Tree Dog

[Marcos 44]

Hi all

her is a photo of one of our dogs in a hollow after flushing a fox out. To get her out we had a double extension ladder on the tray of the ute to reach. as I said in my new mwmber intro we get a lot of foxes in Red Gums here in Australia and most dogs seem happy to follow a fox up but are not so keen to come down ( dont blame them )

Am enjoying the banter on the site so far and keen to hear more re your dogs

Cheers Marcos

[mussells 0]

[skycat 6,174]

So what happened with the fox: did it jump and get caught? Had it happen a couple of times here in big old hollow willow trees and the fox always launched itself into space and came down running: not for long though!

[Marcos 44]

Hi Skycat

we have Stags and when we do trees (which is 60% of our fox hunting) we always have a pair at the base of the tree. Trees are hard for Terriers as they can follow a fox up and the fox will jump or come out of a hollow and run down the back of the tree and hit the ground running full speed. The one in the tree was pushed out by China, probably 30 feet up, launched straight into space and hit the ground running. The running dogs are very good in that situation as the fox needs to be nailed fast or they will shoot up another tree.

The trees are a good spot to look for foxs as on a winters day they wil lay up in the trees in a fork or a hollow and have good vision and protection from the weather and other nasties.

Cheers

Marcos

[stevie g 2005 125]

Hi Skycat

we have Stags and when we do trees (which is 60% of our fox hunting) we always have a pair at the base of the tree. Trees are hard for Terriers as they can follow a fox up and the fox will jump or come out of a hollow and run down the back of the tree and hit the ground running full speed. The one in the tree was pushed out by China, probably 30 feet up, launched straight into space and hit the ground running. The running dogs are very good in that situation as the fox needs to be nailed fast or they will shoot up another tree.

The trees are a good spot to look for foxs as on a winters day they wil lay up in the trees in a fork or a hollow and have good vision and protection from the weather and other nasties.

Cheers

Marcos

THATS VERY INTRESTING ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY A FOX IS MORE LIKE A CAT THAN A MEMBER OF THE DOG FAMILY I TEND TO AGREE ALSO IT SHOWS U HOW ADAPT THERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THERE SURROUDING REALLY RESPECT THE ANIMAL

[Marcos 44]

stevie g 2005,

we moved here 11 years ago and we used to hunt all sandy burrows as we were up in the desert country, trees only about 10 to20 feet tall and paddocks about 10 to 20,000 acres. When we came here one of the neighbours a mad keen fox hunter took us out and I thought he was a bit funny going around to all the trees and checking them for marks, a fox puts a long scratch mark in the bark of the trees as it climbs about 2 to 4 inches long as against a possum that leaves smaller scratches about 1/2 an inch long [/b]anyways I didnt htink he was funny after I saw the first fox jump from about 30 to 40 feet up I started looking up as we went around the paddocks as well as checking for dens. They will lay flat and let you pass then slide down and beat a hasty retreat when you have gone, as cunning as a fox as they say!!!

Anyway they are a challenge in a tree as you cant dig and if you use a saw you need to know whats underneath before you start it or you'll need a heap of terriers!!??

Cheers Marcos

[brother fox 1]

Yes Marcos. I do alot of currajong trees in the riverina where they walk up broken hanging down branches for a camp out of the cattles way. Do alot of red gums and big old willows, one in particular holds a pair of foxes two or three times a season. Prefer a terrier to be leggy , narrow and to still have dew claws on to climb out on limbs as these tree foxes account for 15% of foxes taken for the season.

[allgame 0]

ya a bit of legs good in a terrier climb trees jump on the ute strong swimmers and still fit down any hole as long as there chest is to size