avoiding disasters

[Casso 1,261]

i know a few lads on here, have had dogs killed in action, it seems to be completely unavoidable, my question is , has anyone changed the way they hunt, or made any changes because of it,,eg , If im lamping with a couple of lads with their own dogs, i make sure all dogs are well secured on their slips before we do anything, had a fcuk up one night years ago , with a dog on a bunny coming straight at us , a young lads dog slipped out and ran head long into the incoming dog,,night over,, any experiences most welcome,,

[scothunter 12,609]

yea there is always the hazard of something happening.used to get really para about it when i was younger,but thats the sport we do and there plenty pitfalls.once seen a dog jump over a dry stone dyke chasing a hare and landed in some farmers old scrap metal.wasnt my dog thank f**k but the noise it made will haunt me for ever.

[Casso 1,261]

yea there is always the hazard of something happening.used to get really para about it when i was younger,but thats the sport we do and there plenty pitfalls.once seen a dog jump over a dry stone dyke chasing a hare and landed in some farmers old scrap metal.wasnt my dog thank f**k but the noise it made will haunt me for ever.

 

 

With me now at this stage , i only keep one running dog , and my young lad 7 is mad about him,, would break my heart to have to explain to him that he wont be met by the dog when he gets in from school,,i just dont dwell on the thought ,,

[Ideation 8,216]

I guess one of the few things you can do if possible is know your land, if you can before lamping it etc, walk it, look for that chain harrow hidden in the grass, or that cow scratching stone, and then try to run your dogs smart, or as far as you can anyhow. Make sure your dogs are as well trained and responsive as possible etc. Also dogs get to know the land they run, but so does game. Went out last season with a member off here, lamping rabbits, in one field, the guy said - keep your dog on the lead or it'll get itself killed. Flicked the lamp onto the first rabbit and slipped his own dog, the dog turned the rabbit a few times and then it made straight for a half hidden, bloody great farm roller (the kind towed behind the tractor), the rabbit slid under and carried on - the dog turned its shoulder, and kind of bounced up and over the roller, landing on the other side and catching the bunny. Pretty much every rabbit in this field does the same thing. I have no doubt that a dog who didnt know the ground would have plowed straight into the roller and killed itself or done some serious harm.

[CarraghsGem 92]

most of the time i run my dogs on same ground day and night, the ground is so difficult the dogs need to know the terrain, even bring the pups out for a daytime mooch there once in a while, saying that im bringing them out (the adults not pups) on some seriously difficult terrain when i get a chance to for a daytime hunt + general day out it has everything, beach, cliff, rocky ground and loads of rabbits, commonland too, i hope my bitch is up to the challenge