The end has come

[jigsaw 11,863]

Was out this morning with the OAP and we came across a Sitka stag,standing on the path....the old dog was studying him and the deer made a bit of a charge at him,and old sonic ,ran behind me,and it made me realise how sad it is to see him acknowledging he's done and dusted,...when he was a younger dog you'd have to be holding his collar tight or he'd have him on his back..I was slightly saddened to see it but that's old age for ye,....we've come to the conclusion he's going deaf as well,and his back legs ain't what they used to be...I had to lift his back end up into the car and he struggled to get his feet under him....sad time ahead I reckon ..

 

 

[Daniel cain 45,114]

Was gonna ask if you had straws from him,coursing dog X kelpie/grey be a good mix for a bit of everything

[jigsaw 11,863]

Nah never did..too late now lol..

,I'm not a keen fan of breeding dogs,..I was going to put him over my greyhound bitch here,but have too many dogs at the minute and doing little with them,I was always keen to breed from him but the right bitch or the right owner never came along....I was asked to put him over a pure whippet but refused,not what I'd want,and a traveller rang me up a few years ago telling me he wants the stud services of sonic but he wants to see him on deer ,fox,hare first.....I told him to go fuk off,even though his bitch was supposed to be lethal.but I wouldn't get involved with them ....

[forest of dean redneck 11,538]

11 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

Was out this morning with the OAP and we came across a Sitka stag,standing on the path....the old dog was studying him and the deer made a bit of a charge at him,and old sonic ,ran behind me,and it made me realise how sad it is to see him acknowledging he's done and dusted,...when he was a younger dog you'd have to be holding his collar tight or he'd have him on his back..I was slightly saddened to see it but that's old age for ye,....we've come to the conclusion he's going deaf as well,and his back legs ain't what they used to be...I had to lift his back end up into the car and he struggled to get his feet under him....sad time ahead I reckon ..

 

 

Cheeky fecker was with my missus once on a wood footpath literally in sight of the car and had a stag with hind in tow come walking right for us kept stopping then walking towards us  she bottled it ran back to car

[jigsaw 11,863]

3 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Cheeky fecker was with my missus once on a wood footpath literally in sight of the car and had a stag with hind in tow come walking right for us kept stopping then walking towards us  she bottled it ran back to car

This BOLLIX of a deer was not shy either,right cross fecker,....I've a grand black saluki bred feller here I'd like to introduce to him but the stags a bit of a celebrity,in the area.so tread carefully as they say lol

Edited April 24, 2022 by jigsaw

[Daniel cain 45,114]

8 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

Nah never did..too late now lol..

,I'm not a keen fan of breeding dogs,..I was going to put him over my greyhound bitch here,but have too many dogs at the minute and doing little with them,I was always keen to breed from him but the right bitch or the right owner never came along....I was asked to put him over a pure whippet but refused,not what I'd want,and a traveller rang me up a few years ago telling me he wants the stud services of sonic but he wants to see him on deer ,fox,hare first.....I told him to go fuk off,even though his bitch was supposed to be lethal.but I wouldn't get involved with them ....

Pal had a little bitch 20 yrs ago that was sal/grey /whip 22/23 tts...produced machines what ever X was put over her,from bull X's to Merlin and Eve dogs...she was hell of a brood bitch and handy as f**k in her own right..RIP Rosie Lee..

[jigsaw 11,863]

I covered my saluki bitch with him a few years back and hold my hands up,the whole litter turned out shit,the dam to the pups at a later date kinda jacked on teeth so I put it down to a bad choice on my side,his son was a nice long lean fast ...USELESS  barsteward.....live and learn..

That's the cur below,

 

[forest of dean redneck 11,538]

1 hour ago, jigsaw said:

This BOLLIX of a deer was not shy either,right cross fecker,....I've a grand black saluki bred feller here I'd like to introduce to him but the stags a bit of a celebrity,in the area.so tread carefully as they say lol

Ah it’s all lovely until some dubarry wearing countryfile watching member of the public gets twatted by it or the fluffy lap warmer gets smeared into the mud

[jigsaw 11,863]

I was thinking a salt lick over the far side of the lake and maybe a windy night,he dissapeared,....never to be seen again lol

[forest of dean redneck 11,538]

30 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

I was thinking a salt lick over the far side of the lake and maybe a windy night,he dissapeared,....never to be seen again lol

Peanut butter is supposed to be good 

and they reckon vanilla extract smells like acorns to deer probably cheaper unless a mineral block gets borrowed from a paddock

[jigsaw 11,863]

I was wondering,horse,sheep or cattle lick or does the one lick do em all type of thing

[mackem 26,258]

20 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

I was wondering,horse,sheep or cattle lick or does the one lick do em all type of thing

You can buy minerals and licks that really do work jig, one old guy I know calls them Deer Cocaine as the local deer get hooked on them and keep coming back for more, there are brit firms that sell them, even Walmart sell them and shelves full of deer piss. 

[mackem 26,258]

Good luck sorry about the dog, but you gave him a great life, and he is still around, we all get old, he enjoyed life, that's the main thing. 

KNZ Wild Mineral Licks - Hockham Deer Management Group Norfolk Stalking Thetford Forest

WWW.HOCKHAMDMG.CO.UK

 

[jigsaw 11,863]

Here's a field I came across a few weeks ago,loads of beds where the deer are sitting ,and a clear path from where they travel,...so I let it alone and then checked it a month ago,..I walked down and the beds were still visible,in different areas from the last beds ,so they use the field a lot ,while I left it for a bit,I checked it last week,and while walking down I saw 2 nice stags ,,.so turned on my heels and left em undisturbed,soooo I'm thinking this might be a good spot for a lick,and a shot ,cause I'm not sure my mutts are up to the job,..,.next season could get interesting lol

[jigsaw 11,863]

Time will tell what I've got...lol