winter hares

[coursing mad 5]

january hares are fast. keep ya dog fit as a fiddle and you wont have a problem.

[its ma baw 51]

I think a lot of people jump on the "hardest is a January Hare" bandwagon cos it sounds good. This might have been the case in the past when you had right bad winters and come January, only the fittest best hares survived. But alas, these winters are long gone. Not only is the survival rate from bad weather improved, so has farming methods. Crops that previously couldn't be grown in the winter are now thanks to polythene etc. So not only is the winters milder but an adequate food source is available too. Farmers use straw to cover carrots, turnips, potatos etc to prevent ground frost. Excellent bedding for said hare as well as a food source. Naaa I reckon a winter hare is leaner and fitter (wont be breeding although you do get leverets in winter) compared to its summer compadre but to pin point January as the tougest time hmmmmmm got my doubts......

[Guest joe ox]

I think a lot of people jump on the "hardest is a January Hare" bandwagon cos it sounds good. This might have been the case in the past when you had right bad winters and come January, only the fittest best hares survived. But alas, these winters are long gone. Not only is the survival rate from bad weather improved, so has farming methods. Crops that previously couldn't be grown in the winter are now thanks to polythene etc. So not only is the winters milder but an adequate food source is available too. Farmers use straw to cover carrots, turnips, potatos etc to prevent ground frost. Excellent bedding for said hare as well as a food source. Naaa I reckon a winter hare is leaner and fitter (wont be breeding although you do get leverets in winter) compared to its summer compadre but to pin point January as the tougest time hmmmmmm got my doubts......

 

[coursing mad 5]

what are the hardest then mate.

[slip,course,kill 0]

april

in april the hares are shagged out and in young you a frosty morning in december to feb

[its ma baw 51]

not the above,bring me a top coursing fen dog and i will produce it 4 hares and it wont retreave 1 in november,and mine will retreave 2,all on my permision up here,

day after we will go on my permision on the fens do the same and both dogs will catch for sure mine will retreave 3

so that states the fens isnt the hardest and no saluki here just old plain lurcher xs

 

Too true mate... you do realise I was joking with the fen bit right? Fen dogs are plodders but since that's plodder country they do fine.... Give me a quick but something with stamina but most important a f*****g brain type of lurcher anytime....

[coursing mad 5]

if people could post things on here your dog would be shown up mate.

[coursing mad 5]

it would be because its only young was just avin a laff mate lol.

[wullielennox 158]

very well ran hares are good in november

[its ma baw 51]

it would be because its only young was just avin a laff mate lol.

 

LOL..... can hear the sound of a bus reversing..... BEEP... BEEP... BEEP... BEEP... BEEP

[its ma baw 51]

very well ran hares are good in november

 

Who told you that?

[its ma baw 51]

its a fact this fen hare and fen dog thing is all made up by a bunch of puppy sellers there is nothing special about these dogs or the fens

 

Not so sure about that. I agree that money, like most things, has ruined many a sport. I've heard rumours about fen dogs using performance enhancing drugs etc. Which you've got ask yourself, why??? Money of course. Same with pups... But this isn't just a fen problem. One of the most famous puppy peddlers is a collie cross dealer by the name of Hancock and yet some people swear by them even though the rate of pups he produces can't be nothing more than produced from nothing more than pets. So......

[iceman001979 1,316]

when are hares at thier peak

buck hares are the fittest in early march commen sense if u think about they have 2 be at they peak before the breeding season a doe hare willbe at its fittest around nov when she has got her weight back on after having her young during the summer all the 1s caught are young 1s or 1s that have not seen a dog before

[iceman001979 1,316]

its a fact this fen hare and fen dog thing is all made up by a bunch of puppy sellers there is nothing special about these dogs or the fens

l agree with what u have said seen a few dvds and some off them are during june and july in long grass my terrier would catch would like 2 c 1 off this fen dogs come 2 lreland where there is fences banks gates hedges and we c how there dogs get on after 1

[inan 841]

its a fact this fen hare and fen dog thing is all made up by a bunch of puppy sellers there is nothing special about these dogs or the fens

l agree with what u have said seen a few dvds and some off them are during june and july in long grass my terrier would catch would like 2 c 1 off this fen dogs come 2 lreland where there is fences banks gates hedges and we c how there dogs get on after 1

Ive seen several Irish dogs in competitions over here,can't remember them winning anything on the fens.