hunting in sub zero conditions?

[Kane 2]

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

 

Iw was either -5 or it wasnt when you make your mind up what the conditions were let me know

[Paid 935]

Unsure about lamping a hawk, but wouldnt the light nights be

a problem for a hawk, as he could easyerly fly on after game out of your sight, being able to still see them in the moonlight?

 

Who knows, maybe thats a plus with a hawk.

[SeanTheHawker 0]

ive seen plenty on a moonlit lit night, its just the frost im worried about, if they will come out lol? i wont be using a dog, but put in this section and its got alot of guys who lamp

 

the hawk watches the beam, and only go after whats on the beam paid, there eyesight at night isnt much better than ours

[whin 463]

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

localy moonlight nights and frost are not ideal being out a walk many a times just for the exersise and if i can get close enough to pick the diner up ill have it or the dogs ,localy its not to clever best nights if i ve had to go on frosty nights have been pasture were the rabbs just take a second longer to move but on bowling green winter wheat a waste of time ,and for the usaul quarry, i pick the right nights and come back with the freezer topped up ,ive caught several in the moonlight but sometimes a feild away or more , as the dogs see well and hardly need the lamp etc , ive had some fun on moon nights listeing to the dogs whirring past on there qaurry and wham , there got it , but othe nights ive had to rake for the dogs ,and found them feilds away with their qaurry all the best ,their no frozen ground localy but itll dry up with the wind etc i hate knocking up dogs for my own stupidity s when the moon goes back a bit theyll be a bit more sport al the best

 

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

localy moonlight nights and frost are not ideal being out a walk many a times just for the exersise and if i can get close enough to pick the diner up ill have it or the dogs ,localy its not to clever best nights if i ve had to go on frosty nights have been pasture were the rabbs just take a second longer to move but on bowling green winter wheat a waste of time ,and for the usaul quarry, i pick the right nights and come back with the freezer topped up ,ive caught several in the moonlight but sometimes a feild away or more , as the dogs see well and hardly need the lamp etc , ive had some fun on moon nights listeing to the dogs whirring past on there qaurry and wham , there got it , but othe nights ive had to rake for the dogs ,and found them feilds away with their qaurry all the best ,their no frozen ground localy but itll dry up with the wind etc i hate knocking up dogs for my own stupidity s when the moon goes back a bit theyll be a bit more sport al the best

moons and the frost all depends what ground you work what type of dogs you run and what qaurry ,but there no heroes running on hard frost all the best

[Guest Frank]

ive seen plenty on a moonlit lit night, its just the frost im worried about, if they will come out lol? i wont be using a dog, but put in this section and its got alot of guys who lamp

 

the hawk watches the beam, and only go after whats on the beam paid, there eyesight at night isnt much better than ours

 

They may be out Sean, but close to their warrens on moonlit nights.

 

Frank.

[Guest JOEB]

Fully understand where the others are coming from concerning the dogs welfare......dont really apply to Sean....

Round our way, they have ploughed some fields very fine to an almost sandy surface, not compacted or hard and I would think it would take a lot to freeze them.

As long as you pick your ground carefully and dont do anything stupid or suicidal to put the dog at undue risk then I dont see a problem.

As Chilli said, no good sitting indoors, you got to get out and do it.

I have seen a lot of foxes as well when out on bright, still, moonlit nights.....

JMHO

JOEB

[Guest Frank]

I have seen a lot of foxes as well when out on bright, still, moonlit nights.....

JMHO

JOEB

 

Thats the time to hit them, foxes.

 

Frank.

[blackpack 70]

Fully understand where the others are coming from concerning the dogs welfare......dont really apply to Sean....

Round our way, they have ploughed some fields very fine to an almost sandy surface, not compacted or hard and I would think it would take a lot to freeze them.

As long as you pick your ground carefully and dont do anything stupid or suicidal to put the dog at undue risk then I dont see a problem.

