Quick question?

[Daniel cain 45,291]

48 minutes ago, Kerny92 said:

You think a Collie cross would hack that without snapping in two, that rusty thing of yours might catch one. You've heard of the Tortoise and the Hare pal?

Slow and steady wins the race....... 

[Kerny92 1,246]

No but in all honestly a good collie cross will manage 3 Hares, don't get me wrong this was on relatively small fields compared to Fens but Hares can shift anywhere.

[Westyorkshire_lad 402]

24 minutes ago, Kerny92 said:

No but in all honestly a good collie cross will manage 3 Hares, don't get me wrong this was on relatively small fields compared to Fens but Hares can shift anywhere.

No offence pal but take that collie cross on the fen winter time ul be lucky to kill 1 

[Crackers 807]

T

1 hour ago, Westyorkshire_lad said:

No offence pal but take that collie cross on the fen winter time ul be lucky to kill 1 

Take a fen dog local little fields you be lucky kill one like as been said horses for courses

[Black neck 15,928]

27 minutes ago, Crackers said:

T

Take a fen dog local little fields you be lucky kill one like as been said horses for courses

Take mine anywhere and you be lucky to kill

[green lurchers 16,628]

5 hours ago, dogmad riley said:

Would the Sunday league player do 3 hares daytime?

 

Horses for courses

Probably if they were  kicked up off his footie boot laces 

Edited July 31, 2018 by green lurchers

[Lance82 131]

On 30 July 2018 at 20:57, Kerny92 said:

Why is the selling of coursing dogs for crazy amounts of money accepted by folk on here who would cry murder at anyone else selling pups for a price not even close to that? 

That's not a pop at the coursing lads but more a question to those on here. 

Why do they get a free pass whereas others get ripped to shreds? 

Have to agree

[Lance82 131]

23 hours ago, Kerny92 said:

My point is not to have a go at the lads with the coursing dogs, they can charge what they like and if folk buy them then good on them I say. My point is more aimed at some on here who jump on other folk selling their dogs or pups at a high price yet don't do the same to the lads with coursing dogs who sell them for much more.

Alot of the money in them coursing dogs is down to the amount of money getting betted on them f***ing the hare!

yes proper f***ing!!! 

[Black neck 15,928]

4 minutes ago, Lance82 said:

Alot of the money in them coursing dogs is down to the amount of money getting betted on them f***ing the hare!

yes proper f***ing!!! 

Dya like dags 

[Lance82 131]

1 minute ago, Black neck said:

Dya like dags 

U got it! 

[Lance82 131]

Just now, Lance82 said:

U got it! 

Goods a ca a van wi nae fecking wheels!

[two crows 3,342]

you can buy a line bred coursing pup for a couple of hundred, bring it up well enter it when it is physically and mentally ready and that may not be at the same time so be patient and you may get a world beater or pay a few grand and stick yer chest out, its your choice as for colly crosses killing hares I can assure  any one unless its a freak it wont kill 3 winter hares coursed proper any where, I had a whippet sized bitch with saluki and beddlington in it that used to kill foxes single handed in winter and make a proper job of it, but I aren't daft enough to compare that to a proper fox dog, and as for fen dogs we used that term for a dog that could not catch one any where else.

[Kerny92 1,246]

1 minute ago, two crows said:

you can buy a line bred coursing pup for a couple of hundred, bring it up well enter it when it is physically and mentally ready and that may not be at the same time so be patient and you may get a world beater or pay a few grand and stick yer chest out, its your choice as for colly crosses killing hares I can assure  any one unless its a freak it wont kill 3 winter hares coursed proper any where, I had a whippet sized bitch with saluki and beddlington in it that used to kill foxes single handed in winter and make a proper job of it, but I aren't daft enough to compare that to a proper fox dog, and as for fen dogs we used that term for a dog that could not catch one any where else.

The dog caught 3 around Oct/Nov time, i was into Hare catching not coursing. 2 out of the 3 were decent slips as well.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

The answer (to the original question) is Hare Coursing matches have big wagers on them whereas a couple of digs on a Sunday morning don't. And it's a simple as that I think.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Rabbit Hunter

[PJCaswell 114]

10 hours ago, Rabbit Hunter said:

The answer (to the original question) is Hare Coursing matches have big wagers on them whereas a couple of digs on a Sunday morning don't. And it's a simple as that I think.

Coursing dogs can be competitively compared with each other unlike most of the other dogs on here. This means that the supply of the 'better' coursing dogs is naturally lower than the demand. This pushes prices up.  On the other hand lurchers are often bred by people who want a pup of their dog / bitch and a few people who want to extend 'their' line. In addition to this there are a lot of random matings. Despite the often insane rantings on here Lurcher owners tend to be relaxed dog owners who tolerate a higher degree in variability in areas like colour, size, shape etc than other pedigree dog owners. This means there is an over supply of lurchers many of which will do a job for their owner - what ever that is. The consequence of this is lurchers are cheep but also fabulous dogs because they are by design fast, strong, biddable etc have not been too tightly bred. Essentially if you own a lurcher you are an microecconomic genius.