Lurchers Hunting For Themselves

[beast 1,884]

 

maximus, the voice of experience!

 

jigsaw, get them to recall to a whistle, if you are hunting forestry. you might want to get a tracking collar too, else they may pull a deer and you wont see them for hours, until they have eaten the bugger!!!

 

in more open areas i walk across the wind, and the dogs will hunt off along scent away upwind, so to the side of me. collie crosses make great hunters, but saluki crosses will too, many are just run off slip so dont get the opportunity to learn nose work, but yours will pick it up soon enough.

 

love working the dogs loose myself, not knowing what they may get hold of, like to get them out hunting on moonlit nights too.

beast they wouldnt go that far away from me tbh,and their recall is excellent,i use the kelpie x also and shes very determined at times but its on and off at the minute,shes never gone too far.the saluki x's are very obedient,the one dog i find with an excelleent nose at times is a dog from lucas,hes flushed a few big rabbits from large expanses of trees and scrub.its a good craic and a handy way of letting the dogs have a bit of fun too,

 

 

i wasnt doubting their recall bud, just that a whistle carries further than a shout. and is more discreet!!! about the collar, its just that deer can sometimes take a dog a long way from you in forestry, and youve no way of knowing where. peace of mind!

[beast 1,884]

using dogs to hunt up doesnt spoil them for the lamp in the slightest. mine will stay at heel when i tell them, or go hunt up at night if i tell them, or when i have the lamp they will come straight back after a run (whether they catch or not) without being called: i train them that turning the light out means "come back", not too difficult really, just needs a bit of pateince from you until the penny drops with the dog. in broken scrub and standing corn, where you can easily miss a squatting rabbit when you shine around, i let the dogs hunt up at night and simply light up the dogs at work.

[collie/grey 238]

I'd barely see any game if my dogs didn't hunt up, can't stand dogs that just tag along at your heel during the day.

[bunnys 1,228]

aint a lurcher if it dont hunt and cover hunting a must .atb bunnys.

[coursing-lad 71]

During the day I let the dogs beat about (in hope they flush something) works a treat. No matter where Iam I let them do their own thing. Still having control over them due to great recall. And lamping of course they'll be on slips

[lurcherman 887 13,079]

Been doing alot daytime mooching recently and be honest im starting to prefer it over anything else watching the pup work now he found hes nose is great and the collie x has a excellent nose had more exitement/sport over last week than had in long time when something bolts definatly gets blood flowing and have 2 tired mutts after which is bonus

[nothernlite 18,076]

That's what lurcher are for to hunt feck walking about with the dog on a lead ad they use to say hjkc

[lurcherman 887 13,079]

Been doing alot woodland nl always eventful walks

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

That's what lurcher are for to hunt feck walking about with the dog on a lead ad they use to say hjkc

Or HJCC in the case of rabbits and sometimes even hares.

[jigsaw 11,863]

maximus.....Hunt Jump Catch and C?????? whats the last bit lol.painfully obvious now i expect but id dammed if i can work it out lol.

[nothernlite 18,076]

Carry lol it always was hunt jump kill carry

even if they couldn't they were always advertised hjkc text talk for selling lurchers lol

[shaaark 10,693]

 

Carry lol it always was hunt jump kill carry

even if they couldn't they were always advertised hjkc text talk for selling lurchers lol

 

Lol good way to describe/lie about a dog, but not as amusing as the modern terms lol. Kin el, if someone was to use all the modern terms to sell a dog, they'd be writing half a book, not adding a few letters! Lol

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

hjkc rhf&d

or....hjcc live to hand.

[jigsaw 11,863]

i worked it out this morn,lol i got a brain rush lol.......hadnt seen that in years.