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Post by greghopper on Dec 9, 2020 18:46:23 GMT -5
Your dogs may run into more then they can handle 😳  Someone text me that pic... not sure where it from! |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Dec 9, 2020 23:31:04 GMT -5
No hunter orange, could very well be over seas.
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Post by BOBinIN on Dec 10, 2020 1:43:30 GMT -5
Jackalope for sure...Late in the season and he's already dropped his rack. That's a good time to shoot them, lass damage to you if he decides to attack! Stay safe out there!
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 10, 2020 5:56:06 GMT -5
I've seen that picture with the story of it being in Russia
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Post by greghopper on Dec 10, 2020 7:28:10 GMT -5
No hunter orange, could very well be over seas. That was my first thoughts also |
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Post by stevein on Dec 10, 2020 9:25:02 GMT -5
I've seen that picture with the story of it being in Russia Near Chernobyl USSR? |
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Post by span870 on Dec 11, 2020 4:33:02 GMT -5
Needs another year.
Funny story about large rabbits. Used to raise quite a few rabbits to train my dogs. A bit different than some in I believe in starting a dog as early as possible. Some wants to wait 7-9 months but I'll put them on rabbits real soon after weaning. Anyway, last pup I started him at around 10 weeks old, letting him chase a rabbit around the inside of the house every chance I got. Always used the same rabbit. Rabbit outweighed him by a good couple of pounds. Pup was relentless on that poor rabbit beating him up every chance he got. By not means was he hurting the rabbit but he'd have that rabbit soaking wet in slobber most of the day. Had them outside one day and the pup was being his usual self just bowling the rabbit over and being a complete pain to the rabbit. At one point the rabbit got away and the pup took off running at him. I reckon the rabbit had enough and did this chuck norris like move, jumped straight up in the air and dropped kicked the dog with his back feet right in the face. Pup literally rolled over two, three times backwards from the kick and just stood there dumbfounded. Figured that was the exact time they shouldn't play together anymore. Dog is four years old now. Ran down and caught his first wild rabbit at 7 months old. He DOES NOT like rabbits at all.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Dec 11, 2020 11:17:10 GMT -5
Needs another year. Funny story about large rabbits. Used to raise quite a few rabbits to train my dogs. A bit different than some in I believe in starting a dog as early as possible. Some wants to wait 7-9 months but I'll put them on rabbits real soon after weaning. Anyway, last pup I started him at around 10 weeks old, letting him chase a rabbit around the inside of the house every chance I got. Always used the same rabbit. Rabbit outweighed him by a good couple of pounds. Pup was relentless on that poor rabbit beating him up every chance he got. By not means was he hurting the rabbit but he'd have that rabbit soaking wet in slobber most of the day. Had them outside one day and the pup was being his usual self just bowling the rabbit over and being a complete pain to the rabbit. At one point the rabbit got away and the pup took off running at him. I reckon the rabbit had enough and did this chuck norris like move, jumped straight up in the air and dropped kicked the dog with his back feet right in the face. Pup literally rolled over two, three times backwards from the kick and just stood there dumbfounded. Figured that was the exact time they shouldn't play together anymore. Dog is four years old now. Ran down and caught his first wild rabbit at 7 months old. He DOES NOT like rabbits at all. Do you mean he wants to kick their butts or he doesn't want to chase? |
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Post by span870 on Dec 11, 2020 14:36:28 GMT -5
Needs another year. Funny story about large rabbits. Used to raise quite a few rabbits to train my dogs. A bit different than some in I believe in starting a dog as early as possible. Some wants to wait 7-9 months but I'll put them on rabbits real soon after weaning. Anyway, last pup I started him at around 10 weeks old, letting him chase a rabbit around the inside of the house every chance I got. Always used the same rabbit. Rabbit outweighed him by a good couple of pounds. Pup was relentless on that poor rabbit beating him up every chance he got. By not means was he hurting the rabbit but he'd have that rabbit soaking wet in slobber most of the day. Had them outside one day and the pup was being his usual self just bowling the rabbit over and being a complete pain to the rabbit. At one point the rabbit got away and the pup took off running at him. I reckon the rabbit had enough and did this chuck norris like