Forest and hill hunting.

[SheepChaser 8,082]

13 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Did you ever take any of the farm collies out in the forest blocks?

 

One and she took to the hunting part well. Not catching, just following her nose.

 

Ever since, she has been into it. Will run the lamp, or at least the headlights of the truck / quad mostly, but I've taken her lamping a couple of times, just for a few runs. She will catch rabbits.

 

Down side, is she's a complete liability with bloody deer, which is embarrassing when you work on large country estates for a living.

[white van man 3,187]

1 hour ago, ginger beard said:

Thats great terrain w.v.m.many rabbits on those hills.?

A few but the dogs have to cover a lot of ground and get their nose down to find them 

[leegreen 2,099]

On 14/01/2018 at 11:28, C.green said:

Aye i use the gps thats why i like doing this sort of thing now no more worries of losing dogs never to be seen again !

 

obviously its better if they brought up on it but accidents can still happen cant they just like everywhere else. Was more after how you lads like your dogs to work fo you loose them and they fly off do you walk along and they bump things in front of ya and all that.

Generally I follow the dogs within reason, unless I know good spots or see something they don't.

GPS is a good thing and it's good to let the dogs range, but you miss the action. 

 

 

[ginger beard 4,652]

On 14/01/2018 at 19:50, white van man said:

A few but the dogs have to cover a lot of ground and get their nose down to find them 

Proper hunting.

[C.green 3,203]

Just seen some of the replies to this some good posts cheers lads. 

 

You fellers that do this alot would you say a dog can learn to range or its in them from the start ? 

 

I must say had another morning out and am really enjoying this type of sport