Waz 4,252 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Damn couldve bought the dog down to me to be put up. Great read. Been charged and yep, hard to stat upright. Legs go one way body another.! Quote Link to post
unlacedgecko 1,466 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Damn couldve bought the dog down to me to be put up. Great read. Been charged and yep, hard to stat upright. Legs go one way body another.! Thanks for the offer mate, I'll remember that for next time! Quote Link to post
Waz 4,252 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Good bloke on here in Northern France also, with kennelling. Quote Link to post
unlacedgecko 1,466 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Been looking through some more of the photos and found this one of a deformed fox. Anyone remember the post from a few years ago of a similar one? 1 Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Excellent read! Really enjoyed it Quote Link to post
keepdiggin 9,559 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 what predators do they have in hungary Quote Link to post
clipo 871 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) what predators do they have in hungarythe beast called palinka is the worse one lol Edited January 26, 2014 by clipo 1 Quote Link to post
unlacedgecko 1,466 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 what predators do they have in hungary Badgers, foxes, wolves, jackals and occasionally a bear will wander across the border from Serbia or Romania. I don't know about birds of prey. 1 Quote Link to post
baw 4,360 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Top quality read mate, very well written, honest and entertaining. Thread needs pinned so no one misses it, well done guys :notworthy: 1 Quote Link to post
jonah. 775 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Great read. Quote Link to post
alimac 882 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Not bad for a pair of fannys ;-) glad you both had a good time. Stig my money is on unlaced lying on the sofa with a beer, dictating to his long suffering mrs, who was typing away while feeding there new arrival, hence the wife sounding replie :-) 2 Quote Link to post
Born Hunter 17,751 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 What a hunting trip! That sounds excellent. I've always said I'd rather be in the beating line on one of those big game drives than shooting (which is fortunate because after my performance on saturday it's a fact that nobody would be having any bacon for dinner! LOL). What's involved in the land/game management of a shoot like that? I mean, I assume they have gamekeepers or similar? Do they feed them/manage the land specifically to support them or is it just a case of hunting the wild surplus with minimal management? How often do they hunt through the season? Obviously most driven game bird shooting in this country is heavily managed to support relitively heavy shooting pressure. Shit, that's a lot of questions, sorry. Quote Link to post
unlacedgecko 1,466 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 What a hunting trip! That sounds excellent. I've always said I'd rather be in the beating line on one of those big game drives than shooting (which is fortunate because after my performance on saturday it's a fact that nobody would be having any bacon for dinner! LOL). What's involved in the land/game management of a shoot like that? I mean, I assume they have gamekeepers or similar? Do they feed them/manage the land specifically to support them or is it just a case of hunting the wild surplus with minimal management? How often do they hunt through the season? Obviously most driven game bird shooting in this country is heavily managed to support relitively heavy shooting pressure. Shit, that's a lot of questions, sorry. These kind of drive big game drives are VERY big business. In Hungary the average wage (according to Wiki) is about E900/month, before tax. The culling fee for a pig the size my dogs stopped is E180 (no, I didn't have to pay). Large trophy boar (dictated by the size of their tusks) are E315-1500 each. I tried putting together a shooting trip for some of the lads I was at uni with last year, but they all balked at the cost. None of them were short on cash either. During my 3 trips I have never come across a Hungarian gun, they were all either German or Swiss. The season for driven hunting runs Nov-Jan. During this time most of the hunting areas were hunting 3 times a week. I am told that during this time it is possible to become almost a professional beater. The hunting areas are well staffed by gamekeepers and professional hunters. They are responsible for feeding the animals through the winter. The land to my British eyes to be quite wild and untouched, but I have been told it is relatively intensively managed. In fact, I was told that to ensure there are enough large 'trophy' boar for the guns, some of them will be put down the day before or even the morning of the drives. These put down boar will have been raised in a boar garden. This is a training facility for hunting dogs. This makes these pigs especially dangerous, as they will have little respect for the dogs. 3 Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 That was well worth the sit down and read, Probably one of the best posts that's been on here for a while, Thanks Quote Link to post
Carraghs Gem 1,675 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 best topic in ages really wish i was there sounds absolutely bloody epic Quote Link to post
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