Heavy Lurchers

[fieldsportsman 107]

who runs heavy built lurchers, what x and if you had it pre ban, was any good on quarry other then rabbit. pics welcome

[lurchers2533 22]

my mate had a big deer grey x an although it could and did smash the hares he ended up being a cracking fox dog

[No eye deer 22]

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[Stigodadump 64]

I work nice wee bedi whippets over hear in Ireland and they are deadly at taking down foxes, why would you need a big heavy dog for a prey animal that is so light? The fox can fight back granted but if the dog is any good it hits it hard and despatches it with no big dramas.

[No eye deer 22]

I work nice wee bedi whippets over hear in Ireland and they are deadly at taking down foxes, why would you need a big heavy dog for a prey animal that is so light? The fox can fight back granted but if the dog is any good it hits it hard and despatches it with no big dramas.

i love the beddy x's but a beddy wip won't to the job as quick as a digger dog can

[fieldsportsman 107]

what about the smaller dogs...20-22tts that are well built, how do you think they would do

[Stigodadump 64]

Mine are no more than 19" and slam 'em hard and will do it repeatedly. It does tend to make em a bit like a crocodile on the bunnies though

[No eye deer 22]

what about the smaller dogs...20-22tts that are well built, how do you think they would do

ok, a good fox dog is that. Now we are going up in size.

[No eye deer 22]

Mine are no more than 19" and slam 'em hard and will do it repeatedly. It does tend to make em a bit like a crocodile on the bunnies though

like I said I love them. Seen a 19" do all sorts balls of steel.

[Stigodadump 64]

When you look at it the fox isn't that fast, he can't turn amazingly well like a hare ( unless it's one of them super supple cubs that are flying round at the moment!) and he certainly isn't big and heavy. All the dog needs is the speed to get up there quick before he hits cover and the technique of dispatching them rapidly. I have no qualms at all about using the lighter types like mine, they are hard as iron and strike whole heartedly with no fear.

 

After all a decent border x lakeland terrier can snuff a charlie in a hole on his tod so any half decent lurcher should be more than a match for one on the run.

[nothernlite 18,076]

Mine are no more than 19" and slam 'em hard and will do it repeatedly. It does tend to make em a bit like a crocodile on the bunnies though

one of the stigs lines 19tts

[Bazil brush 474]

What's most you had in one night with them stig not Septembers but the proper ones you get December January ?

[Astanley 11,565]

That's a great looking dog mate , it looks strong and still racy , got an intense look about it aswell , I like it a lot

[Stigodadump 64]

I think the most one dog has done for me is 5 in a night, it is not a numbers game for me anyway. I just do the job in hand. We cover a big area and a lot of it is rough mountain ground that takes a while to get round in a night so the dogs get a decent brake between runs.

 

I run them in daylight as well either slipping the lurchers when the hounds put 'em out or with my terriers working the cover. Like I say it's not a numbers game but on average the dogs do around 100 between them per year. We also shoot up around 100.

 

There are plenty of times when I get none as well either due to them not being about or the dogs don't get 'em, that's hunting!

[miss the fox 10]

When you look at it the fox isn't that fast, he can't turn amazingly well like a hare ( unless it's one of them super supple cubs that are flying round at the moment!) and he certainly isn't big and heavy. All the dog needs is the speed to get up there quick before he hits cover and the technique of dispatching them rapidly. I have no qualms at all about using the lighter types like mine, they are hard as iron and strike whole heartedly with no fear.

 

After all a decent border x lakeland terrier can snuff a charlie in a hole on his tod so any half decent lurcher should be more than a match for one on the run.

so where does your dog take it by to kill it quick. what technique does a beddy/whippet use to "dispatch rapidly"