Poaching stories

[x38 179]

can any one remember the miners strike .............the fox (the poacher) and the (hound) the men that looked after the birds....a lad from manton that took me under his wing with the dogs and wants told we about a night out when he was taking birds and how he hid from the keeper and this lads hid under a bush and the lad well in here shot well a good few year after it went full circle and and got talking to a old boy (well 52 )lol toled the same tale but from his side if they had found him it would have been fun lol ...back in them days was it poaching or just puting food on the table for you family........

[poacher3161 1,766]

can any one remember the miners strike .............the fox (the poacher) and the (hound) the men that looked after the birds....a lad from manton that took me under his wing with the dogs and wants told we about a night out when he was taking birds and how he hid from the keeper and this lads hid under a bush and the lad well in here shot well a good few year after it went full circle and and got talking to a old boy (well 52 )lol toled the same tale but from his side if they had found him it would have been fun lol ...back in them days was it poaching or just puting food on the table for you family........

I heard about some working miners from notts getting caught roosting in the pit strike on lord scarbroughs.

[ryhope toma 42]

While I was typing I think the ruined topic was removed, because i got a notification that I didn't have permission to reply to it. Why do people have to spoil things? If you don't agree with something, bring a cohesive arguement and say your piece, politely. If you have nothing to actually add, then keep quiet and read what others have to say. Stirring simply wastes pages, causes the thread to lose its direction and any good stuff disappears down the page count. The other thing that bugs me is, why can't people write properly? I am not on about spelling or grammer, but using numbers for words instead of writing it properly. Some of the replies on here I need someone to translate into English for me. Now I have had my moan I'll give you a story from back home.

 

We used to get good seatrout and salmon runs on the Fowey, Fal and Camel. I was down on the Camel with a stick and rabbit wire and the water was low, it would have been about back end of July and there were fish in the river. The estate had taken on a young gamekeeper, I think he was a YTS (which dates it for you - early 80s?) Anyway, I had been sailing close to the wind but got away with it a few times by the skin of my teeth, but the keeper was out to nab me. Early one morning I had a fresh fish, I had just lifted it out of the river when the young keeper pounced, "Ha, caught you red handed this time" he said. I looked at him,and then at the salmon and said "you mean this? This is my pet salmon, Sammy. I have just brought him down for his daily swim. Look, I'll let him swim off in the pool and call him back in 10 minutes." I let the fish go and stood there, with my hands in my pockets next to the young keeper.

 

After about 10minutes the keeper turned to me and said, "go on then, call him back."

 

I looked at him and replied, "Call who back?"

why i ! what a story..............

[chartpolski 23,685]

I would say poaching and putting food on the table were the same thing. We were selling rabbits for £1 apiece back in the 70's, and my take home pay from an engineering job was £53 a week, so it was good money for rabbits ! Hares and venison were usualy kept for ourselves, much like now. Don't get me wrong, we didn't HAVE to poach to eat, but it was an enjoyable sideline ! LOL ! A guy on another site once asked me why I went out to kill a hare for dinner, when Tesco's has all the food we need........ He simply didn't understand some peoples way of life !

 

Cheers.

[x38 179]

can any one remember the miners strike .............the fox (the poacher) and the (hound) the men that looked after the birds....a lad from manton that took me under his wing with the dogs and wants told we about a night out when he was taking birds and how he hid from the keeper and this lads hid under a bush and the lad well in here shot well a good few year after it went full circle and and got talking to a old boy (well 52 )lol toled the same tale but from his side if they had found him it would have been fun lol ...back in them days was it poaching or just puting food on the table for you family........

I heard about some working miners from notts getting caught roosting in the pit strike on lord scarbroughs.

it was lord mollinue`s lads of sandbeck

[poacher3161 1,766]

can any one remember the miners strike .............the fox (the poacher) and the (hound) the men that looked after the birds....a lad from manton that took me under his wing with the dogs and wants told we about a night out when he was taking birds and how he hid from the keeper and this lads hid under a bush and the lad well in here shot well a good few year after it went full circle and and got talking to a old boy (well 52 )lol toled the same tale but from his side if they had found him it would have been fun lol ...back in them days was it poaching or just puting food on the table for you family........

I heard about some working miners from notts getting caught roosting in the pit strike on lord scarbroughs.

it was lord mollinue`s lads of sandbeck

I know the story i will pm you tomorow [bANNED TEXT] i finnish on the night shift in the morning.atb dell

[iworkwhippets 12,598]

I would say poaching and putting food on the table were the same thing. We were selling rabbits for £1 apiece back in the 70's, and my take home pay from an engineering job was £53 a week, so it was good money for rabbits ! Hares and venison were usualy kept for ourselves, much like now. Don't get me wrong, we didn't HAVE to poach to eat, but it was an enjoyable sideline ! LOL ! A guy on another site once asked me why I went out to kill a hare for dinner, when Tesco's has all the food we need........ He simply didn't understand some peoples way of life !

 

Cheers.

 

£15 per week , take home pay in the mines of Lancashire, out weekends we a greyxwhippet. i can see the look on my mothers face now, when i came home with the bunnies

good days. poaching tales, you wouldnt believe em

[chartpolski 23,685]

I would say poaching and putting food on the table were the same thing. We were selling rabbits for £1 apiece back in the 70's, and my take home pay from an engineering job was £53 a week, so it was good money for rabbits ! Hares and venison were usualy kept for ourselves, much like now. Don't get me wrong, we didn't HAVE to poach to eat, but it was an enjoyable sideline ! LOL ! A guy on another site once asked me why I went out to kill a hare for dinner, when Tesco's has all the food we need........ He simply didn't understand some peoples way of life !

 

Cheers.

