obi2 239 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 What crosses, types of lurchers or sighthounds have you seen or owned that destroyed foxes and fired right into them that had no bull in there make up pre ban? I had a whippet cross collie grey that was crazy for foxes, didn't really have the power itself to kill them and took a bit of punishment but never dettered it Quote Link to post
mick1212 389 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 What crosses, types of lurchers or sighthounds have you seen or owned that destroyed foxes and fired right into them that had no bull in there make up pre ban? I had a whippet cross collie grey that was crazy for foxes, didn't really have the power itself to kill them and took a bit of punishment but never dettered it i had a deerhound cross grey who used to love them and dispatch them fairly quick Quote Link to post
obi2 239 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I think the deerhound cross was quite popular for foxes Quote Link to post
whippetlad1976 33 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 one of the lads i hunt with had a saluki grey x deerhound that nailed them for fun he was 26tts ragged em about rarely took damage you could moan about... there was also a dog owned by dave bonnet (r.i.p.) celt im sure he had no bull??? he was a good fox dog.. atb wl Quote Link to post
Guest thebigdog Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 wheaten x 1 Quote Link to post
rocky1 942 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 heard the weaton and deerhound was the dogs 2 beat on them Quote Link to post
watchman 256 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 What crosses, types of lurchers or sighthounds have you seen or owned that destroyed foxes and fired right into them that had no bull in there make up pre ban? I had a whippet cross collie grey that was crazy for foxes, didn't really have the power itself to kill them and took a bit of punishment but never dettered it lad i know run a couple saluki types years ago that would take them single handed no bother Quote Link to post
j316 119 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 mate of nine had deer h greyh some years back AWSOME Quote Link to post
long dogs 580 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 bedlington whippet greyhound loved fox had a few good collie crosses too Quote Link to post
hunt and fish 35 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Seems a lot of people down the south of ireland run the wheaten X dont see many of them up north. Quote Link to post
shushycatcher 219 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 my brother in law has a collie greyhound that hates foxes! Quote Link to post
goldfinch2007 2,336 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 send it up here cousin Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Seen most crosses kill foxes, plenty of Deerhound and collie type dogs, a few Saluki's, though predominantly Lurcher to Lurcher bred dogs, get a good 'un and it really can do the job. Quote Link to post
old school 567 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 i had 2 dogs that were excellent on foxes... alsationxgreyhound and a whippetxgreyhound bitch... the wee whippet cross bitch used to shake with fury when she seen them trottin up the beam!! Quote Link to post
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