3/4 Crosses or Coursing Breds?

[Pardus 1,609]

What would you say is the faster dogs, according to some the coursing bred accelerates faster than a whippet and has just as much top end as a greyhound.

[Leo Sayer 3,624]

Fuc knows mine were always plodders lol 

[mC HULL 15,510]

20 minutes ago, Pardus said:

What would you say is the faster dogs, according to some the coursing bred accelerates faster than a whippet and has just as much top end as a greyhound.

on the land were it matter there faster then a grey 

[Pardus 1,609]

8 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

Fuc knows mine were always plodders lol 

What crosses were they pal? 

[Pardus 1,609]

Just now, mC HULL said:

on the land were it matter there faster then a grey 

So, they will beat a greyhound to the first turn on winter wheat? 

[Daniel cain 48,213]

Thought the saluki was 3/4 mph slower than a grey on paper?

[Pardus 1,609]

7 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Thought the saluki was 3/4 mph slower than a grey on paper?

Which is a lot really, around 10% slower.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,756]

I’m gonna say it , in the scheme of hunting , do you genuinely need to be sweating about percentages ? 

buddy the coursing dog saw many much faster dogs off as he was purpose built to run in the wettest of grounds and his prey drive was the highest I’ve ever seen. 

that was lost if he was put to greyhounds 

[Pardus 1,609]

2 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I’m gonna say it , in the scheme of hunting , do you genuinely need to be sweating about percentages ? 

buddy the coursing dog saw many much faster dogs off as he was purpose built to run in the wettest of grounds and his prey drive was the highest I’ve ever seen. 

that was lost if he was put to greyhounds 

Doesn't mean a thing but it's one of the most simple of crosses made, a half cross back to a greyhound, some people like that because for some reason they like to know exactly what's in their dogs.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,756]

3 minutes ago, Pardus said:

Doesn't mean a thing but it's one of the most simple of crosses made, a half cross back to a greyhound, some people like that because for some reason they like to know exactly what's in their dogs.

Half cross anything back to coursing bred is 100% the most chancy cross for any breed 

beddy , bull , collie , deerhound , all far and away better animals imho when mated into coursing lines than having a rubbing rag greyhound as half of the pups parentage. 

the only pups I’ve seriously considered the last few years have been scrap bred lurchers to a coursing stuff that’s been hammered . If there was a man breeding a half collie grey to a decent line from the fens , I’d take their f***ing hands off 

[Pardus 1,609]

2 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Half cross anything back to coursing bred is 100% the most chancy cross for any breed 

beddy , bull , collie , deerhound , all far and away better animals imho when mated into coursing lines than having a rubbing rag greyhound as half of the pups parentage 

I'd agree, but I wouldn't say they would be quicker than a 3/4 greyhound like some claim, but, it doesn't matter, the only thing that really matters is if they catch.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,756]

Speed means f**k all when it’s from greyhound blood to an animal already half bred , it’ just adds fragility imho 

[Pardus 1,609]

7 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Speed means f**k all when it’s from greyhound blood to an animal already half bred , it’ just adds fragility imho 

I don't fully agree, some half crosses don't have a chance of catching hare on a regular basis, good 3/4 crosses can.

[mC HULL 15,510]

5 minutes ago, Pardus said:

I don't fully agree, some half crosses don't have a chance of catching hare on a regular basis, good 3/4 crosses can.

can they f**k lol my word you went twice a week with a 3:4 grey you’d blank 90 percent a the time mate honest 

[Pardus 1,609]

2 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

can they f**k lol my word you went twice a week with a 3:4 grey you’d blank 90 percent a the time mate honest 

Ok then mate I must have been seeing things with my own eyes lol. That was hares local, up Swinefleet, Selby, Caistor, Market Rasen. They can't have all been bad hares even if they are not on the level as the legendary Hull hare. Lol