can whippet course hare

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

They used to run them at hares and i have seen them take hares before the ban.

even those a wanker that keeps track dogs told me that a whippet cant take a hare

[jamiew 11]

hi lads im after a rabbiting dog to work with mt ferrets, have chance of a well bred whippet pup but wondered if i could go for an odd hare with it,if so how many runs could i expect?

yep a whippet will catch the odd hare ...most lads i know run types saluki x types......i think a whippet would do well on the hares local to me because it early pace you need most of the time or there gone....into cover rushes ect ect....i think if you got one with a good nose it would do well ....alot of folk seem to think hare coursing is all about point and slip...now the big open land like the fens ect ect will take some beating for hare coursing but i will tell you hearing the breaking of rushes and your dog bursting out of them rushes in hot pursuit of hare also takes some beating... .....you work the hares local to me you see plenty but there mostly in the open pockets of reeds rushes most of the time hard for your dog see ....a whippet with a good nose and a good strike would put you a few hares in the bag......just ingnore some people mate,....we all now hare coursing is illegal but you where just asking a question right......

thanks alot snoopdog pleased that you read it as i meant it,

[Sonny Brindle 2]

[spiderfly 111]

laguna whippet are for hae coursing

[scent 509]

are that your own dogs franks good pictures

[poacher3161 1,766]

Of corse they can as any gazehound can but we keep them up north to go with our flat cap's and racing pigeon's LOL atb

[shaun v 3]

got a chocalate patterdale ere off pickaxe and he would chase me, sorry i must be on wrong site :oops:

[shaun v 3]

had a whippet when i was 7 and had problems with it, every time i opened fridge door it would shiver lol

[dirtwinger 235]

Back when I was a wee lad growing up in Perthshire we had a whippet that was deadly on hares. She had a tried and tested technique that put hares in the bag, often 4 hares a session. What she did was push them into the first turn, as they turned she threw her self across the angle of the turn and scooped the hare up. Often she would be off her legs completely sliding on her side but her mouth always grabbed that hare. Very fond memories of that dog she lived 18 years and died on my bed.

 

all the best Dirtwinger