Foxes - Single handed and pairs (Pre Ban)

[snizle06 202]

i think alot of lads are dreaming on here. talking about lurchers doing it single when most of them can hardly do it doubled up. id love to know were all these TRUE single handed foxing dogs that can catch and kill no problem are.

[scent 509]

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[brog 670]

what would a good pre ban fox dog catch in a night single handed ?

depends on the amoun of game around pal i reckon , a dog can only catch whats put in front of him.Down my way they are lamped to shit and as soon as a lamp goes on them they are gone like the clappers.Its so bad that lads thet have dogs that wont kill foxes are still running them for the sake of it and educating the foxes

if the dog can do it there is plenty here people talk about fox dogs like everyone ownes one but i dont think there are that many proper fox dogs about thats why theres so many people doubling up j.m.o

well feck me where ye living lol ,iv a 13 year old still killing them il wheel him up in his wheel chair .I agree with you though pal they are hard to come by .Down here you need a fast dog with stamina and enough in him to kill them without taking enough stick cause its nearly all foxes we hunt

ive seen a few dogs run foxes that were ok but not what i would call proper fox dogs i think they are few and far between and its easy to get kennel blind if my 20 odd pound terrier can kill em i wouldnt keep a 60 or 70 pound lurcher that couldnt

[Macky 227]

its down to calling foxes for single handed or doubled up but how many is to many ,does such a dog exsist run ,catch,kill ,november, december,january ?

[brog 670]

its down to calling foxes for single handed or doubled up but how many is to many ,does such a dog exsist run ,catch,kill ,november, december,january ?

how many would you be happy with a dog to do say twice a week on its own

[snizle06 202]

they do exist but they are rare.

[scent 509]

its down to calling foxes for single handed or doubled up but how many is to many ,does such a dog exsist run ,catch,kill ,november, december,january ?

how many would you be happy with a dog to do say twice a week on its own

personally iv had my collie cross kill a couple of foxes on a sunday and if i thought he wasn able another one id put him back in the trailor but he just doesnt give in and id have him back out lampin a few night later.Sayin that i have seen fox dogs kill maybe 2 and they have taking too much stick to give them another one .All dogs are different i suppose

[brog 670]

its down to calling foxes for single handed or doubled up but how many is to many ,does such a dog exsist run ,catch,kill ,november, december,january ?

how many would you be happy with a dog to do say twice a week on its own

personally iv had my collie cross kill a couple of foxes on a sunday and if i thought he wasn able another one id put him back in the trailor but he just doesnt give in and id have him back out lampin a few night later.Sayin that i have seen fox dogs kill maybe 2 and they have taking too much stick to give them another one .All dogs are different i suppose

ive had dogs do 1 and not be fit for another ..........ive had one do 4 but be laid up for weeks..........and ive had others that will take 1.2.3.one night then on another night just chase them turn after turn and not want to catch them then 2 weeks back smashing 1s 2s and 3s ........is any of them good fox dogs....not in my eyes

[Macky 227]

i was down south calling foxes with 4 dogs they were all single handed but we did run paired up in november 14th ,two of the dogs had got bit on the ankle and only did 3 the second pair did 11 ,they were all big foxes but they would not have been able to go out the night after ,how would a single handed dog cope with all that

[hogie 103]

my wheaten x can only be run as a single handed dog as he can be abit funny with some other dogs he's killed 2 on the same day afew times without taking to much stick but wouldnt say hes a game dog hes always looking to get them by the throat or chest to aviod taking stick but will take stick when he needs to where as my bullx sometimes takes a good bit of abuse because she'll try and kill them from where she crabs it both single handed dogs but in my eyes the wheaten x is the smarter and better outta the 2 of them

[brog 670]

i was down south calling foxes with 4 dogs they were all single handed but we did run paired up in november 14th ,two of the dogs had got bit on the ankle and only did 3 the second pair did 11 ,they were all big foxes but they would not have been able to go out the night after ,how would a single handed dog cope with all that

11 foxes is a good number but 5 with one is alot better so two good dogs run on there own could acount for 11

[lurcher330 2,300]

my wheaten x can only be run as a single handed dog as he can be abit funny with some other dogs he's killed 2 on the same day afew times without taking to much stick but wouldnt say hes a game dog hes always looking to get them by the throat or chest where as my bullx sometimes takes a good bit of abuse because she'll try and kill them from where she crabs it

i had a deer hound x dog that would smash foxes on his own but would not touch 1 if another dog already had it

[hogie 103]

my wheaten x can only be run as a single handed dog as he can be abit funny with some other dogs he's killed 2 on the same day afew times without taking to much stick but wouldnt say hes a game dog hes always looking to get them by the throat or chest where as my bullx sometimes takes a good bit of abuse because she'll try and kill them from where she crabs it

i had a deer hound x dog that would smash foxes on his own but would not touch 1 if another dog already had it

my dog will kill with another dog he cant be trusted with some other dogs some dogs he wont bother with others he'll turn on so its easier not to run him with another dog just incase

[Malt 379]

Lads, I've just gone back and edited a load of posts. Could we try keeping the thread on the original topic of hunting foxes back when things were legal?

 

Cheers..

[123456 146]

i think a good foxing dog should be able to destroy foxes every night of the week

 

I met you over saltram bow, a few years back now when I was walking with Bulls uncle. So I know you can't do areas to different from the areas I lamp because I know a lot of your cousins, uncles and the lads they run dogs with and have seen zack, rio and heard lots of storys of sarge and the like and I know what you mean but also know that there isn't enough foxes around to put a lot of foxes infront of the dogs everynight of the week. You could possibly put them infront of them daytime if you were to bolt from the clitter but there's no where near enough to get good numbers a season down here and by good numbers I mean more then a season but you could easy put other things preban (hares ETC)