MINSHAW .....

[FUJI 17,156]

Here's a story that some of you folks will be familiar with i'd guess?...we've all seen the guys in the game who have done it all according to them?..best dogs blah blah blah!!..well this is a wee tale about one such chap..infact he's a friend of mine nowadays ..A fella who lives very local to me, infact the next street called Phil a great lad loved his hunting,had lurchers (good un's he said?),ferrets does all the shooting malarkey,shotguns,rifles the whole hog asked if he could have a look out with us one night to have a "gander" at our mutts in action .I took my fella Bulpa and my mate Slav took Bulpa's daughter Kes .The night was a real night for the job in hand,the wind took your breath away and the rain that came with it made it very rough indeed .As we reached our starting point up in the Scottish Borders (yes Whin i've been there) ,we made ourselves ready ,Slav doing the lamping,me driving and Phil helping out Slav carrying any hares the dogs were able to catch?.We had set off not to bad with a few in the bag and after just as many fields worked infact we had caught four hares when i looked to my left and in the front passenger seat Phil had his head up against the window snoring and with the heater switched on .Slav never fazed by weather conditions just continued on and i helped out as and when i could with Phil fast asleep all the while .The dogs ran tremendous that night and Phil our "guest" for the evening was missing all the action ,it was when Slav had entered the last field of the night that i realised that Phil was becoming restless in his seat beside me ,i got out to watch Bulpa & Kes strut their stuff,the dogs having to work extremely hard due to the horrendous conditions and also after quite a few "gruellers" endured throughout the course of the night .I jumped the fence and went to help Slav carry the catch from within the field,the rain drops were like marbles ,the wind making even walking difficult,as we reached the fence and were climbing over we heard a voice from within the car ,Slav shone the lamp and with the window now down an inch or so Phil asked "did you get one"?.Slav said "aye" to which Phil said "thats five now eh? not a bad nights work" ,unknown to him the dogs had caught nineteen hares in total and five in that last field ,he had been asleep for the majority of the night and knew nothing about the events and runs the dogs had had .Phil did buy a Minshaw pup bred off Bulpa & Jess and she was a very handy tool but suffice to say he no-longer keeps lurchers only ferrets and guns....his heart just wasn't in the game just like the night he came along with us!...and i've seen a similar scenario MANY times to this over the years as i'm sure most have? ..ATB Andy.

[BLACKWATER... 157]

hard to say as i have had dogs who could kill up the hills but never made the grade localy on hare etc, had abeardie cross catch 68 but on a strong winter hare roe well wa s found out even tho she tried , over the years had several hunting people up , it takes a good dog to take big bags regulary single handed ,but sport for kings as they say,we can all catch i easy places , with medocre dogs or good dogs its when the grounds bare the game are a bit wiser sorts the dogs out andy and gives you further breeding ,hard game for me to keep good types

[FUJI 17,156]

I seen on your "own" topic Whin you mentioned going out on moonlit nights with the dogs and letting them do their own thing?..i used to do the same with the Bulpa dog,i could just send him into a copse or plantation and just leave him to it ..caught loads that way,best i got one evening was 4 beasties out of a couple of plantations ..never had another dog that was capable of doing that or not consistantly anyway although i think that Don would do it if i gave him the chance?..i used to enjoy it,hearing the crashing about in darkness then just hold your breath and wait?..brilliant it was and not an easy task to master i personally don't think?..ATB Andy.

[BLACKWATER... 157]

takes years of knowledge and having dogs who will hunt away without help , lana my colie cross was muster and a few i a have about me ,a diffrent ball game m c glenn used to do it alot , even devised old salmon nets across rides thats another story

[FUJI 17,156]

Aye it ain't plain sailing lol..i used to take the dazzler just give it a flash in the direction of the copse/plantation even from 200 yards or so and he would be away over the fence and in to do his stuff,never no need for the light after that,it was just the way i taught him and what he knew i wanted him to do?..it's summat i don't or haven't seen a lurcher doing for many a year to be honest but it was something i often done back in the years when i had that Bulpa dog

[BLACKWATER... 157]

still do it alot the dogs no were the game is so not to hard you listen more , and try to work the wind in dogs favour ,

[minshaw man 111]

ad of loved to own that bitch looked a cracker aaron

 

Grandparents to your dogs Aaz....feck how young does Jack look? He's not got a grey hair on him lol and he was grey as feck by the time he was two

 

Jack(Bulpa x Cora) & Kelsey (Boy x Kes)

fine animals them mate nice picture i he looks young on that picture

[minshaw man 111]

had the grew type for twenty years, saw them back in the ninties early part at feildhunting things liked them better than collie greyhound for nimble and quickness and kept them ever since, good dogs

all to ya own the ones i had neva made the grade lyk seen sum run in day not bad tho aaron

[Guest joball]

Right lads...Busher will know doubt of heard about this feat as it was the Traveller dog and 15 foxes? ..i have my own opinion on the matter but c'mon then let's hear what you've all got to say? Don't be shy?

 

Im thinking wherr the smashed dogs hiding but i'd like to here what busher has to say about it, or have i missed it lol

[FUJI 17,156]

Cora (Minshaw's Blue x Kes)

 

[killa-combo 142]

Cora (Minshaw's Blue x Kes)

 

fine animal cora, roughly what size she?

[angel 2]

that album has only 2 dogs in and its conan and blue. awesome album rammed full of pics!! only the odd rabbit is in it the rest is of mostly of deer and hare. i will get it off him and get some scanned to share on here.

 

A little off topic but this is the 1758th reply to this thread, which make it the longest thread in the running dog section. Beating the seagull thread by 10 posts in 62,258 views. The Seagull thread has 1,757 posts with 136,539 views.

 

I know i'm sad.

 

TC

The Minshaw Thread has already been on THL in the past, it got deleted due to a few people spoiling it, if memory serves me right SJM, Chimp, MB to name but a few, if i was Andy i wouldnt bother doing it all again, this is the 3rd time the Minshaw thread has been started, the 2nd was on HU

[FUJI 17,156]

Jack (Cora x Bulpa)

 

Ginny (Jack x Flash)

Edited June 28, 2012 by poacherspocket22

[FUJI 17,156]

The Minshaw Thread has already been on THL in the past, it got deleted due to a few people spoiling it, if memory serves me right SJM, Chimp, MB to name but a few, if i was Andy i wouldnt bother doing it all again, this is the 3rd time the Minshaw thread has been started, the 2nd was on HU

 

3 times?...feck i bet i've done it a hundred :laugh: ...no doubt the shit will hit the fan AGAIN sooner or later?

[FUJI 17,156]

Cora (Minshaw's Blue x Kes)

 

fine animal cora, roughly what size she?

 

I'd hazard a guess and say 25tts + Lee?..now fire some pics up of thy pup

Edited June 8, 2012 by poacherspocket22