Back up at the shoot

[Stavross 15,390]

2 minutes ago, sparky the hunter said:

I know what you mean Stav about running around in June/July.  Storm Arwin has damaged a few of my Pens but the wire was old and has been patched up many times so i suppose it was Karma.

It did a fair bit of damage with us, with a good few posts down and a couple of trees down on the wire, my third pen, over what I know as the valley is wrecked and hasn’t been used for a couple of years, I said this to the shoot captain earlier and all he said was “ it won’t take you long to put it right “

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Well now Duty calls so Merry Christmas and a happy new year everyone. 

May all your troubles be little ones and all your drinks be doubles

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Nothing Merry about my household , I'm still rough, the wife has now been ill for a week and off work and the daughter came home early today ill and has just been sick.

[Dervburner 2,549]

Had a walk around one of my shoots today, not a lot to be seen vermin wise other than a few new squirrel dreys and a some rats. Also got another stoat.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Wish I could go for a walk about , still not feeling 100% but slowly getting there.

[Dervburner 2,549]

17 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Wish I could go for a walk about , still not feeling 100% but slowly getting there.

Yerr, hope you and your family get better soon Mark. Atb pal

[Sausagedog 7,381]

36 minutes ago, Dervburner said:

Had a walk around one of my shoots today, not a lot to be seen vermin wise other than a few new squirrel dreys and a some rats. Also got another stoat.

Never seen so many rat holes in the fields. Caught another bitch rat in my garden trap today.

Shot a weasel the other day too. Squeaked it in.

Edited December 27, 2021 by Sausagedog

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

1 hour ago, Sausagedog said:

Never seen so many rat holes in the fields. Caught another bitch rat in my garden trap today.

Shot a weasel the other day too. Squeaked it in.

That's a stoat Mr Sausage

[Sausagedog 7,381]

16 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

That's a stoat Mr Sausage

It was tiny.

As small as this one a few weeks ago.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Stoats have a black tip on the tail weasels don't Bitch stoat I presume .

[Stavross 15,390]

Although I would know that as a stoat ( black tip to the tail ) it’s also known in some parts as a short tailed weasel 

the easiest way to tell a weasel from a stoat is the tail, stoats have a black tip and a weasel has a thin brown tail, this is what an old boy told me so someone may correct me

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Stoats tails have a black tip , weasels tails have no black tip and are short and stubby. This is a weasel ...

[dytkos 17,784]

Stoats are miles bigger!

Cheers, D.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Just now, dytkos said:

Stoats are miles bigger!

Cheers, D.

Stoats are bigger than weasels but black tip on tail = stoat

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Here's a stoat changing into white winter coat ....