What's the hardest quarry you have hunted?..

[Guest whin]

saw several proghorn but only one catch with a dog ,a cold blooded field grey hound ,caught one but all the rest ran the dogs out, some came back and needed dextrose etc blown out, proghorn are fast clever and they no it, as they sit and egg the dog on fecher of a thing if its hot or warm and the dogs have run ajack and out pops apronghorn and run the dogs out they cause a few deaths with the non saluki lurchers etc that try to hard saw it etc

[swanseajack 227]

Lions with bedlington pups......

 

 

Sorry if my pic is crap, just thought it was funny, need some better software...

[chartpolski 24,143]

Toughest things to catch 'round here are daytime rabbits, buggers sit about 2' out and lift when they hear you closing the front door!!

Cheers.

[Guest flounders05]

i would say a stag is the hardest thing catch for a lurcher because of the size and power difference

[Bandit 0]

The hardest quarry I've ever hunted, before I broke my time machine, is the T-Rex. I used to track them with my Nan's Yorkie 'Trixie', when she had one cornered and before she'd rush in for the kill I'd smoke it with my .177. Ah those halcyon days, much missed! :11: :11: :11:

[J Darcy 5,871]

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[Guest whin]

Roe deer that have been run ounce or twice are very quick!!

Is the Roe the fastest wild mammal in britian??????

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over a few hundred yards agood roe in his her prime especailly when they no were they want to get to are very fast, clocked them at forty as ive had the jeep up there ass etc very fast espes, when a fast animal is chaseing them etc and that wood is getting closer for them

[roache 0]

Without question the humble rabbit, One of the few things we hunt that can get home and away from the dog. Roe They have to be the least versitle quarry in our country.

[lampinglurcher 36]

depends on the situation, i have seen a mates collie/acd take a roe in a small fenced field, but then again, even my old deerhoundx would occaisionally miss one. by no means are roe easy to catch.

 

matt

[Guest whitser]

i find daytime rabbits, especially in spring or summer when plenty of cover,very hard to catch. they just burst from bush to bush hardly give the lurcher time to strike. the winter hare is also tough but if its open ground the dog has some sort a chance. wouldn't know bout deer.

[hawkanddog 0]

Pussy

[Guest whitser]

Pussy

what? explain. that aimed at me?

[hawkanddog 0]

Female kind, hardest quarry ever :11:

[Sorley x 32]

Before the ban (obviously)

 

In this part of the world, with a name for hares. Many a wannabe courser would turn up and run dogs (pairs or more) at hares through the end of autumn and into winter. Often following in a 4x4 to watch proceedings, quickly killing off the old and the weak before heading back to the towns to post exploits of forums :11:

 

By the end of the winter, any hares left would be as jumpy as a virgin at a prom. They would usually slope off at the first sign of man, dog or vehicle. Making for hedges, woods and roads. To get within 70 yards of one of these on foot was a feet in itself.

 

 

To run and catch one of these with a single dog in the daytime, well that was something to treasure.

 

To catch one was to ask something special of your dog and of course lady luck.

[Guest whitser]

Female kind, hardest quarry ever :11:

crossed wires sorry. true though.