Golf coarses

[artic 595]

Normally with golf courses they want the rabbits cleared and at a fast rate. I'm not saying you will clear them all, but I always shot the rabbits off a golf course.

 

[fordie 8]

I think its best to shoot or long net on golf coarses I not like running dogs on them but good look to the ones that do

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Orrible places to run dogs IMO, injuries are likely, and not many rabbits to show for your efforts.

There are more ways to kill a rabbit than with a dog.

[poacher3161 1,766]

The best place to ruin a dog pluss they can be the worst place for dogs to pick injuries up especialy on the short grass compact ground [bANNED TEXT] theirs a bit of dew on it it becomes like an ice rink.

[Sonny Brindle 2]

It's also difficult to keep a rabbit in the beam for more than a couple of seconds due to the contours of most courses.

[rolysmate 49]

Yep that short grass turns the bunnies into flying machines and as has been said those bloody bunkers can cause some serious damage,you"ll find it can be just as bad on fields that have been heavily grazed with sheep

[rolysmate 49]

Yep that short grass turns the bunnies into flying machines and as has been said those bloody bunkers can cause some serious damage,you"ll find it can be just as bad on fields that have been heavily grazed with sheep

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

Our local course is quite heavily wooded with narrow fairways - so the rabbits always have quite an easy passage to safety. Had a bit of success in the past but far too many unsighted dangers for my liking. Just give it a miss!!!

[weasle 1,119]

It takes a good dog to catch a good ratio,on the courses.You can have some right sport bushing around the little covers though.

[ajm1979 0]

Even with the .22lr its difficult enough to keep them in the beam long enough to get the cross hairs on and pull the trigger on the two courses I shoot.

[alan626 305]

rarrits have a much better advantage over a dog on a golf corse and the dog is at a much higher risk of an injury or even death stay away wit adog at night time in my opieon

[watchman 256]

Just got in from the golf coarse, saw about 50 rabbits most of them skipping away in to the darkness, had about 3 decent runs, no pick ups, don't know the place well enough to get up on them majour stelthily but always hope for some, but most times come up short... Need to sort this out or the dogs just gonna stop running for me.. Is it just me n my dog?

 

dont know what dog your running but as been said the rabbits do fly on them and can make dogs look silly,iv run them for near on twenty years and its never been very productive half a dozen and you have had a good night although iv never run the correct dog for the numbers to be fair,a dog that willingly crashes into cover will up the catch rate though.

little hot spots of rough areas commonly found on the course can be productive "if the weather is ideal" for most quick off the mark dogs and you can generaly pick a few up on the way round from these.

took a whippet/grey up there one night years ago which made light work of them but ,very open course and the rabbits were a long way from home and yes the general terrain is often lethal for running a dog especialy i would think even for your exorcet type whippet as i have found to my cost a few times over the years.

golf course rabbits need a varied approach to keeping the numbers down,i ferret,shoot and run the dog,never started a dog on golf course rabbits either as they sure to jack soon after just be asking for trouble also getting to know the golf course like the back of your hand will also put you in good stead for upping your catch rate with the dog,all be it slightly but every little helps

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

my permision is golf courses and playing fields, takes a specail type of speed demon to catch on there...when i find one i will let you know

 

best dog ive seen run on there was a jacked daylight coursing dog,with a dash of saluki.

[chartpolski 23,974]

One lad I know took two of his track greyhounds for a walk on a local golf course and a roe lifted and they took off after it; result, one with a broken hock, the other with a broken neck ! Another lad has a stable adjoining the same course and he has had two lurchers, (one a beddy/ whippet, the other a litter sister to my bitch Delta), both break front legs when hitting bunkers as they chased rabbits..... So that's one golf course I steer well wide of !!!

Cheers.

[Malt 379]

I find the going better on a horrible, drizzley old night. My dog isn't the fastest of lurchers, but I think it's easier for the dog to chase the rabbit off it's run back to safety when the ground is slippery.