Does A Coursing Dog Need Intelligence?

[fitchet 788]

Just thought id add this pic taken at the end of this season. All game in this pic was hunted up coursed and then rietrived. The place we were hunting was an old airfield with bits of gorse dotted every few yards. So for this land you need a sharp fast dog with good nose. My "fen plodder" did ok.

Edited March 29, 2013 by fitchet

[baw 4,360]

  On 29/03/2013 at 13:07, inan said:

 

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It depends what you class as coursing. Coursing to me is hunting hares, on here, it seems to be only coursing if its on the fens. So for me a coursing dog needs as much brains as any other hunting dog. Now if you were to ask me does a coursing owner on the fens need brains

what you do to me , is hunting not coursing. Coursing is just seeing how the dog runs. Hunting is catching it as quick as possible. Imo lol

Why is there a time limit on it? Many saluki blooded dogs will not attempt a strike until they have got a hare under control, , and they have "lined it up". How many times did you see Lucky strike, and miss overshooting in the process.? Virtually never .

All right he was an extreme example , being particularly canny behind his game. but the inherent boxing ability is a saluki trait, running just fast enough to keep the hare under pressure, easing off when the hare is out in the open , stepping up a gear to get between it and cover. I find this as riveting as the" up and at em", style . Its what's in the bag at the end of the day that matters.imo. I do agree with your definition though, what Baw describes is hunting , not coursing.

first of all to first reply. i didn say you can teach a dog, i said most if shown enough qurry will learn, so il take it your post was a long winded agree lol

secondly, i didnt say there was a time limit, but prefer a dog to catch asap. just my opinion. find it more exciting with a fast chase rather than a drawn out chase. like i said coursing and hunting imo is different. same as foxing with hounds. its not effective. a rifle is , secondly it would be a lurcher. but hounds are used for sport. ssaluki or coursing bred dogs are also used to see how well they can course the hare, catching is irrelevant.

If catching is irrelevant then why is the coursing DVDs or coursing guys brag about 3/3, 5/5? Is there a dog won the forley and not caught? I think your confusing coursing greyhounds with lurchers. So the forley cup is hunting and the Waterloo cup coursing?

Lurchers are run at rabbits and hares to catch them . Greyhounds were run double- handed in the Waterloo cup to score points against each other, different ball game entirely.

No shit lol. I'll make the question easier..... Define coursing?

Coursing is the pursuit of game with sighthounds. I shit you not.

 

Now if you are after an argument you'll have to find another opponent,I'm off to the pub.

Charlatan?

Game as in rabbit, grouse, pheasant, hare..... And only sight hounds, not long dogs or lurchers? Ok cheers, that cleared that one up..... Enjoy yer drink

[riohog 5,816]

pheasant coursing lol nearly as good as squirell ferreting !!

[desertbred 5,490]

whats law on the pheasants how many feet of the ground?

[Tiercel 6,986]

 

 

 

 

 

  On 29/03/2013 at 13:20, riohog said:

pheasant coursing lol nearly as good as squirell ferreting !!

 

Havn't you ferreted squirrels? Good fun, hear them chatter when they know the ferret in on to them.

 

TC

Edited March 29, 2013 by tiercel

[riohog 5,816]

  On 29/03/2013 at 13:27, desertbred said:

whats law on the pheasants how many feet of the ground?

its different winter or summer ..ie;; snow or long grass

[Banter 1,751]

im sure lucky would of ran reckless in his younger day its the amount of game put in front of the dog that made him what he was

[baw 4,360]

  On 29/03/2013 at 13:20, riohog said:

pheasant coursing lol nearly as good as squirell ferreting !!

Least we can wind them with the catty

[desertbred 5,490]

to complicated mate going to stick to truffle coursing and butterfly lamping

[riohog 5,816]

  On 29/03/2013 at 13:32, desertbred said:

to complicated mate going to stick to truffle coursing and butterfly lamping

might be wrong but i think you can only do that with bull x,s

[Mick C. 229]

A little nudge/lift under the quarrys back end when running is becoming a nice little earner for one of my lurchers.

 

Just started doing on the last couple of outings.

 

It seems to send them somersaulting then its game over.

 

He missed a lot of stuff commiting himself to the first strike up until this stroke of genius.

 

I presume hes not the first or last to pull this off.

 

To see it for the first made me realise how resourceful these dogs can be