scorpion156 10 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 having a conversation the other day about dogs that Mark to ground. I have seen some lurcher that were spot on and would only mark Charlie and some that marked anything. in everyone's opinion what breed or breeding has the potential to be the best marking dog or what was the best you have seen. thanks 1 Quote Link to post
howdeeposxxt 1,448 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Best I had was a cockerxlab I'd give my right arm to have him back. He would scrape the ground and almost be spot on with the locater to let you know where they were. He got shot on shoot rolled over caught in a snare he survived almost everything. Eventually just went missing one day out bushing and never came back I got a good 6 years a fun out if him Quote Link to post
Dig-deep-draw-charlie 2,707 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 A fella i hunted with a few years ago had a Bull x bitch, never seen her false mark, a fox! Also seen a beagle bitch who was a demon at marking, she used to drop to ground if she had room, plenty of days we done the first bit of cover and she got out on a fox and didn’t come back for hours! If only we had the garmin s back then Quote Link to post
moonlighter 1,160 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Most breeds will mark, it’s just down to the individual dogs if they want to and how they do it. My old coursing dog would mark fox to ground and was very accurate in doing so. He loved the job thought but my other coursing dog wasn’t really interested. 1 Quote Link to post
Rabbit Hunter 6,608 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I don’t think Ive seen a terrier yet that won’t mark an occupied earth on the lead, can save a lot of time if you’ve a lot of earths to check. 4 Quote Link to post
Lenmcharristar 9,168 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Dig-deep-draw-charlie said: A fella i hunted with a few years ago had a Bull x bitch, never seen her false mark, a fox! Also seen a beagle bitch who was a demon at marking, she used to drop to ground if she had room, plenty of days we done the first bit of cover and she got out on a fox and didn’t come back for hours! If only we had the garmin s back then Remember that blue bitch? She marked to ground Quote Link to post
scorpion156 10 Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 thanks everyone. seems like a lurcher is definatley the way forward Quote Link to post
Dig-deep-draw-charlie 2,707 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Lenmcharristar said: Remember that blue bitch? She marked to ground Yes mate that’s right! That Fidel bitch! Need to get in contacts with that fella again! He’s away back to England! Quote Link to post
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