lamped hares (pre ban)

[Guest fence_hopper]

PRE BAN. i lamped a few hares and to be honest the land i run is not suitable for daytime coursing nor do you see them in the daytime there. i'm talking hills (close to mountins) hedges alot of cover for them to get away. this is very hard running for any dog tbh, and your catch rate wouldnt be 6 out of 6 like the fens no matter how good the dog. or are hares just for daytime flatfields, if my land was like that there would of been no need to of lamped them. this is just my thoughts no harm done and hopefully no arguement just some honest opinions please. ALL ABOVE PRE BAN

Edited September 11, 2010 by fence_hopper

[undisputed 1,664]

PRE BAN. i lamped a few hares and to be honest the land i run is not suitable for daytime coursing nor do you see them in the daytime there. i'm talking hills (close to mountins) hedges alot of cover for them to get away. this is very hard running for any dog tbh, and your catch rate wouldnt be 6 out of 6 like the fens no matter how good the dog. or are hares just for daytime flatfields, if my land was like that there would of been no need to of lamped them. this is just my thoughts no harm done and hopefully no arguement just some honest opinions please. ALL ABOVE PRE BAN

 

You wont be the first or the last to lamp a hare mate

[Guest PC49]

did you not know the only things you could lamp where rabbit and fox now only rabbits

[Guest fence_hopper]

true undisputed

Edited September 11, 2010 by fence_hopper

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Missed more hares on the lamp through the land being unsuitable that the hare getting up on the dog.

 

Don't get me wrong, a hare can still kick uo the gears on the lamp and anyone who says different is inexperienced or a liar.

Its just that they tend to make more mistakes and are not as a adapt at running at night.

 

The utlimate daytime quarry for a lurcher, and a mediocre quarry on the lamp.

 

Strictly pre ban obviously.

[Guest fence_hopper]

very true ftb but like you said for the ones that make a mistake theres more that get away

[Guest stewie]

i used to lamp them pre ban and run them in the day!! just depended what you seen while your was out lamping and how long you were out. if it was all night then no good tiring the dog out in the first field so stuck to rabbits and if not caught many run a couple of hares on the way home but if just out for an hour or two then slip on sight lol

[fresh earth 47]

Up here we always left em be at nyt but were surounded with open fields so daytime wasnt impossible. On the terrain you speak of it would be a diff story and id have to agree a shine now an then wouldnt do any harm.

 

kris

[Guest michael.hudson7]

I myself have lamped hare for the same reason in the day there is to much cover and they are really very scarse. To get a decent run around my land on this most evasive of quarries you have to lamp them.

[oakey 57]

If you are going to eat it it's not that bad to lamp it

[Guest fence_hopper]

cheers for the replys lads some very sensible ones

[RossM 8,119]

a dog does well to keep a hare in the beam imo, how often has a hare put a turn in on the lamp and it make cover before the dog gets back on? lamp em!

[collie/grey 238]

The only way to get a hare around was to lamp them! You would see next to f**k all in the daytime, switch on the lamp and you lost count! The only people who don't like hares being lamped are the old coursers, can't bet on a lamped hare can ye lol. As long as your going to eat it what does it matter, still gives the dog a good sprint out imo.

[feed the bear 13]

The only way to get a hare around was to lamp them! You would see next to f**k all in the daytime, switch on the lamp and you lost count! The only people who don't like hares being lamped are the old coursers, can't bet on a lamped hare can ye lol. As long as your going to eat it what does it matter, still gives the dog a good sprint out imo.

 

I must be an old courser then and funnily enough...... don't bet on them. Hares shouldn't be lamped. We have all done it, grew up and realised their is no glory in a lamped hare just a dead warrior killed by an unfair advantage....

[morton 5,368]

Little respect left for quarry now,probably why there are so few decent lurcher lads now.