Deer specialists

[treefella 24]

Alright Chaps and Chapettes,

 

just wondering pre-ban, did anyone ever have a dog that only ever did deer? I’m taking never caught anything but deer? 
 

this is well before the ban but I had a beddy/deer/collie Lurcher that never caught anything but deer, not a single rabbit, hare or fox I’m his whole life but slaughtered roe/fallow and muntjac like no other dog. Straight in for the neck, job done. A lot of the time he’d do this weird bark/howl to let me know where he was.

 

now Iv had 5 other lurchers, and all have done the business on most stuff but they have always worked there way up to deer, through the hierarchy of game. But until his dying day this hound never caught anything but deer.

just wondered if anyone else had experience of this? Never heard of another dog that did that.

It wasn’t like he wasn’t suited to other game, 27inchs  60lbs and really fast and agile, turned on a sixpence for his height and bags of stamina. 
he would watch rabbit but ignore them. Deer.......dead in seconds.

god I miss that dog. Too dodgy for me now with the ban and amount of people out especially during lock down.

[Gypsydog94 4,608]

5 minutes ago, treefella said:

Alright Chaps and Chapettes,

 

just wondering pre-ban, did anyone ever have a dog that only ever did deer? I’m taking never caught anything but deer? 
 

this is well before the ban but I had a beddy/deer/collie Lurcher that never caught anything but deer, not a single rabbit, hare or fox I’m his whole life but slaughtered roe/fallow and muntjac like no other dog. Straight in for the neck, job done. A lot of the time he’d do this weird bark/howl to let me know where he was.

 

now Iv had 5 other lurchers, and all have done the business on most stuff but they have always worked there way up to deer, through the hierarchy of game. But until his dying day this hound never caught anything but deer.

just wondered if anyone else had experience of this? Never heard of another dog that did that.

It wasn’t like he wasn’t suited to other game, 27inchs  60lbs and really fast and agile, turned on a sixpence for his height and bags of stamina. 
he would watch rabbit but ignore them. Deer.......dead in seconds.

god I miss that dog. Too dodgy for me now with the ban and amount of people out especially during lock down.

Did you ever try to encourage him on other quarry or only ever deer?

[treefella 24]

No I did, but he was never interested, I didn’t let him see anything till he was 100% on his training at 13months. Took him out after rabbits a few times and he was never interested, then one day a roe got up and he never looked back 

[Bobtheferret 1,252]

I’ve always had the opposite problem! Buggers want to hunt everything wether they are allowed or not! Whippet that wants to try his luck on fallow stags is an emotional business!

[Black neck 16,122]

1 minute ago, Bobtheferret said:

I’ve always had the opposite problem! Buggers want to hunt everything wether they are allowed or not! Whippet that wants to try his luck on fallow stags is an emotional business!

Sounds a good whippet how old his he

[Bobtheferret 1,252]

3 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Sounds a good whippet how old his he

3 1/2, quite a decent size for a whippet but f**k me he will pile in on anything given a chance . Bought as a specialised rabbit dog, I blame the prick that trained him...

[Black neck 16,122]

Just now, Bobtheferret said:

3 1/2, quite a decent size for a whippet but f**k me he will pile in on anything given a chance . Bought as a specialised rabbit dog, I blame the prick that trained him...

Does he hold his own once piled in like

[Bobtheferret 1,252]

2 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Does he hold his own once piled in like

Mainly round where I am it’s fallow and try as he might a full grown fallow is to much, he has managed the odd one that’s tripped or pushed it into a ditch but generally they kick him off. Keeps coming back for more though convinced one day he will get badly hurt. Can’t remember the last roe I saw round me but pretty sure a roe would be taken fairly easily but who knows! I would really rather he just gave up on deer full stop, kept thinking a good kicking will put him off but seems to just make him angry. 

[mC HULL 13,270]

Roe bit  quicker hold speed better fallow a lot stronger  

[Busher100 747]

32 minutes ago, Bobtheferret said:

Mainly round where I am it’s fallow and try as he might a full grown fallow is to much, he has managed the odd one that’s tripped or pushed it into a ditch but generally they kick him off. Keeps coming back for more though convinced one day he will get badly hurt. Can’t remember the last roe I saw round me but pretty sure a roe would be taken fairly easily but who knows! I would really rather he just gave up on deer full stop, kept thinking a good kicking will put him off but seems to just make him angry. 

No good for you pal you should sell it me

[Black neck 16,122]

1 hour ago, Bobtheferret said:

Mainly round where I am it’s fallow and try as he might a full grown fallow is to much, he has managed the odd one that’s tripped or pushed it into a ditch but generally they kick him off. Keeps coming back for more though convinced one day he will get badly hurt. Can’t remember the last roe I saw round me but pretty sure a roe would be taken fairly easily but who knows! I would really rather he just gave up on deer full stop, kept thinking a good kicking will put him off but seems to just make him angry. 

Sounds a good dog mate what does he mek of a Charlie 

Last one promise

[BobDown 823]

1 hour ago, mC HULL said:

Roe bit  quicker hold speed better fallow a lot stronger  

Them roe can jive a bit, it’s all there is by  by ours and a load of slow sika up the road , but never been my cup of t 

Edited February 27, 2021 by BobDown

[Bobtheferret 1,252]

23 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Sounds a good dog mate what does he mek of a Charlie 

Last one promise

Surprisingly he hasn’t really come across one, I don’t do a huge amount of lamping and day time they have successfully kept to themselves! Had some unfortunate incidents with other dogs since he got attacked completely unprovoked and now have issues with other male dogs he doesn’t know. Sort of issues where he piles in and throat holds them...Mrs no longer walks him off the lead. It’s a real problem, was good as gold but since he got attacked seems to have the attitude of pile in before they go at me. Dog that attacked him was twice his size and it ended up on its arse with the owner screaming hysterically blaming him , her dog most definitely threw the first punch so to speak but because hers was on its arse it was obviously my dogs fault . Lockdown has been a nightmare out working, happily ferreting off footpath and some c**t with an out of control dog comes bowling over. Once he knows a dog good as gold though

[Black neck 16,122]

1 minute ago, Bobtheferret said:

Surprisingly he hasn’t really come across one, I don’t do a huge amount of lamping and day time they have successfully kept to themselves! Had some unfortunate incidents with other dogs since he got attacked completely unprovoked and now have issues with other male dogs he doesn’t know. Sort of issues where he piles in and throat holds them...Mrs no longer walks him off the lead. It’s a real problem, was good as gold but since he got attacked seems to have the attitude of pile in before they go at me. Dog that attacked him was twice his size and it ended up on its arse with the owner screaming hysterically blaming him , her dog most definitely threw the first punch so to speak but because hers was on its arse it was obviously my dogs fault . Lockdown has been a nightmare out working, happily ferreting off footpath and some c**t with an out of control dog comes bowling over. Once he knows a dog good as gold though

I.had me 4 dogs on leads yesterday 3 lurchers and a terrier, a dog no bigger than a hob ferret and fluffy piled into all 4 biting and going berserk ,the lurchers didn't bat an eye but terrier couldn't resist biting its arse ,the bull x looked at the tiny dog nodded her head and said respect 

[Aussie Whip 4,134]

Hard to break dogs from deer once they have a taste. The fallow over here are becoming pests, they are breeding right on the coast to almost the desert.