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Thanks for the comments folk's,I'll get around to answering the questions asked when I'm back from doing the dog's this morning.. meanwhile here's a few pics from our recent adventures
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Coming on a treat Keith
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Both these we have go back to Remus & through him a dog called Shane which was a genuine first cross out of an undefeated dog called Nailer & a Greyhound
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2 minutes ago, C.green said:
That doesnt really get mentioned much does it but numbers of bodies infront of a dog dont mean much to me its how they do them id much rather see a couple taken in style infront of me than 10 killed at hedges or 3 oceans away when its had the sting took out of it.
If your lamping them then the law of averages says the majority will be fence bouncer's or caught in a ditch etc especially up north where the fields etc are much smaller than further down the road..perhaps down South it would be highly likely to be the total opposite to that. Running them daytime was a different thing as you were often pushing them from cover & into the open to run them,in the dark they almost always try to run to cover & therefore fences,hedges & suchlike.
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It sure does get your heart racing when you set eyes upon a few big lumps of venison..great thread folks,brave dog's & keen owner's I tip my hat to you all
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20 minutes ago, joe ox said:
Some dogs just dont cut the mustard on the big fella's. On a night out Richie and a coursing x deer grey mix on a buck not a massive buck a decent sorrel though. The courser x deergrey was about 28tts with speed to burn. The run started with the courser x deergrey in front, it was pushing though, Richie just couldnt get in to do his job as he just didnt have the same fast speed as the courser which was dictating the speed/pace, this goes on for a half a dozen turns no mistakes from the buck as he probably didnt feel under any pressure then then luckily the courser x deergrey makes a mistake and stumbles allowing Richie to get into action, one turn a bit of rough and tumble and the buck is decked, with no help from the courser x deergrey but it did come in and take a hold when the buck was down! I walked over collared Richie put the breaker stick in his mouth and broke him off then stepped back and clamped him between my knees as I knew he would do somersaults watching what was about to happen. The courser was now on its own holding the buck, it did not even keep hold for ten seconds as soon as the buck struggled and the courser deeergrey realized it was holding on its own it just let go and stood back as the buck got up and made off it never made any effort at all to keep hold or follow the buck as it made off, Richie was going crazy to be back off but I had him held tight. We had missed a nice buck about an hour before because the courser was just pushing and I needed to do this to prove the point. The buck in the picture was about the same size. The courser x deergrey was not my dog.
I owned such a dog myself Joe,best dog I've ever seen on Roe yet on the bigger species she would run onto them like an exocet missile then just slow down awaiting help,once knocked over by another dog she would do what needed doing but she just didn't have the want/heart to get up close & personal on her own with one of the larger species,fantastic on Roe as I said but most certainly wasn't one for the big lumps of venison. I've seen others do the same which weren't owned by me & just because they can knock a Roe or CWD over doesn't mean by any stretch of the imagination that they will do the same with the bigger beasts.
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5 hours ago, Black neck said:
How's that youngun bred
She's just lurcher x lurcher bred matey,bit of everything in her bar bull I'd imagine,she's my Mrs dog,she does all the hard work with her,walking,feeding, obedience training,breaking to livestock, learning her to jump etc,I just take the pup now & again with my own idiot's to let her gain a bit of fieldcraft whilst out & about & hopefully to see a few odds & sods laid to rest by my useless gits.
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5/8 Grey 3/8 Bull the dam to above mutt
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5/8 Grey mongrel
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1 hour ago, Grunter123 said:
Good look I been looking for a while
all shite about
all kids with dogs that are shit out there no old stuff that’s been proper tried and tested dogs that go out week in week out .
once a month if there lucky and there shite .
good look
They certainly ain't all shite matey,I know of numerous tested to the hilt animals,not a backward step in them.. admittedly there is certainly more shite with idiot's that own them but the same can be said for all lurchers in general
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Young pup at 5 1/2 month's old learning a 'little bit' off old Boots this past week,she could do a lot worse than follow his every move.
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15 hours ago, joe ox said:
Never checked the price of venison for years its probably still the same as it was 40 year ago?
That's the very reason they should NEVER come home in the same motor as a decent dog or two Joe,they just ain't worth it.
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Smart animal,as an adult & a pup too,in fantastic shape & could obviously walk the walk..what's in the dog Blacky? Looks like a Saluki/Bull/Grey type?
