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by David
Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:23 pm
Forum: Working Gundogs
Topic: Steadiness?
Replies: 32
Views: 98967

Re: Steadiness?

Not everything that gets shot fly's..... You'll not put many rabbits in the pot when the dog's a yard behind it... Used to rabbit shoot with a pal many years ago whose dog thought it was in the Waterloo cup, :lol: as did many dogs back in the day, and he rarely missed a shot because of his dog’s ch...
by David
Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:55 pm
Forum: Working Gundogs
Topic: Steadiness?
Replies: 32
Views: 98967

Re: Steadiness?

Not everything that gets shot fly's..... You'll not put many rabbits in the pot when the dog's a yard behind it...
by David
Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:27 pm
Forum: Training Gundogs
Topic: Hunt whistle
Replies: 45
Views: 11788

Re: Hunt whistle

I'll just leave this here....Watch more of his videos, there good. My question to him was "how do you get that noise out of a 210.5" and no, this is not how he'd use the hunt whistle in the field.

https://youtu.be/3QS2hUXGi7E
by David
Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:14 pm
Forum: Working Gundogs
Topic: Grouse beating
Replies: 19
Views: 53038

Re: Grouse beating

25k, its only 15 miles, which sounds a lot easier. Split it over the course of the day, say 6 hours and its 2.5 miles an hour, positively pedestrian :-) If only it was like that...As Judy has said, add in hot weather, wet weather, midges, last beaters out have to turn round and bring the drive stra...
by David
Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:55 pm
Forum: Working Gundogs
Topic: Grouse beating
Replies: 19
Views: 53038

Re: Grouse beating

I think most beaters will be be on foot all day this season. It's almost impossible to get transport from drive to drive and maintain social distancing.

As I said to a local keeper, this season is going to be like an episode of SAS are you tough enough!!!
by David
Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Moorland management!
Replies: 10
Views: 2097

Re: Moorland management!

Burning season dates You must burn during the ‘burning season’, which runs from: 1 October to 15 April in upland areas (severely disadvantaged areas) – find these on MAGIC 1 November to 31 March in other areas When you need a licence You need a licence if you want to: burn outside the burning season...
by David
Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:42 pm
Forum: General/Other
Topic: J Regs
Replies: 26
Views: 22189

Re: J Regs

Don't be daft!!! Naming names would end me up in court!!! There's long in the tooth trailers who will not run under certain judges, if you're involved in trials you'll know that. Experienced trailers I know will not run in Scotland as "the rules are made up as they go!!" When you hwar A p...
by David
Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: WGD
Replies: 45
Views: 13516

Re: WGD

You've been getting s Cocker, haven't you!!!
by David
Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:47 pm
Forum: General/Other
Topic: J Regs
Replies: 26
Views: 22189

Re: J Regs

Sorry to clarify, this document/booklet is called the "mini guide". Are all the Field Trial regs in there, or is this just a summary? All the rules relating to Field Trials and Working Tests are in the J Reg's. Agility is H Reg's, Flyball is V Reg's. The complete set contains all the KC r...
by David
Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: General/Other
Topic: J Regs
Replies: 26
Views: 22189

Re: J Regs

Which other rule books are you interested in? The complete set covers all competing dogs from Agility to Flyball...