Mid Tube Or Stopped End

[Francie 6,368]

Good post lads, dug a sett at the foot of benevenagh mountain about 8 years ago, this sett was at the edge of a forestry, very strange sett indeed.

 

The terrier entered, the music followed shortly after, it was very close, i took a look up the entrance an could see the back of the terrier baying away.

Now this is were it gets funny, my pal was sitting about 6foot away from me at another entrance, he shouted come here to see this, i was puzzled already as to why i coul see the terrier baying, anyway long story short, we could see the quarry up the tube from the other entrance lol

Two entrance hole that led to a point like top half of a diamond, first time i evef seen it.

 

But i dont think this was its main sett cause they normally have seperate compartments, ie latrines an sleeping quarters, we must have caught him on the mooch, as it was very early in the morning.

 

I think most if not all established setts have stopend somewere, its not practical for the quarry not to have one, as th said, quarry knows the craic an comes to meet the dog, trying to get the best advantage point in mid tube, there not as stupid as we think, lol just my opinion.

[jars 9]

My first terrier which I still have now is about 8 yrs old has been a real test of patients and learning curve in many situations in the field.

Shes only small and has copped some good floggings over the years so she can sit back in a tube a bit, say 4 ft. She's also very stubborn if she's in a deep den she might stay all day /over night as she got older she will come out after about 8 hrs.

In diggable dens I've learnt to read her and dig ahead of her and usually dig to the fox in a stop. If I'm on her and the fox is 3-4 ft further in I'll pull her out and wait for the fox to come forward to despatch, if it doesnt I will dig again.

Sometimes in sand I've found the fox will have the opportunity to push sand back in the tube and block her up...this shows to me a terrier should enter up to a fox fast with no hesitation.

This terrier has really been frustrating but I like her an I've had many rewarding enjoyable digs with her, she's taught me a lot about all the negatives to denning and I've learnt what dens to avoid and also a few good Sicky lines to bosses the next morning!

To me a dig is a dig. I've walked away without a fox many times after some deep solo digs in heavy clay and I've had digs where my boot has broken through being that shallow!

I have a new up and comming jrt now, hes 7 months old and has killed 3 young rats has been to ground in empty dens, he wants to get in anything that looks like a hole since 10 wks old so hopefully he will turn out a little champ that makes my life a whole lot easier!

Cheers and happy digging

[Francie 6,368]

Thanks for sharing mate.

[THE GENERAL 1,982]

My first terrier which I still have now is about 8 yrs old has been a real test of patients and learning curve in many situations in the field.

Shes only small and has copped some good floggings over the years so she can sit back in a tube a bit, say 4 ft. She's also very stubborn if she's in a deep den she might stay all day /over night as she got older she will come out after about 8 hrs.

In diggable dens I've learnt to read her and dig ahead of her and usually dig to the fox in a stop. If I'm on her and the fox is 3-4 ft further in I'll pull her out and wait for the fox to come forward to despatch, if it doesnt I will dig again.

Sometimes in sand I've found the fox will have the opportunity to push sand back in the tube and block her up...this shows to me a terrier should enter up to a fox fast with no hesitation.

This terrier has really been frustrating but I like her an I've had many rewarding enjoyable digs with her, she's taught me a lot about all the negatives to denning and I've learnt what dens to avoid and also a few good Sicky lines to bosses the next morning!

To me a dig is a dig. I've walked away without a fox many times after some deep solo digs in heavy clay and I've had digs where my boot has broken through being that shallow!

I have a new up and comming jrt now, hes 7 months old and has killed 3 young rats has been to ground in empty dens, he wants to get in anything that looks like a hole since 10 wks old so hopefully he will turn out a little champ that makes my life a whole lot easier!

Cheers and happy digging

As long as your getting out and enjoying the dogs and they're getting you a bit of hunting, that's the main thing. Atb