HEDGE BUSTERS

[BRAN 0]

Alright boys,

 

Asking people's opinions on the following subject - Do lamping with a mate, for the light I run a racy whippet x lurcher cross who on the right ground will fill a bag with rabbits, bitch has pace and pretty lethal strike, but will not smash into hedges or ditches like the mate's Irish terrier x cross. Once rabbit beats her to the hedge, she is straight back to me. A debate has broke out

on who is the best suited. His dog has never caught more than mine! And the majority of his dog's kills are in hedges, his argument is that his dog is gamer, my argument is my dog is smarter? It also must be said his vet bills are also steeper! What do the troops out there favor ?

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Mine is a racy whippet x collie/grey very fast but smashes hedges so catches more, but he gets smashed up more. I like this in a dog but i dont think its a fault if they dont do it its just the individual dog.

[Guest mikee]

mate a dog with fewer vet bills has got to be a better option gives you more nights out,especialy if your just after rabbits.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Only fault I had with my collie blooded lurchers.they wouldnt run a rabbit if it was sat too near a hedge

lost a few because of it, they would also turn off a rabbit if it got within a few feet of the hedge while running one.

[BRAN 0]

We're speaking night time here, I don't know what type of land or quarry you hunt but a rabbit in Ireland hits the ditch, and mostly burrow in the ditch very rarely it goes through and even if it did it would be no use as it's pitch black on the other side. As regards heart, the bitch on a hare during the day will go through anything.

[Guest MOLLY]

mate a dog with fewer vet bills has got to be a better option gives you more nights out,especialy if your just after rabbits.

Mine are the hedge/fence crashing types, but id rather they were the ones using their brains especially as you said, its only for a bunnie. Dozens of knocked up toes and lame dogs and nights having to stop in with no fit dog to work later....is it worth it?

MOLL.

[BLACKBOB 9]

Both my whippet/grey and beddy/grey stop at the hedges on the lamp, the beddy has had the odd one in the hedge but im not a lover of it.

 

As for fences they will jump them on a lamp during the chase but ive seen plenty off accidents with my mates dogs crashing through things,

 

I agree they tend to get more but i much prefer a good course even if the rabbit gets away.

 

Anyway not many make the hedge with my dogs. :whistle: :whistle:

 

cheers bob

[Guest midnight_runner]

mines come straight back when the quary hits cover on the lamp that is and thats the way i like it

[COMPO 54]

the lurcher i had as a teenager was a very commited dog and she would fly into hedges when lamping, and would also rugby tackle hares during the day, she seemed to just throw herself at the quarry when near enough and usually came up from the tumble with it firmly in her teeth

 

i saw that as commitment, but when out ferreting once and she stabbed herself in the eye with hawthorn trying to catch a rabbit i re-thought commitment as suicidal tendencies :11:

 

sadly it aint something you can teach or influence, either the dog will throw it self at the hedge or it will be smart/scared enough not to :11:

 

it gets annoying though when a dog pulls up when its just nettles or similar non-dangerous undergrowth

 

i am sat here at the moment pulling thorns out of my teckel x after taking the dogs bushing rabbits this afternoon

[Guest alastair]

had bullx that would smash threw everything,cost me a fortune,eventually wrote itself off.got a new bullx cross that pulls up at hedges,misses a few cause of it but at least i can carry on hunting with out rushing the bugger to the vets$$$$$$$......for the sake of one rabbit.

[midnighthunter 78]

b ran had the hedge busters plus the hedge stoppers you will be hunting when he is laid up

[Guest alastair]

b ran had the hedge busters plus the hedge stoppers you will be hunting when he is laid up

 

good to have a spare i agree,if you have money to burn on injurys.my last dog cost me over 1000 squids on accidents.