hurry up winter

whitser

i know its nice to have some good weather but hurry up winter. i havent heard my hounds cry 2+months and im missing it. im getting sick of running the roads with them and of domestic sundays.
what you lads missing?

Sparks

Air rifle competitions

Vegeta

Not much to be honest, I love the sunshine me

Saying that we have 2 new dogs and the idea of using them on duck, pheasant n snipe makes me smile everytime.

johngalway

Well, I was just thinking about the long nights earlier today. I came up with this much. The long, cold, dreary and usually wet nights can just stay where they bloody well are for the time being. Am in no hurry back to them to be honest. Long bright days are great.

This opinion will definately change once the tourists arrive in force, I'll be hoping for rain lol.

IRLConor

johngalway wrote: »

Well, I was just thinking about the long nights earlier today. I came up with this much. The long, cold, dreary and usually wet nights can just stay where they bloody well are for the time being. Am in no hurry back to them to be honest. Long bright days are great.

+1

johngalway wrote: »

This opinion will definately change once the tourists arrive in force, I'll be hoping for rain lol.

That reminds me of when I was in college. There was always a bumper crop of tourists around exam time, they must have come away with the impression that we were a right grumpy shower.

It wasn't me!

IRLConor wrote: »

That reminds me of when I was in college. There was always a bumper crop of tourists around exam time, they must have come away with the impression that we were a right grumpy shower.

Had to fight my way through hordes of the blighters today, nightmare!

johngalway

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Had to fight my way through hordes of the blighters today, nightmare!

Students or tourists lol

It wasn't me!

johngalway wrote: »

Students or tourists lol

Tourists. Students were thin on the ground. Exam season has them all holed up tight.

pullandbang

whitser wrote: »

i know its nice to have some good weather but hurry up winter.

I don't get the longing for winter until August. Kept busy now at the clays and need the good weather for them.
It's only when that's all over, the evenings start to draw in and the ducks on the river move on that thoughts of hunting return. You know it's only a few weeks to Sept. 1st and you start feeding ponds. You dust off the dummies and try get the mutts to remember what they're supposed to do.

Meantime, enjoy the sunshine....it probably won't last:D

It wasn't me!

Hmm, looking forward to finishing exams, some more competitions, shooting some clays, adding something nice to the cabinet, more competitions, back to college, some game shooting, air rifle training and matches, more smallbore stuff, and then back full circle.

dwighet

Im happy all year round..At the moment if im not in the suir fly fishing im popping bunnies and it wont be long till i will be out after charlie...I find the best thing about this time of year is there is no need to rush after work...I have my feed around 6pm and off i go with either rifle or fly rod in hand and still have 2-3hrs of daylight...

Then come Sept..Deer season..Pheasent,snipe the list goes on...
I do feel for the dog though this time of year..The poor fecker is mad for a hunt and all he gets is a dip in the river and a walk though town...http://

whitser

johngalway wrote: »

Well, I was just thinking about the long nights earlier today. I came up with this much. The long, cold, dreary and usually wet nights can just stay where they bloody well are for the time being. Am in no hurry back to them to be honest. Long bright days are great.

This opinion will definately change once the tourists arrive in force, I'll be hoping for rain lol.

no way. long cold nights meens lamping. and winter meens hunting. im defo counting the days til the summer is over. its all about windy nights and frosty mornings for me.

Hezz700

There's nothing like a frosty morning just at first light with heavy fog hanging over the water and its deathly quite apart from muffled honks in the distance and the occasional rustlings of an impatient mutt dying for some action.:cool:

But the long summer evenings bunny bashing is a close second. Long may it last.

whitser

without the humble rabbit to hunt and working dog shows the summer would be unbearable for me.

foxshooter243

i agree , every season has its merits,the end of the shooting season heralds the begining of the fishing season for many, fly rods are dusted
off and lines are renewed or conditioned, flies tied on dreary winters evenings are now given their first taste of action. its the time of the
rifleshooter to engage in target practise and some bunny bashing, young birds have to be reared and fed and its the best time of year for a young dog to be introduced into a training regime, as the weather and long days
give ample time for the job,the summer gives us the best time to introduce a young dog to water , and slowly build his confidence.
reloaders in other countries, will be testing loads in the calm and comfortable conditions only the summer can offer, to be confident in
their loads ability to do the job in hand during the oncoming season.
we need the downtime to reflect and to try and improve and prepare ourselves for the next season and thats what the summer gives us.
As well as bbqs and beer and scantily clad young girls:eek:

whitser

i spend most of the summer waiting for my fox hunting to start up again, but the down time gives you something to look forward too. and as you say cider,bbq's and half naked girls are defo the bonus of the summer. even though im not hunting keeping 5 dogs fit and fed etc.. still keeps me from getting too bored. think i'll get the springer and terrier out after some bunnies and rats this evening seen as its a bit dull and not too warm.

Hezz700

Unlike last year I would hope to use my BBQ more than 3 times this summer:)

Our man in Havana

Roll on 1st September for ducks, and the 1st of November for the pheasants.

Sam Kade

whitser wrote: »

i know its nice to have some good weather but hurry up winter. i havent heard my hounds cry 2+months and im missing it. im getting sick of running the roads with them and of domestic sundays.
what you lads missing?

Whister why don't you feck off to Newzealand with your hounds for winter then come back here again when its summer there and winter here.:D

whitser

Sam Kade wrote: »

Whister why don't you feck off to Newzealand with your hounds for winter then come back here again when its summer there and winter here.:D

if i had the means i would.only thing is there's no foxes in kiwi land.

foxshooter243

whitser wrote: »

if i had the means i would.only thing is there's no foxes in kiwi land.

Australia would be your country in the wintertime whitser, plenty of fox,
and the odd roo for the hounds dinner.:D

whitser

foxes in oz alright and they've done un-told damage to native wildlife. thats why the kiwis are so keen to make sure they dont come over there. there was reports of a fox sighing in new zeland and the gov. but a multi thousand dollar bounty on any fox shot. none were though, wild goose chase.

stevoman

Im really looking forward to this winter. My pup will be a year and 5 months old on the 1st of November so i will be able to see my work pay off. As the pheasents were so bad this year im really looking forward to doing lot of snipe shooting ( the bog was great to me last year with them) and i cant wait to watch my bitch set on the heathers. I have been giving lectures from people telling me to stay away from snipe because the bitch will be setting them the whole time, but i say its good shooting (and hard!).

i have been keeping myself busy at the weekends fishing and going after rabbits with the gun and ferrets, but the bunnies are a little to small for me this time of year, give them another few weeks.

i am looking forward to winter though, i have already booked the 1st week of November off work!

citytillidie2k8

I WAS OUT LAMPING ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO WITH MY LURCHER..AND WHEN I WAS WALKING HOME I TURNED A CORNER AND THERE WAS 2 FOX CUBS PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD..I WOULD OF LOVED OF LETTING THE DOG AFTER THEM BUT I COULD'NT

E. Fudd

citytillidie2k8 wrote: »

THERE WAS 2 FOX CUBS PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD..

Dirty little buggers:pac::D





I'll get me coat............

Mac Tire

E. Fudd wrote: »

Dirty little buggers:pac::D





I'll get me coat............

+1

kowloon

whitser wrote: »

i spend most of the summer waiting for my fox hunting to start up again, but the down time gives you something to look forward too. and as you say cider,bbq's and half naked girls are defo the bonus of the summer.

Do they count as game or vermin?

Grizzly 45

Poor things must be frozen in this weather.:)

thehair

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Poor things must be frozen in this weather.:)

yes poor thinks bring then me the house and then kill then:eek::D