Rabbit or Hare

[Guest world.hunters]

got talking about this subject a while ago and just wondered what you lot think is the harder to catch

 

a lamped squatting hare or rabbit pre ban of course. iv seen both and the hares i have seen can turn just as good as the humble bunny.

 

 

what you think????

Edited October 31, 2007 by world.hunters

[Guest SJM]

Hares? Rabbits? Never mind them, the hardest thing to catch on the lamp is those wee bouncy kanagroo mouse thingies that you see on the really wet nights I have no ides what they are called but manys a night in the past I have landed royally on my rear trying to catch those wee feckers The dogs never seem to be able to see them and they are almost impossible to catch lol

[sureshot 0]

Hares? Rabbits? Never mind them, the hardest thing to catch on the lamp is those wee bouncy kanagroo mouse thingies that you see on the really wet nights I have no ides what they are called but manys a night in the past I have landed royally on my rear trying to catch those wee feckers The dogs never seem to be able to see them and they are almost impossible to catch lol

 

 

aint them bouncy things on wet nights normally frogs lol

[chartpolski 24,558]

got talking about this subject a while ago and just wondered what you lot think is the harder to catch

 

a lamped squatting hare or rabbit pre ban of course. iv seen both and the hares i have seen can turn just as good as the humble bunny.

 

 

what you think????

 

Is this a joke?.... You've obviously not lamped either, (or you're taking the piss).

Cheers.

[Guest SJM]

no they are mice with long tails that bounce around, Im no mouse expert but someone on here will probably know what they are called

[sureshot 0]

lol okie dokie

[Nell 1]

A lamped rabbit IMHO is one of the easiest things to catch, especially when it gets to a hedge/stone wall with the light in its eyes. Although the inexperienced lamper can make it look alot harder than it should be though

 

Lamped hares are EASIER to catch than daytime IMO, but a lamped one is still no easy task and will still take a hell of alot more catching than a rabbit, unless obviously you pick it up out of the squat.

[ter_gibz 0]

hares are by far the hardest to catch

[Guest SJM]

Where I used to go lamping, In the early part of the season before the rabbits and hares have a chance to get lamp shy I would say that the rabbits are much easier to catch as they sit tight and if you have an experienced dog it can cruise silently up to them and lift them from the clap. Once youve been round a few times killing most of the bunnies from the fields, those rabbits that are left, the ones that have perhaps escaped capture a few times, dont usually squat tight and they will be up and off as soon as the light goes on, rabbits are sprinters that usually know exactly where they are headed for so they are harder to catch in the later part of the lamping season.

 

Green hares that havent been lamped will lollop about in the beam, they come in to call and run daft circles, sometimes coming right up to you before they realise whats going on, IMO hares that havent been educated to the beam are much less savvy than rabbits as they dont even try to clamp down or evade being spotted. If they dont get massacred on the first few bends by a dog that knows what its doing, and they get up to a decent speed and head for an escape route in the field and get away, they will certainly be harder to lamp the next time round The trouble is, a lot of hares when lamped run crazily all over the place, the light seems to confuse them, they are definately no testing quarry for a dog at night IMO and the lads who say otherwise are talking about bits where they have been heavily lamped as I have seen hares running down the beam almost into the dogs jaws on places where they havent been lamped before. With a dog that knows the job, some green hares and strong shoulders you could fill a bag very easily, but its not exactly the most sporting of activities, slightly more sporting than shooting them but nowhere near as fun, or exciting as coursing them in the daytime (if it was still legal ).

[ter_gibz 0]

A lamped rabbit IMHO is one of the easiest things to catch, especially when it gets to a hedge/stone wall with the light in its eyes. Although the inexperienced lamper can make it look alot harder than it should be though

 

Lamped hares are EASIER to catch than daytime IMO, but a lamped one is still no easy task and will still take a hell of alot more catching than a rabbit, unless obviously you pick it up out of the squat.

if the light is in the hares eyes is it not in the dogs eyes too.

[ter_gibz 0]

Where I used to go lamping, In the early part of the season before the rabbits and hares have a chance to get lamp shy I would say that the rabbits are much easier to catch as they sit tight and if you have an experienced dog it can cruise silently up to them and lift them from the clap. Once youve been round a few times killing most of the bunnies from the fields, those rabbits that are left, the ones that have perhaps escaped capture a few times, dont usually squat tight and they will be up and off as soon as the light goes on, rabbits are sprinters that usually know exactly where they are headed for so they are harder to catch in the later part of the lamping season.

 

Green hares that havent been lamped will lollop about in the beam, they come in to call and run daft circles, sometimes coming right up to you before they realise whats going on, IMO hares that havent been educated to the beam are much less savvy than rabbits as they dont even try to clamp down or evade being spotted. If they dont get massacred on the first few bends by a dog that knows what its doing, and they get up to a decent speed and head for an escape route in the field and get away, they will certainly be harder to lamp the next time round The trouble is, a lot of hares when lamped run crazily all over the place, the light seems to confuse them, they are definately no testing quarry for a dog at night IMO and the lads who say otherwise are talking about bits where they have been heavily lamped as I have seen hares running down the beam almost into the dogs jaws on places where they havent been lamped before. With a dog that knows the job, some green hares and strong shoulders you could fill a bag very easily, but its not exactly the most sporting of activities, slightly more sporting than shooting them but nowhere near as fun, or exciting as coursing them in the daytime (if it was still legal ).

bullshit

[Guest rio]

never really been into lamping hares but the ones i seen running are alot harder to catch than a rabbit

[Nell 1]

A lamped rabbit IMHO is one of the easiest things to catch, especially when it gets to a hedge/stone wall with the light in its eyes. Although the inexperienced lamper can make it look alot harder than it should be though

 

Lamped hares are EASIER to catch than daytime IMO, but a lamped one is still no easy task and will still take a hell of alot more catching than a rabbit, unless obviously you pick it up out of the squat.

if the light is in the hares eyes is it not in the dogs eyes too.

 

I take it you don't lamp very often?

 

But just for the record, no, if your lamping properly, you lamp the quarry, not the dog

[Guest SJM]

Its not bullshit I go lamping quite a bit with a keeper mate of mine on a bit which is untouched by dog folk, its a one way in one way out estate and its lifting with hares, they come right up to you within a few feet when you squeak them in and they lollop about like big daft domesticated rabbits, run a dog on hares like this and they dont have a clue whats going on. I will take the camcorder the next time Im out and we will call some in and film them, Ill post it on here and show you, unlike a lot of people on these forums I dont talk bullshit and can prove and back up everything I say What gems of wisdom and experience have you got to offer other than a one word post?

[Guest SJM]

I take it you don't lamp very often?

 

But just for the record, no, if your lamping properly, you lamp the quarry, not the dog