Yes Or No?

[Blackdog92 2,047]

 

 

Seen plenty in The New Forest,..big old things.... My old dogs never made any impression on them ,..and in a way I was glad....Also walked into large Reds on Scottish Isles,...plus had a few runs, down in the West Country,...ugly girt feckers....more akin to Donkeys than Deer...

Can they be taken with lurchers that are committed to the task ?,...I believe they can....

However,... it would not be a pretty sight,...sure, a buzz and a definite turn on, for them as needs it no doubt,...but,..the job would hold no interest for me....

'More akin to donkeys'.....made me chuckle...atb

Iv said before on here but the wild uns up the lakes are like cross horses an goats haha iv seen em jump some serious leaps an almost go up vertical walls haha, some serious beasts

A couple weeks ago I was taking some sheep to the fell and spooked a few reds and they made easy work of jumping the DEER FENCE lol.

[DogMan85 722]

It's a good job they don't get as big over here as they do in the Carpathian Mountains, those beasts weigh up to 400kg if not more.

Edited April 14, 2017 by DogMan85

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,716]

I always think because of the locale, the environs and the magnitude of the animal a typical red stag is in this day and age off the menu for a roustabout lurcher owner

 

I'm uneducated in the new forest paths and tread ways , however twice in my life I have have extracted injured men from the hills , once in the lakes and once in the Cairngorms ,

 

To Harry down hill and scree with a person reliant upon your strength and nous to get to the nearest car access is not a pleasant experience

 

Now to assume that a succcessful hunt on these creatures with a running dog requires strength physically, resourcefulness to pick the best route, equipment to haul, watchful over your dogs all in the need to avoid keepers walkers other hill people is stretching on the nigh on impossible

 

All for years later to stare at its stuffed cervid head above the mantle place remembering old gyp and Ben who took it that day ??

 

How many are that keen ?

 

Whereas the other rather less dignified option is to kill , snap and ditch?

 

Much easier but for me a pointless exercise where no one comes out smelling of roses

 

So In answer Andy, im afraid regardless of canine weaponry, id give best and try back

[roybo 2,873]

Without doubt I'd say it has,can and will be done. Fences and terrain work as much in favour of the dog as it does the deer.

But dragging one of those from high on the fell or through bog , has me making excuses about my bad back

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

Twatting antis seemed to stress the beast more than the dogs?? Wankers !!! Atb

Those weren't antis, they were the hunt staff putting it back in the cart to go home.

[D Lloyd 2,790]

Some one told me of a pup not 12 months old that took a stag hard to bileve single handed I now the man with the dog was on his Owen and only four foot tall and spoke with funny accent sed he had a small crane to get it in the truck.some tales get told on here lol

[mattyg 1,862]

It's a "no" from me!

May aswell run a cow!

Matt

[Silversnake 1,099]

I most certainly would slip, but I expect the result would be disappointing. But I do not have anywhere near the willpower nor the intelligence to stop myself having a go. Please lord let me witness at least once in my life a capable dog coursing something close to as magnificent as these stags!

Brilliant pictures, they must have been some sight for you holding the camera! Atvb

[FUJI 17,187]

Some one told me of a pup not 12 months old that took a stag hard to bileve single handed I now the man with the dog was on his Owen and only four foot tall and spoke with funny accent sed he had a small crane to get it in the truck.some tales get told on here lol

Don't believe everything you hear in this game Dai,unless you seen it with your own eyes I'd take it with a pinch of salt fella

[C.green 3,229]

 

 

It's something I'd like to have a go at one day within the law of course even if it does take 2 dogs a fence and a lamp still some achievement. I reckon last thing I'd do is kill it though.

so why run it?

To see what I'm feeding. Got no probs with what anyone else would do but myself I'd have no probs breaking dogs off and letting him fight another day.

[mick81 275]

I would do it if I could who wouldn't really it's got to be the ultimate creature for a lurcher men to have caught, but to say a dog can do it single handed is a bit far fetched really I would need to have seen it with my own eyes to believe it

[planete 120]

https://youtu.be/_4V9l4ChELo

 

Look at what a smallish Deer does to the dogs and a bunch of antis......

What a b..y farce!

 

And in answer to the question, no. I value my dogs too much and I have never had a staghound pack!

[roybo 2,873]

Some one told me of a pup not 12 months old that took a stag hard to bileve single handed I now the man with the dog was on his Owen and only four foot tall and spoke with funny accent sed he had a small crane to get it in the truck.some tales get told on here lol

wanker! Lol

[desertbred 5,490]

Yes and gone back without the hounds to pick them up

[Penda 3,341]

I recon to challenge one of them big fellas you'd have to have a dog that was knocking over big fallow bucks on a regular basis no point in trieing an in tried dog on them