rob190364 2,594 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Anyone else noticed how there's quite a few people on this site who talk about people who just hunt rabbits as if they're not proper hunters? (usually also members of the anti whippet brigade). I find it quite bizarre to be honest, if you've not got scared up bull crosses then you're not a hunter. And god forbid you use a terrier for bushing rabbits, it's such an outrageous concept....you might aswell carry it around in a handbag whilst wearing a leotard and singing YMCA! I guess if a dog doesn't make you look hard infront of your chavvy mates then it's probably not worth having though 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scalesntails 118 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I pretty much only hunt rabbits. If there were a few more deer locally then I would hunt them too. I don't hunt foxes as I don't imagine them being too tasty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 most lads broke thier teeth on rabbits.nowt wrong with bunny bashing.although i do miss running the long ears.however its illegal now and i wouldnt dream of breaking the law. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
long dogs 580 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 each to there own as long as your happy with your dogs who cares what other folk think or say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 each to there own as long as your happy with your dogs who cares what other folk think or say No, I don't particularly, I just find it a strange attitude to look down on other people who hunt with dogs....you'd think people who hunt with dogs would stick together a bit more really wouldn't you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,751 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 A good rabbiting dog is a well trained hunting companion. Those that knock it are too slow between the ears to train a decent rabbiting dog and so knock those that do. Anybody can get a dog to chase and catch the odd rabbit, its a different ball game training a dog to deserve the title of a true rabbiting dog imo. How many of the lads that knock the rabbiting men have trained a running dog to work the lamp properly, work with ferrets, nets, bush as part of small rabbit pack and retreive to the gun? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 A good rabbiting dog is a well trained hunting companion. Those that knock it are too slow between the ears to train a decent rabbiting dog and so knock those that do. Anybody can get a dog to chase and catch the odd rabbit, its a different ball game training a dog to deserve the title of a true rabbiting dog imo. How many of the lads that knock the rabbiting men have trained a running dog to work the lamp properly, work with ferrets, nets, bush as part of small rabbit pack and retreive to the gun? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,861 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I wouldn't keep any dogs if rabbits weren't on the list and there's more of most things other than rabbits around me,i personaly couldn't give a gnats shit what others think of me and my dogs as there here for me and don't have to prove feck all to anyone else.Most folks can point and aim a dog towards something in a beam,a well trained rabbiting dog(not a dog that just goes rabbiting)needs that bit more from it's owner. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) i love lamping rabbits great sport with the right dog,its the getting out and running the dog which does it for me not being quarry specific as such, Edited July 27, 2011 by watchman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,567 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Anyone who says knocking over a few bunnies is not "proper" hunting is a gung ho tit and best ignored..........JMHO 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I think the whole thing about rabbits being beneath people is down to the nuggets who have come into the dog game since the ban just to get a kick out of breaking a law. Because it's not illegal to hunt a rabbit it's not worth it to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moll. 1,770 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 You wanna try owning a bull x without scars Rob. I only hunt food i can eat (Usually) Have had the odd fox/feral cat over the years, but not something i deliberately go out to hunt. If there was a need to control the fox numbers here and i was asked i would gladly do it, but i live in a well keeper'd area so there is no need. I often get asked "does that dog work" purely based on the fact he has no facial scars What do people reckon works harder......A dog which goes out and gets say 3 fox/deer per night, or a dog which gets 30 rabbits? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Grumpy Dad 2 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 each to there own as long as your happy with your dogs who cares what other folk think or say In a nutshell I`am 40yr old,so hardly a kid lol, and rabbits is pretty much my limit , despite having opportunity of fox & deer And as long no ones hitting me with a big stick i dont mind what people think/say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 You wanna try owning a bull x without scars Rob. I only hunt food i can eat (Usually) Have had the odd fox/feral cat over the years, but not something i deliberately go out to hunt. If there was a need to control the fox numbers here and i was asked i would gladly do it, but i live in a well keeper'd area so there is no need. I often get asked "does that dog work" purely based on the fact he has no facial scars What do people reckon works harder......A dog which goes out and gets say 3 fox/deer per night, or a dog which gets 30 rabbits? No don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking bull crosses, whether scared or not, nor am I knocking people who only go after foxes etc. What I'm saying is that some of these people try and take the piss out of people who only hunt rabbits, and actually try and accuse you of chasing bunnies as if it's something to be ashamed of or something and a lot will come out with the line "whippets are shit"....why are they shit...because they're not suited to nailing foxes and they don't look hard, but that's not what they were designed to do, they were designed to catch rabbits which they're generally very good at. It's just ignorance I suppose, and I think Malt is right...it's almost certainly the brainless clowns that only hunt foxes because it's now illegal, pretty sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,047 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Neither of my dogs would make me look hard a jack russel and a beddy whip, but they make me proud when they do well on the bunnies, whether lamping ( not the jack russel before I get slaughtered), ferreting or bushing, and hopefully in time the beddy whip could be an all round rabbiting dog not just a dog I take rabbiting, we'll see Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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