Hill hunting

[Oshea 20]

Morning, taken a step back from quad bikes and hounds - Don’t need the grief anymore. Having moved house my country has changed, curious of those that do hunt the hills with their lurches and a terrier at your heel, how do you bring them on? Getting the right dog for the job is no brainier but what about the training? Thanks. 

[Bakerboy 4,734]

3 hours ago, Oshea said:

Morning, taken a step back from quad bikes and hounds - Don’t need the grief anymore. Having moved house my country has changed, curious of those that do hunt the hills with their lurches and a terrier at your heel, how do you bring them on? Getting the right dog for the job is no brainier but what about the training? Thanks. 

A lot of fckn walking mate, when I was out on the hill with hounds be nothing to walk from 1st light and get off the hill after dark

[Daniel cain 45,238]

8 hours ago, Oshea said:

Morning, taken a step back from quad bikes and hounds - Don’t need the grief anymore. Having moved house my country has changed, curious of those that do hunt the hills with their lurches and a terrier at your heel, how do you bring them on? Getting the right dog for the job is no brainier but what about the training? Thanks. 

I would say the first thing, is to Break them to stock the minute you get them,get the dog walking the land in amongst them,so they ignore them and have no interest ,you need them bombproof.( Too me that's the most important thing)...so your arse ain't twitching when they disappear into the distance....get yourself a reliable GPS collar and tracker...and like Mr Bakerboy said earlier,get out there and walk the hills,put the miles in,early morning when it's still dark,late afternoon into darkness,sit and watch,learn the habits of what you want to hunt....

 

[Gypsydog94 4,569]

10 hours ago, Oshea said:

Morning, taken a step back from quad bikes and hounds - Don’t need the grief anymore. Having moved house my country has changed, curious of those that do hunt the hills with their lurches and a terrier at your heel, how do you bring them on? Getting the right dog for the job is no brainier but what about the training? Thanks. 

Don’t blame you jobs fecked.

[Wales1234 5,498]

Walk walk and some more walking, keep your eye on wind direction and forget about numbers

[OldPhil 5,716]

21 hours ago, Wales1234 said:

Walk walk and some more walking, keep your eye on wind direction and forget about numbers

He knows....

[white van man 3,309]

It does involve a lot of walking and a lot of the time you don’t get to see much. It’s great to be in the middle of nowhere watching the dogs working the ground out in front of you. Even better when they hit scent and off they go. Neither of my dogs are from ‘hill Lurchers’ but they do alright. If it was the only type of hunting I did then I would look at a more purpose bred type along the lines of GWP or hound X. The only tips I could give is to stock break, get young dogs out with dogs already doing the job, don’t go calling them back every 5 minutes. Let them do their thing. Carry decent kit for being on the hill and a dog first aid kit. Enjoy being out and watching your dogs work.