Dale Rabbits

[freelance 448]

theres a saying,,,,,,, if a dog can catch a rabbit in cheshire it can catch anywhere

Can yours catch on the plains..........

[paul roberts 88]

a few lads travel from south wales lamping and ferreting most weekends getting good bags and more permison they have know put a little caravan on a farm

[socks 32,253]

 

 

Well said Mike... Listen up now lads,....we should all be grateful for simply being able to get out there with our lurchers... I've hunted 'all over'....and in some places, the catching of rabbits has been sheer murder,..both by day,. and by night... The facts are,..if the running is hard for the quarry,..it is generally,..(not always,.but generally)...favourable for the pursuer. Rough, bumpy old sedge or set aside, is murderous for a mean machine , fast striking jukel. Without naming an endless list of localities,.I would have to say that in vast, open wild areas, where there is game in abundance, life sure is sweet.... As a professional catcher of rabbits , I am always hoping for an easy day/week,.where the workload is easy pickings and the money is forthcoming....I've stood in front of piles of dead critters, little and large,...and whilst I can understand lads wanting to remember a good day or night out,.with good pals, good dogs and good craic,...I am savvy enough to know when things have gone rather well. As folk have stated, the Yorkshire Dales is a big old place and is extremely diverse in its overall landscape and terrain,...but like most places,..as hunting men we try to work our dogs/ferrets over ground that 'suits us Sir',..we don't go looking for the worst running grounds, and instead,.seek out, fast land,.. that suits our quarry... That would be fecking dumb... Personaly,.I love going 'oop North',...and once again I'll not mention any names, but its great to be in the company of genuine hunting men who are blissfully aware, of just how lucky they are, and who don't harbour any illogical notions, of their own greatness... For me,..a trip away is a jolly,..an adventure,..and an opportunity to walk over fabulous places, that if they were situated in the Deep South,..would be hammered to death, and the land turned in a Housing Estate, a shopping centre or worse still a fecking SSI Nature Reserve.... Just walk free lads, and if you can,.keep on walking,..until your boots cry mercy.. All the best, Phil.

Lol I was sick of catching rabbits that day lol ........

I can remerber you putting that on moochers,, socks,, 2 days catch ...lol

I think you will find that one was days catch jim ... If you want go on moochers pull the old post and find out there's a good lad ............

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

 

 

 

Well said Mike... Listen up now lads,....we should all be grateful for simply being able to get out there with our lurchers... I've hunted 'all over'....and in some places, the catching of rabbits has been sheer murder,..both by day,. and by night... The facts are,..if the running is hard for the quarry,..it is generally,..(not always,.but generally)...favourable for the pursuer. Rough, bumpy old sedge or set aside, is murderous for a mean machine , fast striking jukel. Without naming an endless list of localities,.I would have to say that in vast, open wild areas, where there is game in abundance, life sure is sweet.... As a professional catcher of rabbits , I am always hoping for an easy day/week,.where the workload is easy pickings and the money is forthcoming....I've stood in front of piles of dead critters, little and large,...and whilst I can understand lads wanting to remember a good day or night out,.with good pals, good dogs and good craic,...I am savvy enough to know when things have gone rather well. As folk have stated, the Yorkshire Dales is a big old place and is extremely diverse in its overall landscape and terrain,...but like most places,..as hunting men we try to work our dogs/ferrets over ground that 'suits us Sir',..we don't go looking for the worst running grounds, and instead,.seek out, fast land,.. that suits our quarry... That would be fecking dumb... Personaly,.I love going 'oop North',...and once again I'll not mention any names, but its great to be in the company of genuine hunting men who are blissfully aware, of just how lucky they are, and who don't harbour any illogical notions, of their own greatness... For me,..a trip away is a jolly,..an adventure,..and an opportunity to walk over fabulous places, that if they were situated in the Deep South,..would be hammered to death, and the land turned in a Housing Estate, a shopping centre or worse still a fecking SSI Nature Reserve.... Just walk free lads, and if you can,.keep on walking,..until your boots cry mercy.. All the best, Phil.

Lol I was sick of catching rabbits that day lol ........

I can remerber you putting that on moochers,, socks,, 2 days catch ...lol

I think you will find that one was days catch jim ... If you want go on moochers pull the old post and find out there's a good lad ............

 

 

Hardly matters...one or two days....tidy amount that....and it'll be loads more than some 'good' dog men on here will catch in a season for sure....

[tjones3862 3,423]

if hits the pic with the grouse in the middle ,,its deffo 2 days,,,i looked on moochers,, you got up there on a Friday nite, and the north lads made you welcome in the pub,,,, sat and sunday and then you come home sunday nite,, that's what your post say,s,,,,it was the same weekend me and h millward went up, that's why I remembered it,,,lol we also got some grouse on the pic,,, me old lad,,, how time fly,s bye,,,

Edited September 12, 2013 by tjones3862

[socks 32,253]

if hits the pic with the grouse in the middle ,,its deffo 2 days,,,i looked on moochers,, you got up there on a Friday nite, and the north lads made you welcome in the pub,,,, sat and sunday and then you come home sunday nite,, that's what your post say,s,,,,it was the same weekend me and h millward went up, that's why I remembered it,,,lol we also got some grouse on the pic,,, me old lad,,, how time fly,s bye,,,

Got there Friday night late ... Ferreted all day Saturday and whent on the piss Saturday night ... We got up on Sunday whent for a one hour walk just letting the dogs hunt up left around 11 am Sunday morning ... The picture was of one days ferreting ..... Here is the link .......

 

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[tjones3862 3,423]

long way to go.. to go on the beer lol,, but them hills do give you , a thirst, that's for shaw,,,

[nothernlite 18,078]

PMSL mines is bigger than yours

[Clipper 207]

 

theres a saying,,,,,,, if a dog can catch a rabbit in cheshire it can catch anywhere

Can yours catch on the plains..........

 

[bryson 562]

end of the day its a rabbit it doesnt matter if there better here or better there its surely about getting out watching your dog putting rabbits in the bag

[Ginny Spinner 455]

Hardest rabbits I've ever caught

[paulf 820]

well if someone wants to invite me up one night then I will happily report back and say how hard/easy it was ... :D

[paul roberts 88]

having a night on the lamp on the way to Scotland for a week hol with dogs and calling in on the way back with the lads to have adays ferreting good bunch of lads the lads had a trip down to sailsbry with us and they thought our rab are a lot harder and couldn't believe the flint and how sharp it is met some good lads up the dales

[whippet 99 2,613]

I went out today and caught no rabbits and had me van toed away by the farmer,............I wasn't best pleased, then realised I knew the farmer and had to bite me tongue a little bit,.....no damage done but the hand break must of took a bit of stick .............ive had a shite first day ferreting, infact a fooking mare.......

ive never seen the warrens look so active but have nothing in,..........must admit I was starting young ferrets off but they were going through tubes and coming out of different holes..........then on the last warren there was a dead myxi rabbit, just inside the hole...............either the ferrets were shite , the dogs making was shite,............or im just shite ..............just cant work it out there were shite everywhere with little digs,.......???..........and then there was a lot of fox shite about and these were warrens out in the open,.............I failed but I will be back out, .....until something bolts.........lol

fooking amateur

[torchey 1,325]

i have read a few threads on here about lads up the dales lamping a few bunnies, they are getting very good bags and the rabbits must be in plague proportions there, but are the dales rabbit easier rabbits than else where or are they just very good dogs getting these big bags, this is e genuine question as i have never been there, so keep it clean and no bitching

Hopefully find out this year [tomo permitting ] saying that mine would make a rabbit in a phone box look hard they,re shit ....