Guest foxtrack Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 cadno and badger digging with terriers both by dh the worst is all the shit dy frain with j.darcy a close second Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pipey Magregor 0 Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Ah I just typed up a fair post asking what BADGER DIGGING WITH TERRIERS by David Harcombe was like then scrolled down abit and seen you've answered what I was going to ask so deleted it lol . Dig Deep, would you say its worth £20 rats? I wouldn't mind reading about badger digging seeing as its not likely that I'll be doing any under this current law. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pip Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Ah I just typed up a fair post asking what BADGER DIGGING WITH TERRIERS by David Harcombe was like then scrolled down abit and seen you've answered what I was going to ask so deleted it lol . Dig Deep, would you say its worth £20 rats? I wouldn't mind reading about badger digging seeing as its not likely that I'll be doing any under this current law. Would nt have been doing any for the last 20 years nearly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pipey Magregor 0 Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Ah I just typed up a fair post asking what BADGER DIGGING WITH TERRIERS by David Harcombe was like then scrolled down abit and seen you've answered what I was going to ask so deleted it lol . Dig Deep, would you say its worth £20 rats? I wouldn't mind reading about badger digging seeing as its not likely that I'll be doing any under this current law. Would nt have been doing any for the last 20 years nearly Yeah, thats why I want a decent book on it to read about. Have you read this book Pip? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pip Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Ah I just typed up a fair post asking what BADGER DIGGING WITH TERRIERS by David Harcombe was like then scrolled down abit and seen you've answered what I was going to ask so deleted it lol . Dig Deep, would you say its worth £20 rats? I wouldn't mind reading about badger digging seeing as its not likely that I'll be doing any under this current law. Would nt have been doing any for the last 20 years nearly Yeah, thats why I want a decent book on it to read about. Have you read this book Pip? Strange comments and so many questions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oldskool Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 i had that book... i couldnt help feel that i was reading something out of primary school with all the big writing to fill space... but i have to give him his dues, from what i hear he had to take a bit of flack because of the badger laws... its just a pity he didnt put more effort into it! i think he admits somewhere in the first few pages that he wished he done a better job of it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest foxtrack Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 dh have said that the book was rushed but the man had the balls to stand up for us all and write it .he even got him selfe in court over it its an insight in to how things used to be before the stupid badger laws came into force and as far as im concearnedthe most humane way to deal with badgers. one day we may get a goverment with a bit of scence and let us do what we know best pest control Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pip Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Well said ,agree on all points but would nt hold much hope out for the last Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dig deep Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Ah I just typed up a fair post asking what BADGER DIGGING WITH TERRIERS by David Harcombe was like then scrolled down abit and seen you've answered what I was going to ask so deleted it lol . Dig Deep, would you say its worth £20 rats? I wouldn't mind reading about badger digging seeing as its not likely that I'll be doing any under this current law. you are one dodgy b*****d PM. you have as ked a few questions now regarding badgers when anyone into terriers with half a brain knows it is a 'touchy' subject. like pip said the law has been passed about twenty years so only foxes can be dug now. Also why did you specifically want to know about what happened to the 'chaz' dogs bottom lip on another post??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 506 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 1. Sea Trout Fishing HUgh Falkus 2. Diary of a modern countryman Brian P.Martin 3. Open Season Andy Macphail 4. Some of it was fun Hugh Falkus 5.The Game fishing Year: Charles Bingham Big fishing slant theere i know but it is my first love. Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 badger digging with terriers (harcombe)(could have been more in depth but a good read) i had that book... i couldnt help feel that i was reading something out of primary school with all the big writing to fill space... but i have to give him his dues, from what i hear he had to take a bit of flack because of the badger laws... its just a pity he didnt put more effort into it! i think he admits somewhere in the first few pages that he wished he done a better job of it... Cheers, lads. I think, between ye, ye've just nicely encapsulated by proxy just what it is I've been trying to put my finger on for years now! I too scratched up the cover price, at the time, and dutifully sent off for my own copy of ' The Book '. Got it. read it. Put it down, finished with " Oh. " as about my only thought on it. Quite frankly, the only single bit of it I can remember now is the craic about when he took a Dog to the vet's and the vet wrote, on the Dogs sick note, something to the effect of; ' Could use a rest from the badgers for a bit. '. Something like that. Like; " Oh. ". Lent my copy to a very good friend and, well ..... Never did bother to chase him for it back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I think Dave himself has said he rushed the book, but the fact that Dave put his neck on the line and published the book to try and "enlighten" the masses (and ended up in court) as to the difference between digging and baiting and the role of the terrier/terrierman prior to the acts gets respect from me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest reload Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Coursing-Standfast press (superb if not just for the artwork) Nathan-Plummer Stormy nights and frosty morning-P Dooley smoochers tale -P lloyd I walked by night- Haggard Lucas- Hunt and working terriers(original before plummers foreword) World of the working terrier - D harcombe Oops ment to be 5, and i have far to many to mention, that i consider well worthy of mention. Oh and there is a copy of Extremelurcherwork for sale on ebay for under 20 quid at the moment worth a read i heard :whistling: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shotup 9 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 sporting dog -wentworthday. best of full drop-piper two good reads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
masterhunter 3 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 As the topic says, what are your top 5, heres mine in no particular order....... The World of the Working Terrier by Dave Harcombe Runningdog Addiction by Jonathan Darcy With Gun, Rifle and Bow by James Douglas A Mouchers Tale by Phil Lloyd Dig Deep, Throw Well Back by Jonathan Darcy Also worth a mention are Gazehounds and Coursing by Dutch Salmon, Extreme Lurcherwork by Jonathan Darcy, Stormy Nights and Frosty Mornings by Paul Dooley and The Hunting Gene by Robin Page Lets hear yours I walked by night Lilas Ryder Haggerd Of Pedigree unknown Phil Drabble With Hound and Rifle in Ceylon Sir Samuel Baker Rats and how to destroy them Hovell The Balance of Nature George Abbey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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