Lamped Hare

[bird 9,872]

I think it depends on the hares , my old bitch[ whippetxgreyxcolliexgrey, 25ins 55lb]

could go out one night and take them easy, then go to same size fields 5 days later and

could not catch em. Same dog so its got to be stronger and better hares.

 

BIRD

[BULL 96]

dont do alot of hare but seen some good courses on the lamp i dont think it takes a lot to catch them doubled up ,or out of there seat, but single on the lamp ive seen some good runs but i still think it takes a half decent dog to take one on his own on the lamp ,i can imagine it is alot harder in the day but cant comment as were i go i can only go in the night somthing i would really like to do is try my dog on a daytime hare,but down here its not possible for me to do so.

[Rabbithunter 456]

lamped hares make my dog look like a twat (single handed im on about)...put the samedog on different quarry, he makes them look like twats

[Guest spud.]

rabbithunter you from gretna area?

[Guest markbrick1]

another topic going nowere,it was said early on that it all depends on the land small fields at night walled in hares easy, big fields like the fens hares arnt easy

[karlsberg 319]

u ever lamped the fen mark

[Guest markbrick1]

u ever lamped the fen mark

no but ive lamped big fields and open places like the fens like southport banks and a lot of places you wouldnt of heard of,mark

[karlsberg 319]

u always assume things mark see im not trying to say anything nasty but i only talk about things ive done mate if i dont know anything i keep quiet lesson learned lol

[Guest markbrick1]

u always assume things mark see im not trying to say anything nasty but i only talk about things ive done mate if i dont know anything i keep quiet lesson learned lol

well thats the best way to be, mark

[karlsberg 319]

glad u seen my point of view and admiited you were wrong to mention about something you never done

[lurcher BOD 0]

why do people come out with such foolish coments , all it shows is there sheer lack of experiance.

 

there are certain areas where a hare will get lifted very easy on the lamp . and others where its just not going to hapen.

 

some of the land i hunt the hares are over a brow in the field and gone. you stand almost no chance on the lamp.

 

dont get me wrong , theres no finer test for a dog than a strong winter hare daytime.

 

but the only ones fooling them selvs are people that think all hares lamped are easy

TOTALLY AGREE TOMO

[Guest markbrick1]

glad u seen my point of view and admiited you were wrong to mention about something you never done

never done yea alright

[colliejohn 840]

i,ve lamped big open arable fields, pasture fields, and moorland, and stoned walled fields, at both ends of the country, and i,ve catched a fair few hares both in the daytime, and on the lamp, single handed, especially with my old collie cross bitch, and believe you me, iv,e had some fantastic courses on the lamp, yes they are probably easier earlier on in the season, but come november/ december, they are alot stronger and fitter, to me theres nothing wrong with lamping hares they are good sport, and where i live there are more hares than rabbits, so locally i tend to run them more than rabbits, theres nothing better than seeing a dog at the back of a hare whether it be in the daytime, or on the lamp, you will always get the daytime coursing lads frowning upon running them, but at the end of the day, thats all they do is daytime, at the end of the day it,s each to their own. regards collie john.

Edited March 15, 2008 by colliejohn

[Garn 0]

Lamped hares imo, are easier than day time hares, though are by no means easy. If your dog can get the turns in and turn them downhill then jobs more often than not a fish, especially if the field's "walled" by ditches. If the hare gets into one of it's runs and heads uphill then you've two hopes. However, dogs I know have had more succesful catches on lamped hares than rabbits early in their careers. Imo, the rabbit though is by no means an easy quarry (when you don't pick and choose your dog's runs that is).

[inan 841]

I hear so much about how people make out hares on the lamp to be such and easy target for any lurcher no matter the size or shape. yes a daytime hare will run better and its more of a test for any dog but personally i do not think they are anywhere as easy as people make them out to be, in my eyes they cannot be blinded by the lamp as much as people like to make out other wise how do they perform there amazing maneuvers to escape the strike of the dog at that split second, then depending on the land you lamp you have the brows which do not make things easier.

 

just wondering what everyone elses view on a lamp hare. and ask you to vote on the poll.

 

 

W.h

May I say Ive allways been a coursing man.[re ban],so I dont lamp hares,I'm not condemning those who do,each to their own.Last week I was on permission,lamping,in the poor light ,and owing to my dodgy eyesight I walked out to three half grown hares,only their gait told me what they were,closer inspection meant they were left alone.I have friends who take hares on the lamo,with dogs that would struggle to catch a daytime hare,good rabbiting dogs though they are. Ive seen hares lamped,some run reasonably well and give the dogs a blow out ,especially if they have been in the beam before,others ,seem to panic or are totally bemused and run in circles, half heartedly.IMO ,you can,t be dogmatic ,about it some are easy some give the dogs a run,but having seen dogs that cant do the job in daytime nail them regularly in the lamp,I prefer to leave them alone.Just my take on it.