why we hunt

[bigdan 11]

i'll start my family have always been into dogs its like way of life even that i dont have to hunt for food anymore i still do i was wondering what makes everyone else start becouse once you start you cant stop its addictive

[chester 147]

j darcy got it right running dog addiction . once you see a course yer hooked.

[earth&hounds 94]

there as always been dog around the house ever since i can remember and thats family houses too

 

everything from lurchers terriers spanials even the odd mongral has had a place in front of the fire

 

my uncles and great uncles grandperants all had dogs to do jobs with them game keeping even night watch men on big ests

 

i can all way remember my uncles dog mick a airdale deerhound greyhound now that was a dog and some thats back in the early 70s

 

my first was a terrier called patch and i was only 4 when my uncle turned up with him and a bang on ratting terrier (and hamster dog) but thats another story

 

my mother who is well in to her 70s told the mrs when she first saw her watch him he will have anything that shits and makes a mess (tryed to change me but never worked)

[bird 10,004]

I think it must be a feckin Drug, i think lamping is addictive. Iam 55 :thumbdown:and iam

still as keen now, as when i was a kid Plus i think lurchers any x are the best dogs

in world

 

BIRD

[Guest manda]

I think it must be a feckin Drug, i think lamping is addictive. Iam 55 :thumbdown:and iam

still as keen now, as when i was a kid Plus i think lurchers any x are the best dogs

in world

 

BIRD

 

 

i never really thought about lurchers i just thought they were skinny shy things that aint good for nowt, untill i moved next door to a lad who had lurchers, so went out with him one night and that was it i was hooked!! i always used to have huskys, rotties etc. but the way i see it now if it dont graft its not staying in my pen signing on the dole lurchers make awsome pets also

[frost 4]

I agree with bird its like a drug i ve been hunting for as long as i can remember and it never gets dull or boring and i can never see me ever giving it up.

I think it must be a feckin Drug, i think lamping is addictive. Iam 55 :thumbdown:and iam

still as keen now, as when i was a kid Plus i think lurchers any x are the best dogs

in world

 

BIRD

[Rabbithunter 456]

enjoyment of seeing my pride & joy working. And to put food on the table, why buy a chicken, when you can kill a bunny, AND watch your animal working in the process

[Scallywag 78]

A love of hunting dogs and a powerful need to kill something every now and then.

[Bosun11 537]

I know how I got started..... but I've never figured out why I started.....??

 

I've ponderd this a bit over the years..... what makes some people love to hunt, with others indifferent and some a loathing to it??

 

The 'rush inside' from the chase, the addiction to the game...... seems to come from somewhere deep.......?

 

Was it from something seen, or, did it come from way back......the way we are bred....... our ancestry......?

 

Is it consistant with generations (my fathers side hunted) or does it slumber and re-emerge........ I have two brothers, one indifferent and one loathes......?

 

Anyways, enough of my 'vino' soaked saturday night rambling shite......!

 

Bird, brilliant That says it all!!!

[colliejohn 840]

Bird is spot on, with what he say,s you never to young or old, it,s a passion whats always in your blood, and always with you. regards collie john.

[skycat 6,174]

I reckon its in the genes: my dad hunted, rough shooter, my mum didn't and neither does my sister: no interest at all. The only thing that pisses me off about getting older and wiser (? LOL) is that the body can't do what it used to. I always say that even if I have to crawl I'll still be out watching my dogs work: like has already been said: that bond with your dog: the ultimate predator catching and bringing that catch back to you: its a special kind of feeling.

[RETIC80 11]

I agree,its in the blood.I have been hunting etc since i was about 9 yrs old,always wanted to be out with my old air rifle,trying for a rabbit or wood pigeon,and still can remember the adrenaline rush of actually potting one! These days,its very similar,out with the rifle for foxes,i still get a buzz when one comes galloping up the field to the response of my caller.My biggest passion though,has,and always will be,my dogs.Its an age old past time of using dogs to hunt,and you will never rid genuine hunters of that,ban or no ban,..... hunting will be here for ever.