Has anyone ever put a hare to ground with the lurchers

[jeemes 4,636]

On 07/08/2021 at 18:46, All-terrain said:

There’s holes in some of the banks on the old coursing grounds near here, purpose  built for the hare to escape into can’t think what they are called  A-t

Sough I think its called mate.

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18 hours ago, The Field Hunter said:

I've also seen roe jump in cannal swim to other side and leap straight over the steel shuttering and away no problem

I see a doc about French stag hounds hunting and the deer would make for water to loose the hounds and as fast in water as out .

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On 07/08/2021 at 23:18, chartpolski said:

I allways thought the escape routes were called meuse's.

Cheers.

A meuse is the drag a Hare leaves as it moves around in circles. Having said that I watched a hunted Hare (Beagles)come through a hedge well in front of the hounds and then moved about in what looked like oblong shapes and suddenly she was away. When the hounds come through they were ages working out the scent but they got it right in the end and away they went. A Hare moves about a lot in a small area and its these meuses the hounds have to work out when hunting up the drag to get a fresher scent and put her up. Thats what I understand anyway.

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Yes European hare and jack rabbits.  

[chartpolski 25,704]

25 minutes ago, jeemes said:

A meuse is the drag a Hare leaves as it moves around in circles. Having said that I watched a hunted Hare (Beagles)come through a hedge well in front of the hounds and then moved about in what looked like oblong shapes and suddenly she was away. When the hounds come through they were ages working out the scent but they got it right in the end and away they went. A Hare moves about a lot in a small area and its these meuses the hounds have to work out when hunting up the drag to get a fresher scent and put her up. Thats what I understand anyway.

I thought I remembered the word from my days, long ago, at the Border & Coquetdale Coursing Club, so I've looked it up;

Meuse | The Landreader Project

WWW.THELANDREADER.COM

 

Maybe it's a regional thing, meaning slightly different things in different places

Cheers.

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23 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

I thought I remembered the word from my days, long ago, at the Border & Coquetdale Coursing Club, so I've looked it up;

Meuse | The Landreader Project

WWW.THELANDREADER.COM

 

Maybe it's a regional thing, meaning slightly different things in different places

Cheers.

I stand corrected. I was thinking of "Muse"...definition..  Something to think about. Im not a good speller.

Edited August 9, 2021 by jeemes

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On 08/08/2021 at 00:46, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:

Robbing c**ts them vets took my bitch with these few cuts after landing on a fence and they wanted 400 to stitch and antibiotics, I said it’s ok it will heal on its own then and I will keep it clean , they healed up perfect on there own, unless you get stitches in on the same day they useally rip out anyway, waste of time and money 

Good on you mate. Healing natural and keeping clean is better than feeding those greedy b*****d vets anytime.

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On 07/08/2021 at 18:45, Blackmag said:

Seen a couple go to ground and one that gave a really good account of itself bolt  into the tunnel things that run the length of railway lines were they cover the cables  you can just lift the lids on them  and it was left for another day 

I used to love those above ground cable ducts. Hunting rabbits with dogs that weren't fast enough to catch them in brambles on railway banks, soon as bunny made the mistake of dropping into a duct one of us would race along and lift a lid and stick a foot in. Once we had a dog at that end peer along to see if we'd trapped it. If so, rabbit in the bag. We always replaced the lids so as to avoid detection but left the odd one off so rabbits would use them. Days before CCTV and brains.

[Daniel cain 46,990]

42 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

I used to love those above ground cable ducts. Hunting rabbits with dogs that weren't fast enough to catch them in brambles on railway banks, soon as bunny made the mistake of dropping into a duct one of us would race along and lift a lid and stick a foot in. Once we had a dog at that end peer along to see if we'd trapped it. If so, rabbit in the bag. We always replaced the lids so as to avoid detection but left the odd one off so rabbits would use them. Days before CCTV and brains.

Found them holding a fox on many occasions...