move, jumped straight up in the air and dropped kicked the dog with his back feet right in the face. Pup literally rolled over two, three times backwards from the kick and just stood there dumbfounded. Figured that was the exact time they shouldn't play together anymore. Dog is four years old now. Ran down and caught his first wild rabbit at 7 months old. He DOES NOT like rabbits at all. Do you mean he wants to kick their butts or he doesn't want to chase? He chases them down and catches em. There isn't much butt kicking. Just a squeal and a dead rabbit. He has one purpose when he gets out of the dog box. He runs with bad intentions. He doesn't follow or chase. He runs to catch. Not a "rabbit hunters" dog. Fast and runs on the edge. Long legged big swinging dog |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Dec 11, 2020 14:59:15 GMT -5
Neat! A rabbit "getter's" dog! We had a dog that never put his nose to the ground his name was Buck we called him "Buck the wonder dog". All our other dogs were trackers, the kind of dogs old guys like to hunt behind. Then we got Buck that dog would be 50 yards ahead of the trackers on that rabbits tail the only time he put his nose to the ground was to figure out where to pee. He was neutered by the previous owner but the only time he'd stop hunting was to "mate" with the female we had. He never caught the rabbit unless we shot it but our rabbit count went up 50% after we got him. Fun times, I miss those days, not just Buck but being able to knock on doors for permission and dropping off a couple rabbits or quail as a thank you, I know you lost your father early but the memories of hunting with Dad and Grandpa were pretty cool. We all had pumps, but Grandpa had a semi-auto I think it just let him miss quicker😜. Were you old enough to hunt with your dad? I hope you were I never met him only saw his posts, you have his same wit.
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Post by span870 on Dec 12, 2020 4:46:10 GMT -5
Neat! A rabbit "getter's" dog! We had a dog that never put his nose to the ground his name was Buck we called him "Buck the wonder dog". All our other dogs were trackers, the kind of dogs old guys like to hunt behind. Then we got Buck that dog would be 50 yards ahead of the trackers on that rabbits tail the only time he put his nose to the ground was to figure out where to pee. He was neutered by the previous owner but the only time he'd stop hunting was to "mate" with the female we had. He never caught the rabbit unless we shot it but our rabbit count went up 50% after we got him. Fun times, I miss those days, not just Buck but being able to knock on doors for permission and dropping off a couple rabbits or quail as a thank you, I know you lost your father early but the memories of hunting with Dad and Grandpa were pretty cool. We all had pumps, but Grandpa had a semi-auto I think it just let him miss quicker😜. Were you old enough to hunt with your dad? I hope you were I never met him only saw his posts, you have his same wit. Started actually hunting with dad when I was 11 but I was drug along at a very early age. I remember being maybe 4 and this was way before commercial tree stands, dad putting me in a climbing harness from his lineman job, throwing a climbing rope over a limb and hoisting me up in a tree. I clearly remember him tying it off to a tree and me dangling about 15 foot up until he was able to climb the tree and swing me into the crotch of a big ol oak tree. Safety, pssh. He had a basset hound out of true hunting stock way before they were destroyed by the pet market that was a bang up rabbit and pheasant dog. That's what started me on chasing rabbits. Had a beagle of my own about 16 years old that I ran every day. We hunted her quite a bit until she got old and had to be put down. Got out of rabbit hunting for quite a few years and got into chasing wood goats pretty serious and waterfowl hunting. That was his thing. We poured ourselves into both for many years, him more waterfowl and me chasing horns. After he died I didn't really have a passion for birds and the deer hunting became more a job than fun having to kill a bigger deer year after year. Figured get back into hounds, how bad could it be. 13 beagles later and thousands of dollars in fencing and hundreds of rabbits raised to train. Anyway, I keep two packs of hounds. One for guys that want to harvest rabbits and my fun pack. I rarely never carry a gun anymore so it's just to chase them. Don't want to stand around all day waiting to see the rabbit. The two main I run for fun are both big males, around 15". Both fast, big swinging, head up running style dogs. Both are very competitive and will not slot up. They both run the front of the pack and both run with one intention. To catch the rabbit. Normal hunting dogs run around maybe 4-4.5 mph if in top shape and good scenting. Both these will top out around 7-7.5 mph chasing under same conditions. It's not pretty at times but when everything comes together it's a blast. As long as the bunny sticks to thick cover they usually are fine but they break for open ground it's usually the last mistake they make. Hunted open coal country with a buddy once. He brought home 5 rabbits that day and he only shot once. Anyway, as you can see I absolutely love running these little hounds and could go on and on talking about them. Usually best not to get me started.😉😉😉 |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Dec 12, 2020 7:06:07 GMT -5
