mart 131 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 out with the hound last night, put him on some haretracks and ended up with this little feller up a tree: its about 2 feet of snow right know so it took 3km to make him tree, according to the garmin astro. its quite possible the marten was after the same hare as the dog, which makes it all the more interesting. 1 Quote Link to post
reddawn 2,173 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 do martens kill a lot of hares?? is it the same hare as we got in the uk?? an is that a pine marten?? sorry for the daft questions Quote Link to post
mart 131 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 yeah, a pine marten, its the only type of marten we´ve got, so i only think of it as a marten, sorry about that. they take their fair share of hares and woodgrouse. an awesome hunter actually, an old guy i knew who used to track them in the winter told me that he tracked one for a while untill it went up a tree, he was certain it was´nt up the tree, and there where no other trees close enough for the marten to jump over to. he started circling the area, and yards away he found a freshly killed capercaille and from here the marten tracks started again. the marten must have latched on to the bird and killed it while flying, pretty impressive. Quote Link to post
reddawn 2,173 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 yeah, a pine marten, its the only type of marten we´ve got, so i only think of it as a marten, sorry about that. they take their fair share of hares and woodgrouse. an awesome hunter actually, an old guy i knew who used to track them in the winter told me that he tracked one for a while untill it went up a tree, he was certain it was´nt up the tree, and there where no other trees close enough for the marten to jump over to. he started circling the area, and yards away he found a freshly killed capercaille and from here the marten tracks started again. the marten must have latched on to the bird and killed it while flying, pretty impressive. i have see video's of the martens in the wild an they seem to be pretty amazing animals, how do they catch a hare tho, do they chase/track them down like a stoat would a bunny, or would they take them by surprise cant imagine a marten running down a hare, but there again id a never thought a stoat would have tracked a bunny till it caught it Quote Link to post
dixiebop 125 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Mart is the Hound,a Hamiltonstovare ? nice looking,size of out Harriers ? Hard work tracking in the Snow !!! Quote Link to post
mart 131 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 bit of both i´d guess http://www.nrk.no/video/mar_i_skogen_ein_attraksjon/A0C5B8763807938A/ 1 Quote Link to post
mart 131 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 its a dunkerhound, no harrier as i know of, but a line of scottish beagles was bred into them a long time ago. 1 Quote Link to post
reddawn 2,173 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 cheers bryan 2hrs Quote Link to post
mart 131 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 that was amazing, glad they had a camera with them Quote Link to post
wi11ow 2,657 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 thanks for putting that up Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Another from the same Nature Centre Mink on Opossum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qf4GcoT4lM Quote Link to post
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 out with the hound last night, put him on some haretracks and ended up with this little feller up a tree: its about 2 feet of snow right know so it took 3km to make him tree, according to the garmin astro. its quite possible the marten was after the same hare as the dog, which makes it all the more interesting. how good is the garmin asro and how many collars can you use at once Quote Link to post
mart 131 Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 its brilliant, tracks 10 dogs. Quote Link to post
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