Since you liked the last one..

[canadaman30]

Thanks, but no thanks. To each their own I have already seen enough for my liking, Cheers

[oaknut]

Thanks, but no thanks. To each their own I have already seen enough for my liking, Cheers

Have you ever seen how yokes or wolves take down and eat a deer?

Luckily for the animals, they have endorphin release when being attacked which allows them to feel almost none of it.

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[canadaman30]

Have you ever seen how yokes or wolves take down and eat a deer?

Luckily for the animals, they have endorphin release when being attacked which allows them to feel almost none of it.

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I understand nature and how it works indeed.
I don't support the actions in the video, won't ever.

[fieldtrip]

I understand nature and how it works indeed.
I don't support the actions in the video, won't ever.

I agree

[swampsinger]

"How many times has a rabbit hound caught the rabbit?"

If your trying insinuate something, I'll call that bs. I'll assume its a legit question and answer. Beagles very rarely catch a rabbit or hare. Beagles are scent hounds and trail game by scent as opposed to sight hounds like greyhounds, or saluki etc. which chase game by sight. The intention of using Beagles is for them to trail the rabbits or hare back to the hunter. In 40 plus years of hunting rabbits with Beagles, the hounds rarely catch rabbits or hare. I would be very cautious if they do, Its been my experience that these rabbits are diseased or infirm and would advise against consuming them.

[Snowwalker]

"How many times has a rabbit hound caught the rabbit?"

If your trying insinuate something, I'll call that bs. I'll assume its a legit question and answer. Beagles very rarely catch a rabbit or hare. Beagles are scent hounds and trail game by scent as opposed to sight hounds like greyhounds, or saluki etc. which chase game by sight. The intention of using Beagles is for them to trail the rabbits or hare back to the hunter. In 40 plus years of hunting rabbits with Beagles, the hounds rarely catch rabbits or hare. I would be very cautious if they do, Its been my experience that these rabbits are diseased or infirm and would advise against consuming them.

Oh WOW.. tell how you really feel. My foxhound would catch Jackrabbits and cotton tails.. so yes they do catch them.

Macy's first rabbit( she is a beagle) was caught by her in thick brush. She then dragged it out to me. Nice healthy bunny, but likely very tired.

[swampsinger]

Oh WOW.. tell how you really feel. My foxhound would catch Jackrabbits and cotton tails.. so yes they do catch them.

Macy's first rabbit( she is a beagle) was caught by her in thick brush. She then dragged it out to me. Nice healthy bunny, but likely very tired.

I'm sorry, but if are trying to claim that Beagles routinely run down or catch rabbits that is a misrepresentation of reality. Yeah that's how I really feel. Besides my hunting experience I am also a licensed CKC Field trial Judge. I have judged at over 50 field trials, all over eastern Canada and New England, and had the honor of judging the Canadian National Field Trial on three occasions as well as the International Hare Futurity. What does that mean besides bragging, I've watched and judged thousands of Beagles in all weather and terrain. It is not my experience to see Beagles run down or catch rabbits.

[fieldtrip]

I'm sorry, but if are trying to claim that Beagles routinely run down or catch rabbits that is a misrepresentation of reality. Yeah that's how I really feel. Besides my hunting experience I am also a licensed CKC Field trial Judge. I have judged at over 50 field trials, all over eastern Canada and New England, and had the honor of judging the Canadian National Field Trial on three occasions as well as the International Hare Futurity. What does that mean besides bragging, I've watched and judged thousands of Beagles in all weather and terrain. It is not my experience to see Beagles run down or catch rabbits.

I'm that a dog will occasionally catch a rabbit, grouse or whatever. But that isn't the idea of using dogs.

[swampsinger]

I'm that a dog will occasionally catch a rabbit, grouse or whatever. But that isn't the idea of using dogs.

Without Beagles you can walk around the marlborough forest for a week and not see a hare. I will describe a typical Hare hunt. You release or "cast" your beagles in a likely spot, a nice thick cedar swamp. The Hounds usually one or two, search or follow "night lines" till they "jump" a Hare which starts a race. This usually takes 1 to 30 minutes. Now that the Hare is up and moving out of its daytime "form" its the job of hounds to keep it moving by giving tongue along the Hare's scent trail. Hare run in circular patterns all over their range utilizing their own trails. Its the job of the hunter to intercept the Hare as it runs out in front of the Beagles. I think there are three main ways you would do this. One would be post at the spot where the Hare was jumped. The Hare might run all over hells 1/2 acre but it will eventually come right back to where the race started. Secondly you might be able to pattern the Hare if it uses the same path over and over as circles around its range and post on that path. The third method is to anticipate the route the Hare will take. Through experience you can recognize natural funnels in the terrain that Hare will use. These races can take 3 minutes or 3 hrs. depending on conditions. I hope this helps you understand the hound and hunter working as a team.

[Snowwalker]

I'm that a dog will occasionally catch a rabbit, grouse or whatever. But that isn't the idea of using dogs.

Correct. But as I said about the coyote hunts.." A lot of the coyotes outrun the dogs, but the dogs do catch and hold one now and then". The hunters still have to dispatch the coyote, the dogs are to chase and catch. The same as a pig hunt. Dogs chase, dogs catch and hold the pig, but the hunters ether kill or tie the pig.