Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Small Game Anyone else running beagles on rabbits?

Anyone else still running thier hounds and keeping them in shape?

Sure wish i could. At one time i run 7 beagles. Do to health reasons i don't hunt anymore. Still have 2 beagles but they are just lazy old house dogs.

Sorry to hear that! I have one running hound that run great until the hare completes the first circle and then he has a hard time. I have a 3yo beagle/blue tick cross that is just starting and showing great potential. And then there is the 11 week old female pup that we are starting. She is already running domestic rabbits like a champ and will be switched to hare very soon!

We used to run beagles alot but the past 10 years therabbits seem to disapear so we started hunting squirrels with mountain kerrs and using 32 caliber muzzleloaders and it turned out to be alot of fun miss more than we kill but this year pa is letting us hunt bobcats with dogs i have a 18 month old kerr walker that is coming along very well so hope to give that atry

There are few things that compare to a crisp fall day in the briars with a bunch of beagle dogs....the good stuff for sure...

FCGS,

Was just looking over your website (your pop posted it)... If I ever draw a NH Moose, I'll give you a call... and will want to do some hare hunting while there... sounds like fun!

Thank you! There are 5 permits up for silent bid if you would rather try to buy one. Did you apply this year?

No, I did not apply this year but wish I would have... I was just asking on the Savage forum what the average NR preference points were.

Any idea what the tags generally sell for at auction? I'd consider it but given the amount of money in New England, my guess is they sell for a great deal more than I would want to pay.

Last year the price from low to high for 5 permits was right around 9K to almost 10K.

yep... that is too much for me... I can do a fully funded, lodged, airfare,tags, shipping, etc... EVERYTHING paid hunt to Canada for less... a lot less. But I will start applying next year for sure.

Most of the people that "buy" their tags are from NH and are sick of not getting picked!

I was until the wabbit turned on my beagle.

Yup, still keep a half dozen or so. runnin them for the last 54 yrs.The deer ticks are bad this year. Have to spray my chaps every trip a field.