Hare Or Fox?

[jukel123 6,610]

Pre- ban, which was the hardest course for a lurcher, a fox or a hare?

Pre- ban my 3/4 grey/collie caught plenty of hunted up hares-not many given 100 yds law I admit.

I've never been into coursing foxes in daylight or at night.But the foxes I've seen lamped on video all seem to have two dogs onto the fox. Even with two dogs, the fox seems to be very difficult to nail.

So, which is the best at evading capture, fox or hare?

[morton 5,367]

I found a slow hare easier to catch than a fast fox,or was it a fast hare and slow fox?,its been that long the memory fuzzles.

[sailor30 658]

hare is a lot hard in my eyes like...done a lot of daytime foxing...but I think the hare in a different league...

[look up 406]

A dog that dont really want a fox or the sharp end will make a fox look good..don't get me wrong some can shift..and turn very well ...a dog with a good running style will make short work of catching one...but like sailor30 a hare is a different league..day or night ..

[beast 1,884]

now and then a dog came upon a fox which would twist and turn and fold the dog inside out, make even a very good dog look stupid. i've seen one or two which really were amazingly clever runners.

[stripes 401]

The hare for flat out speed and turn, caught far more fox's than hares.and i have never ran two dogs together.

Edited November 25, 2013 by stripes

[TROY_BOY 62]

there is no comparison in which is the harder course

[AlfieR 13]

Hare most deffo harder to catch

[lamping-lad 160]

Hare

[TheLurcherBoy 69]

my whippet would nail a fox... hare tho is waaaaay different they leave her for dead in the daytime and at night they run far better than a fox!! so imo hares are alot hard to catch both day and night...

[Thesharpeend 85]

Depends on what you into hare are quicker but a get a right buzz when the fox has bin ran before and nose what it's doin and starts whip it's turns in an out dog sit sitting on its arse.cant get any better thn dog just puts a stop to it

[cocker 2,654]

foxes are good, but hares are better at running than foxes,

[bird 9,598]

A dog that dont really want a fox or the sharp end will make a fox look good..don't get me wrong some can shift..and turn very well ...a dog with a good running style will make short work of catching one...but like sailor30 a hare is a different league..day or night ..

 

true, with foxes it if the dog really want's it, but have seen good fox dogs proven still loose the fox (solo) a fox can turn as good as hare, and a fox knows his escape routes a 100% .A hare in the day got to be the hardest to catch

[nothernlite 18,028]

Depends on what you into hare are quicker but a get a right buzz when the fox has bin ran before and nose what it's doin and starts whip it's turns in an out dog sit sitting on its arse.cant get any better thn dog just puts a stop to it

and do you not think hares can be just as wise? hare is or was far surperior to any fox

[GIBB0 50]

in my opinion you cant compare the two its 2 completely different running styles the hare is obviously a better COURSING challenge than a fox. a dog who is not committed can make a fox look better than it is. take nothing away from a fox they can turn on a dime and I have seen some great courses more often than not on the lamp with the use of more twists and turns than flat out speed.