blackgreyhound 206 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 the last couple of weeks i have been out with the binoculars looking about for deer hares rabitts etc not to chase just to see them is nice.up where i live the hares seem to have dissapeared on my old courseing grounds there is not one to be seen. lots of hares in the seventies now theres none at all .i have walked a fair few miles and seen only one .and that run like a dog was on its tail..seen a few muntys cwd the odd rabitt .hows the hare situation in other parts of the country .up in my part of the country south beds the hares are very thin on the ground 1 Quote Link to post
walshie 2,804 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Surrey - haven't seen a hare for a long while now. Quote Link to post
david.kean.21 34 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 just because u cant see them, dont mean there not there.. its a diffrent situation when theres a dog sniffin about Quote Link to post
youcanthide...BANG 1,051 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 only seen one this season a mates boxer dog put it up whilst we was walking apparently the local idiot killed seventeen by following snow tracks. thats probably killed the local areas hare population forever Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 the last couple of weeks i have been out with the binoculars looking about for deer hares rabitts etc not to chase just to see them is nice.up where i live the hares seem to have dissapeared on my old courseing grounds there is not one to be seen. lots of hares in the seventies now theres none at all .i have walked a fair few miles and seen only one .and that run like a dog was on its tail..seen a few muntys cwd the odd rabitt .hows the hare situation in other parts of the country .up in my part of the country south beds the hares are very thin on the ground they have fallen down the holes left by them heavy lurchers you favour :laugh: Quote Link to post
blackgreyhound 206 Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 david.kean.21/i have walked the ground in the dark with a good spotlight and the hares are not there.there not there early morning either.no forms no crap nothing .if they were about my binos would pick out in the hares sitting out in the young green corn .maybe not all of them but some would be laying in forms out there 1 Quote Link to post
foxing machine 144 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 only seen one this season a mates boxer dog put it up whilst we was walking apparently the local idiot killed seventeen by following snow tracks. thats probably killed the local areas hare population forever fecking hell thats no good pal. take some building up again fella Quote Link to post
blackgreyhound 206 Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 youcant hide ...BANG .its not the dogs thaht have done ours i think its to many shotguns plus pollution 3 Quote Link to post
BIGLURKS 874 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Never see any with out the dog round here Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 youcant hide ...BANG .its not the dogs thaht have done ours i think its to many shotguns plus pollution the shooters wouldn`t want them wiping out anymore than the dogs lads would if it was still legal, it would be pointless are you sure its not down to changing farming practises or peeping toms with binoculars and torches Quote Link to post
blackgreyhound 206 Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 paulus.one of the reasons i gave up lurchers some time ago .is you canott chase whaht is not there.in 1970 when i went first went coursing i never thought things could get this bad hare wise.there are plenty of deer and a few rabitts but deer just get you into to much trouble .if the mobile phone had not been invented things would be a lot diffferent.nowdays any oik out in the countryside only has to make a call on his ten pound tesco mobile and before you know whaht happend .its the police in a four wheel drive and the bloody police helicopter overhead .if there no hares its pointless haveing a good courseing dog 1 Quote Link to post
BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 paulus.one of the reasons i gave up lurchers some time ago .is you canott chase whaht is not there.in 1970 when i went first went coursing i never thought things could get this bad hare wise.there are plenty of deer and a few rabitts but deer just get you into to much trouble .if the mobile phone had not been invented things would be a lot diffferent.nowdays any oik out in the countryside only has to make a call on his ten pound tesco mobile and before you know whaht happend .its the police in a four wheel drive and the bloody police helicopter overhead .if there no hares its pointless haveing a good courseing dog Ain't that the truth... 3 Quote Link to post
craigluckyjihad 244 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 20 odd mile from me I could walk for 2-3 hours and see 100 plus hares everytime. took biglicks of here for a run terr he couldn't believe it. and just found a new place on the fen that I walked and never seen so many hares. farmer saw us coursin and waved us on Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 paulus.one of the reasons i gave up lurchers some time ago .is you canott chase whaht is not there.in 1970 when i went first went coursing i never thought things could get this bad hare wise.there are plenty of deer and a few rabitts but deer just get you into to much trouble .if the mobile phone had not been invented things would be a lot diffferent.nowdays any oik out in the countryside only has to make a call on his ten pound tesco mobile and before you know whaht happend .its the police in a four wheel drive and the bloody police helicopter overhead .if there no hares its pointless haveing a good courseing dog so i theory there should be more game on the ground not less hares are strange they come and go, on my ground somedays there all over, the next there all in the woods. one day theres one in a field the next theres 30 or more. thats just how it goes the same with the deer Quote Link to post
stubblebasher 150 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 What chance have the remaining population got when there's Lucas and his offspring running !? Quote Link to post
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