Armed forces dog men

[mC HULL 12,237]

22 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Most of the original Salukis imports were brought here by army officers..

Cheers.

proper dog men lol

[low plains drifter 10,333]

19 hours ago, mC HULL said:

proper dog men lol

Indeed

[toolebox 1,528]

On 21/11/2024 at 03:12, low plains drifter said:

Indeed

he's got the lazy eye.....

[Black neck 15,875]

4 hours ago, toolebox said:

he's got the lazy eye.....

Retinia dossiana 

[low plains drifter 10,333]

4 hours ago, toolebox said:

he's got the lazy eye.....

Grinning slyly as the coach left for Mexborough 

 

[tatsblisters 9,478]

4 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

Grinning slyly as the coach left for Mexborough 

 

That was the look on that nuns face that gave him a lift from the Mexborough maggot farm. 

[Daniel cain 45,120]

9 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

Grinning slyly as the coach left for Mexborough 

 

One blew left,one blew right....When the wind blows...the poor cnut gets a wet back...

[OldPhil 5,668]

On 18/11/2024 at 17:36, Bakerboy said:

Just something Ive always wondered about, is it possible to be in the Army/Navy/Air force and work lurchers/terriers regularly, how does it work

Well,.. I hung out with an Army guy for a few seasons,.. we mostly did the rabbits and a few Roe,.. and I pretty soon realised, that being in the Military was a bit different to working in a Factory, or for some building firm.. He had to abide by certain rules.

There was obviously a few fiddles and opportunities to slink off,.. more so if you had a bit of Rank, and had been in a Regiment for several years, and knew how to work the system...

But,.. on the whole, my pal had to toe the line and be available, if called upon.

The guy I was rabbiting with, was permanently based on Salisbury Plain,... which at that time, had a fairly healthy population of rabbits, hares and Deer,.. so,.. being employed to undertake his duties on the ground, on a daily basis, allowed him to do a phenomenal reconnoitre,.. whilst being paid to do so !

Each week he would mark out,.. on a Map,.. where all the various rabbiting spots were,.. and accordingly, we filled out boots and caught many hundreds of rabbits, and various..

Not quite sure what constitutes regular dog work,.. for as we all know, folk can drift in and out of the hunting game, with some regularity,. and friendships are frequently fragile affairs,.. and can end abruptly,...but for those few years at least ,...we were at it, both by day, and frequently at night...

 

 

 

 

[tatsblisters 9,478]

37 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

Well,.. I hung out with an Army guy for a few seasons,.. we mostly did the rabbits and a few Roe,.. and I pretty soon realised, that being in the Military was a bit different to working in a Factory, or for some building firm.. He had to abide by certain rules.

There was obviously a few fiddles and opportunities to slink off,.. more so if you had a bit of Rank, and had been in a Regiment for several years, and knew how to work the system...

But,.. on the whole, my pal had to toe the line and be available, if called upon.

The guy I was rabbiting with, was permanently based on Salisbury Plain,... which at that time, had a fairly healthy population of rabbits, hares and Deer,.. so,.. being employed to undertake his duties on the ground, on a daily basis, allowed him to do a phenomenal reconnoitre,.. whilst being paid to do so !

Each week he would mark out,.. on a Map,.. where all the various rabbiting spots were,.. and accordingly, we filled out boots and caught many hundreds of rabbits, and various..

Not quite sure what constitutes regular dog work,.. for as we all know, folk can drift in and out of the hunting game, with some regularity,. and friendships are frequently fragile affairs,.. and can end abruptly,...but for those few years at least ,...we were at it, both by day, and frequently at night...

 

 

 

 

Did you ever meet the lad i mentioned in my post Phil. I found him a sound lad the few times I met him. 

[OldPhil 5,668]

1 hour ago, tatsblisters said:

Did you ever meet the lad i mentioned in my post Phil. I found him a sound lad the few times I met him. 

Hi, yeah, I would probably have met the Guy,...I seemed to cross paths with the majority of folk mentioned in the early jottings , books, articles, etc....

Facts were, back then, I used to get about a bit ,...I always had an almost perverse urge to meet various people, described as being, genuine hunting men...

It took me a few years,.. but, I eventually grew out of it,...I stopped searching for heroes, and then everything became, a whole lot clearer...

[vin 75]

12 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

 

 I stopped searching for heroes, and then everything became, a whole lot clearer...

 

 hehehehee   yeah,   he met  Me and Tomo. 

[OldPhil 5,668]

2 hours ago, vin said:

 hehehehee   yeah,   he met  Me and Tomo. 

 I've been a lurcher enthusiast for over 65 years,...met a lot of lads, some good 'un's, and predictably,. some not so good.

I believe that you are a genuine Hunting Man ,...end of story,....

Edited 2 hours ago by OldPhil

[breeze 1,293]

Phil.... Is that Mrs Hancock stood next to you ?