The hunt

[piker al]

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Nice to see the hounds out again today, very wet start but not a bad afternoon

[Carlperkins]

[Bob Watson]

I once had a hunt cross the road whilst I was digging a 1.2m trench with One of these

One of the horses came between the cones (road traffic management was a bit slacker back in the 90's) and dropped a leg in the trench much to the consternation of the rider.

I didn't give a f**k, not that I was against the hunt, I actually support it, It was just the arrogance of the landed gentry thinking he could ignore the cones and signs, prick!

[Mike J]

I once had a hunt cross the road whilst I was digging a 1.2m trench with One of these

One of the horses came between the cones (road traffic management was a bit slacker back in the 90's) and dropped a leg in the trench much to the consternation of the rider.

I didn't give a f**k, not that I was against the hunt, I actually support it, It was just the arrogance of the landed gentry thinking he could ignore the cones and signs, prick! :w****r:

Its a common mistake to think that everyone who hunts is from the land. In actual fact many are far from it as is possible to get. Ive hunted with two ladies who owned and ran dress shops in London, a private school teacher, agricultural rep. and even a local vicar.

I was a farm manager and I hunted in the season. But for that I worked all hours (with no extra for overtime) to get the wheat and barley drilled, sprayed, fertilised, combined and hauled back to the grain store where it often needed drying and recleaning. In between I ran 170 ewes, 12 sows and their offspring and 30-40bullocks, and I had to deal with the reps. sell the produce and keep up with the accounts.
The name of the game is you put the effort in when its required and enjoy your field sport when its slack.

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[Bob Watson]

I once had a hunt cross the road whilst I was digging a 1.2m trench with One of these

One of the horses came between the cones (road traffic management was a bit slacker back in the 90's) and dropped a leg in the trench much to the consternation of the rider.

I didn't give a f**k, not that I was against the hunt, I actually support it, It was just the arrogance of the landed gentry thinking he could ignore the cones and signs, prick! :w****r:

Its a common mistake to think that everyone who hunts is from the land. In actual fact many are far from it as is possible to get. Ive hunted with two ladies who owned and ran dress shops in London, a private school teacher, agricultural rep. and even a local vicar.

I was a farm manager and I hunted in the season. But for that I worked all hours (with no extra for overtime) to get the wheat and barley drilled, sprayed, fertilised, combined and hauled back to the grain store where it often needed drying and recleaning. In between I ran 170 ewes, 12 sows and their offspring and 30-40bullocks, and I had to deal with the reps. sell the produce and keep up with the accounts.
The name of the game is you put the effort in when its required and enjoy your field sport when its slack.

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I don't know his background Mike, he could have been another machine driver as far as I know and I concede my post may have been somewhat presumptuous but it doesn't change the fact that he was an arrogant prick!

As for the rest of your post, hardly relevant.

[cookiesdaughtersdad]

In general, I support the hunt but couldn't get involved myself.

Cheers, Alan

[SmellySmelt]

I used to whip in to a pack of mink hounds in the summer and fox hounds(foot) in the winter.

[piker al]

I used to whip in to a pack of mink hounds in the summer and fox hounds(foot) in the winter.

Do u use the jack Russel’s for mink smelt ? Down the holes? Or something a bit heavier my mates got a couple of paterdale border crosses hardiest little b******s going

[SmellySmelt]

I used to whip in to a pack of mink hounds in the summer and fox hounds(foot) in the winter.

Do u use the jack Russel’s for mink smelt ? Down the holes? Or something a bit heavier my mates got a couple of paterdale border crosses hardiest little b******s going

We hunted/hunt the very very big mink. To be honest, they don’t need a very hard terrier because they always want to bolt to the water. The only thing is it can be dodgy at time because the burrow or log/root pile can be semi submerged and a terrier may drowned. That russel is very good at seeing them underwater after a bolt. I keep black terriers but not for the water. You couldn’t trust them off lead when with the hounds. They’d fook off and kill something

[piker al]

I used to whip in to a pack of mink hounds in the summer and fox hounds(foot) in the winter.

Do u use the jack Russel’s for mink smelt ? Down the holes? Or something a bit heavier my mates got a couple of paterdale border crosses hardiest little b******s going

We hunted/hunt the very very big mink. To be honest, they don’t need a very hard terrier because they always want to bolt to the water. The only thing is it can be dodgy at time because the burrow or log/root pile can be semi submerged and a terrier may drowned. That russel is very good at seeing them underwater after a bolt. I keep black terriers but not for the water. You couldn’t trust them off lead when with the hounds. They’d fook off and kill something

Aye there deadly wee dogs, we don’t get any mink round here, just otters, lots of them

[SmellySmelt]

I used to whip in to a pack of mink hounds in the summer and fox hounds(foot) in the winter.

Do u use the jack Russel’s for mink smelt ? Down the holes? Or something a bit heavier my mates got a couple of paterdale border crosses hardiest little b******s going

We hunted/hunt the very very big mink. To be honest, they don’t need a very hard terrier because they always want to bolt to the water. The only thing is it can be dodgy at time because the burrow or log/root pile can be semi submerged and a terrier may drowned. That russel is very good at seeing them underwater after a bolt. I keep black terriers but not for the water. You couldn’t trust them off lead when with the hounds. They’d fook off and kill something

Aye there deadly wee dogs, we don’t get any mink round here, just otters, lots of them

Very big mink

[Crackoff]

I used to go out with the Coniston fox hounds (foot)

And the Bickerton Beagles for the heres back in the day.

It was a hoot couldn't do it now these old knees wouldn't keep up


Grant

[Mike J]

I used to go out with the Coniston fox hounds (foot)

And the Bickerton Beagles for the heres back in the day.

It was a hoot couldn't do it now these old knees wouldn't keep up


Grant

The Coniston used to have a very famous huntsman, do you remember his name?
I used to really enjoy reading the hunt reports of the fell packs in the Shooting Times back in the days of the black and white photographs.

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[Crackoff]

I used to go out with the Coniston fox hounds (foot)

And the Bickerton Beagles for the heres back in the day.

It was a hoot couldn't do it now these old knees wouldn't keep up


Grant

The Coniston used to have a very famous huntsman, do you remember his name?
I used to really enjoy reading the hunt reports of the fell packs in the Shooting Times back in the days of the black and white photographs.
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Mmmmmm why is it when I click on the photo it turns upside-down

Grant

[pete webster]

I used to go out with the Coniston fox hounds (foot)

And the Bickerton Beagles for the heres back in the day.

It was a hoot couldn't do it now these old knees wouldn't keep up


Grant

The Coniston used to have a very famous huntsman, do you remember his name?
I used to really enjoy reading the hunt reports of the fell packs in the Shooting Times back in the days of the black and white photographs.
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Joe Bowman?

[Mark Dicky]

used to go out wi pennine fox hounds wen paul whitehead hunted em loved it foot packs best hunting there is