Prob because it knows its there mate but cant see it and its just infront of him going through cover and excitemment becomes too much
if he was in heavy cover an heard him it was a case of "get ready for it"lol...once it had forced the deer out into the open it would run silent...strange little quirk...literally lost count of the amount of deer this dog dropped....funny thing is it was bought for running rabbitts but once it wed to deer it just couldnt get enough an opened up a whole new world of sport for the owner who had never considered running deer..lol...a good dog though despite the odd
same round here,no rabbits due to over hunting...lots of folk doing the same place...even got rid of the ferrets and all the gear its that bad.. ....but the lurchers are a very versatile dog and can do other things...atb...