Some good sensible down to earth posts there.
Another thing that people don't seem to understand is the conservation side of the hunt I can only speak first hand on the hunts that I have any involvement with but I'm sure it's the same throughut the country. Many of the Masters/Whips etc: are...
Please don't click this link if you are offended by nature like so many of you seem to be :lol:
Here you go Mike have a look at this
A Gyr/Pere nailing a Gazelle
The rabbit can inflict a large amount of damage; there is not many crops or cereals that these little creatures haven't got a taste for. It has been calculated that on a field of winter wheat the rabbit can inflict a 1% yield loss per hectare. That is a staggering 65kg of wheat per rabbit. This...
I only own one the black bitch the other dog in my signature is a whippet that belongs to another member from here. My bitch is mostly Grey/Bull 23 1/2"
Nice tidy set up there :thumbsup: I for one am really looking forward to getting out and about I've done a little bit lately just to try and keep things fresh but the nights have still been really quite warm, and the ground is to hard really but my little bitch can quite easily cope with the...
I could think of nothing worse however I wouldn't be surprised to see a blanket ban on dogs in the countryside one day as is happening on parts of Dartmoor :wacko: nothing surprises me with the Nanny state we live in.
Good hunting all, I for one am looking forward to this season.
Well done Mike sounds like an excellent start, the beggining is all about boosting confidence and it sounds like Oscar has had a good boost. You're much better off running a young dog on green/mixy rabbits imo.
Stan's doing fine now isn't he? he doesn't appear to be phased by his injury at all, at least he is intrested in girls not like another little boy whippet I know :- " . His girlfriend is impressed by his wound and holds him in quite high regards now :p .
I'd say the numbers are pretty similar to any other years but I have seen an awful lot more dead on the roads this year than I have before, I saw a Hare last week flattened :( .
I think you will find less foxes in the countryside as farmers etc: will be lamping them with rifles as opposed to...
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