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CONNER · New Member Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 7

I AM JUST WONDERING WHAT CROSS DO PEOPLE
USE FOR LAMPING?????

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CONNER · New Member Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 7

NOBODY GO LAMPING IN IRELAND
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DitchShitter · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject:

Patiance, Grasshopper. The forum is young ~ as it would seem you are. We don't have legions marching through here every hour of the day. Give the members time to find ye questions.

That said; Here, as anywhere, the sort of Dog used would depend on the quarry expected and favoured. Bigger Dogs for bigger stuff. Smaller Dogs for smaller stuff. Medium sized Dogs can generally handle all the usual stuff.

Amongst that line up, I'm sure, ye'll find most of the Dogs used here, as elsewhere, for a spot of Lamping.

macker · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 27 Location: ireland

at the moment i am bringing on
two pups from a line of dogs i have always hunted.
lurcher cross lurcher for good few years now.
but mainly deerhound with some saluki and bull in the mix.
all the best
macker

oldskool · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 98

i like a terrier and greyhound cross lurcher with perhaps a bit of whippet in the mix.. this season i'll be running on a brother and sister... dam is bullx whippet/grey 22"tts and sire is track grey 29" tts... i would like to look into getting a 3/4 grey 1/4 wheton or 3/8 5/8 wheton grey cross

CONNER · New Member Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 7

last night a young lad wanted to try his whippet/greyhound
so took him on some land mostly stubble and his pup[11mths]
caught 14rabbits out of 17 runs not bad for the first time out at night
will try and get pics up later

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irish pup · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject:

1st time out 17 runs id say you over cooked it a small bit,11 months is still only a pup,as for crosses ive a 11 months old sal/whip/hound and his best is 8 out of 9 runs i was very impresed, my 2 bros have 1st cross deerhound/greyhounds aslo 11 months,but to be honest theres abit of everthing about down here collie and bull xes r very popular round here 2,will give them a full season on bunnies and move them on to the bigger stuff
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sal/whip/hound/ 23inches 9 months old 28 bunnies

CONNER · New Member Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 7

these runs were only short due to the stubble on the feilds being long
the pup did the same 2 nights later with no ill effects
my old dog had 45 runs the same night with 36 catches
if your dogs are fit enough they should be able to run this many times
anyway the rabbits are easy round here at this time of year

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oldskool · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 98

i have no doubts that a whippet/greyhound will run that on its first night out... mine would have ran long past the point where i was fed up lol...

Irish Lurcher · Member Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 43

If its bunnies your after, then this is the dog you want, collie/grey deer/sulki