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  1. derekbrown
    Every deerhound cross I ever saw was half hearted at foxes and most were also clumsy and not commited at everything else.you live in the next county to me and I can't see what these hairy sacks of shite offer over line bred hare,fox or rabbit dogs,I've seen my fair share and every one was exposed as a cull especially on foxes.
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    I have concrete floors in kennels not sealed,I use chlorus most days in the summer months and never a smell of piss.i don't know is it available in uk.its chlorine based so the place smells a bit like a swimming pool.
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    Hope the foxhounds doing well for ye,we have 9 or 10 crossbreds and lurchers,a lot of times here a dog nearly has too walk on top of a fox before they get up,later in season some foxes know the crack with lurchers outside and don't want to even leave a smallish place but it makes for great hunting,they could be hunting on view half the time and would catch a few in cover
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    I didn't mean not hunt heavy cover I meant springers not going deep far down into heavy glens and forestries,springers tend to hunt a bit closer to you.i must try a day hunting up north,not many foxes down this side of the country would leave cover without some kind of pressure on them.
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    A good springer beagle for example would be better than a spaniel for flushing out for lurchers,a good one would try cover deeper than a spaniel,would hunt a line better and would have the voice too which most spaniels don't have.for pure hunting pure hounds better most of the time but some crossbreds will hunt on as far as pure hounds but there main job is driving cover,blowing foxes out and then move on to the next spot.
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    The Irish hare belongs to the Irish people,most men that course them give them a lot more respect and fair play than the coursing clubs do.
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    No better boys than coursing club members to vandalise vechicles and slash tyres once nobody is watching" if they are being watched then no better boys to run to their vehicles shouting threats as they retreat.
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    glad it suited you bud but it didnt suit everyone i couldnt enjoy the free time because the next bill was always in my mind .I know that but just with circumstances it suited me,I know that for most it was bad news.dont get me wrong,I have f**k all,never had but I had enough to be happy.
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    Personally recession suited me,lucky to have no debt and was hunting 4 days a week and lamping any night felt like it and no rush home.working now 50 hours a week,money very good but money isn't everything.every week now is a countdown to Friday evening,sad enough lifestyle I think.how long to the next recession???
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    Too big,too clumsy and too half hearted,typical deerhounds.
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    Was that north,south,east or west of city.i had stuff robbed from my van south of city in a forestry last month.
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    i heard they are like courseing a hare mate I think perhaps you are thinking of Chinese Water Deer. The Muntjac is never far from thorny cover and when he is he makes every effort to get back into it. It made straight for heavy cover but ran like fuk to get there,we hunt cover for foxes every week with teagles but only ever see sika and fallow the odd time,this was a different creature,do any of ye know are muntjac in cork/Munster area?
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    Saw a small deer out lamping in cork couple years ago,presumed it was a sika fawn but it ran as good as a hare,are muntjac good to run?
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    Fine looking pup,I have a few of them myself
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    Have no prob running a dog in a pair once I know it's also single handed.i prefer racy bull hounds,the big heavy ones have their uses but running them down is not their strong point.if any dog that catches can't finish job they no good
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    In my limited experience foxhound harriers don't often work out,I seen more bad than good.lkeep good hunting beagles but never saw any that would pass out good foxhounds on speed alone,beagles probably hold a line better though and better tongue,foxhound tongue is shite,good marking dogs some of them.For pure hunting u can't beat harriers.
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    I am mid forties and got my first dog when I was eight.i am my whole life hunting and catching foxes.l could never shoot one,bad form.i know different craic in uk and everyone has their reasons but f**k it I what a waste to shoot one.
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    Good few harrier packs Munster area that hunt fox only,all the ones I know would have a few foxhounds mixed through though
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    In my limited experience the best dogs have to often be held back from a young age,the dogs that are nursed along may or may not be ok but are never the best,lurchers,terriers or hounds.
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    Be better caught with a lurcher up the field,shame to shoot them especially a vixen in cub.
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    In the 80s there was rabbits everywhere here but no buzzards now buzzards are all over the place and rabbits getting more scarce every year.buzzards only arrived here about 15 years ago l think but are like magpies here now.
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    Did you win that dog you are swapping as last prize in a spelling competition I wonder.
  25. derekbrown
    Mine are fed evenings around six or seven normally.so if lamping they would be 24 hours at least with no food.but mine used on foxes so might have 5 or 6 runs if I am very lucky,not the many runs on rabbits you would get but then I suppose when catch is made more energy is spent than catching a rabbit.once a dog is well kept and nourished normally 24 hours with no food before work won't have any probs.
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