Hares Size???? 30 Years Ago To Now.........

[zigzag dan 784]

 

 

Or of course ,, the obviouse choise might be the chap in the keepers outfit on the front right..

bingo...... the handsome one in the tweed

 

and not even a red face...............shooting hares

 

Wish someone could explain to me the sport you get out of shooting hares , with todays guns and the easy target that a hare is , it must surely be only to keep lurcher lads off the land , hares were born to run , lurchers to run after them , how anyone can stand there , looking proud of themselves in that photo baffles me , I would rather the law catch me than pull a trigger on a hare .

[Terrier Sam 297]

Here's the mine. Like I said, 3.9kg and I put a tape up to it as it is and it measures 2ft 8ins.

 

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

might just be me then, i remember my grandad saying that they were good hares on the salisbury planes not just because of coursers but because they were all ways on the move cause army was all ways on the land.

 

 

You are right,..I've seen some big un's on The Plains,..when out rabbiting with the ferrets...

Edited July 2, 2013 by Phil Lloyd

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

 

 

 

Or of course ,, the obviouse choise might be the chap in the keepers outfit on the front right..

bingo...... the handsome one in the tweed

 

and not even a red face...............shooting hares

 

Wish someone could explain to me the sport you get out of shooting hares , with todays guns and the easy target that a hare is , it must surely be only to keep lurcher lads off the land , hares were born to run , lurchers to run after them , how anyone can stand there , looking proud of themselves in that photo baffles me , I would rather the law catch me than pull a trigger on a hare .

 

they were as you say shot to keep lurcher lads from the moor and as a dog training day for a gundog club, that needed like game training with exsperts. and i do not and will not have to defend my decision to shoot hares. we got 18 between 4 guns thats 2 hares per dog i shot 11

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

 

 

the biggest hare ive seen in fortyodd years i saw last week in between biggar and peebles. this beast was a monster. i thought it was a roe at first glance. real good to see such a fine looking animal. wish i had my camera with me.

last time i was up biggar way we had a lot of good hares.........

 

quess which one i am lol

 

get a lurcher mate better sport

 

been their shes done that now she is retired

[goldfish 185]

 

the biggest hare ive seen in fortyodd years i saw last week in between biggar and peebles. this beast was a monster. i thought it was a roe at first glance. real good to see such a fine looking animal. wish i had my camera with me.

last time i was up biggar way we had a lot of good hares.........

 

quess which one i am lol

 

think yous are all tits

[salukixgrey 779]

 

 

the biggest hare ive seen in fortyodd years i saw last week in between biggar and peebles. this beast was a monster. i thought it was a roe at first glance. real good to see such a fine looking animal. wish i had my camera with me.

last time i was up biggar way we had a lot of good hares.........

 

quess which one i am lol

 

think yous are all tits

 

[snoopdog 1,256]

small hares are hard to find. this one would easliy fit in the palm of my hand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[goldfish 185]

nice pics mate

[snoopdog 1,256]

cheers i dont know how i spotted it to be honest this is the smallest i ever found ..it couldnt have been more then 3 or 4 days old.

[BOLIO1 1,078]

That's one you just hope you can walk away from before it rises...live and grow strong my son!

[ian 1 36]

i had one about 30 years ago skinned out it was 10 and 1/2 pound in weight ,at a distance it looked like a young deer ,ive had a few big ones since but nothing like that one

[baw 4,360]

Always makes me smile when guys describe hares they catch with comments like, it was some size!!! As if the bigger the better. We all do it as if it makes a difference. If anything, a heavier, bigger hare is gonna be easier to catch than a normal size one, stands to reason. Just like a heavier built bullcross won't be as nimble as a lighter variety. Same with size, if your a target, last thing you want to be is the biggest f***ing target I'm sure something larger is gonna be easier for the dog to grab than something smaller. Length of leg advantage is negligible compared to a dog. If the dog can't out run any hare no matter size then its never gonna make a hare dog anyway. So the larger the hare, is a disadvantage to it in my book. If rabbits could run like hares, now that would be some animal

[desertbred 5,490]

Always makes me smile when guys describe hares they catch with comments like, it was some size!!! As if the bigger the better. We all do it as if it makes a difference. If anything, a heavier, bigger hare is gonna be easier to catch than a normal size one, stands to reason. Just like a heavier built bullcross won't be as nimble as a lighter variety. Same with size, if your a target, last thing you want to be is the biggest f*****g target I'm sure something larger is gonna be easier for the dog to grab than something smaller. Length of leg advantage is negligible compared to a dog. If the dog can't out run any hare no matter size then its never gonna make a hare dog anyway. So the larger the hare, is a disadvantage to it in my book. If rabbits could run like hares, now that would be some animal

same with girls the big fat ugly ones are always easier to pull. but unlike big hares we usually keep quiet about the big girls

[baw 4,360]

 

 

Always makes me smile when guys describe hares they catch with comments like, it was some size!!! As if the bigger the better. We all do it as if it makes a difference. If anything, a heavier, bigger hare is gonna be easier to catch than a normal size one, stands to reason. Just like a heavier built bullcross won't be as nimble as a lighter variety. Same with size, if your a target, last thing you want to be is the biggest f*****g target I'm sure something larger is gonna be easier for the dog to grab than something smaller. Length of leg advantage is negligible compared to a dog. If the dog can't out run any hare no matter size then its never gonna make a hare dog anyway. So the larger the hare, is a disadvantage to it in my book. If rabbits could run like hares, now that would be some animal

same with girls the big fat ugly ones are always easier to pull. but unlike big hares we usually keep quiet about the big girls

f***ing brilliant :notworthy: