Your Best Day ?

[marshman 7,757]

What's your best days sport ? I'm not talking about large numbers although you can if you want to . I mean your most enjoyable where your dog performed well or you had a real good day with good mates . You know the day that always stands out as a cracking day for whatever reason.

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

nothing was killed but the first time i went clay pigeon shooting when i shot a shotgun the first time was the best day ive had, a kill at the end of a day doesnt make the day a good one. some of my best days are when ive come back empty handed, when ive just had a laugh and some good banter with my mates. although that's usually when we haven't had owt and got nothing else better to do

 

sorry just replied as i saw it in new topics started didnt realise you were just on about terrier work. sorry

Edited April 19, 2013 by youcanthide...BANG

[marshman 7,757]

Right then ill start and see if that encourages some of the members to share a few memory's lol. This always will stay in my memory because it was my first terrier and also the first time that we caught a fox . My mates and me where about 12 years old and mooching about an old dump behind a few factory's near where we lived . We had our cattapults and our motley crew of dogs with us , our dogs were bushing out the odd bunny for us to shoot at ,with not one of us getting anywhere near our targets. Then my little jrt made his way along an old dirty ditch that separated the factory from the dump and disappeared down an earth that was dug under the footings of the factory . It was only a single hole and we could hear him baying away . Now in them days none of of us had a locator collar so being keen we sent one of the lads to get a shovel and when he came back we set about digging the dog out . It took us ages but eventually we got to where we could see the little dogs tail wagging ,looking back it was straight in and wasn't deep but we were having a laugh so the time went quick. I grabbed my little dogs tail and felt my hands down his side untill I could get a good enough grip and eased him out . As I got him out he was latched on to the mangyiest ole fox I've every seen ! I was over the moon and it started my digging addiction it was a time when you could dig anywhere you wanted . Proper good days !

[Wales1234 5,511]

Not digging but I use to walk with my uncle hunting the hill with the lurchers and terriers from the age of 6 but my mother would never leave me go alone on my 9 birthday my mother let me go around my local on my own just before I set of with my uncle two black lurchers jet and rose he told be don't come back empty handed i was out for about 3 hours when they put up a big dog fox an killed it I carried that thing all the way home just to show it off haha

[CorkyJohn 808]

On a shoot doing fox drives, keeper had invited some wankers who had terriers with them. Halfway through a drive I noticed padmarks in the snow entering a little rabbity place. I knew another dog would get the chance so I dropped my 14 month fell in & asked a walking gun to stand, we were 50yds from finishing. Dog was on in seconds, dug a shovel depth through to the dogs back. One of the wankers tried to help & drew my terrier by his back legs, I had a go at him as the dog seemed to have hurt his back. The fox was dispatched then we moved on, my dog was tucked up & obviously not right so was returned to his box. One fox shot on the next drive, then we moved on to a gorse bank that always held a fox or 2. There is a decent size earth in the open that has been there for years, it runs between 2 - 7ft deep hard digging down to 5ft then sand. The drive finished, we returned to the earth where the wankers dog marked. He was entered & was followed in circles for an hour. Then his mate dropped a russell in to help, the rest of the wankers all agreed this was the best option, not my dogs so let them get on with it. The fox showed at one point then ran them around til the dogs were lifted. Another 2 terriers were tried & lifted after another hours run around. My mate suggested using the fell but I wasnt keen with his back injury. I returned to the motor & he was curled up but when he seen the collar he threw himself out screaming as he knew what was coming. I let him off his lead 20yds off the earth & he nearly knocked himself out hitting the hole, he rattled the game round that earth for 20mins til we got a mark at 2ft, soon down to him & he had taken a fair bit this time & a bad bite on the leg which needed urgent attention so we left the idiots & left to attend to the dog. He was a young dog, bred & entered by myself. He probably only had a handful of digs but the fact he pulled that final dig out of the bag made my day, I'd seen a good few dogs get the runaround over the years in that place. Just a text book dig to alot of lads with experienced, reliable terriers but a result infront of the keeper

[jessdale 416]

Best day ??. Every single day the terriers are on the quad and the huntsman is blowing to ground!

[marshman 7,757]

@jessdale. Yes mate we get that you love every day your out with your dogs lol. Is there any that stand out though that you might like to share lol ?

[jessdale 416]

 

@jessdale. Yes mate we get that you love every day your out with your dogs lol. Is there any that stand out though that you might like to share lol ?

I used to share lots and lots of days out on these forums with a write up and pictures. Then lots and lots more. Then even more. But then hunting was banned. "before the ban" does nothing for me. So every day is a best day my friend. Edited April 19, 2013 by jessdale

[marshman 7,757]

@jessdale. Fair play !

[Zerky 133]

Best day that's hard to say. Every day is remember able because every day is different im sure that's why we do what we do.

[Zerky 133]

Best days can be made up of many different things seeing different country, with different lads, with different dogs working well, long digs, deep digs, a lot of fox's accounted for, And if all these come in to play in the same day you have defo got a winning day that wont be forgot!

[aaron01 737]

Nine foxes driven to lurchers three digs some may have double that but for our squad a record have had a few eights on different days but the nine still stands roll on next year

[the_stig 6,614]

early march 84 the smoke filled van ---i picked my mate cookie up around half 5 today were heading off to an invite in lincolnshire cookies mum who was the cook when i was at school had packed lunch now cookies old man ran 2 butchers shops and stood the local sunday market , packed lunch usually consisted of sausage and bacon cobs which we would tuck into before we got out the village -- lunch pork and apple sauce cobs and toffee tart for afters at the time cookie was doing his joinery apprenticeship at george wimpys to get extra cash and avoid working with his old man he took a saturday job at a tobacconist shop in town our sunday digs would end with us chuffing away on a big fat cigar which was part of his wage--- we poslished off the bacon and sausage cobs time for a smoke kid, cookie normally rolls a couple up one eye on the road i could see him fecking about in his bag an old army kit bag the gear he used to sling in it a selection of knifes first aid kit flasks of tea the snap bog roll fags clean socks n pants -- the pants became part of his kit after a follow through incident after a curry the night before --- thankfully neither of us had,had to use the emergency pants ... anyhow he emerges with a giggle turns away towards the window within seconds my bedford cfs full of smoke the silly knuts only sparked up 2 fully loaded pipes he`s coughing his guts up i cant see a thing through tears from laughing or the smog i pull over and we climb out the van the amount of smoke that comes out when we open the doors looks like we need the fire brigade ...... cookie takes the wheel for the last few miles were under instruction not to make to much noise so we dont wake the lads mum -- he`s keen and waiting for us in the yard we load a few bits and his smart lakie dog onto the van 5 mins later we pull into a gateway a short walk and were at the first port of call at the side of a dyke my russell dodger gets first dibs within seconds he`s on the diggings easy 15 mins and i`m in dogs pushed and held fox dispatched and were back in the van onto the next one all within an hour dodger had another easy one pretty much the same as the first one i boxed him up thinking that would be him done for the day but we had one more dig out of him the last one of the day just before dark jj the lad who`s invite were on provided us with a good days sport cookies dogs prince and buster had 2 dodger had 3 the lakie one and mine n cookies shared bitch peanut 1 and a bolter --- the day was rounded off with stew and dumplings and a glass of port courtesy of our hosts mum we had another chuff on the pipes on the way home and stopped off at our local for a couple of pints ... just a good memorable day

Edited April 20, 2013 by the_stig

[CorkyJohn 808]

Wonder if any of these tales will ever end up in 'someone elses book'?

[the_stig 6,614]

Wonder if any of these tales will ever end up in 'someone elses book'?

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