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    I know of a guy in Louisiana who brought some working ferrets over in his carryon baggage from the Uk. He bred them but this was afew years ago, I may have a number but I will have to look for it. all the best Dirtwinger
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    Just thought of another thing, I was told of a wolf killed by staghounds in the 70's. It was slipped accidently on a coyote hunt and ran 8 dogs into the ground. When finally brought to bay it killed two staghounds before getting pinned. It was a adult female very skinny weighing 70lb's, just a small female lobo but it almost escaped 12 hardbitten coyote dogs. Maybe the nouveaux alaunts would do the trick on this quarry. If not at least they make your dick bigger so I've heard. All the best Dirtwinger
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    A grain of doubt? This is good. I have never hunted or had my own Borzoi, but I am trying to find more about them, hunting and especially how it was done and how they hunt now. From the literature and conversations with Russian Borzoi hunters, I know that Borzois, as well as Saluki, should not spill much blood even when they catch and kill hares. Hunting foxes and wolves was supposed to be least blood spilling, if possible, because hunters wanted hides of these animals not damaged by dog's teeth. Borzois, when catching wolf should their best taking a hold on wolf's neck right behind ears.
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    No just kangaroo rats and packrats. rabbits here rarely use holes worth ferreting,usually You can reach down and pull them out. I got the idea to try ferreting prairie dogs when a rancher whos land I course asked if my falcons killed p dogs. I said no but ferreting might work. I will find out his weekend hopefully I wont catch plauge from them. dirtwinger
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    Colarado division of wildlife is notorious for strange rules. I think when falconers asked if ferrets could be used to flush rabbits they couldnt think of a good reason to say no. At the same time they didnt want it to become widespread so limited it to falconers. It is a gov reg so it doesnt have to make sense! Dirtwinger
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    My old deerhound/greyhound retrieved a catfish once! I taught him to hunt bullfrogs, he would wade down the ditch behind my house and when he felt a frog against his legs he would grab it. One day he git a 2lb catfish doing this, he was a fun dog and I miss him. all the best Dirtwinger
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    It.s not illegal in NM therefore it can be done. In Colorado it is a legalized hunting method for falconers only. dirtwinger
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    I am planning on trying to ferret prairiedogs this weekend here in New Mexico. I have ferreted 100's of rabbits in the Uk but this will be a first for me. I have a young hob from the pet store that I have had about six months hopefully he will be keen on the job. The holes are pretty simple just two holers is the norm for P dogs, I will have my old lurcher for picking up strays. I will post pics if anyone is interested after the weekend. all the best Dirtwinger
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    I think it would be a great idea. I just dont think they will let us cull humans! all the best Dirtwinger
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    My mates carry pistols while out for a mooch with our lurchers and hawks. The guns are for people, the dogs and hawks for hunting game. You run into some sketchy people out in the desert. Dirtwinger
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    I had a deer x grey that I got in Ireland in 97. He was a good all round worker, mainly I lamped him but did the daytime stuff too. He took brown and blue hare after I moved to the US he also took jackrabbits. In the Uk he also took muntjac and fox readily as well as taking pheasants and all sorts of odds and sods. In the US I hunted him at coyotes and he proved game on them too. Very easy to train he picked up new stuff right away. My old room mate in the US got bored on day and taught him to hunt grasshoppers! We also taught him to hunt bullfrogs in the irrigation ditches. He would wade down
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    Here's some pics of old school Alaunts. the first is of alaunts taking down a boar. The second pic is of a variety of medieval hunting dogs. The Alaunts are the dogs in the bottom right, note the size difference to the greyhounds in the centre. The large hairy dog with the spiked collar is a mastiff. The dog below it is probably mastiff cross also known as a "b*****d", this dog most resembles the "nouveux alaunts" on this topic all the best Dirtwinger
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    Now your getting nasty refering to me as a yank. I'm a Lancashire lad, could of been worse you could of refered to me as a Yorkie I suppose! Dirtwinger
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    Very funny, I miss that Americans just dont know how to take the piss properly. As to the breeding, sire austrailianshepherd/grey, dam 1/4border collie 1/4 grey and 1/2 Tazi. all the best Terence
