thurso angler

well done davey, good trip that by the looks of it, ill have to follow you one day

get well soon ken, youll be back on your feet in no time.

TERRIBLE NEWS, A TRUE GENT AND DARE DEVIL OF THE MOTORWORLD. oops caps lock,

its there for the 11000 members to vote on? the non voters we can only assume have no opinion on the matter? we can only take from the results thus far, and as we see you are in the minority.

The figures dont lie, they are there n black and white over 60% of this angling forum (who have voted) beleive "angling is a field sport" yet still you say the opposite?

at the moment double the amount of people beleive its is a field sport as opposed to not one, tells its own story really?

So its a class thing rabbit, rather than ethical? its becoming clearer now most antis are hung up on class, a bit misguided given the amount of working class who participate in country pursuits, but never mind, you keep fighting the fight!

Very mature of you

Got the poll to work

Posted for sportsman, hope it works?

Buy a lurcher and a spotlamp, wait until its dark and walk through a field

No hope for you Vagabond, but can i come round to yours for tea? sounds yummy!!!

I wouldnt be so sure Rabbit, keep voting labour and it may come around sooner than you think, ill still support angling as im sure 99% of shooters/keepers/dog handlers etc FIELD SPORT LOVERS will, even those who dont enjoy or participate in angling will, as we can unlike you see the woods for the trees and realise that we have a common enemy in a growing public apathy to anything that involves sport and animals/fish, like it or not its the way things are. Either wake up or loose what you love! I just hope the rest of the angling community are not so blinkered and shortsighted as you seem to be?

So when they try to ban fishing in 10, 20, 30 years time, you wont be expecting any support from the shooting fraternity? United we stand, didvided we fall?

i feel you are right there Newt!

Yes it sure does, my mates are sick of me asking them if they want to come out a look, no shortage of them on a good day, but on a wet cold day they suddenly have other things on Ive never been to where he stayed i must go sometime though. Well bring your air gun up also, another passion of mine do a fair bit of that also!

Hi Norrie, not a biter just bloody cold on a frosty january morning Yes i really like brian plumers books, a lot of it is fiction or borrowed from other peoples experiances but i dont mind, there still top reads!! He used to live up here in his later life about 10 miles from here, you will have fished no more than a few miles from his old house. Norrie id be delighted to take you out ferreting next time your up, TBH th dogs and ferts have taken over from my fishing, whenever i have some spare time im off out with them, anytime you wish to go out just let me know. will

I feed my three ferrets on raw meat, in my case rabbit, but any raw meat will do, chicken, mince etc etc, mine dont bite, i beleive raw feeding helps stop biteing, my dogs/ferrets are firstly pets the dogs all live in the house and are pampered like babys but i work them as i do the ferrets, they apart from my family are the most important things in my life, my whole world revolves around them

Yes chesters your right, i was just trying to simplify it, of course its a silly law which can easily be broken legally.

Hunting rabbits, rats with one or more dogs is leagal, putting a terrier to ground to flush a fox to a waiting gun where game birds are present is legal, chasing a hare, mouse, or fox with one or more dogs is ileagal. Just so we know my previous post is perfectly legit and legal, farmers have a responsibillity to DEFRA to control rabbits, which i glady help them to do, 6 rabbits will eat the same as one sheep in a day, so if a feild holds 100 rabitts thats the same as roughly 16-17 sheep on it, so they must be controlled, personally i dont want to rid the countryside of rabbits but if i can help control them to an acceptable number i am happy with that.

Each to there own Den, but its probably quite similar to the noise made by cattle/sheep/pigs etc as they are lined up one after the other awaiting the fate of the one in front as they are put to there death in an alien environment of a slaughter house, i know which way id rather go, and at least i know where my food comes from!

i do the lot, i shoot, fish, ferret and work my dogs anything that gets me out of the house and into the open countryside im there, i have had it installed in me from an early age that anything i catch be it fur fin or feather should only be done so if it is going to be used, otherwise leave it well alone and i practise this to this day (apart from rats ). Heres a few pics of my team...................... i have 3 ferrets 1 lurcher and 3 jack russells, and wouldnt be without any of them, Norrie i have almost all of Brian plummers books, great reads they are too!!

Fair enough, i wont loose any sleep over you differing opinion

i dont really blame them, until you find yourself in a similar situation i dont think any of us can judge? if people were happy to doante the money then wheres the problem? i hardly think they are sitting back thinking, brilliant we have nearly a million pounds in the bank lets go on a world tour? given the choice im sure they would have much rathered have there child back.

excellant news ken, delighted for you!