Back Filling

[morton 5,368]

 

seen many a set ruined by dog catching quarry mid tube and lads not bridgeing and set ruined never holding again,i had 2 sets like that 2 years ago that hunt left in a right state went back last summer bridged 2 holes in one set 1 on the other and had quarry this year from both sometimes its a must imo

like any job, if done properly it will last. Its when its done halfheartedly with bits of branches, it results in a mess.

 

Ive found its best to fill the hole with what came out,compact it and throw a little more on top from the spoil in the other entrances,the occupants have an habit of being able to dig and excavate to their satisfaction.

[MOLE265 792]

Ive found its best to fill the hole with what came out,compact it and throw a little more on top from the spoil in the other entrances,the occupants have an habit of being able to dig and excavate to their satisfaction.

 

I agree with that Morton.

 

I've never bridged in my life even when I was as green as .....

S.B.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Building bridges doesn't come naturally to me either .

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

food for thought regarding the tarpaulin we like to leave the place looking like we've not been there... I have noticed a lot in grazing fields you can see where previous digs have been because of the sunken grass, lads just backfilling level before replacing the sod..

[Oldandknackered 48]

I know several experienced lads who swear by bridging , or backfilling in a way to keep the tube open, in order to keep a sett live, the first person who advised me to do it being BN. But I must admit I am often too lazy !!!

[Dunkanon 380]

goes on everywhere you go, came across many an open dig just abandoned. Thing i find worse than not backfilling(which is bad enough) is finding places that have been trenched in from the entrance and the place just fckin destroyed.....and some of these have been done by so called experienced terriermen who despite years of fox hunting clearly havnt got a fckin clue!

[Dig-deep-draw-charlie 2,713]

I always find that when back filled properly and left for a few weeks the quarry that moves into the hole next just reopens it anyway, but that 2x2 slab sounds like a cracking idea

[marshman 7,758]

A couple I've come across in the past have always had rubbish around , food packets and empty cans typical !

[dillydog 8,463]

You must have the same mugs as I get in Staffordshire, I think they're just out for the picnic and a bevy or two.

I spend half my season backfilling other twats holes. I never have and never will bridge, it's never made any difference to any earth I dig.

[onion jonny 526]

two by two slabs you would need a transit pick up instead of my wee van in fact why dont you go the whole hog and tar and curb a road up to the den.

[Oldandknackered 48]

You must have the same mugs as I get in Staffordshire, I think they're just out for the picnic and a bevy or two.

I spend half my season backfilling other twats holes. I never have and never will bridge, it's never made any difference to any earth I dig.

eh !!! so how do you know its never made any difference if youve never done it ??lol i think i know what you mean?? tubes get opened backout anyway without bridging? i agree with that in the main, but i have defo known more than one earth ruined by too many holes in em backfilled to numerous tubes, which then go dead, sometimes lost for good. would they have had more chance if they had been bridged and left less blocked solid??? who knows ????

[Daniel cain 45,603]

Down to b&q,good idea the tarp .atb dc

[pirate pack 109]

You can look after earths for years leaving them has you found them,and all it takes is some prat to come along and destroy it for ever,one earth we checked this year had 10 part filled holes on it,shit dogs and shit terriermen

[dillydog 8,463]

 

You must have the same mugs as I get in Staffordshire, I think they're just out for the picnic and a bevy or two.

I spend half my season backfilling other twats holes. I never have and never will bridge, it's never made any difference to any earth I dig.

 

eh !!! so how do you know its never made any difference if youve never done it ??lol i think i know what you mean?? tubes get opened backout anyway without bridging? i agree with that in the main, but i have defo known more than one earth ruined by too many holes in em backfilled to numerous tubes, which then go dead, sometimes lost for good. would they have had more chance if they had been bridged and left less blocked solid??? who knows ????

I'm still digging the same places I've always dug, in all fairness sometimes I have to wait a while longer for them to get worked. I don't know if it's because they just didn't fancy the place or because I'd ruined it but sooner or later I'll be back there digging again.

The only difference I've found is you get the runaround more once you've taken out the oven.

The fastest way to ruin your earths is to drop the fox back into the dig, something I no longer do but it was something I took for granted years ago

[dillydog 8,463]

This place has been worked dozens of times over the years but it's never held until today. I tried one of my dog pups who's keen as mustard, he marked a place the other day and marked this one too. I gave him a spin but he couldn't get on in the place, it's just a dug out rabbit hole so I put him back on the couples and dropped his mother.

The old bitch is 11 years old and although every fibre in my body says retire her I honestly think it would be cruel to do so, she lives to work. She'll have a few hedgerow places until I think it's unfair and she's not holding condition.