The muscles in the dog’s back rippled as it banged his front feet into the turf. It then thrust off with its powerful back legs. These legs were precision pistons and within two seconds this beautifully muscled, jet black dog was at full speed. And what a speed. Its legs were a blur and each…
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November / December 2018 Articles
This month’s issue feature two articles Concern for the Hare written by Mark Brennan I have been hearing from a lot of lads that the rabbit numbers are down, especially in the English countryside, but not so up north where I believe numbers are doing well. The Hare also seems to be low where once…
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When the White Terrier Bug Bit
Where did it all start for me? Well it started with Bandit. I had a red Lakeland/Fell type dog named ‘Flint’ and a brindle bitch named ‘Lady’. I bred these two together and ended up with a litter of four pups, three bitches and a dog pup; two were red, one brindle and lastly a…
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A Change of Venue
We were due to meet in the village pub but the farmer whose land we would be hunting passed away suddenly and as is usual, out of respect for a popular man, a grand old supporter of the hunt, the venue was changed to a place far away at the opposite end of our country;…
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Darcy on Deer!
Me and Scooby hunkered down at the side of an open gate hole that was positively heaving with huge slots in the mud. This was it, what I’d driven over two hours for. I was revved up like a greyhound in the traps, heart pounding wildly, just waiting for a massive antlered beast to break…
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