Same venue, different quarry..

[J Darcy 5,871]

following on from the sal/grey for the moocher thread: A few days later i decided to take another walk down onto the rough grassland to see what was about. Scoob, charv and i took our time, weaving through the dead thistles that abound on such rough, uncultivated land. Little charv flushed a trio of snipe from some boggy rush and they zig-zagged off into the air until out of sight.

[Brummy 9]

The nipper's looking good mate. Filling out well

[J Darcy 5,871]

It was obvious from the start that there was little scent about...both dogs did not have much interest for at least ten minutes until we reached some good thick bramble. Scoob pushed himself into the dense cover and immediatly flushed a hen pheasant. She cheaped and flapped away to land in the reeds. Not to worry. At a gap i could see my dog on the deer run that traversed the full length of the bramble patch. This patch is about 1/2 mile long but only narrow. Charva was exploring scent of his own in a large bed of dead dock plants, which was nice to see. I walked on the outside hoping to see is anything broke, my heart momentarily rose when i heard a crash. A cock bird towered upwards shouting his head off in protest at being disturbed. It would have been a fine catch for scoob , but these birds are not that easy to catch. Come to think of it, nothing on this land is easy to catch. For the next minute or so ther was silent until a flash caught my eye. It was the dazzling rump of a roe. This critter was not running , but cautiosly making its way through the dock away from my general direction. What to do? should i call scoob and make the roe flee, or shall i wait to see what happens? i chose the latter. It was clear that in front of me, about one hunred yards away were a brace of roe. But where was that bloody dog? :search: even though i was looking for the one i adore i never saw him until the roe paniced and made a run for it. Then sudenly, as if by magic, he appeared at their heals. How he kept in contact through the rough grass i will never know, they vanished out of sight and seconds later i heard the sound that meant game over. Charv and i hurried over and found scoob lay down on the grass with a nice chunky doe. charv didnt know what to make of such a creature, Sure, he had seen well over fifty deer carcases in his short life but this was different. A freshly killed, warm roe was an altogether different prospect than a day old stiff, cold carcase. As for scoob?. he was laid down, panting like mad. His deep chest heaving and toe rather swollen. it was hunting in its most primative form. The only human intervention was the fact that i drove him to my permission. The dog did the rest. On the rough ground he found by scent, flushed , hunted up and run down this roe before killing it single handed with a lethal throat hold. The meat will not go to waste.

What is wrong with such pursuit?

all immaterial now anyway guys because such a hunt is now illegal.

good hunting ....JD

[buckshot 53]

cracking read mate well done scoob

[Guest chilli]

that fur is a right b*****d gets every were

[mistwalker 0]

Crackin post mate. Look forward to some more historical tales and pics

[paulf 820]

That pups looking well and good post.

[polecat 1]

:aikido: you did not have the best of starts with shaggy but hes come through with flying colors mate and i,m still wanting too meet u face 2 face keep up the good work [bANNED TEXT] just had a read at your book no bad 4 a gayboy hehehe

[LDR 29]

As always an enjoyable read, it's good to know that with the years of experience under your belt i'd expect you could probably find loads of pics from days when it was legal so we would never need to go short on tales. I'm assuming it's not yet illegal to post pics from before the ban...........

[J Darcy 5,871]

with a bank of some 20 000 pics to fall back on i doubt if i would find things hard to write...... many more books to come guys.... :ph34r:

[blackstar 0]

i see the pup was shooting up a few weeks ago, getting bigger every pic i see from a few weeks ago :ph34r:

[IanB 0]

What was his tally for the season JD, did you break the mark single handed..the amount of cervids you have gone through you could feed a town... Jammy fecker...

[J Darcy 5,871]

didnt quite make , ended up with scooby dropping 74 deer....he also got a few hares, rabbits , the last 4 foxes he ran and a few other critters such as the goats....etc....i woudlnt be surprised if a book is written by someone on the last season of unrestricted lurcherwork.... lol...

with hindsight, i wish i had gone for the 100 mark as a target, and i would have done it i reckon...oh well...such is life.. :search:

[jack260 8]

When are you hoping to get your new books published mate

[J Darcy 5,871]

they are an ongoing thing mate...hopefully one every 9 -12 months.....or something like that.....got some great stuff in the pipeline...