Lets See Them Whippets, Coarsing, Racing, Working

[Black neck 15,162]

6 hours ago, mC HULL said:

this whippet  pup getting a sniff

Taking u at night 

Hangings 2 good for u

[Chevy Chase 44]

9 hours ago, Black neck said:

Taking u at night 

Hangings 2 good for u

Bet it wasn’t on the slop either! 

[tatsblisters 7,950]

Brilliant pics green lurchers. Some of my earlier memories were of whippets taking rabbits and hare's on land that was not easy going with small fields thick hedgerows and fences. I know when i saw for the first time one of the Caithness dogs that came to the area that was predominantly a stocky whippet it's recovery rate and tenacity was very impressive to say the least. 

[green lurchers 16,369]

[tatsblisters 7,950]

I always compare the whippets and small whippet types I have seen with there exciting type of running to the goshawks I have seen on rabbits a lot more exciting than the Harris hawks I have seen on the same quarry. 

[mC HULL 10,440]

4 hours ago, Chevy Chase said:

Bet it wasn’t on the slop either! 

you can’t take a whippet on the slop ffs lol are you mad it would run 100 yds and come back shattered 

[mackem 23,801]

4 hours ago, tatsblisters said:

I know when i saw for the first time one of the Caithness dogs that came to the area that was predominantly a stocky whippet it's recovery rate and tenacity was very impressive to say the least. 

Were they bought from Tommy McPhee?I went lamping with him once in Caithness,the bitch was called Ruby?

[tatsblisters 7,950]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

Were they bought from Tommy McPhee?I went lamping with him once in Caithness,the bitch was called Ruby?

Yes mate a fawn bitch if my memory serves me right. 

[mackem 23,801]

2 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Yes mate a fawn bitch if my memory serves me right. 

Tommy was a speed lamper,impressive to watch.

[OldPhil 5,361]

3 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Yes mate a fawn bitch if my memory serves me right. 

More than likely....

Tommy had several Fawn whippet types,...mostly named Ruby......

[mackem 23,801]

North-east (England) whippet North-east (Scotland) rabbits.

[green lurchers 16,369]

9 hours ago, mC HULL said:

you can’t take a whippet on the slop ffs lol are you mad it would run 100 yds and come back shattered 

Fk the slop mc it’s like ,,,, why ! You not most definitely gone get the quarry to show it’s true form ,  do u find it easier to walk move when you walk good ground ? Or is it only me that finds it a bit more draining and harder to go lamping walking over saturated ground ? 

Edited December 22, 2023 by green lurchers

[shaaark 10,136]

6 hours ago, mackem said:

Tommy was a speed lamper,impressive to watch.

Can I just ask, what exactly is impressive about 'speed lamping'?

Even 40 years ago, when I didn't have a 'smeg' of permission, I was never in a rush.

[mackem 23,801]

2 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Can I just ask, what exactly is impressive about 'speed lamping'?

Even 40 years ago, when I didn't have a 'smeg' of permission, I was never in a rush.

Speed lamping was multiplicities of rabbits and hares caught very quickly,speed lamping was a term we coined.

[mC HULL 10,440]

10 minutes ago, green lurchers said:

Fk the slop mc it’s like ,,,, why ! You not most definitely gone get the quarry to show it’s true form ,  do u find it easier to walk move when you walk good ground ? Or is it only me that finds it a bit more draining and harder to go lamping walking over saturated ground ? 

it’s definitely easier to walk the drier land mate the wet is hard work aint it only thing worse is wet hilly land lol 

i’d say the hare runs the wet better then the dog can on drier land you will kill a lot more then you will the slop it’s hard work for the mutt 

it just gets wet most land i run mate