As Chilli said, no good sitting indoors, you got to get out and do it.

I have seen a lot of foxes as well when out on bright, still, moonlit nights.....

JMHO

JOEB

 

 

totally agree joeb, if we all wiat for just wind nights we will never go hunting,

[Guest REDROB]

was out last night no frost but very bright had 2 runs on fox, got 1 rabbit saw 1 mutty far off.if you run your lurcher on hard frosty ground you are asking for troudle, when the frost is down i prefer to do the woods as i find it not to bad, but running your dog on rough frozen ground is a no no.

[snoopdog 1,256]

look people this topic has seemed to have got people at each other. at the end of day i dont think anybody would run there dogs on rock hard ground but for f**Ks sake we have only had a bit off frost the grounds still soft. so all you armchair hunters get out there and stop moaning .... you wont catch owt but quilt rabbits..if you sit there wingeing its to cold...

[Guest Frank]

Its tooo cold........Brrrrrrrrrrrrr :11:

 

-7 tonight over here.

 

Frank.

[Royston2 0]

You feckers make me laugh you don`t know the person behind the keyboard or how often they get out just because people feel differently about different things dont make them an armchair hunter what so ever i certainly aint bigging myself up but i can almost guarantee i was out as much if not more than any other member last season and it aint a competition but believe me live where i live and you can go out every night and take big bags of assorted quarry hence why i am so funny about taking liberties and ruining a good running dog because a few weeks out lame in a season to me is fecking major i can`t afford to.......But lameness can happen, i wont get through to some of you brain dead morons but i aint bothered what you think cause whilst your contemplating my life i`m getting on with it so as you where carry on.

[snoopdog 1,256]

You feckers make me laugh you don`t know the person behind the keyboard or how often they get out just because people feel differently about different things dont make them an armchair hunter what so ever i certainly aint bigging myself up but i can almost guarantee i was out as much if not more than any other member last season and it aint a competition but believe me live where i live and you can go out every night and take big bags of assorted quarry hence why i am so funny about taking liberties and ruining a good running dog because a few weeks out lame in a season to me is fecking major i can`t afford to.......But lameness can happen, i wont get through to some of you brain dead morons but i aint bothered what you think cause whilst your contemplating my life i`m getting on with it so as you where carry on.

calm down calm down nobbody was refering to you or anbody in specific like i said it was cold and there was afrost but the ground was soft can you read that i said SOFT ...

[Kane 2]

I wont run a dog on a frosty night.Ide rather wait for a half decent night and have a chance of a better bag frosty nights as well as being hard on a dogs feet are frustrating for the dog and owner.1 frosty night since the beggining of september if people have been running there dogs hard since the season started the dog would apreciate and benefit from a rest probably a lot of bullshitters trying to look like the real deal all the real deals I know will take the oppurtunity of hard frosty ground to rest a dog.

 

What the f**k have you been doing the last couple of months?waiting for a frost :11:

[SeanTheHawker 0]

well i did go out last night, i worked weekdays so its nto fair to fly the bird only on staurday and sunday, so i have to get out 2 or 3 times on the lamp a week, even if its only a few flights to the lure. anyway decided to take a chance for it. we had some brilliant flights, never lamped the place before, so that always helps. managed to catch one, and teh bird dragged it to a set, the bird anchored himself and i reached down to grab the rabbit attached to the bird, pulled the wrong feking leg and only got a the birds with a bit of fur. not good at all. hit a few more and then we decided to call to another farm, first field there was 2 sitting well out, one ran as we appraoched while one squatted, got to about 15 feet and rolf was off at it, it started to move as he left the fist and hit it about 10 feet from where it squatted. hit it by the arse and had a bit of a rodeo on it tho, before he managed to get control over it. decided to feed him up and call it a night. not bad for an hours hunting. lowest we see in the car was -3, but im sure it was getting colder lol. might post a few pics later if my mate took any good ones