Lamper,s Do It All Night

[lurchers 2,921]

 

 

We only get £1 each hence why we eat everything I kill now for the trouble you have getting it.the wife makes game pies which we freeze and soups,broth and what ever we can make.

I was getting £1 a rabbit 30 YRS ago.. if every body that sells their rabbits all put the price up at once

you could get at least £2.50 a rabbit, they are worth that all day long to any restaurant, would you agree..

We have been getting this for over 30yrs mate if I asked 1.50 were I live they would have a fecking heart attack.but I know what ya mean but for the aggravation I would rather fill my own freezer as I've worked hard for it.but like you say they should be £2.50 the butchers charge £6+ And have no problem at that price. Edited September 22, 2015 by lurchers

[Maximus Ferret 2,064]

 

 

We only get £1 each hence why we eat everything I kill now for the trouble you have getting it.the wife makes game pies which we freeze and soups,broth and what ever we can make.

I was getting £1 a rabbit 30 YRS ago.. if every body that sells their rabbits all put the price up at once

you could get at least £2.50 a rabbit, they are worth that all day long to any restaurant, would you agree..

We have been getting this for over 30yrs mate if I asked 1.50 were I live they would have a fecking heart attack.but I know what ya mean but for the aggravation I would rather fill my own freezer as I've worked hard for it.but like you say they should be £2.50 the butchers charge £6+ And have no problem at that price.

 

What you need to do is find customers buying for their own use. People who've watched Hugh Fearnley on telly and want to eat healthy tasty meat.

I sell mine for 4 euro each skinned and cleaned or 15 euro for 4.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

 

 

 

We only get £1 each hence why we eat everything I kill now for the trouble you have getting it.the wife makes game pies which we freeze and soups,broth and what ever we can make.

I was getting £1 a rabbit 30 YRS ago.. if every body that sells their rabbits all put the price up at once

you could get at least £2.50 a rabbit, they are worth that all day long to any restaurant, would you agree..

We have been getting this for over 30yrs mate if I asked 1.50 were I live they would have a fecking heart attack.but I know what ya mean but for the aggravation I would rather fill my own freezer as I've worked hard for it.but like you say they should be £2.50 the butchers charge £6+ And have no problem at that price.

What you need to do is find customers buying for their own use. People who've watched Hugh Fearnley on telly and want to eat healthy tasty meat.

I sell mine for 4 euro each skinned and cleaned or 15 euro for 4.

See that's good money. That's just less than £3 a rabbit isn't it?

 

I've got a butcher not too far who will pay £2 a rabbit and a mate of my mums will give me £10 for a bag of 6-8 rabbit loins.

 

But it's rare that I can be bothered to skin, gut and clean them when I get back. I usually do 2 for the pot for myself and the rest just get frozen for the ferrets.

[lurchers 2,921]

25yrs ago we had a woman who bred cats and dachshunds and she said she would buy as many as we could get.she was buying 60- 3 times a week to feed her animals on and all I had to do was gut them she said she didn't mind skinning them.but she told me this after I had cleaned the 1st batch for her hence why I just ended up gutting them.

[whitefeet4190 1,729]

In a pub near me there is rabbit for a main course and it's £15.95 and they can't sell enough of it

[terryd 8,775]

am out al night till I catch what im after ,not bothered about the weather coz if I don't go im going to be hungry tomorrow ,if I don't get what im after I will be beating the wood out early morning ,the butcher is being greedy this year and will only pay 1.50 per rabbit skinned and cleaned , he puts them on the shelf for 8.00 ,im only getting £1,00 for rabbits what the dogs have caught as there a little brused ,trying to make ends meet is getting hard ,if you goe in the car you've got fuel to pay and by the end of the night your lucky to have a few quid left ,I love hunting with dogs but as the government make the rich get richer and the poor get poorer im forced into a corner and find myself stuck in that hole nobody would wish to be in ,I see loads of lads enjoying there sport but to me its becoming a task just to live ,hope I do well the night lads atb bobza

 

 

Do you have a longnet bobza ? I assume maybe not because that would give you some nice clean rabbits so you could bump the price a bit if you have any venues suitable. Just a thought and good luck anyway

[Maximus Ferret 2,064]

In a pub near me there is rabbit for a main course and it's £15.95 and they can't sell enough of it

Get on the case and undercut their rabbit supplier.

 

 

 

 

 

We only get £1 each hence why we eat everything I kill now for the trouble you have getting it.the wife makes game pies which we freeze and soups,broth and what ever we can make.

I was getting £1 a rabbit 30 YRS ago.. if every body that sells their rabbits all put the price up at once

you could get at least £2.50 a rabbit, they are worth that all day long to any restaurant, would you agree..

We have been getting this for over 30yrs mate if I asked 1.50 were I live they would have a fecking heart attack.but I know what ya mean but for the aggravation I would rather fill my own freezer as I've worked hard for it.but like you say they should be £2.50 the butchers charge £6+ And have no problem at that price.

What you need to do is find customers buying for their own use. People who've watched Hugh Fearnley on telly and want to eat healthy tasty meat.

I sell mine for 4 euro each skinned and cleaned or 15 euro for 4.

See that's good money. That's just less than £3 a rabbit isn't it?

