Rough Shooting With The Lurcher

[Bo Duke 420]

Been doing a bit of rough shooting over the lurcher, she wasn't trained to the gun as a youngster but has always flushed birds and caught a fair few that sat too tight, she will retrieve too and has taken to the task naturally.

 

[forest of dean redneck 11,937]

Always wanted to try that,never got round to it.

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

Versatility,..really is the hallmark,.. of a useful Cur...

Edited October 16, 2015 by Phil Lloyd

[Red Center 165]

I do a mix of gun work with all my dogs, I like having them with me regardless of the type of hunting so I get a good handle on em and take em along

[3175darren 1,102]

They are good at it, mine loves it, he has a real nose on him for pheasants, and works very well along side the Labrador, goes nearly every where with me, the hunt suffers a little when a rabbit shows but we soon get back to it,

He loves duck shooting, had I known how well he was going to take to it,I would have spent more time training him accordingly, they are very versatile,he uses his brains retrieving from water, and if there's a flow he will let the lab do the work, onto the field though he's there,and will retrieve most anything,

[Bo Duke 420]

Good stuff Darren, mine really is only a handy little rabbiting bitch I've never really been into anything else with the lurchers so it's a bonus taking things from the sky

[grompz 706]

every lurcher i have had,i took them out with the gun from very young pups,started with 410 and then to 12 bore,started on rabbits then to pheasants,the best i had for this work,were the bedlingtonx, and the bull cross hunt and retrieved as good as any gundog, but still trained them to do all the work that lurchers should do wonderful dogs

[3175darren 1,102]

I honestly bought mine for the same reason, my backs knacked and I can't get to the nets as quick as I would like, I have not had a lurcher for 35 yrs, as I got into pheasant shooting and wild fowling,stalking and such, so moved to labs spaniels and pointers, I still have a lab and a teckle now, but I bought this dog,and don't think I will go back, I am sure I could have done more with him, that's my failing not his,I will have another pointer, but dought I will ever be without a small lurcher/ and terrier, again absolute pleasure to be with,it's really good to have a night on the lamp with the little dog,there's better lamping dogs out there, but this lads enough for me,might look for a rough coated bitch, to line him with at some point, it's good to see someone enjoying them for other than running down a lamp,