Lurchers catching Pheasants and Feather?

[Hywel 53]

The landowner was into game banties, one of my dogs jumped out the car and first thing it did was kill a banty cock

 

Priceless hey Bill.........

[CHUCKY 0]

  wabbithunter_15 said:

chucky down at billy neil lol

 

do i know you?

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

Hi everyone!

I just wondering if anyone has any results to show from this last season?

Any stories or pics to show?

Personally all I have had was crows. The ducks and pheasants are so wild where I live. They are gone before you are within range.

The pheasants especially are difficult. The closest my dog has got was pull the tail feathers and get a kick in the face.

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Sounds like you lot have a lot of fun with the birds, but sadly I had to break my lurcher to all game birds, as I work on several shoots.

[lurchermick 0]

I HAVE A BULLL X LAGUNA WHIPPET WHO HAS TOOK THEM AND A HAD A DEER GREY X SALUKI GREY BULL GREY WHICH TOOK PHEASENTS FOR FUN AT 13 MONTHS OLD

[Guest dotty]

mine won't touch a pheasant but has caught lots of geese

[Guest BIG FRANK]

  cúagusgiorraí said:

Hi!

Has anybodies dog ever caught a pheasant or any other bird apart from cute songbirds? I am only new to hunting with lurchers and my dog has nearly caught a pheasant twice. He clipped the tail feathers of a cock pheasant when he flushed it.

I would love to hear the stories!

MINE HAD A FEW CANADA GEESE COUPLE OF KOOTS BUT HASN'T HAD PHEASANT yet!

[T78 4]

my 9 month old saluki,grey x bull,grey took two pheasant the other wk. one flushed by the terrier and was 5 foot in the air when he took it and one an hour later out of light cover! its all dog or ferret food so not complaining! although i had the breasts for my tea!

[whip 1]

my deerhound/grey has caught 2 crows,jumped up abd took them out the air while they were mobbing him.

[Neal 1,874]

My latest Kelpie bitch, now nine months old, caught a couple of wood pigeons but I have to admit that they'd been winged by the farmer first. She has a stronger hunting instinct than her half-sister and as a result I'm finding it harder to break her to the pheasants than I did with either of my other two. But I am trying; honest!

[Guest it's all my land after 12]

our pup has had 2 racing pigeons- the little b*****d jumped into the loft because the door had been left open, 1 had to be killed, the other he did yesterday and is alright.

 

I.A.M.L.A 12

Edited April 27, 2008 by it's all my land after 12

[jonnygray 139]

  cúagusgiorraí said:

Hi!

Has anybodies dog ever caught a pheasant or any other bird apart from cute songbirds? I am only new to hunting with lurchers and my dog has nearly caught a pheasant twice. He clipped the tail feathers of a cock pheasant when he flushed it.

I would love to hear the stories!

 

 

i got a whippet chased 3 bunnys into a bramble patch few weeks ago and came out with a hen pheasant retrieved alive to hand, when he catches rabbit they come back dead and he dont like to give em up wants to bury them if only he had wings