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    Well at 3/12weeks I finally felt at least two embryos so i know for sure she is pregnant. She is isnt showing at all just a slight enlargment of the nipples. She accidentally ran a hare this evening and caught it too, good half mile chase and me heart in my mouth hoping she's ok. Luckily no harm was done but she can stay on the leash from now on I dont want to chance it. And I am very chuffed to have confirmation the mating took All the best Dirtwinger
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    Nice bit of coursing I enjoyed seeing a brown hare run again. Heres a vid of my lurchers coursing a blacktailed jackrabbit. I'm lucky enough to still have legal coursing where I live, I saw the writing on the wall back in 97 when I moved to the states. all the best Dirtwinger
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    Dirtwinger alaunt is the old word or name used before we called them mastiff,(alano,alani,along with other's use'd through out europe).i once hear'd of a jack russel who killed a younster,doe's that meen we should kill/cull all jack russel's.may be if your so called friend put more work and trianing into his dog's and bred them better it wouldn't of happen'd.go on blame the bred,not the idiot behind the dog.you should find better dog men to knock around with me think's,saying that like bother with like. My understanding is that mastiffs and alaunts were two entirely different breeds of d
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    Alaunts were a medieval hunting dog, they were used for running down bear, wolves and boar mainly. They have been extinct for centuries as a breed, they had a bad reputation for killing livestock and even people! The quarry available in the uk seems limited for the recreation of this breed. In the US they might have a practical application as boar and bear dogs, although there are existing breeds that do that job well like Argentinian Dogos. Some people just have to have the biggest scariest dog out there wether there is a need for them or not. Personally I wouldnt want the liability and feed
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    Alaunts were a medieval hunting dog, they were used for running down bear, wolves and boar mainly. They have been extinct for centuries as a breed, they had a bad reputation for killing livestock and even people! The quarry available in the uk seems limited for the recreation of this breed. In the US they might have a practical application as boar and bear dogs, although there are existing breeds that do that job well like Argentinian Dogos. Some people just have to have the biggest scariest dog out there wether there is a need for them or not. Personally I wouldnt want the liability and feed
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    Long time now since I had to deal with a mixie bunnie. Thank god we dont have them in the US. Over here I just have to deal with tuleremia, areno virus and bubonic plauge in the rabbits. Dont devastate the bunnie populations the way mixie does but they can kill you! all the best Dirtwinger
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    [quote name='l go back to basics with her. Once you have the basics right try her on the longline with a sharp 'no' or 'leave it' followed by a tug on the line when she tries to take the hare from the bird. Call her back to you then treat her. I wont be going back to basics as she doesnt have any. She was like a wild dog when I got her. no training just let out and run then put back in the pen. She is better socialized now and coming on ok.I have all summer to get her right, just wanted to hear if anyone has had similar problems. I normally raise my own dogs and have never had to dea
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    I have a 14month old saluki/grey/staghound that has a habit off carrying off hares. This is a particular problem as I hunt my dogs with a falcon. The bird gets really annoyed when the dog picks up the hare and runs off with the bird attached, the bird doesnt like having his head bounced off the ground.lol All mt other dogs have been raised with the birds and dont contest the kill. This dog was got as a year old dog and has ingrained habits. She was kept outside in a run and basically taken out with a pack of other lurchers and free hunted on the ranch. Her breeder allows his dogs to eat the h
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    blimey tez you get about a bit, kenilworth next the world. chris. Not far enough to grt away from you Chris it seems.
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    Hare hawking !!

    dirtwinger replied to CJT's topic in Falconry

    My gyr/prairie tiercel
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    Good question, i'm not offended at all. There is cover that the hares can get into and escape, it is also not unusual for a hare to go down a hole and escape. Many of the fields that I hunt are very open but bordered by large expanses of sagebrush. I am very lucky if I get a hare once it gets into the sage.Unless the team takes control of the course and keeps the hare in the open it will make cover and escape. Another factor is natural predation of jackrabbits. By which I mean prairie falcons hunt jacks in the wild, in response the jack has evolved a whole series of ploys to avoid ending up a
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