spade 224 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Fantastic job by Foxdropper & his helpers. Would love to get after numbers like that. Quote Link to post
TaylorF457 10 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Now that's some rats. Fair play to both men and dogs!! Quote Link to post
dytkos 17,793 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Great post and pics. Cracking! Cheers, D. Quote Link to post
Nik_B 3,790 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 When I read the last threat I thought you'd put an extra zero on the figure by accident. I can't believe that many rats could live in one place Quote Link to post
bunny tickler 876 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 fantastic job well done ,i have never heard of that amount being caught ever , excellent day Quote Link to post
General lee 979 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Any pictures of the dogs? Quote Link to post
s.e.s.k.u 1,893 Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Great stuff. .I bet them dogs slept well afterwards. .good write up pal ..atb Quote Link to post
alimac 882 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 First class day on the rats !! Quote Link to post
.WARREN. 288 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Last Thursday we had the pleasure of a days ratting on a farm where i do the terrier work .I was stuck for terriers as it was a midweeker but a post on here put me in touch with a couple of lads and the day was arranged.Met them at 8.45 near to the farm and by 9 we were there.The farmer had in mind to pull a small shed first which surprised me as its been usual to do it last as theres not much to the pulling nor is there many rats under it ,its usually left to last when the dogs are slower and sore .The two guest lads used their dogs here as too many can be counterproductive i find on a small shed .Steve had a pack of Bedlingtons and Paul brought two lurchers and a choc Pat.After the shed was pulled i jumped in the digger and shifted the muck left behind to allow rats to bolt and dogs to do their thing .Killed 60 odd here in under 15 minutes. Good start. Onto the next shed a bigger shed and better prospects here by all the rat trade about the edges .Took the farm workers a bit of time to get the shed moving but as soon as it was sliding we started digging the muck and it was clear assumptions were right .Throwing dead rats clear we soon amassed a good pile .We turned it over until the digger was free and stood back as a mate drove it to shift muck.It was apparent that we would be on for 300 plus here with two more sheds to go .As the sheds are pulled ,some of the dogs stay underneath killing rats that are shifted .We counted a good 50 underneath the shed that we could see with definately more deeper under ..The count was now at 478.The next shed was much the same as the last with 352 killed .Brought the 60 up from the small shed and layed them out for a pic which i think youll all agree is pretty impressive .890 from 3 sheds.The dog work was first class ,we only lost 3 that i saw get under a fence and into a ditch behind us ,breeding stock you could say lol. By now it was nearly 4pm and the farmer asked if i wanted to do the last shed.Asked the lads and checked the dogs over .We decided to do the last one and after putting a few dogs away due to injury ,age we drove to the last shed which was the other end of the farm . Luckily ,as they started pulling the shed it was apparent that a drinker had been leaking and the numbers would be fewer the dogs being mostly tired by now.However the numbers started building steadily even before we dug it over with many rats bolting out to the sides .The dogs showing that tiredness was just a state of body and not mind .I was impressed with both sets of visitors dogs as they had never seen numbers like this before .We never picked up any rats from here but a rough count as they died brought the tally to 1032 ,our new record which will be hard to beat here i think . The bag before the 60 were added and after .890 head of vermin with 15 assorted dogs .Final tally of 1032 ,happy days. cracking job done there, well done dogs and all Quote Link to post
Panna 68 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 WOW! Job well done! This is something I would like to try out once with my terriers. YIS, Anna Quote Link to post
lucky 578 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Cracking days sport that. Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 hats off to ya Quote Link to post
MickC 1,825 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Well done lads must have been a busy day . All the so called Rats that Plummer said he caught in his books and he never had a picture like that. I like bit of ratting but I've never seen that many caught lads, well done . Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 We'll done!!! What sort of farm was it? Pig? Arable? Chicken etc? Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Its an organic chicken farm mate .Houses are moved on 8 month rotation .We are then when that happens 1 Quote Link to post
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