hunting in sub zero conditions?

[SeanTheHawker 0]

tomorrow nights it will be approaching -5 where i will be hunting, is it still worth going out? or will the rabbits not waste their time eating their frozen veg :sick:

thanks

sean

[Guest Frank]

Theirs a moon out at present Sean and yes, its too frosty and cold aswell, better off inside with a hot mug of tea and a chat on here. :11:

 

Frank.

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

:11:

[whin 463]

was out on sat with dogs had a good night a mixed but temp was 11 above out last night moon and 4 above saw nothing worth chaseing ,best time when moon and real cold is just before dusk their out suning there selves and getting their last feed before they lie up in some wood all the best, caught on moon nights but had to find were they were lying tight to the hedge roes and sheilded from the bitter cold all the best

[snoopdog 1,256]

i was out last night it was bright cold and still but there was bunnys everywhere got 4 of 7 slips and the answer to your question is you wont catch anything on the sette. :11:

[Guest JOEB]

i was out last night it was bright cold and still but there was bunnys everywhere got 4 of 7 slips and the answer to your question is you wont catch anything on the sette. :11:

 

Its bright moonlight tonight but still longears about......... :whistle:

[Guest Frank]

Over here in Ireland its -5, bright moon, madness to go out, pure waste of time.

 

Frank.

[Guest JOEB]

Over here in Ireland its -5, brighnt moon, madness to go out, pure waste of time.

 

Frank.

 

Have to disagree with you old chap

[Kane 2]

I wouldnt think it would be worth risking a dogs legs on frozen ground for a rabbit or 2.

[Royston2 0]

If the grounds hard first run your`ll be coming home the dogs might aswell run on gravel no good for them at all

[Guest stantheman]

Not trying to be funny but, were going down the same road as the summer time, grounds to hard, to dry, to hot, to wet, to cold, to slippery, I ran my dogs in all condions just got the normal nocks, Stan.

[Royston2 0]

i went out on the horse this morning with the lurchers and it was certainly not -5 and believe me the ground wasn`t great if it had of been minus 5 i would not of taken horse nor dogs out but maybe i`m to soft on me dogs or maybe i want them to work fit as often as they can rather than running them partialy lame there for i know what ever there slipped on they have no injuries to niggle and cause further problems...

[Royston2 0]

To Royston and Kane..............

 

The ground does not freeze that quickly. Its the first time temperatures have fallen below zero this season. If the ground was frozen i'd like to know why i had 3 stone of mud on my boots

 

 

i went out on the horse this morning with the lurchers and it was certainly not -5 and believe me the ground wasn`t great if it had of been minus 5 i would not of taken horse nor dogs out but maybe i`m to soft on me dogs or maybe i want them to work fit as often as they can rather than running them partialy lame there for i know what ever there slipped on they have no injuries to niggle and cause further problems...

 

So have your dogs never been lamed ? If a dogs not run it wont get fit ! I'm not talking about running on iron hard ground i was talking about running on ground after a frost.

Yes but -5 isn`t after a frost is it, it`s during which is my arguement my dogs have been lame of cause they have for god sake they are bound to and that was running them on ground which wasn`t frozen or hard as nails therefore i won`t run them on shit ground as they can get lame on the best so why risk it only my oppinion mate i aint forceing it either ....I am certainly not a picky hunter if it`s there for the taking i`ll take it but i wont put my dogs at risk for the sake of one run on something if it`s knowingly against the odds whats the point :thumbs-up:

[Royston2 0]

No worries i was refering to minus 5 condition sean seemed more worried whether the rabbits was feeding rather than the suitabilty of the ground for the dogs so there for i wouldn`t of risked it for a few rabbits either.....

[Guest Frank]

Id say Sean was more interested in lamping hawks for bunnys then running a lurcher.

He just wants to know what the bunnys would do in this type of weather.

I will say this one more time, it was -5 here last night, over here in IRELAND

 

Frank.