger2 3,137]

another decent night there Tomo well done. i think this post is the catalyst for me to start straying further a field. i take it from your post your two dogs have different running styles, you said Tara would have been better suited for the ground.

 

just out of interest are they of similar breed and are they both brought to there full fitness using the same method.

 

Tara is 1/4 kelpie only 22",, where as venus is half coursing dog, tara runs more like your typical collie crosses,

 

i get them half way fit behind the motor,,, then just work for the rest of there fitness

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[iceman001979 1,316]

theres 8 farms, ile go back to the same farm as long as theres rabbits on it, but you just got to keep moving round , to try not educate them to much

There must be some rabbits on them farms if you can go back few times over the year after taking so much fair play but dont fancy them hills your taking about.Sure you have to go where the rabbits are.

[torchey 1,325]

Is there a reason why you take that many rabbits? Do you sell them to butchers, people, even zoos?

 

When I receive an order I sell to certain animal establishments at £2.50 per rabbit, makes it worth my while. I'll only take a large number if needed.

 

i take a lot of rabbits mainly cos i fecking love doing it, and testing the dog,,, as it happens they go to a zoo hole for £2.20 each, they take what i catch.... even if i didnt have this outlet, ide still try and catch them

 

Testing the dog? In what way?

most dogs are good for say 10 to 20 rabbits ,above that your testing the dogs stamina and ability in my opinion,,by the way another cracking night you had that don dog does well for what looks like quite a heavy set dog,not knocking him in any way because he does a good job by the the looks of it but how many of the 45 do you think were took out the seat???

 

I wouldn't like to say because I can only comment on what I have witnessed, and 10 to 20 rabbits is nothing for a healthy dog that has had many rabbits put in front of him.

 

I do believe a good lamping x coursing dog is hard to beat.

 

If you,ve got an average dog with a 50% catch rate,thats between 20 and 40 runs ,so still takes some doing...I think dogs like these are not average and must be hitting 70 to % catch rate

[Simoman 110]

Well done boys, makes you realise a dog needs stamina to put numbers away up there, the rabbits are there but you still have to catch them.............

[frankel 2,123]

Well done boys, makes you realise a dog needs stamina to put numbers away up there, the rabbits are there but you still have to catch them.............

defo does mate, speed is not essential were we ran last night

[WILF 46,687]

Bloody excellent do lads, them dogs see some graft.

Well done all concerned

[NickF 50]

Christ on a bike , how do you carry that lot home? You need to write a recipe book and open a restaurant

[skycat 6,173]

Fantastic haul, and great read. Interesting reading about catch rates. What catch rate would you say Don has? And Tara? On a good night. And surely the catch rate is also about putting the dog on the right rabbits and knowing how to lamp. No centre field dalek robot lampers LOL