most testing land to run hares???

[jamie7344 250]

where do people think the most testing land to run a hare is ie grass paddocks, clay, blackland, sandy land????? i personally think if you put a good hare up on the black its more testing for a dog than on any other land and wouldn't keep a dog that couldn't stop them on it what does everyone else think???

[jo54 255]

fen land .................

[long dogs 580]

fens or suppose running on sand too,

[jamie7344 250]

yea but all fens are different, holbeach sandy, ely, bourne black peat, north kyme sleaford clay land

[trenchfoot 4,243]

Pretty difficult going around Selby by all accounts

[iceman001979 1,316]

A good dog should kill them in all this places and not just in the places that suit them.Never been to England too run hare just what l have seen on you tube just seems that a dog has all the time in the world to kill hares in the big open land.In Ireland you don't have that much time there too many gates.ditches,bogs,farms,etc etc what the hare can use to get away.

[cushy 37]

Tbf I agree with both Jamie & iceman . They good hares in Shropshire I tell ya

[speedie 329]

This is going to be good .I have seen dogs on the fens and the black land and of course in ireland and I.M.H.O big fields are the real test for a dog in that they have room to run the hare but the hare has an escape .So the hare tends to keep the revs up in atempting to get to the escape and it doesnt turn to a slow slogging match .

Edited September 6, 2011 by speedie

[jamie7344 250]

Tbf I agree with both Jamie & iceman . They good hares in Shropshire I tell ya

run round there all the time cushy

[cushy 37]

This is going to be good .I have seen dogs on the fens and the black land and of course in ireland and I.M.H.O big fields are the real test for a dog in that they have room to run the hare but the hare has an escape .So the hare tends to keep the revs up in atempting to get to the escape and it doesnt turn to a slow slogging match .

 

So u wud need a very boxy type dog in Ireland then

[jamie7344 250]

if you get right in the middle of the fens the dogs do have more time than on a paddock. but grass land dont take as much out of a dog as clay or peat, and whose to say when u do get a hare in middle of the fens that your dog as got more wind than the hare, not all about stamina and people think there not a bit of cover on the fens..........i was out all last year with a fella with a good little bitch good killer anyway............we were gettin 3/4/5 min runs he was gettin 30 second runs and missing um.......why? becasue the bitch wasn't good round cover

[cushy 37]

Tbf I agree with both Jamie & iceman . They good hares in Shropshire I tell ya

run round there all the time cushy

 

Oh are , I'll have pm me ur number Jamie go for a run , where u go redhill & etc

[jamie7344 250]

shrewbury, shawbury ellesmere, montgomery, newtown, all over really

[speedie 329]

This is going to be good .I have seen dogs on the fens and the black land and of course in ireland and I.M.H.O big fields are the real test for a dog in that they have room to run the hare but the hare has an escape .So the hare tends to keep the revs up in atempting to get to the escape and it doesnt turn to a slow slogging match .

 

So u wud need a very boxy type dog in Ireland then

I dont know to be honest and dont want this to turn into a slagging match but number one for me in ireland is speed .I have hunted an area in ireland for over 10 years and brought a lot of people to it from both sides of the bond and only seen 1 hare killed fair in all that time .Big fields of tilled land winter wheat and like i said dont want a slagging match but seen some famous dogs on it owned by alot of diffrent men but just couldent kill them

[dai dogs 1,404]

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