Gate Netting Hares

[Leeview 791]

yeah the hares need to be kept in boxes with very little room for them to turn or move once the journeys not too long,ive seen the coursing clubs have em in rows of shoe box sized containers,and i think as little contact with the human hand as possible if i can remember correctly.

The boxes are usually for 4 or 6 hares,each compartment would be about as wide as a shoebox but longer and could be entered or released from either side. Handling the hares is a very precise action to avoid fatal injuries to the hare and releasing them correctly is just as crucial

Y.I.S Leeview

[jigsaw 11,863]

good man lee,its been a good few years since i saw that,my memory aint what it used to be lol

[neil cooney 10,416]

Yes, hares should only be handled by experienced folk or they'll suffer. Gate netting hares is easy enough .

Handling them is the hard part and can only be done by licence in Eire.

[Hareydave 1,214]

 

yeah the hares need to be kept in boxes with very little room for them to turn or move once the journeys not too long,ive seen the coursing clubs have em in rows of shoe box sized containers,and i think as little contact with the human hand as possible if i can remember correctly.

The boxes are usually for 4 or 6 hares,each compartment would be about as wide as a shoebox but longer and could be entered or released from either side. Handling the hares is a very precise action to avoid fatal injuries to the hare and releasing them correctly is just as crucial

Y.I.S Leeview

 

I drop mine in a sack an not a prob on release

[Hareydave 1,214]

Yes, hares should only be handled by experienced folk or they'll suffer. Gate netting hares is easy enough .

Handling them is the hard part and can only be done by licence in Eire.

iv a tv licence

[micky 3,325]

 

 

yeah the hares need to be kept in boxes with very little room for them to turn or move once the journeys not too long,ive seen the coursing clubs have em in rows of shoe box sized containers,and i think as little contact with the human hand as possible if i can remember correctly.

The boxes are usually for 4 or 6 hares,each compartment would be about as wide as a shoebox but longer and could be entered or released from either side. Handling the hares is a very precise action to avoid fatal injuries to the hare and releasing them correctly is just as crucial

Y.I.S Leeview

 

I drop mine in a sack an not a prob on release

sacking will kill hares or rabbits

[Hareydave 1,214]

 

 

 

yeah the hares need to be kept in boxes with very little room for them to turn or move once the journeys not too long,ive seen the coursing clubs have em in rows of shoe box sized containers,and i think as little contact with the human hand as possible if i can remember correctly.

The boxes are usually for 4 or 6 hares,each compartment would be about as wide as a shoebox but longer and could be entered or released from either side. Handling the hares is a very precise action to avoid fatal injuries to the hare and releasing them correctly is just as crucial

Y.I.S Leeview

 

I drop mine in a sack an not a prob on release

sacking will kill hares or rabbits

 

I never lost any

[Mr Wilkes 2,979]

 

 

 

 

yeah the hares need to be kept in boxes with very little room for them to turn or move once the journeys not too long,ive seen the coursing clubs have em in rows of shoe box sized containers,and i think as little contact with the human hand as possible if i can remember correctly.

The boxes are usually for 4 or 6 hares,each compartment would be about as wide as a shoebox but longer and could be entered or released from either side. Handling the hares is a very precise action to avoid fatal injuries to the hare and releasing them correctly is just as crucial

Y.I.S Leeview

 

I drop mine in a sack an not a prob on release

sacking will kill hares or rabbits

 

I never lost any

 

me neither...

[Tiercel 6,986]

Something I have never done is releasing hares. Does the weather play a part on their survival after release? I ask as when a hare is raised on an area, they know where to go to get out of the wind and rain, where the best feeding is etc; If they are released on to new ground they have to start again, so to speak. If that release coincides with bad weather is it detrimental to the hares and cause fatalities because they are unfamiliar with the ground?

 

Just something that struck me.

 

TC

Edited December 4, 2014 by tiercel

[jigsaw 11,863]

Something I have never done is releasing hares. Does the weather play a part on their survival after release? I ask as when a hare is raised on an area, they know where to go to get out of the wind and rain, where the best feeding is etc; If they are released on to new ground they have to start again, so to speak. If that release coincides with bad weather is it detrimental to the hares and cause fatalities because they are unfamiliar with the ground?

 

Just something that struck me.

 

TC

thats some deep thinking there lol.and a very well put together querey.looking forward to the replys.only yesterday a man told me when he used to do it,they put a spoon of honey on their backs,it was to stop them just running away into the horizion he told me.he said they would stop to lick themselves clean and therefore stay about and not move too far away...................TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE HORSE SHIT

any one ever hear of such a thing?

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Seen plenty of hares driven into Long Nets by the coursing fraternity,...for relocation..

You have got to know the land and get the nets set up, into the most suitable positions.

Edited December 4, 2014 by Phil Lloyd

[J Darcy 5,871]

I've netted hares both day and night using traditional gate nets and smaller mini longnets that i set a yard out of the gate so the hare went under the gate at full speed and didnt see the net. Those were always the best sort, much better than those that get draped over the gate like you see in the staged photos.

I've done my fair share of long netting for relocation, but the best day was one where I was paid handsomely to net a few hares for the film industry.....could do with a job like that every month

 

The thing with sacks is that there will be alot more stress than when using the proper boxes. It's not a pyhsical strain that kills hares (or deer for that matter, ahem) but a mental one. Just like in us humans; stress kills. And just because a hare runs away looking well, doesn't mean to say she won't just lay up and die having gone 'over the edge' in her little brain. If you wish to move hares I do think that a solid box is the best way and most respectful way for the hare. But thats just my opinion.

There's lots of things to discuss with regards moving hares....

[Leeview 791]

 

Something I have never done is releasing hares. Does the weather play a part on their survival after release? I ask as when a hare is raised on an area, they know where to go to get out of the wind and rain, where the best feeding is etc; If they are released on to new ground they have to start again, so to speak. If that release coincides with bad weather is it detrimental to the hares and cause fatalities because they are unfamiliar with the ground?

 

Just something that struck me.

 

TC

thats some deep thinking there lol.and a very well put together querey.looking forward to the replys.only yesterday a man told me when he used to do it,they put a spoon of honey on their backs,it was to stop them just running away into the horizion he told me.he said they would stop to lick themselves clean and therefore stay about and not move too far away...................TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE HORSE SHIT

any one ever hear of such a thing?

 

never heard of honey being used but water had the same effect

Y.I.S Leeview

[jigsaw 11,863]

maybe there is some realms of sense in it so,

[gamerooster 1,179]

Gamecock carrying boxes spring to mind