Cubs

[neil cooney 10,416]

Good question Ands.

Scientists have been telling us for years that daylight hours is what brings many animals into season but that can't be the case with so many species's breeding seasons fecked up.

Every thing else in nature is changing but our day light hours are still on the same yearly circle as ever.

[dillydog 8,463]

No cubs but I did come across this in the snow a couple of days ago

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

Nice bush that dillydog!!!

[shaneg 2,578]

Not Cubs but I seen a leveret on the road today

[neil cooney 10,416]

Same here Shane, rabbit sized. Squashed but could tell what it was by it's ears.

Dug and released a pregnant vixen yesterday.

Edited January 28, 2016 by neil cooney

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

We released a pregnant vixen 2 days ago also.

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

If the cubbing time and weather changing each year shuldent the season be changed to ?

[pablo esc 1,598]

Was out a week ago and tried one place,only had a couple round there this season, the was no Fox there again,I was driving back not knowing were I could try in this area and when I went down a road, I remember one snide burrow and small entrances in the ditch, and the neighbour there asking me a few years back to deal with a big Fox lurking for hens, I decided to stop, I cut across the field, a nice field, and was walking, got across half way and a fox was cutting across, had a rabbit or something, then back to the hedge,came out again as I walked, I waited, watching it, had same thing in its mouth, was getting in the open a bit more and was heading for the small snide type of rabbit burrow the dogs were fixed, the was tension with the Fox and he flew, up the other way, the Mungrel was off, the were gone, had a look and the nothing happened, just a run, lot of sent were it was, must been feeling the cubs maybe up in the burrow, that will left, and I'll hunt some other places, but won't be going mad for it now, the season is practically finished, a couple of good ones will be fine,no game with or having young, and stay clear of fools all coming out the closet, trying dogs

[fat man 4,741]

We had a few digs on wednesday,no cubs but it will not be long now,we will finish up 1st wk in feb or next wknd if we hit on cubs,no point in killing your own sport imo.I know a lot of lads dig right up to end of march but we have no interest in diging cubs where as some lads get a kick out of it.

[gwalchmai4110 1,757]

I dug cubs last season on the 20th of January!! could not believe it.

atb

[foxing machine 144]

couple of my pals went ferreting yesterday and sayed thair was yung rabbets about. seasons are changing

[neil cooney 10,416]

Had a vixen in a snare this morning that was heavily pregnant, I've no guilty conscience either, she was around my chickens.

[Lew 111]

Had my 1st litter yesterday

[neil cooney 10,416]

Congratulations.

Had my 1st litter yesterday

Sorry couldn't resist. What age did they look ?

That's very early. A lot of country people over here used to say cubs were never born before St Patricks day.

I remember a keeper I used to dig with dug a litter at the start of March and he was telling an old terrierman. "No you didn't" said the old boy.

The keeper swore he had. "I don't know what you dug but they weren't foxcubs. Either that or you're lieing" said the old boy.

I would say in the next week or two we'll hear of more litters. The sheep men will be happy.

[Lew 111]

Couple of days old. Lifted dog, bridged the hole and left them be. (Young dog was baying at them like they was adults) so no harm done thankfully.