 

£15 per week , take home pay in the mines of Lancashire, out weekends we a greyxwhippet. i can see the look on my mothers face now, when i came home with the bunnies

good days. poaching tales, you wouldnt believe em

 

Aye; and we lived in't middle of road in cardboard box ! Hand full of cold gravel for breakfast, then down pit for shilling a day !! Luxury !! Try telling kids that today, and they won't believe you !! LOL !!

Cheers.

[Acuspell 329]

I would say poaching and putting food on the table were the same thing. We were selling rabbits for £1 apiece back in the 70's, and my take home pay from an engineering job was £53 a week, so it was good money for rabbits ! Hares and venison were usualy kept for ourselves, much like now. Don't get me wrong, we didn't HAVE to poach to eat, but it was an enjoyable sideline ! LOL ! A guy on another site once asked me why I went out to kill a hare for dinner, when Tesco's has all the food we need........ He simply didn't understand some peoples way of life !

 

Cheers.

 

£15 per week , take home pay in the mines of Lancashire, out weekends we a greyxwhippet. i can see the look on my mothers face now, when i came home with the bunnies

good days. poaching tales, you wouldnt believe em

 

Aye; and we lived in't middle of road in cardboard box ! Hand full of cold gravel for breakfast, then down pit for shilling a day !! Luxury !! Try telling kids that today, and they won't believe you !! LOL !!

Cheers.

 

You were lucky. What we'de have given for a cardboard box........we used to walk 25 mile t'pit, work 20 hours a day and have to pay pit owner for privilidge of working.!

Edited December 22, 2011 by Acuspell

[chartpolski 23,685]

Aye... in them days we could get a made to measure top coat, a stout pair of walking boots, a bag of monkey nuts, and change out of a farthing !! Luxury !!!

 

Cheers.

[chartpolski 23,685]

K100. you're a keen young lad, and I can see you reading this ! It probably sounds like nonsense to you , but us old farts know what it means !! LOL !! You lads stick with it.. you kids are the future !!

 

Cheers.

Edited December 22, 2011 by chartpolski

[kx100 66]

^{well was out with MY 2 lurchers one day when the farmers were cutting the feailds ther is never anything in them so thay were just running around allof a sudden a ong ear gets up so thes 2 are like sh1t of a shovel straght after it i was so hopping thay never got it becaus the farmer and workers were in the feaild next door all of a sudden a car comes screeming across the feaild so i sh1t myself and just run my 2 mats i was with left me the dogs are still running it then i lost sight of them over the brow of the hill then all i hear is the hare screeming so i run as fast as i can (not very fast ) haha manage to find the dogs grab both of the dogs shove the hare up my jumper and hed for the woods and run like hell rather scarry i can tell you that was a good good few years ago now well before the ban}

[x38 179]

^{so i sh1t myself and just run my 2 mats i was with left me the dogs are still running it then i lost sight of them over the brow of the hill then all i hear is the hare screeming so i run as fast as i can (not very fast ) haha manage to find the dogs grab both of the dogs shove the hare up my jumper and hed for the woods and run like hell rather scarry i can telwell was out with MY 2 lurchers one day when the farmers were cutting the feailds ther is never anything in them so thay were just running around allof a sudden a ong ear gets up so thes 2 are like sh1t of a shovel straght after it i was so hopping thay never got it becaus the farmer and workers were in the feaild next door all of a sudden a car comes screeming across the feaild l you that was a good good few years ago now well before the ban}

thats better

[chartpolski 23,685]

^{well was out with MY 2 lurchers one day when the farmers were cutting the feailds ther is never anything in them so thay were just running around allof a sudden a ong ear gets up so thes 2 are like sh1t of a shovel straght after it i was so hopping thay never got it becaus the farmer and workers were in the feaild next door all of a sudden a car comes screeming across the feaild so i sh1t myself and just run my 2 mats i was with left me the dogs are still running it then i lost sight of them over the brow of the hill then all i hear is the hare screeming so i run as fast as i can (not very fast ) haha manage to find the dogs grab both of the dogs shove the hare up my jumper and hed for the woods and run like hell rather scarry i can tell you that was a good good few years ago now well before the ban}

 

We've all been thru' the same shit, young'un !! It's part of the game ! I read your theads, and it's obvious you do a bit, so, good luck, young 'un !! Keep it up !!

 

Cheers.

Edited December 22, 2011 by chartpolski

[dytkos 17,800]

I would say poaching and putting food on the table were the same thing. We were selling rabbits for £1 apiece back in the 70's, and my take home pay from an engineering job was £53 a week, so it was good money for rabbits ! Hares and venison were usualy kept for ourselves, much like now. Don't get me wrong, we didn't HAVE to poach to eat, but it was an enjoyable sideline ! LOL ! A guy on another site once asked me why I went out to kill a hare for dinner, when Tesco's has all the food we need........ He simply didn't understand some peoples way of life !

 

Cheers.

 

£15 per week , take home pay in the mines of Lancashire, out weekends we a greyxwhippet. i can see the look on my mothers face now, when i came home with the bunnies

good days. poaching tales, you wouldnt believe em

 

Aye; and we lived in't middle of road in cardboard box ! Hand full of cold gravel for breakfast, then down pit for shilling a day !! Luxury !! Try telling kids that today, and they won't believe you !! LOL !!

Cheers.

 

You were lucky. What we'de have given for a cardboard box........we used to walk 25 mile t'pit, work 20 hours a day and have to pay pit owner for privilidge of working.!

 

You were lucky, I had to get up an hour before I went to bed, beg the pit owner to let me work, and give my fourpence a week wages to the owner to feed his dog or otherwise it would eat my children LOL

 

Cheers, D.