Small Lurchers On Deer Pre Ban !!!!

[lurcherandterriemanchris 14]

ive just been thinking about how things have changed i remember my dad telling me storys of only small lurchers knocking over fallow and roe over and the dogs only being from about 20 to 25 inch dogs and please remember this was all before the bull cross sence soo what im saying what is your lads views on small lurchers on deer and any pictures of the dogs

 

thank you for your time

 

atb

[Mixed Bag 603]

small dogs could and did knock them overpre ban if they had the drive to do it but they can lack the strength to deal with them once they got them down on the deck

[lurcherandterriemanchris 14]

Yeah my dad said alot of time he would have to run and grap the deer once the dog had grapped it but all you hear is bull crosses on deer dont get me wrong i love bull crosses with a passion just wanted to here some stuff about smaller lurchers on deer pre ban of course

[Saluki246 1,053]

Back in the early 90's, i had a 23'' whippet x greyhound collie that took fallow regular. He was fine with doe and young ones but could not manage the big bucks!

[shaaark 10,694]

Getting in quick to help your dog was always the done thing, no matter how big or what cross/type your dog was. And as has been mentioned, saw a few whip/collie/grey types that were very good.

[lurcherandterriemanchris 14]

Ive just got myself a beddy greyhound soo ive got high hopes but yeah its funny now some people think a dogs gotta be over 25 inch to knock them over and ive heard of a few whippets knocking roe over

[lurcher2020 285]

Seen a beardie grew 1st x 20 1/2 tts take roe single cracking we bitch she was

[blackdog4 75]

I had a collie/grey x 25" and she could handle deer no problem I wish I had her now

[nasher1 258]

Getting in quick to help your dog was always the done thing, no matter how big or what cross/type your dog was. And as has been mentioned, saw a few whip/collie/grey types that were very good.

Not fully with you on this one, fallow upwards then yes but most dogs pre-ban should have the job done by the time you get there, you get a few which don't get the hang of it and it turns into a screaming wrestling match but most of them seem to have a natural instinct to grab the right place and hold on, used to occasionally get a bit of damage from the front hooves if they ended up in a prone position, historically speaking of course.

[shaaark 10,694]

Not saying this to get anyones back up or be big headed, but 2 of the best dogs that I've seen on deer were my old dog at 26" tts, hancocks taffy was his sire to a mongrelly bred but very greyhoundy bitch, and my mates old dog 24.5 " tts whip/grey x collie/grey back to a whip/grey, no bull blood at all in either of em, good days, or rather nights then

[shaaark 10,694]

 

Getting in quick to help your dog was always the done thing, no matter how big or what cross/type your dog was. And as has been mentioned, saw a few whip/collie/grey types that were very good.

Not fully with you on this one, fallow upwards then yes but most dogs pre-ban should have the job done by the time you get there, you get a few which don't get the hang of it and it turns into a screaming wrestling match but most of them seem to have a natural instinct to grab the right place and hold on, used to occasionally get a bit of damage from the front hooves if they ended up in a prone position, historically speaking of course.

 

Yep, just saying that's how we used to go about it, in quick to help the dog. Never ran anything bigger than

fallow back then and roe weren't that common then.

Edited to add, roe weren't common where we used to go then.

Edited June 1, 2013 by shaaark

[nothernlite 18,076]

I had a collie/grey x 25" and she could handle deer no problem I wish I had her now

should think so at that hieght smallest ive heard of was 2o tts just roe was always banned in scotland since ive been into the dogs so never done it

[the big chief 3,099]

my old beddy whippet gh did roe regular and he had a bash on a red but was a bit big for him he was 24 1/2" sadly no longer with me wish i had a pup from that old boy was a very good all rounder roe and fox single on a regular bassis

[Bosun11 537]

24" and nailed a few in his time...

 

[gouldy257 79]

use to hear back in the days that a coursed killed deer was better eating (as the blood flew out of him with his Adrenalin going before caught and bled) never eating one that was coursed and killled as ours are all stalked,,,,,, has anybody on here tasted the difference from a shot one and coursed one or is it all a myth??