 

I've got a butcher not too far who will pay £2 a rabbit and a mate of my mums will give me £10 for a bag of 6-8 rabbit loins.

 

But it's rare that I can be bothered to skin, gut and clean them when I get back. I usually do 2 for the pot for myself and the rest just get frozen for the ferrets.

 

I just get a couple of dogbowls on a small table(one for heads and one for livers, kidneys, hearts and lungs for ferrets), a bucket on the floor for guts and skins, and a couple of big polythene containers(one with cold water to wash them and one with cold salted water to soak them).

Next I pour a glass of whiskey, have a good sip and clap on the headphones with an audio book and off I go!!!!

After they've soaked a few hours and I've slept a few I joint them and put them in dated freezer bags and into the freezer. If any are badly bruised I write rabb instead of rabbit on the bag and they're for dogs or ferrets in a different bit of the freezer.

Like any job, if you just get stuck in it's less tedious but I don't go for really huge bags anyway.

[bobza 910]

cheers for all the replys lads ,ive been selling rabbits for years, 30 yrs ago me and me dad sold them for £1.00 each the butcher is now selling my rabbits at £8.00 each lol ,ive been brought up to never give good meat to the ferrits ,they get the hearts liver kidneys and heads with any off cuts ,I hit the rabbits all ways I shoot ,ferrit ,snare ,net ,and run 5 dogs at them ,roe deer £50 quid ,hares I keep for myself as there my best food ,you cant pay bills by not selling ,i give a lot of rabbits to other poor famialys that also struggle to make ends meet and often give them a bit roe now and then ,theres been some class replys off you lads and thanks to all ,i will be looking into finding a new market for my meat like tomo says the dog pet food suplyers might be worth giving the a call see if i can get a better price ,im going to also trade the butcher for my rabbits rather than taking cash ,thanks again lads ,back out tonight so am going to have to sign off coz this has took fooking ages to wright lol hate computers atb bobza

[swg dave 334]

Feck me talk about lamper,s do it all night, about time we had a bit of descent

lamping weather, although we have ventured out a couple of times, once when it was still

and once when it come over misty. There is talk of a storm coming in next week going to hit

the north west, and Ireland, still its still early in the season. Then there is talk of a very strong EL NINO

year with a freezing winter, i dont know,,,, lamping gods do us a favour bring some descent dry

windy nights, i need to fill the freezer up LOL.

[J Darcy 5,871]

Feck me talk about lamper,s do it all night, about time we had a bit of descent

lamping weather, although we have ventured out a couple of times, once when it was still

and once when it come over misty. There is talk of a storm coming in next week going to hit

the north west, and Ireland, still its still early in the season. Then there is talk of a very strong EL NINO

year with a freezing winter, i dont know,,,, lamping gods do us a favour bring some descent dry

windy nights, i need to fill the freezer up LOL.

It's been windy as hell all day, but tonight its all vanished.

Still, it's nice to get out for a few runs, whatever the conditions. I honestly think If i waited for a windy, moon-free night then I'd get out once or twice a year!!

 

Make the most of the season chaps......

[dodger 3,128]

That's a crackin pic but just to comment on what others are saying about weather n the moon n nights to go for a shine as you here a lot of lads saying lately about if you waited for the right nights you'd never get out n all that, I can sympathise with them but for me is wasnt just about not going because the moons up enabling you to struggle to drop on as much stuff as a good black night but the thing that keeps me in on those nights most is making sure I don't go n make the gear wise because that's what happens, so I just go daytime in those conditions until better lamping weather I thought you'd do similar especially if there isn't much about were your going..

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

That's a crackin pic but just to comment on what others are saying about weather n the moon n nights to go for a shine as you here a lot of lads saying lately about if you waited for the right nights you'd never get out n all that, I can sympathise with them but for me is wasnt just about not going because the moons up enabling you to struggle to drop on as much stuff as a good black night but the thing that keeps me in on those nights most is making sure I don't go n make the gear wise because that's what happens, so I just go daytime in those conditions until better lamping weather I thought you'd do similar especially if there isn't much about were your going..

Not many have the privilege of being able to hunt whenever they want though dodge. Day or night. Other commitments such as work and family can get in the way.

 

I get out when I can, sometimes daytime when it's sunny or pissing down, sometimes night time when it's full moon. Other times I'm lucky and drop on them perfect nights. Just gotta take the rough with the smooth.l

[lurchers 2,921]

 

That's a crackin pic but just to comment on what others are saying about weather n the moon n nights to go for a shine as you here a lot of lads saying lately about if you waited for the right nights you'd never get out n all that, I can sympathise with them but for me is wasnt just about not going because the moons up enabling you to struggle to drop on as much stuff as a good black night but the thing that keeps me in on those nights most is making sure I don't go n make the gear wise because that's what happens, so I just go daytime in those conditions until better lamping weather I thought you'd do similar especially if there isn't much about were your going..

Not many have the privilege of being able to hunt whenever they want though dodge. Day or night. Other commitments such as work and family can get in the way.

 

I get out when I can, sometimes daytime when it's sunny or pissing down, sometimes night time when it's full moon. Other times I'm lucky and drop on them perfect nights. Just gotta take the rough with the smooth.l

I no that feeling to mate,I'm pleased the kids can sort them selfs now so I can go anytime.