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Jesus christ those dog can fly. Do many people use greyhounds for hunting?
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I went on a greyhound Coyote hunt in college.
it was quite possibly one of the most brutal things I have ever witnessed. those dogs get it on. watching that video brings back memories. |
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Isn't that what they were originally bred for? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus christ those dog can fly. Do many people use greyhounds for hunting? Isn't that what they were originally bred for? I have no idea. I've never really heard of people hunting with them, so I was curious. I only started hunting a few years ago, so I'm a hunting noob. |
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HO-LEE $@%(*&%(%()))! That looks almost as much fun as helicopter hog hunting! Apex predator shit right there!
LOL the dag noise got my dag all worked up. |
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I have no idea. I've never really heard of people hunting with them, so I was curious. I only started hunting a few years ago, so I'm a hunting noob. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus christ those dog can fly. Do many people use greyhounds for hunting? Isn't that what they were originally bred for? I have no idea. I've never really heard of people hunting with them, so I was curious. I only started hunting a few years ago, so I'm a hunting noob. Yes, they were bred to run things down and tear them to shreds and break their spines. All the sighthounds were bred to do that, pardoning the really tiny ones which were bred down to be ladies' companions. Scottish Deerhounds were bred to run down deer. Borzoi and Irish Wolfhounds were set on wolves. Whippets coursed rabbits, as did Ibizan hounds. Salukis coursed jackals and gazelle. Greyhounds chased deer, foxes, and rabbits. It was a different form of bloodsport than the pit fighting most people think of when they think of vicious canine bloodsports, but it was no less a bloodsport. |
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Lots of guys run dogs for Coyotes. Not sure what breed, but a pack of dogs vs. a lone yote is a losing game for the yote. Most guys have 3-4 squads of dogs and will keep rotating them out and eventually they wear out the yote until it gives up running.
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Yes, they were bred to run things down and tear them to shreds and break their spines. All the sighthounds were bred to do that, pardoning the really tiny ones which were bred down to be ladies' companions. Scottish Deerhounds were bred to run down deer. Borzoi and Irish Wolfhounds were set on wolves. Whippets coursed rabbits, as did Ibizan hounds. Salukis coursed jackals and gazelle. Greyhounds chased deer, foxes, and rabbits. It was a different form of bloodsport than the pit fighting most people think of when they think of vicious canine bloodsports, but it was no less a bloodsport. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus christ those dog can fly. Do many people use greyhounds for hunting? Isn't that what they were originally bred for? I have no idea. I've never really heard of people hunting with them, so I was curious. I only started hunting a few years ago, so I'm a hunting noob. Yes, they were bred to run things down and tear them to shreds and break their spines. All the sighthounds were bred to do that, pardoning the really tiny ones which were bred down to be ladies' companions. Scottish Deerhounds were bred to run down deer. Borzoi and Irish Wolfhounds were set on wolves. Whippets coursed rabbits, as did Ibizan hounds. Salukis coursed jackals and gazelle. Greyhounds chased deer, foxes, and rabbits. It was a different form of bloodsport than the pit fighting most people think of when they think of vicious canine bloodsports, but it was no less a bloodsport. I learn so much from GD |
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Those yotes didn't stand a chance on open ground. Amazing, thanks for posting.
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It's definitely a little more brutal than most modern Americans are accustomed to, but it's an ancient hunting method that is as effective today as ever. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Not sure about this. It's definitely a little more brutal than most modern Americans are accustomed to, but it's an ancient hunting method that is as effective today as ever. but clearly not as sanitary as making a coyote a bloody mist with a 300 win mag ( excellent coyote rifle, BTW) |
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It's definitely a little more brutal than most modern Americans are accustomed to, but it's an ancient hunting method that is as effective today as ever. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Not sure about this. It's definitely a little more brutal than most modern Americans are accustomed to, but it's an ancient hunting method that is as effective today as ever. Absolutely! 10,000 years ago it would have been some big wolves and cavemen running down and cornering mammoths. We've just refined things a bit here. |
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The traditional English fox hunt was no different than this video. http://www.hamsheregallery.co.uk/upload/upload_images/4103.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus christ those dog can fly. Do many people use greyhounds for hunting? Isn't that what they were originally bred for? I have no idea. I've never really heard of people hunting with them, so I was curious. I only started hunting a few years ago, so I'm a hunting noob. Yes, they were bred to run things down and tear them to shreds and break their spines. All the sighthounds were bred to do that, pardoning the really tiny ones which were bred down to be ladies' companions. Scottish Deerhounds were bred to run down deer. Borzoi and Irish Wolfhounds were set on wolves. Whippets coursed rabbits, as did Ibizan hounds. Salukis coursed jackals and gazelle. Greyhounds chased deer, foxes, and rabbits. It was a different form of bloodsport than the pit fighting most people think of when they think of vicious canine bloodsports, but it was no less a bloodsport. The traditional English fox hunt was no different than this video. http://www.hamsheregallery.co.uk/upload/upload_images/4103.jpg And they even carried terriers with them to flush the foxes back out into the open when they made it to the safety of their den. There was never any illusion of the fox surviving; it was going to get ripped to shreds. Just a matter of when and where and how good a chase it led them on first. |
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Wow! I had never seen a greyhound used for hunting before. I've seen them race and knew they were fast, but that's amazing speed on rough terrain. The truck couldn't even keep up!
