First attempt at lamping

[TonyTebbe 1]

My son and I took the dogs out for their first night of lamping. We spent the last 2 days working on the dropdoors of box on the back of our hunting rig. They worked great. We were quite suprise how quickly the dogs took to coursing under the light, even when we lost the rabbit in the light and they caught in total darkness. This was our first attempt and can honestly say that we are now hooked on it.

 

 

For those wondering, the marks on the greyhound are from my bad attempt at sheering here for the desert heat. Not very good at sheering.

 

I appreciate all the help from the information in the posts here on THL.

 

Thanks....

 

Tony

[iamduvern 62]

Good job done !!!

[coursing_lad 45]

first attempt and bagged more than most people on a night out round me local

 

well done

CL

[coursing_lad 45]

* double posted *

Edited May 31, 2009 by coursing_lad

[Guest donh]

Well done

 

all the best Donh

[woz 260]

out of all the hunting i do,seeing my dogs run is the best.....i love lamping......looks like your getting somthing right......i take my kids out hunting and i recon it brings you alot closer to them.....keep the post's coming

 

 

cheers woz

[chartpolski 23,812]

Why on earth would you want to "sheer" a smooth coated dog ???

Cheers.

[lofti 579]

well done mate,

are they jack rabbits, they have alot bigger ears than our bunnies over here?

did your dogs return after you turned the lamp off?or did they go looking

for more?

 

lofti.

[TonyTebbe 1]

I tried shearing her, as she has a coat unlike any dog I've owned. It's a thick mat of soft fur like a beaver. She gets very hot just laying in the shade here in the 104 degree F.

 

We lamped from the top of the vehicle, similar to how we call coyotes at night. The dogs come back on command, but had a few times were they wanted to stay out a bit. I had to remind them that they are hunting for us...not themselves. The little blackmouth cur pup (4.5 months) is actually my future coyote dog, but is learning very quickly to be a rabbit killing machine. He caught 1 jackrabbit and 2 rabbits by himself.

 

Yes, they are jackrabbits. Rather large and can cover some ground in a hurry. We had quite a few misses. I working on finding a running mate for Onyx (the black greyhound). We have a large male greyhound, but he seems to have zero hunting instinct and reluctant to grab hold of even a rabbit. I'd like to find a saluki cross, but they are extremely hard to find in the US.

 

I have a good question, but I'll put it in another post.

 

Thanks...Tony

Edited May 31, 2009 by TonyTebbe

[Guest fence_hopper]

try get another greyhound dog when you get a good one you can't beat them...well done great jod do them jack rabbits live in warrens like normal rabbits

Edited May 31, 2009 by fence_hopper

[TonyTebbe 1]

The cottontail rabbits use warrens and head straight for them at the first sign of danger, like most rabbits. The jackrabbits don't live in warrens. They are free ranging and use speed as their escape, making for some great coursing. Here is a pic of the type of country we course in.

 

 

I'll keep my eyes open for another greyhound and/or wait and see how the greyhound x boxer cross pups turn out.

 

Thanks...

 

Tony

[coursing mad 5]

well in mate i bet it good for hunting up there.

[Cold Ethyl 63]

Get a comb called a furminator i bought one a few days ago not cheap but worth EVERY penny excellent things.I am well please would be good fro stripping out terriers too i would think.It gets into the soft undercoat dirt and fluff and whatever else lurks on my pair.Cant recommend these highly enough stripped my friends dog on friday and got a full binbag of hair got the saem of the cats too.Its easy to use and easy to clean and no effort required really

[Tyla 3,179]

Well done mate, now you've started you willbe hooked! Enjoy!

[Malt 379]

Guys, Jackrabbit is the American name for a Hare...

 

 

That's some good going mate.