Coursing dogs in the west country

[South hams hunter 8,922]

I was yapping to a lad from here on fb and coursing bred dogs come up and I said a plodder would be no use to me as the fields are to small to which he said about Tobey (benjis brother) be a rapid killer. See as a rule I lamp in east Devon/west Somerset where the fields range from fairly good sized arable to small paddocks but there is normally a fair few hares around there aswell as a lot of rabbit but I do whoever occasionally travel further to north Somerset which is flat fields with just dykes and then again I'll sometimes lamp fields closer to home which are all smaller with several gates on. The fields closer to me you don't see hares daytime but further up you can do.

 

My question is there any particular line tht excelled down here I.e could run on fen like fields but still be up and at em enough to catch on the lamp in smaller fields that the hare has to be kept under constant pressure?

[BS40liam 203]

Bloke I'm working with said he used to keep salukis 20 years ago and they ran well around theses parts which are smaller fields and some paddocks. I know salukis are deemed as plodders but do you think that if the dog is brought up in a specific area is is used to that area they would fair quite good?

[South hams hunter 8,922]

I don't know as I've never kept anything saluki based, I'd imagine your right but am intrigued if there's lines that did better down this way. I've done abit by you but not a lot, are your fields similar to south Devon ?

[gamerooster 1,179]

the dog i had when i was in cumbria was out of buddy, to a at best, a decent bitch out of benji, she was only 22 inch at the shoulder yet done 2 out of 3 jan/feb time, all on large estate land. the dog i had could kill them anywhere, from rough fields that sheep were grazed on, to large arable field where there was no fences just the odd ditch and hedge. i reckon if you had had a dog that was fast of the mark, could bend and stick to the hare well, and boxed them off, then there was no reason why they coudlent kill hares anywhere in the country.

[South hams hunter 8,922]

So what line is that rooster?

[gamerooster 1,179]

buddy is foxy x charlie, and i cant remember benjis sire, but his dam was kim, who was cruise of shildon x collie grey, put back to cruise of shildon

[South hams hunter 8,922]

Cheers mate

[gamerooster 1,179]

[gamerooster 1,179]

[South hams hunter 8,922]

That your old mutt?

[South hams hunter 8,922]

Didn't that toby also do the 13 min course?

[gamerooster 1,179]

That your old mutt?

 

no thats that tobey dog i was on about

[gamerooster 1,179]

Didn't that toby also do the 13 min course?

 

coudlent tell you, but most of his courses on youtube dont go beyond 2 minutes

[South hams hunter 8,922]

With ya now rooster

[bedwhippet 164]

no mate it wasnt tobey that did the 13 minute course and tobey is only benji half brother

 

benji is bred nipper x kim

tobey is bred joey x kim