irish hare v uk saluki crosses.

[Guest HARE]

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2008 by HARE

[snoopdog 1,256]

the pic at the bottom is ideal ground for pups... a hare couldnt show you its true agilty on that type off ground .....short grass ..grazing fields ...with the rough and cover inbetween is where they can shift a bit ......a bull x grey could catch hares on ground like that

[snoopdog 1,256]

not a very good pic but in between the juncas grass( tufty stuff ololol)its short and well grazed then you have the juncas where a hare can dissapear just as fast as you so it ...then there the woods hedges walls to deal with ..you never will get a course over the 2 min mark and that would be a long one for round there ..but if you mutts lets the hare get a foot away from its nose they can disapear into thin are .....

[Guest HARE]

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Edited July 9, 2008 by HARE

[Guest HARE]

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[TOMO 26,382]

your having a laugh mate .....

 

no laughing

 

 

i have a lurcher that cathes regularly in this type of ground, i have lost a couple, but the one i have now is good, you need a permit over here to hunt the hare.

 

 

 

 

 

no contest that grounds a piece off piss to catch hares on, i got a pup here would clear up on that land especialy , with those easy to catch irish hares.

[brock 11]

again tho your comparing the terrain,wasnt the argument about brown v irish hare?? i know which hare would last the longest on open ground no matter what dog.

your mentioning saluki types wouldnt have a chance over there,thats true,the same as some of the plodders wouldnt have a sniff sometimes where we run,but however if you put those dogs behind a irish hare on the fen and it would be tied up twice as quick as a brown fen hare

[wee stooo 0]

Hare where exactly are you getting your so often mentioned by you facts from pal?? you seem to know alot about the subject... and tell us of your experiences of our big open fields??

[maddog1974 0]

in my opinion, the irish hare is no push over. all them famouse saluki crosses in the uk, would not catch one here...especially in west of ireland, where the feilds are like gardens and surrounded with forrestry...the irish hare, in its own ground, is harder cought, then the brown hare in uk.....i cought many brown hares in uk, feilds are so big out their....its a sad thing, when a lad here gets led on by all the hype of saluki croses ect in the uk, goes over and gets one for a five figure sum,only to watch it get made a fool of over here, with our small feilds and strong all year irish hares...fact....

you need a very fast clever dog here, with very good strike...

you need i fast dog in small feilds but you need and fast and stamina dog for our big feilds so maybe your irish hares are not all there made out 2 be hiding in small feilds where they no they can run and hide in the forest our hares dont have 2 hide they wait for dogs 2 come and see if they can get them they no ther safe in a 100 acre feild .they think nothing will get them but our salkui greyhounds prove them wrong .i would not go out and run my dog in a 2 acre feild unless i was hunting rats or worms any way good luck with your small hares in ireland

[Guest bullyboy1976]

an old friend of mine lost his saluki....it was stupid enough to trie to go under a trough after a hare....broke its own back....luckily my old friend had a spade with him he always chose whippet crosses after that.....this happened in ireland....the north....

[Guest bullyboy1976]

its a figure of speach hardcory ......saying it was smart to try to go under just wouldnt sound better i think....but i see what your saying..."prey drive" and all that....

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

..... your having a laugh mate .....your dogs must have necks like a giraffe to see anything in that cover ......alot of land i hunt is small fields .........ive talked to a few off the irish lads of here and the land i hunt is simular the the land they hunt ....

You think those are small fields! I dont know of any that large where I live in the West. Connaught has very few large open fields. You really have to travel to the midlands to find any proper saluki coursing land. Most the local lads take their salukis out to these places for a day out. When they want to hunt the lacal fields they lamp the hares and make easy business of them. Personally I think the Irish Hare is a real challenge daytime in these small fields. They are gone before your even close and they know every gateway. You need a fast dog to turn them before they escape. A fen type hound has very little chance of catching a hare in this type of field. All of the coursing men here know this. Here is an example showing an elevated view of the surrounding land. I will just say this land is densely populated with hares. At this time of year I wouldnt be surprised to see 15 hares all in a small field

 

Edited May 26, 2008 by cúagusgiorraí

[trader 0]

hare, ive just found this post you put up on feb 14th "i do a bit of coursing but not much though"

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

i'm sure everyone knows that it's illegal to take a Hare in Ireland with Dogs without a specific licence

Bryan

Yes, thats the way it is

But at least we can hunt them that's the main thing.

It is illegal to lamp them as well.

Edited May 26, 2008 by cúagusgiorraí

[Guest Zak]

..... your having a laugh mate .....your dogs must have necks like a giraffe to see anything in that cover ......alot of land i hunt is small fields .........ive talked to a few off the irish lads of here and the land i hunt is simular the the land they hunt ....

You think those are small fields! I dont know of any that large where I live in the West. Connaught has very few large open fields. You really have to travel to the midlands to find any proper saluki coursing land. Most the local lads take their salukis out to these places for a day out. When they want to hunt the lacal fields they lamp the hares and make easy business of them. Personally I think the Irish Hare is a real challenge daytime in these small fields. They are gone before your even close and they know every gateway. You need a fast dog to turn them before they escape. A fen type hound has very little chance of catching a hare in this type of field. All of the coursing men here know this. Here is an example showing an elevated view of the surrounding land. I will just say this land is densely populated with hares. At this time of year I wouldnt be surprised to see 15 hares all in a small field

 

 

very true this, its not easy catching the feckers, i had a saluki cross, she broke my heart, could not catch a snail in a barrel, in them small feilds, i took her to some big feilds in kells, she killed 2 out of 5, this was a long time ago. their has been so many lads that got them salukis round these parts and they ended up being given away or lost.