dogs capable of taking hares pre ban with no saluki in them

[NATACC 18]

just wondering what people used for hares pre ban with no saluki in it pics would be great and were they useful dogs/bitches or just taking the odd one had a useful bitch good few years ago beddy whippet deerhound grey about 24 tts

[Guest big e]

Collie x greyhounds mate and deerhound xs

[scottish hare hunter 2,345]

Collie x greyhounds mate and deerhound xs

 

[fitchet 788]

As said these crosses seemed to be popular for hares. but ive seen some proper mongrelly curs take hares both on the lamp and daytime. Its all about the land thats bieng run imo.

[wrighty17 36]

my Whippet Collie Grey Would have done them

[border lad 1,047]

there was plenty of dogs that was able to take a Hare single Handed, without saluki blood, you had a sraight grey/whippet,

collie/grey, bred down of a coursing grey to a hill collie, deehound cross, mostly 3/4 grey 1/4 deerhound, and then some lads crossed that into a good collie grey bitch, and you got two or three good Hare dogs out of that breeding, and I had a very good dog 3/4 grey 1/4 Lab, first class on all edible, straight greyhounds, hard blood whippets, if you saw the salukis, that was around in the early seventies, NO RECALL, LOVE TO RIDE THE hARES ARSE, WITHOUT PICKING UP, THE SALUKI BLOOD IN THIS COUNTRY HAS COME ALONG WAY SINCE THOSE DAYS + THE KNOWELEDGE OF HANDLING AND TRAINING THE SALUKI TYPE, BUT THE SALUKI CROSS HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL, to the coursing world, they have great stamina, great feet, and most of them can do there job, and great recovery from there runs, ready to go again, but a good collie cross is hard to beat for a poacher,

[gorger 977]

Well said ian.

[NATACC 18]

were the collie x is concerned would you go 3/4 or 3/8 5/8 in favour of grey

[TOMO 26,932]

one in me avatar had no saluki in her,,, she wone windmill cup 2003.

 

also killed hares on he fen regular....

[moonlighter 1,164]

What was in her Tomo?

[TOMO 26,932]

 

 

 

 

red collar was m bich

[TOMO 26,932]

whipp/gre x deer gre

 

[moonlighter 1,164]

I used to have a lurcher years ago that was collie/beddy/grey that would kill fen hares. She was only good for one or two runs though. Not like the saluki types now though that will run 5 or 6 hares a day and still be capable of the killing the last one. My old lurcher has the same parents as Stat's Fly and Cass, who used to run the east of England club.

[moonlighter 1,164]

Very nice Tomo. Have you any pups from her?

[moonlighter 1,164]

Is the other dog in the picture related? They look very similar?