Lamped Hare

[threbb 0]

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

I thought most people didnt bother because the dog is knackered after a good course and can soon take the edge off a dog. I usually do when theres not much else about. One knight i had two bitches on one and it went on forever. Turn after turn in a small area because she was near where she wanted to escape. both bitches (experienced)were taken for a long ride and were made to look like fools. The next afternoon one of the bitches was slipped on a hare in the same area with a eighty yard start and caught after three or four turns.I think hares get better at lamping like dogs do.

[Guest oldskool]

i've always lamped hares... and if i got a green one running round me in circles then unless i'm running a young dog that needs a catch or two i usually switch the light off and let him get away if possible!!! i dont know if anyone else does that???? i think once theyre educated they become great sport for another time... i voted 50/50 for that reason... i also think that the majority of lamping dogs are usually lurchers of 50% grey or there abouts so it kinda evens the odds out a bit does it not????

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

i've always lamped hares... and if i got a green one running round me in circles then unless i'm running a young dog that needs a catch or two i usually switch the light off and let him get away if possible!!! i dont know if anyone else does that???? i think once theyre educated they become great sport for another time... i voted 50/50 for that reason... i also think that the majority of lamping dogs are usually lurchers of 50% grey or there abouts so it kinda evens the odds out a bit does it not????

 

Well said mate .For a predominantly rabbitting dog then a hare at night is a worthy opponent .I prefer to shoot them however as my little bitch is too old. lol.

[stork 1]

Im no expert lamper but there going to run and run faster than a rabbit so i should think its 50/50 for me.

[poacher2225 2]

i dont go on how the hare run's i go by how the dog run's be it day or night

[scotty3968 0]

pre. ban my bull cross would no chance catch a daytime hare,,but has had a few on the lamp,,so IMO much easier target at night. and to be honest would leave them for the coursing lads..

 

cheers

scotty

[Border Terrier 0]

Good lad Scotty

[nrat 8]

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.

 

like your thinking,but im a lamping man[not so much now] when i made one man and his dogs i came in for a load of flack from coursing men easy they said might as well shoot them with a rifle,but be honest most match men where bumping up hares under there feet no law given and slipping fast coursing dogs on them hense the 5 out of 5 hare dogs were born,the little dog i used mostly [skye]the bull cross never did catch a day time hare but i had some really good sport on the lamp with her,yes some were easy but others that had bbeen lamped before on those big old romney marsh fields flew like the wind,i loved it hit or miss i just loved the runs,i say each to there own,theres some good sport to be had on the lamp as there is daytime coursing,yes it can be easier,but then hasent your dog ever pegged a daytime hare out of its form,yours in sport ,jim

[johnboyone 0]

It all depends on the dog or the land. I have too dogs one makes it easy straight to them no messing. the other needs big land more off a pacer she likes to work them out.