rabbits vs hares

[scotty2306 37]

a hare is harder if your dog hasnt got the speed it will struggle.and all this shite that any dog can catch a hare in the lamp,well all i can say to that is the bloke who says it has not done much lamping

[whisperingeye 27]

i think anyone who puts the rabbit down this time of year as easy just shows there ineperience and wants to go back to school

[rob284 1,679]

i think anyone who puts the rabbit down this time of year as easy just shows there ineperience and wants to go back to school

what?

[the pikey poacher 1,157]

Well sorry to word it wrong lets say20 seconds,

so pre ban days what would of been the harder night 10 good hares or 40 good rabbits in 1 nights runing.

you should not lamp hares they are not at there best on the lamp so yes 40 rabbits would be a lot harder to catch but i think youll find hares are faster imo

[Ausnick 190]

Well sorry to word it wrong lets say20 seconds,

so pre ban days what would of been the harder night 10 good hares or 40 good rabbits in 1 nights runing.

you should not lamp hares they are not at there best on the lamp so yes 40 rabbits would be a lot harder to catch but i think youll find hares are faster imo

 

don't want to start a fight, but isn't nothing at their best on the lamp? Don't we use the lamp to find game easier and so they catch them easier? I've had dogs that couldn't catch a hare in the light because they ran it differently and chased it out of the beam over banks etc. but caught them in the day relatively easily.

[whisperingeye 27]

ausnick.

i would say the lamp is used because you find more out at night not because vermin is easier.

[Ausnick 190]

ausnick.

i would say the lamp is used because you find more out at night not because vermin is easier.

 

Well I hunt with a lamp 6 nights a week and go during the day on weekends and the runs are a lot shorter on the lamp.

[Giro 2,648]

Well sorry to word it wrong lets say20 seconds,

so pre ban days what would of been the harder night 10 good hares or 40 good rabbits in 1 nights runing.

you should not lamp hares they are not at there best on the lamp so yes 40 rabbits would be a lot harder to catch but i think youll find hares are faster imo

 

Its not that cut and dry...

 

In little stone walled feilds you could murder hares, big open land with bottomless dykes you could flatten dogs of a few slips.

 

Some bits of land it would be possible to acheive 40 odd rabbits with one dog and on fast flat land on educated game, dog and handler would be lucky to catch 20.

 

More dogs would get closer to the 40 rabbits than they would on ten good hares.

 

Some dogs wont even catch a hare on the lamp.. Slow clever dogs can catch rabbits slow dogs dont catch many hares and one good hare would finish them for the night.

 

to many variables

 

JMO

Edited February 23, 2012 by Giro

[snatchbullet 55]

a hare hasnt even start running in the first 10 seconds in the beam a rabbit has one gear a hare has 6. in a spot light your rabbit seems to liven up farster than a hare but day time a rabbit is left well behind from the word go

Edited February 24, 2012 by snatchbullet

[Guest first light]

Edited February 24, 2012 by first light

[whisperingeye 27]

Well sorry to word it wrong lets say20 seconds,

so pre ban days what would of been the harder night 10 good hares or 40 good rabbits in 1 nights runing.

you should not lamp hares they are not at there best on the lamp so yes 40 rabbits would be a lot harder to catch but i think youll find hares are faster imo

 

Its not that cut and dry...

 

In little stone walled feilds you could murder hares, big open land with bottomless dykes you could flatten dogs of a few slips.

 

Some bits of land it would be possible to acheive 40 odd rabbits with one dog and on fast flat land on educated game, dog and handler would be lucky to catch 20.

 

More dogs would get closer to the 40 rabbits than they would on ten good hares.

 

Some dogs wont even catch a hare on the lamp.. Slow clever dogs can catch rabbits slow dogs dont catch many hares and one good hare would finish them for the night.

 

to many variables

 

JMO

THANKYOU very sensible reply