my son is thinking about starting to rabbit hunt with beagles but he doesnt know if he should get two or one dog and any other information about this sport will help alot to
2007-01-13 12:12:33 · 8 answers · asked by singlegirl 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
The more noses on the ground improves the odds of success.
We hunt with 3 to 5 to be honest.
But that too depends on how good that one dog is.
2007-01-13 12:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although one will run by him self, I would go with at lease 2 with one being a older dog with some running experience. As a child we always had a pack of 8 to 10 dogs but we used a male Basset hound and female beagles. This made the dogs smaller and slower. A beagle will run a rabbit so fast that he will go to grown but with a smaller dog the rabbit will just stop and rest and when the dogs get close he get up and goes on. As we got older we were less interested in killing the rabbit and more interested in just enjoying the chase. I have know us to run the same rabbit for 3 hours.
2007-01-13 12:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
two dogs are the best, they hunt well together they wont run the rabbit to fast where it will run into the hole and be sides that two dogs will be easy to handle as one when buying two beagles either get two brothers , two sisters or mother daughter. beagles when trained right to hunt should be able to jump, pick up the track and run the rabbit in a way most generally a circle and bring the rabbit right back to where they jumped the rabbit . then you shoot and kill the rabbit sounds easy but sometimes it doesn't always happen that way. but that is what a good trained pair of beagles are suppose to do.
2007-01-13 13:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by BIG SON 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go with two dogs. One dog is ok, but two will make sure you won't lose track of that "wasically wabbit", as Elmer Fudd would say. I have hunted under beagles enough times to know that, at least with my Uncle's dogs, as strong as their smell is, their sight isn't quite as good (since they are so low to the ground). Also, with two dogs, you can cover twice as much ground.
2007-01-13 13:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by khartman492000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a hunter and rabbitt dog owner . I say one dog is better than two . two dogs slow each other down and with two or more dogs there is a less of a chance of one of your dogs getting shot.
2007-01-16 07:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by chris w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one will work but two are better beagles
2007-01-13 12:28:55 · answer #6 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with D58, small pack is the way to go.
2007-01-13 15:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by .40 Glock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
two
2007-01-13 13:03:19 · answer #8 · answered by Larry m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