Lurchers Hunting For Themselves

[weasle 1,119]

Ive had some good maybe better than that,hunting lurchers and the amount of game they find is amazing.

At the moment i dont have one , they will hunt a hot scent but thats it.

When youve had dogs that will go off and find stuff it can be frustrating to take other dogs to the same place knowing whats there if they go and look,only to find them sniffing around 10ft away.

A dog that will go and find stuff will make a quite mooch into a hunt, will keep its self and other dogs fit.

Some will do it others wont in my experience.

[snappeer 464]

My mates got two that jump the fence and go the park in the night hes had to make it higher dogs where comeing back marked up and know one new who was takeing them out

[morton 5,368]

I would,nt feed a lurcher that did,nt have the ability to hunt up and work out a few of the problems it may encounter,you can only train so much into a dog,the rest as to be natural and instinctive,if its not in the breeding its impossible to train it into the mutt.

[FUJI 16,919]

I have one or two mutts that will literally hunt a scent during the day for well in excess of a mile and regularly do,yet they need no leash whilst lamping..I guess if they get familiar with both tasks they soon realise which method (nose or eyes) they need to use to stand a chance of a catch? I enjoy watching the dog hunting up..infact at this time in my life I do more of this hunting then anything else..

[wuyang 513]

I get my kicks from dogs that hunt......nothing finer than a flask of tea while sitting down watching my dogs hunting around in the distance.

[FUJI 16,919]

I get my kicks from dogs that hunt......nothing finer than a flask of tea while sitting down watching my dogs hunting around in the distance.

Ditto..Wuyang

[jcm 2,327]

I get my kicks from dogs that hunt......nothing finer than a flask of tea while sitting down watching my dogs hunting around in the distance.

Sat drinking a cuppa outa your flash, think I'll come work my dogs with you, tbh I don't want my dogs to hunt to far as there are a lot of roads close to where I work my dogs so it could be a disaster if I let them

[3 Turns 326]

 

ALRIGHT MATE .

FORGOT TO ASK IS IT MOSTLY WOODLAND AREAS YOU HUNT BY DAY AND RURAL.?

 

this is just a place that is very handy for me to exercise the dogs,i dont usually go out for a loose hunt,but ive enjoyed it thoroughly when out there.the 1st flush of success has really given me the bug,lol.i used to do a whole lot of it years ago when rabbiting and bushing with the terriers but that was 2 decades ago.its mostly rushy fields and woodland scrub i walk .

ALRIGHT JIGSAW.

WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE WHEN YOU CHANGE THERE TASTE IN CHOCOLATE YOULL FIND THAT WHEREVER YOU ARE PUBLIC OR RURAL YOUR TEAM WILL MAKE A RIGHT FOOL OF YOU.

EXAMPLE .

YOUR OUT MAYBE WITH FAMILY ON A INOCCENT STROLL DOWN THE LOCAL BEACH, COUNTRY PARK ORFOOTBALL FIELDS

AS SOON AS YOU LOOSE YOUR TRUSTED STEADS 1 WILL GET A HOT SENT WEARAS ANOTHER OR ALL WILL COMMENCE IN THE CHASE AND ONE WILL START SINGING TO INFORM THE REST OF THE PACK TO HOME IN ON THE CHASE AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THEYVE PULLED RUDOLPH INFRONT OV A PARK RANGER, CLASS OF KIDS ON A FIELD TRIP OR SUM MUPPET WITH A CAMERA OR PHONE.

WELL YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

PLODD ALL OVER YOU AND YOUR GAFF.

JST THINGS THATVE HAPPENED TOO ME OVER THE YRS.

AND YOULL NEVER CHANGE THEM BACK.

ONCE THEVE TASTED THE BIG CHOCOLATE .

ATB.

[FUJI 16,919]

 

I've seen me walk over 18 miles on the ground I walk..never seen a single person and not a road within miles so it's pretty enjoyable in the main apart from the rain which seems to follow me around haha

[morton 5,368]

Flask of tea?real lurchermen only drink Iron Brew,or from puddles Sheep have trod in.

[FUJI 16,919]

 

Dog must be under close control at times when you need it to be as you never know what you may bump into whilst out & about?

[Buttons 140]

Mine are not penned or kennelled in the day and I have 2 that take them selves over the fields in the day missing for an hr many a day but there doing no harm as there's only the odd Charlie and bambi over there

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Something that might help you mate, as I know it helped me, was buying a Garmin tracker. Its total piece of mind knowing where they are at. I never miss a beat now. Looks like you hunt similar land to me, thick forest, open hill.

[merle24 61]

Its great to watch,you get to read the dog after a while it kind of wierd lol. My old bitch colliegreydeergrey x beddywhippet see left, was a great hunter in her closing years used to stay what distance you wanted her rmoved on hand signals a nice bit of work for the older lurcher thats seen alot and knows the differance when the lamp comes out. I would steer clear of it for dogs not yet but intended to work the lamp as bad traits will alot of the time become wired in.

[jigsaw 11,860]

very interesting and thought provoking replies,thanks folks,im enjoying reading all this,some amazing photos too .I do hope they improve with the flushing and bushing in the future but it'll be mainly running big rabbits when ever i can find them.My son and I have a good walk about and have a bit of craic with the dogs on slips,as for changing their taste in chocolate,so far the dogs adapt to every given situation,they are happy to be on slips and are ok when loose around the woods and rushy fields,and i dont tolerate a dog turning a deaf ear to me,i still test them with stock and so far no problems.