First night on permission. First catch!

[Matt3699 142]

It's been a slow start for me. Moving all around Europe has left me with very few contacts in the UK. This proved to make finding some good permission the impossible task. I found that everything is tied up and farmers are reluctant to give out new permission in fear of upsetting the guys working the land. I was in Ireland for 4 years where I hunted day and night. Then I moved to Spain and my dog struggled to adjust to the climate and steep mountains. I caught 1 Jack rabbit in the 4 years of living in Spain.

 

I moved back to the UK a couple of years ago and finally got a new Lurcher last year. I have done plenty of mooching with her and shown her the lamp a few times, other than that she hasn't had a lot of work and at 16-17 months without her first kill I began to worry that it would never happen.

 

Persistence paid off and I Finally got some good permission. I planned my dogs first proper night out on the lamp with a friends dog and off we went.

 

 

My Bitch soon got her first run and after turning like a bus a few times and some very close calls she lost it at the ditch. I was gutted, she was very close, but it was her first decent run on the lamp, so we pushed on.

 

She soon got a second run, turned it much better this time, after getting it to the ditch she caught it. No retrieve and she is definitely hard mouthed... but that is something we can work on.

 

Conditions weren't great and the land was extremely wet.

 

My friends dog went on to catch another and we saw a Red Deer, 2 Foxes and no end of Hares. But we obviously only stuck to the legal.

 

Overall it was a good first night and looking forward to many more!

 

Always a great feeling after the first catch! 1/1 isn't too bad for a first night out.

 

 

[Millet 4,497]

Brilliant stuff Matt.. ..onward's and upward's from now on..

[P5HEN 168]

nice 1 ,p.s. your dogs the spitt of mine

[Matt3699 142]

Brilliant stuff Matt.. ..onward's and upward's from now on..

Cheers! And most definitely!

 

nice 1 ,p.s. your dogs the spitt of mine

 

Thanks, could they be from the same litter? I got her around Nottingham area.

[P5HEN 168]

Brilliant stuff Matt.. ..onward's and upward's from now on..

Cheers! And most definitely!

 

nice 1 ,p.s. your dogs the spitt of mine

 

Thanks, could they be from the same litter? I got her around Nottingham area.

no mines younger than yours and from cumbria ways but exactly same colour almost identical markings

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Nice one mate. Don't worry about the age. Nothing wrong with starting them late.

 

It wasn't 1/1 though

[tsteve9999 456]

Good honest post mate, nice to hear of people like myself who's dogs aren't perfect.

[old real tree 92]

Spot on mate. Keep at it.

[jambay5 191]

nice one, if yours owt like my salx very slow maturing!! keep up the good work

[inan 841]

It's been a slow start for me. Moving all around Europe has left me with very few contacts in the UK. This proved to make finding some good permission the impossible task. I found that everything is tied up and farmers are reluctant to give out new permission in fear of upsetting the guys working the land. I was in Ireland for 4 years where I hunted day and night. Then I moved to Spain and my dog struggled to adjust to the climate and steep mountains. I caught 1 Jack rabbit in the 4 years of living in Spain.

 

I moved back to the UK a couple of years ago and finally got a new Lurcher last year. I have done plenty of mooching with her and shown her the lamp a few times, other than that she hasn't had a lot of work and at 16-17 months without her first kill I began to worry that it would never happen.

 

Persistence paid off and I Finally got some good permission. I planned my dogs first proper night out on the lamp with a friends dog and off we went.

 

 

My Bitch soon got her first run and after turning like a bus a few times and some very close calls she lost it at the ditch. I was gutted, she was very close, but it was her first decent run on the lamp, so we pushed on.

 

She soon got a second run, turned it much better this time, after getting it to the ditch she caught it. No retrieve and she is definitely hard mouthed... but that is something we can work on.

 

Conditions weren't great and the land was extremely wet.

 

My friends dog went on to catch another and we saw a Red Deer, 2 Foxes and no end of Hares. But we obviously only stuck to the legal.

 

Overall it was a good first night and looking forward to many more!

 

Always a great feeling after the first catch! 1/1 isn't too bad for a first night out.

 

 

Nothing beats it mate. ATB, and many more.

[Matt3699 142]

Nice one mate. Don't worry about the age. Nothing wrong with starting them late.

 

It wasn't 1/1 though

 

Haha shit you're right. 1/2 it was. Typing error

 

 

 

Thanks everyone. I should be heading out again tonight if the fog clears.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Good luck mate. Keep the sessions short. Couple of runs. Finish on a high.

[Matt3699 142]

Good luck mate. Keep the sessions short. Couple of runs. Finish on a high.

 

I took your advice. It was foggy last night so was only out for around 20 mins. I got 2 runs and she got both of them! 2/2 this time. Very pleased with her.

 

[brendy mc l 694]

nice bitch that mate keep her it might be 3\3 the next time out

[Millet 4,497]

Another good result Matt.. ..this is not a dig but if i was you i would try and get a bit of road work done to try and tighten them feet up a little bit..