Most rabbits killed with one lurcher on nights lamping now let's be truthful lads about this one

[mackem 26,323]

9 minutes ago, TOMO said:

God knows why that's like that..lol

If at first you don't succeed give up

Charts comes to the rescue

[chartpolski 23,464]

7 minutes ago, mackem said:

If at first you don't succeed give up

Charts comes to the rescue

I look on him as a slightly wayward son.

Correct his spelling, turn his pics round, feed him a burger now and again, and he's not a bad lad

Cheers.

 

[Ferretman65 2,203]

13 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Youre welcome

Some rabbits there Tomo Some work involved there mate brilliant must be close to 100 rabbits there  

[OldPhil 5,718]

Edited April 28, 2022 by OldPhil

[Ferretman65 2,203]

37 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

Here is 96 plump and juicy rabbits,..  captured with dogs and ferrets, (no nets used) ..

 To be honest, TOMO caught a fair number of them on his own..

I just sat on a stone wall,.... and as befits an elderly gent, quietly watched,.. the world go by

That's some going Lads the land must.off been invested with rabbits I don't think you.sat to long with Phil with them amount off rabbits about lol all the best  

[fred90 3,210]

1 hour ago, OldPhil said:

Here is 96 plump and juicy rabbits,..  captured with dogs and ferrets, (no nets used) ..

 To be honest, TOMO caught a fair number of them on his own..

I just sat on a stone wall,.... and as befits an elderly gent, quietly watched,.. the world go by

Proper rabbiting men would have had 100............

[fred90 3,210]

on a more serious note, I know that picture of Phil and the lads isn't that long ago, when you look at the dire state of the rabbit population in many places up and down the country, you wouldn't think a day like that would be possible. 

[OldPhil 5,718]

Aye, you are 100% correct Fred

There ARE places in the UK where good quantities of conies could be taken,. .but,.. those big bag days, are possibly destined to be,.. a thing of the past... 

My own feelings are that I have personally killed 'more than enough ' quarry ..

This is why, we did not hit the 100 rabbit day on that recent foray,....the truth is, the rabbits were available , but I confess to not playing my part and assisting the other lads very much...I'm sure my behaviour was noted..

I used to be a relentless hunter, and no amount of rabbits, hares or deer was ever enough...

I was obsessed....

But,.. not any more....

 

Edited April 28, 2022 by OldPhil

[Ferretman65 2,203]

22 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

Aye, you are 100% correct Fred

There ARE places in the UK where good quantities of conies could be taken,. .but,.. those big bag days, are possibly destined to be,.. a thing of the past... 

My own feelings are that I have personally killed 'more than enough ' quarry ..

This is why, we did not hit the 100 rabbit day on that recent foray,....the truth is, the rabbits were available , but I confess to not playing my part and assisting the other lads very much...I'm sure my behaviour was noted..

I used to be a relentless hunter, and no amount of rabbits, hares or deer was ever enough...

I was obsessed....

But,.. not any more....

Is that picture from coney catcher 2 mite be wrong  

[levigsp 938]

38 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

Aye, you are 100% correct Fred

There ARE places in the UK where good quantities of conies could be taken,. .but,.. those big bag days, are possibly destined to be,.. a thing of the past... 

My own feelings are that I have personally killed 'more than enough ' quarry ..

This is why, we did not hit the 100 rabbit day on that recent foray,....the truth is, the rabbits were available , but I confess to not playing my part and assisting the other lads very much...I'm sure my behaviour was noted..

I used to be a relentless hunter, and no amount of rabbits, hares or deer was ever enough...

I was obsessed....

But,.. not any more....

snap, quality and not quantity no for me.

[levigsp 938]

o

 

 

 

 

Edited March 18, 2023 by levigsp

[fred90 3,210]

36 minutes ago, levigsp said:

one or two from the dim distant past.

His retirement night

all had white shoulder's                   motley crew 

 

years ago the joke used to be..  there was that many rabbits mate we had to kill 8 to get the gate open into field, looking at the top pic I think it's actually true.

[levigsp 938]

3 minutes ago, fred90 said:

years ago the joke used to be..  there was that many rabbits mate we had to kill 8 to get the gate open into field, looking at the top pic I think it's actually true.

If you had good dogs anything was possible, but a lot of dogs were NEVER up to the job.

[fred90 3,210]

2 minutes ago, levigsp said:

If you had good dogs anything was possible, but a lot of dogs were NEVER up to the job.

did you get dogs that simply had enough due to sheer numbers? 

[levigsp 938]

1 minute ago, fred90 said:

did you get dogs that simply had enough due to sheer numbers? 

I found some dogs gave up quickly and started playing silly beggars, yet other would give in out of tiredness, 

some would keep going till they dropped, these dogs were often run till they died or were totaly blown out. others would run hard and only stop when you asked them, if trained and brought on correctly these were the massive bag dogs.

The best dog I ever had was great on rabbits, even in the small midland fields, yet when I got him on foxes he totally ignored rabbits for years. when I moved and stopped foxing, he took to rabbits again and amassed a fantastic tally in his life.