stripes 401 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hard to choose, i think things change as you get older, whatever your body allows, quite partial to a shallow one, and throwing a rod out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,183 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) For me it would be a choice of a little bit of what i do know or a lot of what i dont ......Little bit of tagging along next to a few Lurchers or a lot of studying and learning about Hawking..............with another 20 odd years to play with i think id really take to the ol bop,s Now there ya go, I wouldn't have had you down as a BOP kind of bloke mate, I'd have thought all those hawking days were too much f*****g about.Don't get me wrong, hawks are my favourite animals, but those hawking days can be like watching paint dry. Ive thought about it for years.......the ol woman even packed me off on one of them Falconry courses for a birthday present a few years ago ........if i had the patience and dedication to do a bird justice id be bang in there.......impressive animals right enough and just about as " countryfied " as it gets for me ! They are certainly impressive animals, I had a day out local to me to watch Peregrines flown over pointers......the bird went up and was like a dot in the sky and it hit the 1 partridge that we killed that day ( they put down 9000 ! Lol) like a steam train.The rest of the day was spent chasing birds that had f****d off and doing likewise to the pointers!! As you say, I also wouldn't be able to train a bird.....I can't train a dog never mind a bird !! Lol My pals dad use to keep buzzards, peregrines, spars and merlins when we were kids......the merlins were hard to keep as they keeled over and died at the slightest shock !! Edited December 2, 2013 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,183 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 For me it would be a choice of a little bit of what i do know or a lot of what i dont ......Little bit of tagging along next to a few Lurchers or a lot of studying and learning about Hawking..............with another 20 odd years to play with i think id really take to the ol bop,s Now there ya go, I wouldn't have had you down as a BOP kind of bloke mate, I'd have thought all those hawking days were too much f*****g about.Don't get me wrong, hawks are my favourite animals, but those hawking days can be like watching paint dry. Ive thought about it for years.......the ol woman even packed me off on one of them Falconry courses for a birthday present a few years ago ........if i had the patience and dedication to do a bird justice id be bang in there.......impressive animals right enough and just about as " countryfied " as it gets for me ! They are certainly impressive animals, I had a day out local to me to watch Peregrines flown over pointers......the bird went up and was like a dot in the sky and it hit the 1 partridge that we killed that day ( they put down 9000 ! Lol) like a steam train.The rest of the day was spent chasing birds that had f****d off and doing likewise to the pointers!! As you say, I also wouldn't be able to train a bird.....I can't train a dog never mind a bird !! Lol My pals dad use to keep buzzards, peregrines, spars and merlins when we were kids......the merlins were hard to keep as they keeled over and died at the slightest shock !! Not sure id be too confident with anything that small but id fancy my chances training a Harris........just the commitment i suppose im one of these in for a penny in for a pound sort of people so something else in life would have to suffer .......any man/animal working partnership i find interesting but a Hawk i would find fascinating.....not like bonding with a dog in the warm in front of the telly is it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,183 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I could be wrong but someone told me you can buy HHs from the pest controllers when they start to kill.....don't know if there's any truth in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alimac 882 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Paulus, pull ya fingure out! One thing, what's it gonna be? Wilf, fishing or shooting.... any particular discipline from either? It's hard to really choose one....Course or small calibre rifle Well done wilf , bet that took some admitting ;-p Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,183 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) Paulus, pull ya fingure out! One thing, what's it gonna be? Wilf, fishing or shooting.... any particular discipline from either? It's hard to really choose one....Course or small calibre rifleWell done wilf , bet that took some admitting ;-pWhen you have the fishing skill of a dolphin and the shooting ability of Tom berenger it's a no brainer!! Edited December 2, 2013 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,183 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 How's wee Buster cracking on mate?.....you still happy? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Meat 3,109 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 That's easy Lamping even whilst ferreting/fishing /bushing my mind is always on the night before or the night to come. Even if I'm not out lamping I'm sat at night wishing I was or trotting the dogs or checking google earth 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boyo 1,398 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 one word COURSING . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alimac 882 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) How's wee Buster cracking on mate?.....you still happy?I'd say empty your inbox but il be fecked if I'm writing it all out again on the iPhone, yes mate he's going great, will have to step up to top dog as I lost the old Russell last month. As I hunt for a living, I'd have to opt for hunting, if not I'd say mcnabing , just so I could do 3 in 1 , lol Edited December 2, 2013 by alimac 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,183 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 How's wee Buster cracking on mate?.....you still happy?I'd say empty your inbox but il be fecked if I'm writing it all out again on the iPhone, yes mate he's going great, will have to step up to top dog as I lost the old Russell last month. Fair one, happy with that. Cheers pal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rat face 1,655 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 terriers and hounds all the way till the end for me, dont get me wrong i love the odd day out with the runners or the ferrets or even a day out with the guns but for me you just cant beat hearing them hounds in full cry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Just mooching about here, there or wherever, on a bit of this, that and the other....pretty uncomplicated really.... That would do me just fine... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 nothing im not already doing That wasn't the question. . . . . If I had to stop doing everything else and would be left a lone doing one thing. That would be mooching daytime with a little team, hunting any quarry I came across. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) Well,..I love all types of hunting,...and although these days, I only keep a mongrelised type of mouching cur,... (strictly for the rabbits),...I would have to admit,.. for sheer excitement,.a good daytime hunt over rough and wild terrain,..searching for the Roe....realy does take some beating... Edited December 4, 2013 by Phil Lloyd 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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