Do You Run You Dogs On Ploughed Fields

[bigdogscarborough 14]

I personally don't but plenty do its each to there own a suppose

[buster gonads 862]

Chopped up sugar beet missed from the previous years harvest, worth remembering those beet fields if the weather gets hard for any length of time.

[inan 841]

A lot of alledged coursintg lads will scout out plough to slip on some of the slower stronger dogs like to get out on the claggy stuff then the stamina kicks in more than the speed especially for the dogs , if the long eared ones get on top they can still get their ears back and make a race of it.Not into lampintg so cant really comment wouldnt fancy runnintg on a heavy plough on the lamp especially with a sharpish dog but could be wrong

My experience is most dogs will catch on plough as long as it isnt too hard , thats why Hares get off as soon as they can. Lamping hares on plough doesn't sound much fun or much of a test for the dog.

[inan 841]

Chopped up sugar beet missed from the previous years harvest, worth remembering those beet fields if the weather gets hard for any length of time.

Beet not lifted can be hard on a dogs feet imo.It often holds hares but sometimes its better to walk it and move them off to run them later in the day.

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,482]

Does anyone know why you often get rabbits right out in the middle of ploughed fields? as there cant be any food there for them

don't know about rabbits but hares often sit out in ploughed fields because it helps them shelter from the wind more

[Desmond 480]

99% of cockneys wont come off plough

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

Maize stubbles can be hard on a dog too.

[slip lead 862]

A mates dog many years ago, snapped his front leg clean in half, looked hideous running back with his leg swinging about.

 

That's why I would avoid deep plough like the plague.

 

 

But who knows where the dog will end up after its been slipped.

 

Happy Hunting.

Edited September 23, 2014 by slip lead

[buster gonads 862]

 

Chopped up sugar beet missed from the previous years harvest, worth remembering those beet fields if the weather gets hard for any length of time.

Beet not lifted can be hard on a dogs feet imo.It often holds hares but sometimes its better to walk it and move them off to run them later in the day.

 

I mean bits and pieces left in fields that have been harvested the previous year inan, my mate stores piles of fodder beet on his farm yard, they knock 7 bell's out of it in hard weather too.

[MIK 4,756]

 

A lot of alledged coursintg lads will scout out plough to slip on some of the slower stronger dogs like to get out on the claggy stuff then the stamina kicks in more than the speed especially for the dogs , if the long eared ones get on top they can still get their ears back and make a race of it.Not into lampintg so cant really comment wouldnt fancy runnintg on a heavy plough on the lamp especially with a sharpish dog but could be wrong

My experience is most dogs will catch on plough as long as it isnt too hard , thats why Hares get off as soon as they can. Lamping hares on plough doesn't sound much fun or much of a test for the dog.

 

surely coursing on wet heavy plough is near the ultimate test for a running dog for obvious reasons

[stabba 10,745]

Run on heavy plough regular. I'd have thought the rabbits hares and deer will feed on the roots exposed by the turning over. You often see foxes sat out on plough too. If game can run on it...so can a dog imo.

[blackmaggie 3,376]

 

Does anyone know why you often get rabbits right out in the middle of ploughed fields? as there cant be any food there for them

don't know about rabbits but hares often sit out in ploughed fields because it helps them shelter from the wind more

 

i found they liked to get down in the deep rutts made by the tractor to especially in bitterly cold/wet easterly wind

[malc1 544]

ive run my dogs on it and still do ive run them in snow ice and potato ruts stubble never hurt them pulled a good few rabbits of them

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,482]

Some hares run crap on a plough and some seem to fly over it, just the same with dogs some run well on it some don't

[Desmond 480]

Some hares run crap on a plough and some seem to fly over it, just the same with dogs some run well on it some don't

have you ever seen big john walk a plough?