The American Beagler Forum

what do u do when u got a 8 month old pup getted started good and now the weather is awful it was 8 below this morning and you know rabbitts ain;t out been huntin him but not jumpin many rabbitts the pup needs hunted but it like theres nothing to hunt. what do you do is the question?

You wait until the weather clears and then go!

You should go buy yourself an INTERNET WORLDBEATER. You know the ones people on here have that always account for every rabbit.Then your pup could always have something to run.

rabbits have to eat sometime. if you can do it, run him at night. get a coon hunters light and follow your dog. as cold as it is they have to come out to eat.take the dog by itself. if it cant smell a good track there is not much you can do. its your only other choice when they are burrowed in the daylight. goodluck..

steer creek beagles wrote:what do u do when u got a 8 month old pup getted started good and now the weather is awful it was 8 below this morning and you know rabbitts ain;t out been huntin him but not jumpin many rabbitts the pup needs hunted but it like theres nothing to hunt. what do you do is the question?

I havn't ran for the last 2 days,went to the patch 2 days ago and seen no sign didn't even let them out. I'll be going in the morning it is going to be warmer. Its been very cold.

full circle kennel wrote:rabbits have to eat sometime. if you can do it, run him at night. get a coon hunters light and follow your dog. as cold as it is they have to come out to eat.take the dog by itself. if it cant smell a good track there is not much you can do. its your only other choice when they are burrowed in the daylight. goodluck..

Daggawn Pat... I admire your comittment. I think I will stay close to the woodburner and let the sun return and the wind hybernate..

See ya Sunday

get the dog out and make it jump a rabbit,i ran all day long yesterday,the way i see it is i like to run my dogs in as tough and extreme conditions as possible to toughen them up,when it is cold like this it is tough on their body though so i will run a couple dogs for two or three hrs. then get a couple more and so on.

I feel sorry for ya. - 8. crazy. I would be sittin by the stove too. itchin to go.

Just because you don't see signs don't meen there not there. If your dog does not get under all the brush and snow you won't jump them. It's -1 here with about 16" of snow, plenty of hiding places. Watched my dogs go under piles for what seemed like 5 minutes and I'm saying common lets go. All of a sudden, out pops the rabbit. You won't find them in weather like this if your dogs won't dig in.