WILF 46,811 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 I knew a lad who was a shepherd down that way, lot of big estates down there. Great country round there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flipper_Al 1,012 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Were full...now naff off 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobcullen79 1,495 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Were full...now naff off Aint that the truth. Went for a walk the other night to check a place out on the southdowns and although it was dark it was only 8pm and I saw lamps in most of the fields below us. I think I`ll give it a swerve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,599 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 If your thinking of moving jai, it's ok for a weeks holiday but you wouldn't want to live there, I'm from dorset ,I moved to the forest in 04 ,and here in 2011,trust me it's better here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.green 3,231 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Me and tommy b off here are from newbury area I like the place myself and we have no trouble putting game up for the dogs bit hot but the worst thing is the Flint by far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Well some very very mixed views. I'll come clean, I find out for definite tomorrow, but I have been offered a job down there, shepherding 2500 ewes and a couple of hundred cattle on one of the big estates. It comes with a house and pays well enough for what they want. If I do go, i'll be heading down with 3 pigs, 4 dogs, 7 ferrets and around 200 sheep of my own. Hopefully if I take it, I can get granted permission on the estate on which I work, or at least part of it. Even if they let me only run the dogs on the grass land which I manage for the sheep, should be 1200 acres to go at. The future may be interesting! 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brewman 1,192 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Well some very very mixed views. I'll come clean, I find out for definite tomorrow, but I have been offered a job down there, shepherding 2500 ewes and a couple of hundred cattle on one of the big estates. It comes with a house and pays well enough for what they want. If I do go, i'll be heading down with 3 pigs, 4 dogs, 7 ferrets and around 200 sheep of my own. Hopefully if I take it, I can get granted permission on the estate on which I work, or at least part of it. Even if they let me only run the dogs on the grass land which I manage for the sheep, should be 1200 acres to go at. The future may be interesting! Hope you get what you're looking for. It would be a bit rude of them to give you no permission if you were to take it. Surely it would be in their interest to have you keep rabbits down than an outsider and trust you on the other land. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,599 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Well if you got your own ,it's not to bad is it,it's heavily populated mind ,and full of grockles when Suns out. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,793 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Good luck mate! Hope whatever the outcome all goes well for you. Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,763 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Well some very very mixed views. I'll come clean, I find out for definite tomorrow, but I have been offered a job down there, shepherding 2500 ewes and a couple of hundred cattle on one of the big estates. It comes with a house and pays well enough for what they want. If I do go, i'll be heading down with 3 pigs, 4 dogs, 7 ferrets and around 200 sheep of my own. Hopefully if I take it, I can get granted permission on the estate on which I work, or at least part of it. Even if they let me only run the dogs on the grass land which I manage for the sheep, should be 1200 acres to go at. The future may be interesting! With your background and understanding if you can find the time to get involved with a couple of local shoots I would have thought that you would soon have plenty to go at. I'm sure you know as well as I do that there are plenty of decent keepers about who are helpful to those that know the crack. By the sounds of it that area is made for such a person. For those that don't understand driven shooting though, it sounds a hard place to live! LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,091 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Yup get on shoot meet the landowners bieng a farmer/stockman yourself your prob in the frame without asking.funny old boys farmers sllwayz stick together.hope it goes well for you mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 The folk who own the estate I may be going to, already know I come with running dogs and that I work them, and have not said it's a problem thus far. . . . there is however a shoot on the estate (30/40,000 birds) but apparently the keeper is a sound bloke. . . . . We shall see. . . . by end of tomorrow I will know one way or another! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,793 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Sometimes its a day or two after they say they'll let you know, don't get disheartened. Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,867 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 I'm from Hampshire and would pretty much agree with what others have said. I was born in Gosport, went to art college in Falmouth, lived in the Lake District but ended up back "daan saaf." When my wife and I got married she wanted to live in Southsea and I wanted to move to Devon...we settled on Waterlooville as a compromise! Just got back from a week in Dartmoor and, while I like The Forest of Bere (which is the area I live in) it's certainly not Dartmoor. As Bob alluded to, I hate how unfriendly people are in comparison to the west and north of the U.K. My small piece of permission is on the edge of an estate and I managed to acquire it thanks to the farming tenant noticing how well behaved my old kelpie was. Unfortunately, it's gradually disappearing under a tide of concrete and I'm lucky if I see more than one rabbit per day...usually within view of the new housing estate! Having said all that, if you have guaranteed permission then your situation should be a lot better. Good luck with whatever you decide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 (edited) Who lives there? What's it like? For the lurcherman who enjoys seeing his jukel run free and hunt his quarry,.as a true working dog should,....Hampshire is a difficult place..... Edited November 1, 2015 by Phil Lloyd 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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