dog for really thick cover

[Pops 19]

the area i live in is really thick coastal swamp broken up by open manicured areas like golf courses. my salXgrey has a horrible run up and can't seem to get the whitetail deer before they make cover. he's killed a fair bit of other stuff, but the deer are kicking his @$$. once in the cover the deer bound over it pretty slow about 20-25MPH (not sure what that is in KPH). but the dog can't make headway in it cause it's so thick. if i could get one to break in the open he'd catch no problem. he caught a mule deer doe out west in open country pretty quick. whitetail deer just keep heading for thicker and thicker cover when run. i am thinking he needs a partner. i am thinking something small enough to blow through the cover and with enough speed (especially explosive starting speed) to slow the deer down for the biggun to get there and anchor it.

i need advice and opinions.

[scent 509]

beagle or a beaglexspringer will hunt cover extremely well and flush game for your lurcher

[Pops 19]

Stabs

if you double the height on the cover in your pic, you have the crap i'm dealing with. whitetails don't like the open like fallows and others. some of the crap they reside in you look at it and wonder that anything can live there much less a 100# + deer.

[Pops 19]

bumppp

[Pops 19]

bump again

any suggestions?

[allgame 0]

airedale x staghound is my thoughts, no dog will catch what your sugesting before they hit cover so you want somthing that will tear through the bushes and not get messed up soo it will need to be hairy and with a think coat and full of balls so it will lug on the back legs before turning it around, so it will have the drive to follow for awhile as well as the endurance not to much airedale but.

throw a pic of your current dog on

[Pops 19]

here he is w/a little coon. i'll have to have the wife e-mail me the pic w/ the big one and the feral cat pics

and one of the results from his first hog hunt

Edited September 3, 2008 by Pops