How Did You Get Started?

[man o kent 269]

Being the only member of my family with an interest in fieldsports, its a steep and lengthy learning curve starting from scratch. Got me to wondering, how did you seasoned terriermen get started? Were you born into it, or came to love it later in life?

[marshman 7,758]

I was brought up in a family that used to course and work terriers .

[R.A.W 1,987]

i'm in no way a seasoned terrier man or a terrier man for that matter but love all field sports. just like you i'm the only one in my family with any interest of field sport . It all started from a young age with me with a thirst knowledge of the natural world from bird watching to finding frogs and newts in the local ponds as i grew older i wanted to learn more more. then one day i read a ferreting book by graham wellstead and the rest is history.

 

I firmly believe that the drive to hunt is something that we are all born with and is deep in our souls. some of us hunts rabbits and the next person may hunt the sale in work is you get my drift.

 

i'm proud to be the only member of my family practicing field sports and will en devour to educate and inspire the next generation.

[Wales1234 5,546]

My uncle has always worked dogs and I always loved being around them hes very old school and forgot where most his permission is in the old days he would just turn up and ask so basically started from scratch its a long hard road but theres no chance of me stopping

[bitchie 292]

i think i got it in me (born with it).

because i´m the onlyone in my hole family and friends up to when i started.

but i love hunting.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

I bought a terrier book and was hooked !!!!

[the_stig 6,614]

had a Russell of a local terrierman alan dodds for a pet when I was 12 --- summer holidays she caught her first rat on the sewage works by the end of the summer she`d had 50 --I went back brought another off him a 16 month old half brother that winter I kept ratting the sewage works the dykes and ditches within 3/4 mile of where I lived . I was soon in demand ratting the local farms I used to cycle to most places on an old butchers bike with 4 russells in the basket on the front ..I helped alan dodds dig a few foxes and done a few on my own by the time I was 14 ..my mate cookie who I`ve known since I was 5 got interested and got a couple of terriers .. lost interest a bit till I was 21 brought a terrier to have one about the place bumped into another terrierman who at the time I didn't know was one of the big names got an invite to his kennels and started up again ...got 3 old terriers about the place now apart from a couple of year never been without a terrier in 43 year... ran the odd lurcher aswell but that's another story ..

Edited July 3, 2013 by the_stig

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

i grew up with my dad and uncles taking me shooting,rabbitting with dogs,ferrets-always fished,nesting and coming home with all manner of animals from toads,crested newts to jackdaws and the odd fox cub-always had a hawk or 2 around aswell-on my 10th birthday my dad got me 2 russell/lakie dogs that were brothers and in my teens i had my first fox with them-thought i was the kiddie-lol-saw a few black dogs work and got myself a little nuttall bitch when i was 16,and 18 yrs later i still keep the black dogs-these days i enjoy what ever so long as im out-Wont ever stop-and hope to move abroad in the future and settle in a country where i wont be made to feel like a criminal when i walk a couple or 2 of my terriers down the road atb

[liamdelaney 2,587]

Started digging with the Uncles in 1965 and never looked back.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

My granddad used to dig badgers(when it was legal) and help the terrierman at the local hunt (South Durham) aswell as having a couple of lurchers for hare coursing, however by the time I was old enough to take notice he just had ferrets and did the odd bit of rabbiting so I suppose it's in the blood as much as if you're brought up amongst it...

[Tommy pepper 222]

I bought a terrier book and was hooked !!!!

What book you buy gte

[chelsea 125]

I got a Lakeland pup from a mate of mine 2yr ago started reading cmw and got hooked a few of my mates are into hunting hope to get out with them this year can't wait

[gonetoearth 5,144]

 

I bought a terrier book and was hooked !!!!

What book you buy gte

. Alice in wonder land

[Tommy pepper 222]

 

 

I bought a terrier book and was hooked !!!!

What book you buy gte

. Alice in wonder land

good book that

[BIG TOM 835]

Well I'm still getting started lol but shooting and having ferrets when young have led me to the best thing in the world hunting and Fieldsports and I will never stop for aslong as I can possible live have met some great people along the way too

Edited July 3, 2013 by BIG TOM