tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post5888346032034038505..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Napoleon's Defeat by RabbitsPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-83444770725642090542017-05-10T09:51:30.616-04:002017-05-10T09:51:30.616-04:00A hare does not have too much to fear from the ave...A hare does not have too much to fear from the average single dog --they can jinx away so fast (ziging and zagging), but if you get too close they will put on speed<br /><br />I supposed a note should go here about rabbits and hares: broadly speaking there are three kinds and some confusion. An American Jack Rabbit is not a rabbit, but a hare, and it does not den underground, but depends on "speed and weeds" to get away and hide. An American cotton tail is a rabbit, but it too does not den underground (not matter what Walt Disney says), and rarely strays too far from cover. If on a lawn, it will sit still and pass for a rock until you get close and then they prove suprisingly quick and agile. European rabbits den underground and generally come out in the evening are not quick and agile, but also use their burrows and darkness for escape. Both rabbits and hares use the lay of the ground to work hawk and dog, as predators tend to miss on slopes.PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-45345849231139525072017-05-10T02:39:11.297-04:002017-05-10T02:39:11.297-04:00Our dog saw his first (and my 5th) hare just the o...Our dog saw his first (and my 5th) hare just the other morning, running straight into his face on our morning walk. When the hare realised there was a something coming he just angled 90 degrees to the north and a few meters later 45 to the east, barely speeding up at all. Good dog stopped quickly on call after a short pursuit. But the hare really seemed to not care much. Could it be the hares here are acustomed to dogs NOT chasing them? (i.e. nothing chasing them)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-38271836120019111432017-05-09T16:42:10.581-04:002017-05-09T16:42:10.581-04:00Most of the time, when a rabbit sees a hawk or a d...Most of the time, when a rabbit sees a hawk or a dog, it hunkers down tight. They only get caught when they run and they know it. For every rabbit you scare up in the field I bet you walk by 3 or 4 with out even realizing it. Even when being chased by a hawk rabbits will stop and freeze at their first chance. In order to catch them you have to keep the pressure on enough to keep them moving. In front of a dog they run as short a distance as they can and then stop. In front of a slow, loud beagle I have seen a rabbit stay in a 30ft by 30ft briar patch for an hour. I say this as a falconer, with a beagle who hunts rabbits with both, at the same time.Jacob L'Etoilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17024798380040945033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-74578378447148614342014-01-01T11:11:31.819-05:002014-01-01T11:11:31.819-05:00If only all canned hunts could end the same....If only all canned hunts could end the same....mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.com