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Everything posted by Deerhunter1
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Depending what county you’re in the dogs would still get taken, and that’s what matters to me, fines at court or CBO’s are neither here nor there it’s losing my dogs I worry about
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These days if you get pulled with lurchers, trackers, thermals & lamps you might as well have deer in the back you’ll be losing the lot anyway
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Sometimes dogs on the back seat and a boot full is the only way, unless you fancy driving a 5/6 hour round trip twice which doesn’t sound much fun to me
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Nothing brutal about it Phil when you’ve got a dog that knows its job, the ones that make hard work of it are not for me
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Most aggressive deer I’ve come across was a fallow buck just as the rut was kicking off, certainly no fear of dogs or humans
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Some dogs just handle deer badly and there’s nothing you can do about it, you could catch over 100 deer with dogs like that they still won’t change their hold
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For what it’s worth & just my opinion, I think technique on deer is definitely genetic. If you breed from 2 dogs that are natural throat dogs then it’s fairly likely that’s the style the pups will have, and the same applies if you breed from 2 arse grabbers. I’ve heard a lot of people saying about pulling dogs off the back end and putting them on the throat but I think that’s nonsense.
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To be fair I wouldn’t want a dog grabbing a deer by the ears on a regular basis, I imagine you’d lose a lot with that kind of style, the one I mentioned was just a one off really
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Nice to see dogs figuring things out, I once had a red hind who’s neck was so big the dog had to hang on to her by the ear, she was glad of a rest when all was sorted out
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Smaller species, CWD/Roe, even up to fallow does that’s what id expect really, minimal damage & a broken neck. You won’t get dogs finishing off fallow bucks and reds though, not often anyway
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I’ve seen a fair number of dogs that will go on to the front end eventually once a deer’s been stopped but what I’d call proper deer dogs are rare, the sort of dogs that just have a knack for getting deer over and under control & making it look easy
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You’re not wrong, the hardest caught are always the most memorable
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Some nice bucks Joe, what’s the biggest headset you’ve had?
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Id like to see a topic of all the big deer that have been tracked by coursing bred dogs, should make for an interesting half a page. What you reckon @mC HULL
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7 generations in 10 years?
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I agree, the dogs I keep I would describe as type 1, I’ve had both types and as much as the full on ones can be fun to watch it’s not so much fun carrying them off the field or burying them. A clever dog with a big heart & a reasonable turn of pace ticks all the boxes for me, the best dogs I’ve seen run haven’t been out and out speed merchants they’ve just been fast enough & knew how to use it.
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Back legs are muscled its just holding a fair bit of weight, which is a good thing for a working dog, you could trim that bitch down easy enough but a lot of Salukis & saluki saturated dogs look half starved and can’t hold weight no matter what you feed them
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Don’t think so mate, first crosses I’ve seen behaved more like normal lurchers think they take the greyhounds temperament more. It’s when you start breeding saluki greyhounds together over and over again without adding any other breeds they start coming out more like Salukis
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That’s all that matters
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What way are they bred the 2 you’re putting together?
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Nicest pure I’ve seen by far. Greyhound over a bitch like her you’d get some strong first crosses. Would be a big improvement on the frail saluki types that have taken over these days
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How have you found the offspring from the greyhound compare to your previous dogs?
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Is that red bitch a full saluki? Never seen one that strong before
