Gotta have a heart

[Aussie Whip 4,159]

About two years ago I was working on a property in the central tablelands NSW when the bosses wife called me to rescue a baby fox down a  mine shaft.These people would have to be the kindest farmers in Australia.The cub was almost dead on a ledge about 20ft straight down with another 30ft drop after that.I tied a rope around my waist and went in on a ladder.It looked about three weeks old .The missus got it back to health feeding it chicken mince,rabbit an its favourite dead birds.It would follow her around the paddock even collecting the eggs amongst the chickens and sleep in an old ferret cage.It went from a spitting monster to a very friendly animal who would lick your face.We had it about three month and one day on its daily walk just walked away.It was the best thing as its illegal to release these ferals here.It returned about twelve months later sitting in the paddock with the chickens,who seemed to remember it.It was two months old in the pic.It gave me an understanding and respect of the animals we hunt.

Edited December 16, 2017 by Aussie Whip

[dogmad riley 1,347]

Well done real country man Its not all about the hunting but enjoying nature aswell. 

I watch foxes, birds of prey, song birds, rabbits at work find it very relaxing.

[Str 793]

Years ago I got four cubs ferreting,I gave them away to mates, one of them lived in doors with a jack Russell until it was around 16 months then it just cleared off one day,I’ve killed foxes on shooting estates or were farmers wanted rid of them,however I can not see the point of killing foxes that are not causing a problem,I also don’t understand the hatred some people seem to have for foxes, maybe it’s just talk.

[Pirate 9000 676]

It's great to see there are hunters out there that respect the animal's we hunt, I've killed foxes all my life but the last few years if they are not causing a problem to the land owner I'm quite happy to let them go, and to be honest I enjoy seeing them run off more than shooting them.

[FKOF 371]

Pricks with them rifles thermal and night vision wiping everything out on mass. No fuks given 

[myersbg 1,385]

22 minutes ago, FKOF said:

Pricks with them rifles thermal and night vision wiping everything out on mass. No fuks given 

I suppose i must be one of them so called pricks, but when it pays the bills and the mortgage, but i probably have forgotten more about wildlife than you will ever know and spend all my life in and among animals,  so FKOF

[dogmandont 9,959]

56 minutes ago, FKOF said:

Pricks with them rifles thermal and night vision wiping everything out on mass. No fuks given 

Same where I'm at. One crew in particular supposedly shoot over a 100 in a month when they got there new toy. All road sided and left lying. 

[terryd 8,671]

2 hours ago, Pirate 9000 said:

It's great to see there are hunters out there that respect the animal's we hunt, I've killed foxes all my life but the last few years if they are not causing a problem to the land owner I'm quite happy to let them go, and to be honest I enjoy seeing them run off more than shooting them.

 

Same here I used to kill every fox I saw when I was younger but now a days I just don't have it in me. Nothing I like better than too see a nice handsome fox going about it's business. If I spot one I distract the lurcher to give it a chance but he soon twigged that one and fooking zooms off ahead looking out for one now lol if he suspects any thing

[Black neck 16,228]

Done it few times dog out let vixen bolt away cover up the cubs let her come back and move them in the night not on pheasant land though I'd get hung lol

[FKOF 371]

3 hours ago, myersbg said:

I suppose i must be one of them so called pricks, but when it pays the bills and the mortgage, but i probably have forgotten more about wildlife than you will ever know and spend all my life in and among animals,  so FKOF

That old chestnut? pays the bills bla bla 

[socks 32,253]

6 minutes ago, FKOF said:

That old chestnut? pays the bills bla bla 

If it pays the bills as it does for pest controllers how is it an old chestnut ??? 

[dogmandont 9,959]

The lads that did it round here are the furthest thing away from pest controllers you can get. They do it simply because they can. 

[Aussie Whip 4,159]

Foxes are enemy no1 here.1080,shooting,very small numbers  are caught with running dogs,hardly any terrier work,  but I think they fit in the new eco system,to control other introduced animals,mice,rats, rabbits and keep feral cat numbers down.Take the fox out and the cats will have a field day.

[green dragon 701]

1 hour ago, Sirblessed said:

Import Aussie dogs, they are just tougher - Doug ducks. incoming!  

Do you think the Aussie bread dogs deal with the heat better than  british dogs

[Sirblessed 2,511]

2 minutes ago, green dragon said:

Do you think the Aussie bread dogs deal with the heat better than  british dogs

I think they have plenty of time to acclimatise, same with hard ground we don’t seem to get as many injuries, not saying we don’t get them but you would think running them on Aussie sun backed ground the injury rate would be at least double but it isn’t my whippet/dh has had little to no injury been running since a pup and that is par for the course from my experience.