Popular Post fireman 10,992 Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 As a man who keeps dogs not guns i hope i'm posting in the right place,but had a vermin day yesterday on part of an estate i do the terrier work on,had a few mates over who do shoot and who've been taken the p*ss out of by the shoot they usualy beat on by being given a poor beaters day then refused a vermin day.Well i sorted that out for them and we had a cracking day with a couple short of 50 squirrels,a very mange ridden vixen about to drop a litter destined for a cruel life of scratching themselves to death,a 3 legged muntjac who had hooves like you see on donkey welfare video's and a few other odd and sods,a bit of roost shooting but with a misty still day that wasn't brilliant but a cracking day was had by all and i even shot a box and a half of cartridges for a squirrel and a crow myself . 18 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hily 380 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 good for you mate a real pal to your friends hope they stood you a pint or two 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
big napper 3,619 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Great result mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 16,082 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 That’s a proper tidy up day, cracking day out, I bet your mates were over the moon with that 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,992 Posted February 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nice one chaps and a nicer lot of replies than i'm getting for a terrier post,the lads had a grand day and it was the keepers son who drove the gun bus and did a lovely drinks and lunch and was host as such for the day and a cracking young lad with a whole life of keepering ahead of him as his dad is a self employed keeper and the lad will in time take it all over from him.Glad to say the guns had a whip round for him and he did ok and we didn't cover the whole estate and were out again in a couple of weeks to do the other half of it as such as there's plenty of the smaller woods we didn't do and during the day it was the smaller woods that held the greater number of squirrels,so watch this space and thanks again for the pleasant replies... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,707 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Cracking job ,How do you reckon the munty lost a limb fox wire or hit by a vehicle? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,478 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Looks like a good day out! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,992 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 23 hours ago, forest of dean redneck said: Cracking job ,How do you reckon the munty lost a limb fox wire or hit by a vehicle? It was a back limb and just below her knee joint (her back left hand leg,you can just make it out on the pic)and it was just about healed,a few of us had a chat about it after the drive of the woods and we all thought a car had done it rather than a wire as our keeper don't run wires and the surrounding keepers don't either.Both that fox and that muntjac were done favours and it's by the grace of god we've had a mild winter or they'd have both died very slow cruel deaths if it were cold and snowy.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 The mange has thankfully missed our area but Oxford and surrounding counties had it bad this year . You would think with the milder weather ,foxes wouldn’t be going to ground and catching it from previous tenant .Stress is a big factor I’m told .Horrible fate and better out the way . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,992 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 13 hours ago, foxdropper said: The mange has thankfully missed our area but Oxford and surrounding counties had it bad this year . You would think with the milder weather ,foxes wouldn’t be going to ground and catching it from previous tenant .Stress is a big factor I’m told .Horrible fate and better out the way . Demadectic mange (spelling ?) is caused by stress,it's the parasite all dogs have but their own immune system keeps it in check,it's when stress causes and unbalance in that immune system the parasites numbers increase and it turns into mange. Sarcoptic mange is a straight parasite and can be caught by any dog or fox or even human as it's scabies in humans.. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,700 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 17/02/2019 at 22:21, forest of dean redneck said: Cracking job ,How do you reckon the munty lost a limb fox wire or hit by a vehicle? Stray boomerang pre ban Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,707 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, low plains drifter said: Stray boomerang pre ban They banned boomerangs ? That’s going to come back on them. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,700 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said: They banned boomerangs ? That’s going to come back on them. Ricochet off the loophole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,555 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 very good bud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Cracking day ...you saved a tidy few song birds nests from the tree rats with that haul ..let alone the damage to trees , hoppers and feed in them ... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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