A well know catle man Wick . Sorry loaded for Australia by the look of it
Punchy Dan:
Eyeball wrighty in Hawick today ,I was on foot by the roundabout nr the river bridge
Broke down or run out of Derv Dan’l so which was it ? Cheers Denz’l
Punchy Dan:
Eyeball wrighty in Hawick today ,I was on foot by the roundabout nr the river bridge
Sorry Dan if I blanked you the last place I would expect to see you would be on foot in Hawick, been through twice today first time on my way up to Duns and second time going to Dunbar. Parked up near to Dunbar tonight tipping on a farm int morning.
Yes Bewick Mowdy Bill was the grandfather of the current boss Peter Metcalfe, had a reet do yesterday Alice and misel caught seven of the buggers so were lessoning em slowly…
Cheers Wrighty.
wrighty:
Punchy Dan:
Eyeball wrighty in Hawick today ,I was on foot by the roundabout nr the river bridgeSorry Dan if I blanked you the last place I would expect to see you would be on foot in Hawick, been through twice today first time on my way up to Duns and second time going to Dunbar. Parked up near to Dunbar tonight tipping on a farm int morning.
Yes Bewick Mowdy Bill was the grandfather of the current boss Peter Metcalfe, had a reet do yesterday Alice and misel caught seven of the buggers so were lessoning em slowly…
Cheers Wrighty.
Hey up Wrighty interested to know what type of trap you use so any chance of a picture sometime mate, cheers Buzzer.
Buzzer:
wrighty:
Punchy Dan:
Eyeball wrighty in Hawick today ,I was on foot by the roundabout nr the river bridgeSorry Dan if I blanked you the last place I would expect to see you would be on foot in Hawick, been through twice today first time on my way up to Duns and second time going to Dunbar. Parked up near to Dunbar tonight tipping on a farm int morning.
Yes Bewick Mowdy Bill was the grandfather of the current boss Peter Metcalfe, had a reet do yesterday Alice and misel caught seven of the buggers so were lessoning em slowly…
Cheers Wrighty.
Hey up Wrighty interested to know what type of trap you use so any chance of a picture sometime mate, cheers Buzzer.
I think its is a Shotgun Buzzer, same as Jasper Carrot used on his front lawn ! 
Evening Buzzer
We use barrel traps to catch em, will post some pictures at the weekend. At home years ago we had a man who used to shoot em wi a 4.10 shotgun and he was very successful.
Not only lambing up ere but Alice’s son David and his wife Sam had a baby girl this morning, mother and daughter doing well so should be home tomorrow.
Cheers Wrighty.
Wrighty we used to have a man who went round local farms but he did it with strickneen worms, he would find a run and drop a couple in and it was very effective but alas he could not get it any more so reverted to traps but no where near as good, when I was a nipper they got foxes like that as well but you had to be super careful else you might kill your neighbours dog while you were at it, dangerous stuff that was Buzzer
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You shook my old brain (thats what I like to call it) talking about strickneen.
I remember an old keeper who used it on the farm, had it in a little waxed box the size of a box of matches and wouls lick the end of a match stick and wipe it in the eyes of a dead mole, rat, crow etc but whatever eat the corps died and whatever eat that died and so on, it would strike nine times, thats why it was called stricknine, strike nine, useless info I know, It was baned because it was indesciminate Harvey
Saw this and it is a problem our drivers encounter quite often even if they are considerate and have parked well away from non frigo trucks, Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Saw this and it is a problem our drivers encounter quite often even if they are considerate and have parked well away from non frigo trucks, Buzzer.
Funny how an image reminds you of an event!
I was once stuck at Turaif. From H4 in Jordan you went across many miles of sand, trying to avoid the soft spots. Then you cleared customs in Saudi at Turaif. Turaif was two worlds. Alongside the border was an American compound. Next to where you drove, but separated by a mesh fence was America. I have no doubt that those families had little contact with the local population.
After the 40 km of hot sandy journey, your average British trucker would pull into the customs area - and wait - in my case, a load for Al Khobar. Can’t remember what it was, but high value, so local customs wouldn’t advance the duties.
Maybe 3 days later I cleared and headed down the Tapline to Al Khobar.
While I waited in that compound - no A/C and Saudi heat, were two Swedish lads. At 9.00 pm they would make a performance of turning their hi tec rigs away from the sun next to our British lo tech trucks, A/C units roaring , so that the sun, up and attacking by 6.00 am wouldn’t bother them!
Not a popular move!
John
Paul nearly missed this one Buzzer. He was walking with his back to the traffic when he heard a truck and turned round to see it was one
of yours. It was taken on Feb 12th on the hill at Winterbourne Stoke on the A303. 
DEANB:
Paul nearly missed this one Buzzer. He was walking with his back to the traffic when he heard a truck and turned round to see it was one
of yours. It was taken on Feb 12th on the hill at Winterbourne Stoke on the A303.0
Thanks for that Dean & Paul for the shot, I know I am biased but they do look the monkeys wotnots not overdone, cheers Buzzer
Wrighty would be good to have a picture of how you set a Mowdy trap if you can get Alice to take the pictures, if you have time of course Buzzer.
Afternoon Buzzer
I was hoping to take a photo of a trap with a mole in but this wekend we’ve caught bugger all, they just seem to have stopped working but we certainly won’t have caught them all we will just have to keep trying. Another grand day up ere it was a pleasure feeding the sheep without wearing waterproof trousers but it’s not spring yet. We tipped the first yows and lambs out today and they seemed to be enjoying the sunshine, long may it continue.
Cheers Wrighty.
Good pictures there mate, when you got the trap in the run tin side down do you cut a sod of turf to stop the soil filling up the trap so the run is clear, this is how I imagine is what you do. Thinking of buying some of those traps for myself on line as they are readily available.
Been a fantastic day down here as well with some warmth in the old sun that’s for sure, even sat outside for me roll at dinner time but as you say it aint spring just yet just feels like it at the moment but there could be a sting in the tail for sure, cheers Buzzer.
What I tend to do is cut the sod as near the length of the trap as possible locate the run and drop the trap in, and then cover the trap with loose soil and pat it down so there is no light entering via the trap. Moles are very sensative to smell and if they sense a strange scent they quite often stuff the trap with soil, we are by no means experts but we do manage to catch a few…
Cheers Wrighty.
Morning Buzzer,
Tin side (roof) up to stop it cloging up.
Dont forget to pop them in boiling water when you get them to "de-smell them and rub your hands in earth before and while handling them, as wrighty says they can smell anything.
Up here they hook them up under the chin on barbed wire so the land owner can see what he is paying for. cheers Harvey
This is your man wrighty and Buzzer 
Oily
The weather is set fair and I have been able to crack on with cleaning out the barn, its about 5ft deep and compressed, normally the ground would be too wet to do this job this early but we have been blessed with abnormal temperatures for February of 20C may be its global warming anyways one more good crack at it tomorrow should see the job done and well early at that. Did get stuck in once with a loaded trailer and me mate had to come over and give us a tow out, cheers Buzzer
Hello Buzzer
always interesting posts you put up,[Q]how many bales of hay[round] do you use for the bedding down to end up with what you got for spreading, another[ Q] do you use hay for silage, and molasses, if so, can you not put molasses in with the straw when used for the bedding down or would it affect the hoofs .
I expect cost management comes in to it some where down the line, however you do get double use out of the straw [but one get one free].dbp,