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5 minutes ago, Deerhunter1 said:
I regularly do 6 hour round trips or further to work my dogs, as do other people I know & bring their catch home. If I wasn’t prepared to get it home or at least some of it then I wouldn’t kill it
Fair play to you,I'd rather release what the dog's catch if possible & travel home with nothing but memories & my dog's sleeping here at home in their beds of a night..the end result doesn't need to be a dead body in my opinion
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8 minutes ago, Deerhunter1 said:
Sometimes dogs on the back seat and a boot full is the only way, unless you fancy driving a 5/6 hour round trip twice which doesn’t sound much fun to me
If you had been before the court's before & lost dog's etc & or are out very regularly & having to drive long distances to work your dog's then I think what you've wrote would be very different in my opinion
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Just my tuppence worth regarding the big beasts & how my dog's dealt with them,It wasn't always possible for a dog to get one over & just hold it steady in a throat hold,some of them big boys have necks much wider than what you could wrap your arm around & a dog would be pretty ineffective attached to it in most cases or at least that's how I found things with my curs,I found that my dog's were extremely hard on them wherever they grabbed them,once they had 'disabled' them & prevented them from going anywhere then they proceeded to move to the head end,this was daytime & the dog may have had to stop,hold & deal with one for upto 30-40 mins before I got there, perhaps that's why they were so hard on them thereafter such an experience? My dog's weren't specialists by no means but they caught a few,being perfectly honest some of what they caught you'd be lucky to get a meal from so rough were they. On smaller species it was a different ball game though.
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Good reading,some cracking animals & beasts too..top stuff
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Had ourselves a wander out yesterday morning,was extremely tough going to be honest,we still managed to put some miles in out on the mountains. Where we parked must of been like the inside of a freezer,just look at the pic showing the temperature in the motor,my Garmin Fenix watch indicated that we walked almost 17 miles,a lot of that was due to having a long walk to get to the base of the ascent up the mountains as the road to my usual park was blocked due to snow/ice. You may see my minimum & maximum heart rate on that graph too,your max heart rate should be 220 minus your age,mine shouldn't be anymore than around 160bpm but as shown I'm up into the 170's, anything above your maximum of 220 minus your age put's you into the danger zone of suffering a heart attack or stroke so I'm pushing myself beyond my limits really trekking about up there,still I've been into the high 180bpm on recent day's up there & am still here at least for now anyways. Stunning day to be out & about,magical scenery in what was a winter wonderland,back to heavy rain & 60mph winds over the weekend so it'll be a big change on the high ground with saturated underfoot conditions which will lead to difficult conditions of a different kind,the river crossings will be impassible because of all the snow melt as they will be in spate. One way or another there never ever seems to be an 'easy' day up there. We have a couple of injuries to contend with after yesterday's event,Rose has took a stopper off,the scar tissue from having had an operation on her broken leg is weeping profusely again,Bear has a wee knock & poor old Boots well he's just absolutely stiff as a board this morning,his back has long been a problem to him but he will be grand in a couple of day's I'm sure of it..we go again in a few days time
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I was planning on heading out this morning,I've been up since 1.30am,it was snowing really good at that hour but has since turned to rain here & you wouldn't know it had snowed at all,the reason i didn't venture out was the mountain weather forecast gave details of snow/sleet with winds of upto 50mph with a wind chill temp of -18C..I couldn't see it being too much fun on the high tops at daybreak so I'll head on up there tomorrow when at least its forecast less windy & temps only to get to about -10C & its to be dry & brighter too. This animal here hasn't the best of jackets & doesn't like those really cold,wet,freezing conditions,I suppose who does haha,just some are less prone to the effects than others..all the tracking collars etc are charged up,camera batteries etc so hopefully an early night & up at daft o'clock & off we go, hopefully be a bit of snow on the tops for us to have a wander around in.
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Biggest fooking idiot ever to take a breath of air, hopefully the cnuts dead & buried!!
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Thank you Penda,I always try to do my best by them. They are all honest dog's without being world-beaters but I'm good with that matey ..
Bear..
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4 hours ago, dodger said:
Been a good dog that boots served you well nice to see a dog used that's been to the moon n back so to speak
Cheers Dodge,aye he's been a grand old servant to us for sure.
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12 minutes ago, OldPhil said:
Photography is great fun,..I was getting quite into it....and then,.. my mind-set changed
Cracking pics them Phil!!
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Boots,Bear & Rose..
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For bigger gear Boots has been far & away the best of the 3, unfortunately Bear broke his neck as a young dog which stopped his progression in it's track's literally,he was 'looking' like being a brilliant dog,he just done everything as one would like to see,a big powerful,very fast dog he was,alas we never got to see what he may of achieved,still today he can occasionally show a glimpse of his youth & look pretty impressive at work. I personally believe he would of been a better dog than Boots on big gear but there again maybe he wouldn't? Rose is the best of the 3 as far as being an all round type,she has had a lot of gear,big gear included,she isn't the biggest but she doesn't know that. She has had around half of the number what Boots has had on big stuff,no mean feat for what was the smallest pup in the litter. Day or night comes alike to her,she has caught lot's of tackle in both sphere's,she too is a very quick animal,retrieves in textbook fashion & although all 3 will confront anything I'd personally say she is the one who will take a bit more punishment on the harder stuff without making too much of a fuss of thing's. She has had good numbers on the lamp & has put some impressive numbers away in the day too on all matter of stuff. As for a favourite of the 3 well it has to be Boots,he has honestly been a masterclass at certain thing's,he's been a wonderful servant to us. He will be 12 this upcoming October 1st,he only has one eye but he's still the first dog I load up in the motor of a morning when heading out,he's obviously not the dog he once was but it just wouldn't seem right going without him & as long as he wants to go he's always welcome to lead my team out.