General custer

[scothunter 12,609]

oh im sure mine would follow me into battle.whether it would be any f*****g use is another matter

[BEARINATOR 2,871]

oh im sure mine would follow me into battle.whether it would be any f*****g use is another matter

:clapper: Pure class mate

[Bosun11 537]

Nice old photo Gem, i've seen it plenty of times. Good to know that George Armstrong was a hound man, these days he's portrayed as more of a pompous ass, though our American friends on here should tell us more. Though i'd bet many a military man on a campaign took along whatever sporting dog or chook they fancied. The British certainly did and in the 18th century and throughout history we ran and fought our gear on just about every critter that walked. Custer would of had a ball over them great plains with those dogs, much like Dan, Doc, Stunts an co. do now!!!

 

I certainly don't think they would have been battle dogs, they don't look as if they mind them Injun scouts there (unlike John Wayne's dog in Hondo..! ) and just stayed with Custer out of loyalty. Probably took a bullet too an ran off screaming to die, probably why they weren't found on the battle field. Without me Googling it, I think the only survivor was Capt Miles Keogh's horse Comanche.

 

Wonder if those early Gyps made it into the bloodlines that are being ran on those plains today...?

[TOMO 26,264]

just been thinking of those indians.clever race of people,and if anyone worked hand in hand with the land and nature it was them.they certainly got the shit end of the stick though.quite shamefull how they were treated.

 

Very true,,,, same for the abo,s in oz. and what the Spanish did was it Peru , incas and all them lot,,, the concistadoors weren't they called.

 

 

[chartpolski 23,946]

Custer had English Greyhounds and Foxhounds, Scottish Deerhounds, and probably Pointers and Setters. he had up to dogs at one time ! Here's a good link ;

 

http://voices.yahoo....er-7427222.html

 

Cheers.

Edited November 27, 2012 by chartpolski

[bird 9,936]

Nice old photo Gem, i've seen it plenty of times. Good to know that George Armstrong was a hound man, these days he's portrayed as more of a pompous ass, though our American friends on here should tell us more. Though i'd bet many a military man on a campaign took along whatever sporting dog or chook they fancied. The British certainly did and in the 18th century and throughout history we ran and fought our gear on just about every critter that walked. Custer would of had a ball over them great plains with those dogs, much like Dan, Stunts an co. do now!!!

 

I certainly don't think they would have been battle dogs, they don't look as if they mind them Injun scouts there (unlike John Wayne's dog in Hondo..! ) and just stayed with Custer out of loyalty. Probably took a bullet too an ran off screaming to die, probably why they weren't found on the battle field. Without me Googling it, I think the only survivor was Capt Miles Keogh's horse Comanche.

 

Wonder if those early Gyps made it into the bloodlines that are being ran on those plains today...?

 

i suppose when you think them stags they had+ now, are prob as close as you will get to a alrounder as a running type dog. They will kill (yotes,rabbits,hares,fox, and some have done deer)/ When you read some of Stag Posts, from Dan etc ... they all say the lines go back 100 of years, you never know they might have the some lines from them pics .? Always like the stags

[Bosun11 537]

C'mon now Bosun,...it is plain to see what them old jukels were,...they are genuine,.TUMBLERS...

 

:laugh: Your right Chalks, that ain't GC sat in the chair it's GB

 

[coverdogs 888]

would work better if you had said korea

a person from korea told me once remember a dog is not just for christmas................you can have it on boxing day with a dollop of mayonnaise.

[Bosun11 537]

Custer had English Greyhounds and Foxhounds, Scottish Deerhounds, and probably Pointers and Setters. he had up to dogs at one time ! Here's a good link ;

 

http://voices.yahoo....er-7427222.html

 

Cheers.

 

Interesting link that Charts..

[bigdaz 688]

And here was me thinking all along when we were talking about dogs doing reds it was deer we were talking about.

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

Custer had English Greyhounds and Foxhounds, Scottish Deerhounds, and probably Pointers and Setters. he had up to dogs at one time ! Here's a good link ;

 

http://voices.yahoo....er-7427222.html

 

Cheers.

 

Interesting link that Charts..

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[Born Hunter 17,775]

I've seen it mentioned that Custer and Roosevelt allegedly hunted wolves with their stags.......... I don't want to start this shite again but it is documented 'apparently' in Roosevelts book Hunting the Grisly and other Sketches.

 

Maybe they were a bit liberal with their definition of the word 'wolf'........

Edited November 30, 2012 by Born Hunter

[Born Hunter 17,775]

As was to be expected where game was so

plenty, wolves and coyotes also abounded. At night they surrounded the

camp, wailing and howling in a kind of shrieking chorus throughout the

hours of darkness; one night they came up so close that the frightened

horses had to be hobbled and guarded. On another occasion a large wolf

actually crept into camp, where he was seized by the dogs, and the

yelling, writhing knot of combatants rolled over one of the sleepers;

finally, the long-toothed prowler managed to shake himself loose, and

vanished in the gloom.

 

Just one extract I managed to find......

 

 

Edit; http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3337/pg3337.txt Scroll down to Chapter VIII - Wolves and Wolf-Hounds.

Edited November 30, 2012 by Born Hunter

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[lurchers ireland 367]

great picture, id imagine he would of needed the dogs for what game must of been on the plains