Rabbit hounds

[AndyE 0]

Good Morning all,

 

Not sure if this has been asked already but I'll ask anyway.

 

I'm looking to get into a new form of hunting. I've always ferreted or shot rats/rabbits/ hares etc.

 

Would using a hound or two be successful?. I'm assuming that most rabbits would go to ground and therefore be a little pointless to hunt?.

 

Is this the case or can it be done?

 

If so I was thinking one hound and one terrier for general rabbiting/bushing/vermind control?

 

What breeds would be recommended?.

 

Thanks in advance for your responces.

 

Andy.

[terrier410 53]

Good Morning all,

 

Not sure if this has been asked already but I'll ask anyway.

 

I'm looking to get into a new form of hunting. I've always ferreted or shot rats/rabbits/ hares etc.

 

Would using a hound or two be successful?. I'm assuming that most rabbits would go to ground and therefore be a little pointless to hunt?.

 

Is this the case or can it be done?

 

If so I was thinking one hound and one terrier for general rabbiting/bushing/vermind control?

 

What breeds would be recomm

 

Thanks in advance for your responces.

 

Andy.

i use beagles and ferrets no problems

[nip 1]

Beagles

[Guest Leveller]

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen's

 

 

[Tyla 3,179]

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen's

 

 

 

Lovely looking little hounds. I had a very good day out with a similar pack this season

[goldfinch2007 2,332]

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen's

 

 

grand wee hounds.you d have yer hands full if that lot rioted

[blackpack 70]

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen's

 

 

fantastic little hounds, went out with a pack of these a few seasons ago, they also run a few bulls with them, one of the best days ever had, i think it was near windermear lake, would love a few of these

[rosspti 2]

I had a day with a pack of Rabbit Hounds when I was at Uni in Devon. A visiting pack came and met in the area at a local pub, and our Uni "Rural Affairs" club went along. The pack came from Ross-on-Why I think, on the Welsh Borders?

 

They were definately called something like "...... Griffon Vendeens". They had, maybe, 17 1/2 couple hounds as well as a few bulldogs and a greyhound or two.

 

You want areas with plenty of low scrub gorse, willow, heathers, where rabbits can be flushed out and hunted by the hounds, any sprinters can be coursed by the greyhounds, and the bulldogs just seemed to eat up everything that was killed!

 

They killed dozens in the day, I think over 50 rabbits, and it was fantastic sport. All three breeds were running together as a pack, no horses but the Master Huntsman was in a (yellow I think) livery.

[rosspti 2]

Well, b*gg*r me (as my father would say)... Look what I found:

 

http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/features/119827/A_perfectly_legal_hunt.html

[sh 08 17]

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen's

 

 

They look alot like nick v's pack

[terrier410 53]

Well, b*gg*r me (as my father would say)... Look what I found:

 

http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/features/119827/A_perfectly_legal_hunt.html

interesting.nice write up.thanks. :clapper: except for yer leg.

[CorkyJohn 808]

Good read that article

[foxdigger13 114]

warren of here has got some neat little basset and basset crosses it might be useful if u talk to him about hounds atb

[Netmaker 909]

Warren is no longer on thl

[stando 177]

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen's

 

 

They look alot like nick v's pack

 

Yep,they are nick's!