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Quoted: Lots of guys run dogs for Coyotes. Not sure what breed, but a pack of dogs vs. a lone yote is a losing game for the yote. Most guys have 3-4 squads of dogs and will keep rotating them out and eventually they wear out the yote until it gives up running. View Quote Typically here, they're "Lurchers", which is a greyhound crossbred with one of the working or hunting dog breeds: http://www.minnesotagreyhoundrescue.org/about-greyhounds/what-is-a-lurcher.html My ex-racer male GH wouldn't have the stamina to keep up with those guys for very long. When I have taken him along for one of my runs, he'll start turning in front of me after the 1/4 mile mark, because he knows his run is only supposed to be 660 yards long, and there are couches in risk of floating away, if he doesn't hold them down. |
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Grew up doing this with my Grandpa and his brothers. Lots of folks back home still run coyotes with dogs. Brings back a lot of fond memories with Grandpa. I miss it.
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I had a retired race Greyhound for 11 years. Awesome dog. Fast as hell. Had a lady at a dog park try to tell me her Golden retriever was faster than a greyhound. Had to explain to her why she had never heard of a "Golden retriever" track.
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Wow. That is pretty cool. Normally I'm all about "ethical" hunting, but it appears that the dogs took down those coyotes quickly and relatively cleanly. This method seems really effective as coyotes can be very elusive and hard to hunt otherwise.
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They are amazingly fast. Cool video, never heard of this style varmint extermination.
Did I make it before the GD PETA club? |
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It's awesome to see the dogs put to the use they were bred for. Dogs use to be tools bred for specific purposes. That's a very effective hunting technique for that terrain.
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I think those are Lurchers and not Greyhounds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurcher could be wrong though |
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I had no idea greyhounds were so redneck. View Quote Almost as eye-opening as seeing someone with a standard Poodle, in full froo-froo Poodle hairstyle, turn the dog loose to run down a deer. I had never thought of a Poodle being that active of a hunting dog, but you'd have thought the dog was a regular deerhound. And when he was playing you'd think he was a black Lab. Learned a lot about Poodles that day, just like this video teaches a lot about Greyhounds. |
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I've seen plenty of folks hunt pigs with dogs but this is a new one on me. They are impressive.
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Almost as eye-opening as seeing someone with a standard Poodle, in full froo-froo Poodle hairstyle, turn the dog loose to run down a deer. I had never thought of a Poodle being that active of a hunting dog, but you'd have thought the dog was a regular deerhound. And when he was playing you'd think he was a black Lab. Learned a lot about Poodles that day, just like this video teaches a lot about Greyhounds. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I had no idea greyhounds were so redneck. Almost as eye-opening as seeing someone with a standard Poodle, in full froo-froo Poodle hairstyle, turn the dog loose to run down a deer. I had never thought of a Poodle being that active of a hunting dog, but you'd have thought the dog was a regular deerhound. And when he was playing you'd think he was a black Lab. Learned a lot about Poodles that day, just like this video teaches a lot about Greyhounds. Years ago someone entered the Iditarod with a team of standard Poodles, he didn't win, did pretty good. |
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I have two ex racers. Love them guys.
I'll post back later. Tag. |
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The kills are probably fairly quick,
I've had both whippets and greyhounds, when they close with whatever they are chasing they reach out and grab the lower third of the target neck, dip their head under and roll the preys neck up and over their head Basically they use momentum and mechanical advantage to break the ever loving hell out of whatever animals neck they can get a hold of If you watch them play with decent sized dog toys they do the same thing. Grab neck, flip head and roll. |
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Not uncommon here, here being South-Central Oklahoma. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus christ those dog can fly. Do many people use greyhounds for hunting? Not uncommon here, here being South-Central Oklahoma. I was down by Duncan when I went hunting with them. |
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Quoted: It was in the agreement when we got ours. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Most greyhound "rescue" dolts don't want any part of this. It was in the agreement when we got ours. That you wouldn't race / hunt the dog, correct? There is a prominent anti-racing faction within the groups I'm affiliated with, but without the demand the racing community creates, the supply of retired dogs also wouldn't be there. One of the local groups here has been getting greyhounds from South Korea and Ireland, in addition to dogs from racing kennels in the states. |
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Wow. The hounds fucked the coyotes up.
Ive seen the videos of the big Black Mouth Curs taking on coyotes but they're built like tanks compared to the greyhounds. Would drive me nuts. I got worried when a coyote got too close to my and my father's Boxers and that's 170ish lbs of Boxermeat (One of the few times they weren'ttrying to kill each other) on a much smaller coyote |
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