coursing with greyhounds

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tiercel45

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just saw a site about coursing foxes and coyotes with greyhounds and other longdogs, just wondering if anyone had tried it for kit or swift fox or for anything on horseback that would be the sweetest hunt ever
 
I ran Greyhounds on coyotes for many years. These Greyhounds provided many enjoyable memories of my youth. The only thing that would be diffrent would be chase lenght and the fight. I dont have any expirience with fox but coyotes have a longer stride which means the gateaway music would sound for a bit longer in a coyote chase /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif. Some coyotes learn to fight feral dogs so every once and a while you have one that keeps kicking for a bit longer. I miss those days very much so I recommend that you give it a shot.I would like to put the notion away that greyhouds are to feable or danity to have these types of chases; Anyone who thinks this is DEAD WRONG! Greyhouds are absolutly fearless and very savage when it comes to a fight! Inexpirenced dogs my sit back the first few catches but a veteran dog can more often than not take care of bussniess themselves! In over thirteen years with these dogs I NEVER had a dog break toes or any other bones and I saw plenty of chases on jacks and coyotes that had the greyhound wipe out or sometimes turn two or three cartwheels only to get back up and continue the chase. Im a falconer here in the state of Texas and I have heard of some falconers in the north that hunt fox with Red-Tailed Hawks and Golden Eagles, you may want to reasearch that also!
 
I don't own sight hounds, but my hog hunting partner does. He and his dad are some of the biggest greyhound guys around. I go with them a few times every year. It is a blast. If you ever get the chance to go, give it a try. It is an awsome sight to watch a grey hound cover ground and gain on a coyote, and like Charon said, a seasoned hound can hold his own with most coyotes.
 
Mike E.,

Greyhounds, on the average can run. Top-end between 40-45mph. Many a coyote will do around the same. A few Greyhounds will [top-out] at 50mph[peak]. But can't maintain that speed to long.

My Dad had a little female Greyhound [Brownie]. That could hit 50-52mph, down a gravel road. She could maintain that speed for a city block. Before dropping back down in the upper 40's.

Seen 1-coyote only. That she couldn't catch & roll. She would grab their hiney, & whip her head. Making the coyote roll. Then the other hounds[Kill-dogs] would catch up & pile on him.

Some of the best times, coyote hunting IMB.
 
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We had greyhounds that we had bred ourselves and over the years had two retired race track hounds that we added to the fold. The first whos track name was Banjo Fast Lively, never amounted to anything.But towards the end of my Greyhound years we had a towering black and white female we named Gal. She fit smoothly into hunting live game, and never had any trouble starting on coyotes. Her only vice was that she could only run one race(I guess old habits die hard!) and she was done. The dogs we bred were multiple race dogs, which 4 or 5 chases were not uncommon. We also owned two very small litter mates whos names were Grey Lightning and Sister who were never in front during a chase but were always the last if the race was a lenghty one. The two dogs could run longer than any other Greyhounds that they ran with. But the dog that I have the most memories of was their sire who was named "Pinto," which means "Spotted" in Spanish. This dog never needed any help catching both jacks and coyotes. The last coyote he caught was when he was thirteen years old. He knocked the coyote down then started to dace around it because the didnt have the teeth to finish the job! The coyote would get up, run and Pinto would knock it down again, only to run circles around it. This was the only coyote that ever got away from him after being knocked down and I couldnt blame him, only admire the heart he had! All this talk is making me miss those days even more! I might start up again! Like I said, anyone who is intrested, give it a try. Give new dogs enough field time to test themselves on jacks and coyotes wont be far behind!
 
We would start out, our young Greyhounds & Staghounds along with some experienced dogs. On feral-cats, coon & Red Fox. To build-up courage & confidence. This process worked out pretty well, for the yearlings.

Yup, I'll always miss those days /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Staghounds;

We had mixed breeds. Mostly Irish Wolfhound/Greyhound cross's. A few Scottish Deerhound/Greyhound & Russian Wolfhound/Greyhound cross's. They are generally slower than Greyhounds. But pack more more weight on-scene /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 


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