Saluqi

Hi Vlad, Are you the Vlad that Steve Bodio talks about? I have a tazy from Steve, he's about a year and half old, he lost most all of his baby fuzz over the summer, but now it's growing back on his flanks and shoulders, guess this typical? Do you have taigans? Take Care, Paul

Galgos have a faster sprint than salukis. I don't know that any sighthound would be good in wooded country, once they lose sight of their quarry they pull up and you might as well have a scent hound at that point. Maybe someone else has a different view on this. If you're hunting fox or coyote in wooded country there's crosses of greyhounds and fox hounds that might work, try Dutch Salmon's site:http://www.high-lonesomehounds.com/ Thing about pure breds is finding a breeder that will sell you a dog. A lot of saluki breeders are real particular where their dogs go, and a lot don't hunt

Hi CAcountry Boy, First off you're going to want two dogs to hunt jacks, one dog will get discouraged, as will you, because it'll never catch jacks alone. A single dog can catch the leverets, but that's hardly sporting. As for a cross, a 1/2 saluki 1/2 greyhound is a good one, like others have already said, a galgo is top notch and pure salukis are great too. Salukis are hardheaded and not everyone likes them, adding some grey makes them a bit more biddable and faster sprinters. Galgos are tough to come by, couple of folks breed them here (NM), I hear they are like salukis in personali

I'm sure I'll open up a can of worms, but I couldn't disagree more with you. It's not a free for all when it comes to wild take here in the states, you can possess 2 birds from the wild and you get one replacement per calendar year. As far as gosses go it's a hell of a lot tougher getting one out of the wild and costs more when you add up all the costs, then it is to put in your order with a breeder. Believe me, when your ass is hanging 60 feet off the ground and you have a pissed off female gos taking shots at you you sure as hell value that bird more than one from a breeder. As far

I'm guessing she's talking about organized open field coursing, where most of the organizations (NOFCA, NACA, etc.) here in the US don't allow mixed breed longdogs. There's at least one organization that does allow mixed breeds in open field coursing meets. The Saturday hunt is usually a breed hunt, typically saluki, and on Sunday is open to all breeds and mixed breeds. A lot of times the folks at these meets aren't hunters as I would classify them, most all of the serious hunters, coyotes & jacks, use mixed breed longdogs. Paul

Anyone know? I've only heard of a few of them in states and don't anyone who hunts them. Any of you all had experience with them?

Can't argue with you Whin, he may not have the raw speed but his love of the hunt makes him great. My other dogs, salukis, are all 18 months and younger, and Chance is a good teacher.

Where are you at Doc? I've only been running dogs for 4-5 years, so I don't have a lot of experience, but the dog there under my name, he's 3/8 grey, 1/8 saluki, 1/4 coon hound, 1/8 stag, he's blistering fast, his longhaul stamina ain't what a 1/2x1/2 saluki-greys got, but that's what I have some straight salukis for. As for heart, man you can't match his, I have to leash him up after each run for 20 minutes, or sure as hell another jack will get up and he'll tear off after it, he'll hunt till he drops dead, gotta love that boy!

Beaut of a dog! I used to have 1/2 saluki longdog and he'd regularly catch my homing pigeons and then haul them off and bury them. A couple of weeks would go by and I'd see him, he'd be sitting out the yard eating his fermented pigeon, YUM! My neighbors told me that he'd bury the pigeons in their vegtable patch, guess they'd find a carcass now and then.

Just blacktail jacks, and the random cottontail. He'll chase the local coyotes out of our yard but gets unsighted pretty quick, just as well as far as I'm concerned. I also fly a falcon and have been working on getting the falcon wed to jacks, put one jack in the bag that the falcon cartwheeled while the sighthounds were coursing it, it was a pretty amazing sight. We've had a lot of snow this winter which has thrown a wrench into the coursing/falconry combo. I've been coursing only for a few years and am not sure I got the stomach for coyotes yet, the wife would kill me if

You got it right, that's Chance, Dutch has some great dogs. Had his father too, Badger, he died of bone cancer over a year ago - real shame.

Yup...right through the leather. It's only an inch long, not as bad as I thought at first.

Thanks, he's a fantastic dog. His prey drive is unbelievable, he lives for the hunt and would willing die for the hunt I think. He's very fast for the first 800-1000 yards, and has a great run up, after the initial sprint he'll lay back and let the salukis go to work until the jack starts losing his moves, he really likes going for the take. Paul

Here's my boy who I posted about yesterday with the cut ear. He's 1/4 American fox hound, 1/4 saluki, 1/8 stag or coyote hound, 3/8 greyhound.

Welcome to The Hunting Life mate. Ear wounds always bleed badly, you need to keep some pressure on it, I use absorbant dressings (animal lintex) over here in the UK and tape, or cut off tights (pantyhose) to keep it on. Pressure will stop the bleeding, but the wounds irritate and they tend to shake their heads a lot and so often start them off again. Thanks, and thanks for the welcome, looks like a forum covering all of the necessities in life, though I didn't see a beer catergory. The pantyhose is a great idea. He's fine now, no more bleeding, got him sleeping in my truck all day