Rabbits faster / slower in different places?

[Tyla 3,179]

well i will say i live in the yorkshire dales and their not easy to catch fit as feck just alot dont get touched so maybe easier due to not being lamped.

 

it wasnt on the lamp, i didnt get a chance with the wedding and all! in fact they only got a quick run on the nearest footpath when we werent busy with the wedding. it might be that they werent used to dogs or something. Either way, i was dead pleased as its done her confidence a world of good. The best bit is that my little sis has just married into a family that own a hill farm up there so if i play my cards right it could become a regular hunting holiday. The place is stunning and absolutely crawling with game!

 

 

lol yes it is good fun and cracking sport dont be jumping on mine lol that farm sounds rather familiar.and their is a good head of rabbit this way and alot dont see the dogs either but i get enough with the land i have

 

To be honest it was a bit embarassing at times. Going for walks with the new in laws and the dog is bringing rabbits back every five minutes , wasnt even like i could do anything with them as it wasnt really the time and place to be gutting bunnies and had nowhere to freeze them. Luckily they were happy to have a few less around so it wasnt really a problem. The JRT/whippet nearly had a pheasant out of the air too but missed by inches.

 

Whereabouts you from SG?

 

 

yorkshire dales patley bridge near harrogate

and the old boys aint too bad out this way with the dogs

more shooting toffs most tho

 

We were somewhere north of kettlewell (i think) absolutely stunning scenery. Didnt see anyone else with lurchers although there were a couple of lads ferreting as we drove past, pretty early for that but they seemed to be doing ok didnt get a chance to ask them as was driving.

[DUCKWING 302]

YEP TYLA ,

 

THE GROUND DOES SUIT THE DOGS , ..... AS I STATED IN MY LAST POST

 

THE COVER OF REEDS AND HEATHER ONCE A DOG GETS USED TO IT IS MORE OF A HINDERANCE TO THE ESCAPEING GAME THAN THE DOG ... THOUGH A GOOD NOSE IS ESSENTIAL IN UPLAND AREAS

 

ALL THE BEST

 

 

DUCKWING

[Guest smashygadge]

well i will say i live in the yorkshire dales and their not easy to catch fit as feck just alot dont get touched so maybe easier due to not being lamped.

 

it wasnt on the lamp, i didnt get a chance with the wedding and all! in fact they only got a quick run on the nearest footpath when we werent busy with the wedding. it might be that they werent used to dogs or something. Either way, i was dead pleased as its done her confidence a world of good. The best bit is that my little sis has just married into a family that own a hill farm up there so if i play my cards right it could become a regular hunting holiday. The place is stunning and absolutely crawling with game!

 

 

lol yes it is good fun and cracking sport dont be jumping on mine lol that farm sounds rather familiar.and their is a good head of rabbit this way and alot dont see the dogs either but i get enough with the land i have

 

To be honest it was a bit embarassing at times. Going for walks with the new in laws and the dog is bringing rabbits back every five minutes , wasnt even like i could do anything with them as it wasnt really the time and place to be gutting bunnies and had nowhere to freeze them. Luckily they were happy to have a few less around so it wasnt really a problem. The JRT/whippet nearly had a pheasant out of the air too but missed by inches.

 

Whereabouts you from SG?

 

 

yorkshire dales patley bridge near harrogate

and the old boys aint too bad out this way with the dogs

more shooting toffs most tho

 

We were somewhere north of kettlewell (i think) absolutely stunning scenery. Didnt see anyone else with lurchers although there were a couple of lads ferreting as we drove past, pretty early for that but they seemed to be doing ok didnt get a chance to ask them as was driving.

 

 

i well to be honest i live out in vast scenery i havent scene another dog man in my village

their were more in the city i lived in before most suprising.i think thats what old video and computers has done to society.kids just dont get out and do it anymore

[TOMO 26,963]

been up round kettlewel my self many times in the past , beautifull sceanary round there.

 

as wilf and duckwing said its down to the land , not the rabbits being slower

[bill88 6]

I agree its ground conditions and not rabbits that alter speed and catch rate.But at times i think the rabbit is very underestimated,on the right ground (for rabbits) ive seen good dogs turn a rabbit and get left standing,they can get up to speed very quickly when conditions suit them,well thats my excuse for my dogs anyway

[pearcepestcontrol 1]

dunno about the rest of you but i find that rabbits that know where they are, ie know their way home are fast of the mark espcially those that live in warrens. Rabbits that are away from home living rough in the trash are always a little slower, sometimes just running in circles trying to figure out which way to run under pressure from the dog. This has become noticable when dropping ferreted rabbits for the young dogs to run. Drop them in the field where they where caught and most get away. Take them two fields away and most all get caught.

[Guest hunterpoppy]

i go up the dales with the dogs and yes i think the rabbits are slower than were i live in county durham mate

[Guest smashygadge]

i go up the dales with the dogs and yes i think the rabbits are slower than were i live in county durham mate

 

 

try some well lamped ones i have to disagree again.lol