Neat! A rabbit "getter's" dog! We had a dog that never put his nose to the ground his name was Buck we called him "Buck the wonder dog". All our other dogs were trackers, the kind of dogs old guys like to hunt behind. Then we got Buck that dog would be 50 yards ahead of the trackers on that rabbits tail the only time he put his nose to the ground was to figure out where to pee. He was neutered by the previous owner but the only time he'd stop hunting was to "mate" with the female we had. He never caught the rabbit unless we shot it but our rabbit count went up 50% after we got him. Fun times, I miss those days, not just Buck but being able to knock on doors for permission and dropping off a couple rabbits or quail as a thank you, I know you lost your father early but the memories of hunting with Dad and Grandpa were pretty cool. We all had pumps, but Grandpa had a semi-auto I think it just let him miss quicker😜. Were you old enough to hunt with your dad? I hope you were I never met him only saw his posts, you have his same wit. Started actually hunting with dad when I was 11 but I was drug along at a very early age. I remember being maybe 4 and this was way before commercial tree stands, dad putting me in a climbing harness from his lineman job, throwing a climbing rope over a limb and hoisting me up in a tree. I clearly remember him tying it off to a tree and me dangling about 15 foot up until he was able to climb the tree and swing me into the crotch of a big ol oak tree. Safety, pssh. He had a basset hound out of true hunting stock way before they were destroyed by the pet market that was a bang up rabbit and pheasant dog. That's what started me on chasing rabbits. Had a beagle of my own about 16 years old that I ran every day. We hunted her quite a bit until she got old and had to be put down. Got out of rabbit hunting for quite a few years and got into chasing wood goats pretty serious and waterfowl hunting. That was his thing. We poured ourselves into both for many years, him more waterfowl and me chasing horns. After he died I didn't really have a passion for birds and the deer hunting became more a job than fun having to kill a bigger deer year after year. Figured get back into hounds, how bad could it be. 13 beagles later and thousands of dollars in fencing and hundreds of rabbits raised to train. Anyway, I keep two packs of hounds. One for guys that want to harvest rabbits and my fun pack. I rarely never carry a gun anymore so it's just to chase them. Don't want to stand around all day waiting to see the rabbit. The two main I run for fun are both big males, around 15". Both fast, big swinging, head up running style dogs. Both are very competitive and will not slot up. They both run the front of the pack and both run with one intention. To catch the rabbit. Normal hunting dogs run around maybe 4-4.5 mph if in top shape and good scenting. Both these will top out around 7-7.5 mph chasing under same conditions. It's not pretty at times but when everything comes together it's a blast. As long as the bunny sticks to thick cover they usually are fine but they break for open ground it's usually the last mistake they make. Hunted open coal country with a buddy once. He brought home 5 rabbits that day and he only shot once. Anyway, as you can see I absolutely love running these little hounds and could go on and on talking about them. Usually best not to get me started.😉😉😉 You had me laughing at the story of you hanging 15 ft up till he swung you to the tree. You just can't make stuff like that up! I hear you about the fun part of letting the dogs work and not shooting the rabbit I really like to eat them so I never could let too many pass. It's been a while though. |
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Post by budd on Dec 12, 2020 9:53:44 GMT -5
I believe the picture is of a Mountain Hare. Ive watched youtube videos of guys running them with dogs in Scotland.
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Post by esshup on Dec 12, 2020 21:26:14 GMT -5
A buddy had a yellow lab that hated geese. When it was a pup he shot one and it landed on the dog, and I think a goose beat it up when it was younger. After about year 2 the dog said I've had enough, when he went after cripples they never were alive when they came back. I've seen him retrieve a goose that sailed about 1/8 mile then was barely able to stay in front of him for another 1/8 mile. He got it and brought it back.
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