Spring time digging....

[waz77 15]

Had about 30ft of 8" pipe knocking about in one of my woods so had a nice 8hr dig the other week.

Dug a trench about 35ft long 3ft deep with a bend about 30' halfway down,then dropped the pipe sections in and wrapped them with plastic feed bags on the joints.

Then dug the box in at a 30' angle to the pipe,put a stone flag in bottom,4 courses of concrete brick and capped with another stone flag then covered with plastic sheet before back filling with all the clay first to seal it all then the top soil on the last few inches.

Built the entrance up with stone to make it look more natural and gave it a squirt of fox piss,just wait now and see if my luck is in

 

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[DIGZY 4]

looks like it will give you some sport in the years to come

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

Not being funny waz, but how'd ya get the fox piss?

[waz77 15]

From hunt kennels,what they use when they are laying a drag

[waz77 15]

Lift the stone flag,theres about 18" - 2ft of soil on top of the flag but only a 2 min job to dig it

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

I must say I've never never worked an artificial before or seen one in the flesh. Don't think anyone here in Ireland builds them, only ever seen them in other countries, hope you get some sport from it.

[waz77 15]

There's a lot of deep mine shafts in the wood where ive built this one,bad places to put a dog,a few have been lost in them in the past.Lots of game about so im confident that it will soon hold.Got another 60ft of 9" clay pipe to build another one,it'll be a more elaborate afair next one.

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

A man grafting for his own sport, good to see.

[waz77 15]

Worth spending a weekend in the close season building one scent cos they do hold,we have plenty of natural earths round here but they still like to use them,and if there's not many natural earths about they're a godsend

[edzy 3]

8 HOUR DIG I WOULD OF HIRED A MINI DIGGER AND JOB DONE IN 20 MINUTES NICE JOB THOUGH KEEP THAT SHOVEL SHARP