Running The Beam

[Ocset 91]

Ocset your posts are a lot like krankys.

If that's someone who knows what they're on about and can spot when someone is just rehashing stuff that they've read and obviously haven't done anything, then I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks.

 

Do you want to answer my questions? After you went to all the trouble to highlight text in red, it'd be a shame to leave it there. But maybe for the best.

[Ocset 91]

I think the main thing is to enjoy what you do be it 10 yards or 300 yards

Spot on.

[squab 2,875]

good fieldcraft as mentioned,cant see the point of giving it a 300 yard slip when i could get in a better position and half the distance

[J Darcy 5,871]

 

 

Darcy yards is no where near a big slip I have witnessed 300 yard plus slips many many times both night and day we have a mutal friend that has also seen it ask him about a slip with my old bitch on a fox before the ban that we paced out at 330 yards from slip to where the fox stood ...imo holding a dog back until the quarry (rabbits ) have the advantage lets you know what kind of dog you have on the end of your slip .....a dog that drops stuff it has no right to even get near is a decent animal imo

Well, It was only my opinion.....

I have to say that i've personally never seen anyone slip on a rabbit at plus yards at night. And I've spent my whole life lamping. Other critters are a different matter, but even with those yards is still a long slip and before long they will be out of the beam if they don't run your way.

 

That said, it's only lamping and, in all honesty, I don't judge my dog (s) on what they do at night, it's daytime where they are graded. But each to their own and good hunting.

 

Surely you've hunted all over the country and possibly in other countries too. In certain places < yard slips are hard to come by. A dog that can't cover ground quickly and get on terms with it's quarry at distances over 150 yards isn't for me. Daytime slips can be even longer due to the nature of the ground. The land we were on on Sunday, we could see for at least 2 miles in every direction. Only small copses and hedgerows offered any cover.

 

Hi, I was refering to lamped rabbits only in my posts. I've had a think about it and I think I've only seen one guy slip at rabbits that 'might' have been yards. At night it is a long way.

Just on another tangent, when does 'long range lamping' become 'hunting up in the dark'?

 

Like I say, just MHO but i also think that some people don't know just how far yards is, never mind the other crazy distances quoted.

Either way, whether close slips or rubies in the distance, it's being out with the dog's that counts....

[Ocset 91]

 

 

 

Darcy yards is no where near a big slip I have witnessed 300 yard plus slips many many times both night and day we have a mutal friend that has also seen it ask him about a slip with my old bitch on a fox before the ban that we paced out at 330 yards from slip to where the fox stood ...imo holding a dog back until the quarry (rabbits ) have the advantage lets you know what kind of dog you have on the end of your slip .....a dog that drops stuff it has no right to even get near is a decent animal imo

Well, It was only my opinion.....

I have to say that i've personally never seen anyone slip on a rabbit at plus yards at night. And I've spent my whole life lamping. Other critters are a different matter, but even with those yards is still a long slip and before long they will be out of the beam if they don't run your way.

 

That said, it's only lamping and, in all honesty, I don't judge my dog (s) on what they do at night, it's daytime where they are graded. But each to their own and good hunting.

 

Surely you've hunted all over the country and possibly in other countries too. In certain places < yard slips are hard to come by. A dog that can't cover ground quickly and get on terms with it's quarry at distances over 150 yards isn't for me. Daytime slips can be even longer due to the nature of the ground. The land we were on on Sunday, we could see for at least 2 miles in every direction. Only small copses and hedgerows offered any cover.

 

Hi, I was refering to lamped rabbits only in my posts. I've had a think about it and I think I've only seen one guy slip at rabbits that 'might' have been yards. At night it is a long way.

Just on another tangent, when does 'long range lamping' become 'hunting up in the dark'?

 

Like I say, just MHO but i also think that some people don't know just how far yards is, never mind the other crazy distances quoted.

Either way, whether close slips or rubies in the distance, it's being out with the dog's that counts....

 

Fair enough, I don't send my dog blindly down the beam and won't slip unless he's seen his quarry. Sometimes it has to move before he sees it. I'll admit that it can be handy to send the dog down the beam to a squatter but I don't need nor want him to do it. That way he doesn't hunt up, uses his eyes and doesn't rely on his nose too much.

 

I totally agree about people getting distances wrong, either during the day or at night.

 

I'm happy to see anyone work their dog in any manner they choose. It's just a bit annoying when people tell you that the way you do things is impossible and only their way works when they clearly have never done it.

[Ocset 91]

Just to add, I run a couple of golf courses. The grass is short, the rabbits are fast and you get to see exactly how far away they are by the 100 yard markers. It's easy for the dog to see rabbits a long way away on a golf course at night.

[J Darcy 5,871]

Absolutely.....

[DEERMAN 1,019]

if i put lamp on and i know theres something there , i like my dog to go down there no matter how far ,even if she can't see the quarry due to high grass or something, she knows if i keep lamp on a spot theres something there 100m or 400m sighted or not

Edited December 31, 2013 by DEERMAN