Styles of hunting..

[Guest MOLLY]

I do the same socks just slightly differently

All the dogs have different styles. They all hunt up/push cover for themselves, all chase, all mark...just differently. The woods are deep and thick here, if you want to bush for roe you would need more than one terrier.

The smallest terrier caught a hare because the biggest lurcher chased it towards her (backwards i know ) Ive had terriers hold a roe down for the lurchers.

I love it, and cannot understand why more people dont do it?

Moll.

[Guest MOLLY]

Im with you now Bob, thank you

Moll.

[Guest WILF]

Nice to be able to just mooch about with the chance of some decent quarry........I am envious!!

[DiStuRBeD 0]

heres how i do it

 

have dogs in the back of the ute, unchained, so they can jump off when they want

 

drive around spotlighting(lamping u lot call it) till quarry is spotted, get in a suitable position if possible, tell the dog to get on and follow quarry with the light till the dog makes a catch

 

at times we walk, with dogs on leads and then let them chase, or i will walk with dog off lead to hunt up for himself and spotlight

 

whether i hunt with 1,2,3 or more doesnt matter

 

and yes EAT what you can, i hate waste, i try and use as much as possible

[allgame 0]

dont eat what the dogs catch personaly they do so theres no waste but im just not that desbrate yet mabye one day though

[lamper12 30]

id love that ground you hunt on moll i got some terrain like that but no game on it and i take the lurcher and terrier whilst mooching the terrier has a go lol...

[Guest MOLLY]

I dont eat it all, i do allow the dogs and ferrets some

Moll.

[Guest MOLLY]

id love that ground you hunt on moll i got some terrain like that but no game on it and i take the lurcher and terrier whilst mooching the terrier has a go lol...

Most days draw a blank lamper, it isnt often we catch, but the dogs keep fit looking and trying...keeps them sharp.

Keep at it, the pic of Jazz chasing the rabbit i took yesterday, in 2yrs that is the first time there has ever been a rabbit there and i walk it most days.

 

This is the only flat field i ever see holding game. You can see at the back were the roe are it is a large woodland. Where i am standing it is very rough, rush, grass thistles etc, the same on the right and the left is a small road followed by more rough then another large woodland.

 

 

Moll.

[LDR 29]

For me it all depends where and what really, if its just goin for a walk with dogs then they'll all be off and whatever gets up will have its work cut out to make it to safety!!! even at this time, if i think i particular peice of cover may hold a flush then the spaniel will be put in with the lurchers on either side or either end!!! if going out for something specific, then the dogs will be on slips ready to go as areas are walked up!!! lamping will usually involve dogs on slips with alternate goes!!! dogs and ferrets get whats caught along with friends, family and my slender figure......

[boris b 1]

Walking along for me , day or night i am not fussed gun in arm you get what you get and the dogs love it .

[Guest joe ox]

Moll, What your doing is most definitely not wrong! In my teen years I would get up at breaking light set of mooching with a ferret, nets, terriers and lurchers and sometimes not return home till dark. I used to catch rabbits, hares, rats, foxs, mice, deer, pheasants and anything else I came across. I have some very good memorys of those years

Edited February 14, 2008 by joe ox

[Phil Lloyd 10,740]

Molly the Moucher....

[snoopdog 1,256]

i like all types and do most types .......i like to walk with the dog on the slip ...one on one .....i also mooch with the terrier and lurcher letting them hunt up .......anything that involves dogs and hunting ...that will do for me .......i dont ferret because i catch enough with the dogs bushing lamping whatever ....i wouldnt have no use for anymore rabbits ,,,..not being big headed its just the truth ...plus it the course for me ..the thrill of the chase ..... .....

[whin 463]

up in the forests of scotland, used to hunt with a few terreirs two or three lurchers , never big amounts the most two sika, but mouched hunted rough ground localy until we could drive etc , still have a mouching day along a few old qaurries , rabbs the odd fox , good sport , good way to keep dog fit or fitter , to much forbidden game localy so prefer to pick my times , first lite or late on darkness dusk of lamp , had lots of roe hares etc a few rabbs foxes hunting like this ,alot of places were desolate until people bought up rough ground old farm dwellings mostly townies they would be on the phone now if the saw u chaseing illegal game so carefulls the way all the best , u cant beat dogs in bush lurchers waiting u get a bolt exitment