Where to find good lurchers

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  On 01/02/2024 at 10:57, Aussie Whip said:

Don't blame your mates, hares are sitting ducks in the beam.

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Not in my neck of the woods they'll make a dog look like a c 

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  On 02/02/2024 at 11:05, chartpolski said:

We were beating a small conifer plantation in the middle of a huge area of arable hoping to flush a few ‘roos to run with the lurchers, but Sod’s law, there were hares shooting out in all directions but not a single ‘roo !

After I came home, I was talking to my Oz pal and he said he shot 25 hares at a farmer’s request, the lads I met had no interest in running hares, they were far more interested in fox and pig.

I was quite amazed at this as the huge areas of land and numbers of hares would be a paradise for coursing.

Cheers.

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Did you ever go down the billabong 

[Black neck 16,306]

  On 02/02/2024 at 12:30, Deerhunter1 said:

If I was beating a plantation out for kangaroos I definitely wouldn’t be slipping on hares either

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What about the wee fallow 

[chartpolski 25,040]

  On 02/02/2024 at 12:47, Penda said:

Did you ever go down the billabong 

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Not exactly a billabong, but the foxes hung around the small reservoirs dotted around the place and there were some setts around the banking.

Only place I’ve seen black swans in the wild.

Cheers.

[Whoknows 163]

Mate of mine had 103 foxes for a weekend, pushing creeks and running stubbles. Heading over there this year for a few weeks foxing.

[Black neck 16,306]

  On 02/02/2024 at 14:25, Whoknows said:

Mate of mine had 103 foxes for a weekend, pushing creeks and running stubbles. Heading over there this year for a few weeks foxing.

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2 bollocking hot  

[Backandbeyond 104]

  On 02/02/2024 at 14:25, Whoknows said:

Mate of mine had 103 foxes for a weekend, pushing creeks and running stubbles. Heading over there this year for a few weeks foxing.

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Crazy amount of game that, I'd be lucky enough to get the same number over a few years let alone a weekend!lol

[chartpolski 25,040]

  On 02/02/2024 at 14:25, Whoknows said:

Mate of mine had 103 foxes for a weekend, pushing creeks and running stubbles. Heading over there this year for a few weeks foxing.

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We had eight confirmed and two backfilled in a couple of hours one morning;

 

Cheers.

[mC HULL 13,990]

  On 02/02/2024 at 12:30, Deerhunter1 said:

If I was beating a plantation out for kangaroos I definitely wouldn’t be slipping on hares either

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lol big useless things 

i prefer to watch a belting course with all the twist and turns something that takes some real killing from a dog that is at the top of its game 

to something slow absolutey no sport 

[Deerhunter1 772]

  On 02/02/2024 at 17:16, mC HULL said:

lol big useless things 

i prefer to watch a belting course with all the twist and turns something that takes some real killing from a dog that is at the top of its game 

to something slow absolutey no sport 

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Daytime hares aren’t always belting courses, ive seen some absolutely useless dogs kill one from time to time. The attraction of kangaroos would be running a different quarry in a different country, not just the same old thing over and over again, but if variety isn’t your thing that’s fair enough.

Edited February 2, 2024 by Deerhunter1

[low plains drifter 10,793]

  On 02/02/2024 at 12:18, Black neck said:

Old flat head will be livid

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Strike me flaming handsome 

[chartpolski 25,040]

  On 02/02/2024 at 17:22, Deerhunter1 said:

Daytime hares aren’t always belting courses, ive seen some absolutely useless dogs kill one from time to time. The attraction of kangaroos would be running a different quarry in a different country, not just the same old thing over and over again, but if variety isn’t your thing that’s fair enough.

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100% correct !

Why would I slip on something that I can run anytime a few hundred yards from my house, when I have the chance to slip on something I went halfway round the world to experience ?

These were lads who’s main quarry is fox, but we’re good enough to indulge me on running something I might never get the chance to do again.

Cheers.

[Deerhunter1 772]

  On 02/02/2024 at 17:39, chartpolski said:

100% correct !

Why would I slip on something that I can run anytime a few hundred yards from my house, when I have the chance to slip on something I went halfway round the world to experience ?

These were lads who’s main quarry is fox, but we’re good enough to indulge me on running something I might never get the chance to do again.

Cheers.

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Thats the way I’d look at it, but it would seem we are both wrong.

Even when you’ve travelled thousands of miles to run a particular quarry, and you’re literally seconds away from getting a chance at one, the daytime hare should take priority if it appears at any time. 

You’re never too old to learn 

[Black neck 16,306]

  On 02/02/2024 at 17:25, low plains drifter said:

Strike me flaming handsome 

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Yes Mr stuart

[Backandbeyond 104]

  On 02/02/2024 at 15:25, chartpolski said:

We had eight confirmed and two backfilled in a couple of hours one morning;

 

Cheers.

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Good memories there mate.