Can See Why People Poach

[Dan25 87]

Well for the last 2 days iv been looking for permission for lamping and ferreting must of spoke to 50 people with not one interested all the farmers say it's all sorted through the game keepers.its just so hard to get a bit if permission I gave a few iv gad for ages and there not great but I'm sure greatful to have them but I can see how people just poach the land seems a better option sometimes

[LurcherLad94 2,582]

ahh and its a bit of a buzz

[twelsh 345]

Poach land best way sometimes all farmers round here are funny f***ers aswell had a good spot for years until old boy past away so his mrs sold it to some stubbern c**ts

[tilimangro 1,013]

It's very soul destroying at times constantly being knocked back or people who promise the earth and never deliver

[1Wally 204]

A good bit of permission for lamping etc is worth its weight on gold. Nobody will ever stop me mooching wherever i want for the odd bunny though.

[Grunter123 1,110]

I have always had my owe permission ,lol I give myself it every time I go anywhere

[Grunter123 1,110]

And things always taste better from the other side of the fence ??

[saluki nip 73]

When it's dark av got permission as far as the eye can see, got pals that got some big land and if theirs was a bunny on different land that wasn't theirs they would still run it

[morton 5,368]

Well for the last 2 days iv been looking for permission for lamping and ferreting must of spoke to 50 people with not one interested all the farmers say it's all sorted through the game keepers.its just so hard to get a bit if permission I gave a few iv gad for ages and there not great but I'm sure greatful to have them but I can see how people just poach the land seems a better option sometimes

Looking for 2 days is not the resolve some may have affinity with,i looked for years and i mean years,id start off with land not worth entering,yet it gave me a foothold and a farmers name to bandy about.I bet its taken me over 30 years to get the permission i have now,if id have called it a draw after 2 days then id have asked myself some serious questions and possibly decided lurchers were not for me,especially if id spent a few hours attempting to get me some legit sport.Until i built up my permission i had an habit of exercising the dogs as and where,then paid a fine or two for my indiscretion,as we are want to do at times.Its easier to lamp,ferret and ratch about without having to look over the shoulder,yet a lurcher needs its exercise and the majority poach or poached,the only way at times,leave the land as you find it,respect the farmers stock and property and do what as to be done,yet 2 days,c,mon.

[wirral countryman 2,110]

 

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Edited December 14, 2014 by wirral countryman

[Dewclaw69 484]

i think the issue of permission is all relative. these days the consequences of being caught running dogs on land where you have no permission are harsher and the public is more aware.

20 years ago i never had any permission, was out 3 or 4 times a week and regularly got a tug by the law but never really suffered. views have changed and maybe i'm a little wiser ( or have mellowed) so i only run now where i have permission.

yes its hard to get but keep at it. put yourself where farmers are going to be. the local hunt is a good place. they all rely on the hunt to collect fallen stock. hard work and perseverence will pay off.

[Joe1888 672]

find getting ferreting permission is easier, soon as i mention lurcher thats it.. try get your foot in the door by ferreting, gain abit trust then you might have a better chance with running dugs

[Dewclaw69 484]

find getting ferreting permission is easier, soon as i mention lurcher thats it.. try get your foot in the door by ferreting, gain abit trust then you might have a better chance with running dugs

agree with that. i got mine through shooting. farmers have stock and are wary of dogs. they don't understand that we have bothered to stock train our dogs. its all about building trust

[MR RABBIT 715]

ask the gamekeepers some will be allright ...

Edited December 14, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[tatsblisters 10,076]

In south yorks poaching was your only option unless you were in with the right crowd.