That video takes me back a lot of years... I grew up rabbiting with the dogs and ferrets, my parents ran the HOELS, which was the heart of England lurcher society. Is there anyone there that remembers that? Good old days
Beautiful. I occasionally work terriers with a longdog and I’m never failed to be amazed at a good sighthound’s clarity, speed, and efficiency & grace in dispatch.
@@jannesmedegaard7858 People like food and living. Watching man and beast(s) working together, like this, is like watching and listening to an orchestral masterpiece being performed. Come back when you hatch a thought of your own, princess.
Nonsense vedio.Lust for meat. Bloody hell u kill one or two.Why r u klling the whole lot.Shame on u brutal merciless blatent animal not human..I feel sorry for poor helpless rabbits.This human beast doesnot have his own children i believe.
How exactly is it merciless? The rabbits get a quick death! If it was a fox the rabbit would likely be eaten alive and as for the meat it depends how many you have to feed. All children should be taught how to do this kind of thing.
Splendid!!..fine,fine hounds in superb condition doing what they live n breath for..a better video I've yet to see..as mentioned previously..almost felt like I was there as you captured the day perfectly..got a head full of memories noo..happy days!!..complimants n thanks guys..
Amazing dogs doing what they where bred for. Was fantastic to watch ferret and Lurcher work in harmony. NOT blood sport but pest control with nothing going to waste. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, that is a fascinating hunting method I'd never seen! Now I understand what it means to literally "ferret something out." I wonder if we could adapt it to control the Prairie Dog colonies in the Great Plains? Like the rabbit warrens in your video, the Prairie Dogs create colonies strewn with holes that are deadly for livestock. The little buggers are fast! I wonder how small lurchers would fare hunting them?
That is it they do stumble into the rabbit holes and game over you got a working dog with a broken leg. Is matey boy going to pay the thousand pound vet bill for the pleasure of a couple rabbits on the tablet. These dogs are two a penny for breeders up north
They do stumble though, one did during the film, didn't you notice. lucky it didn't break it's neck let alone a leg. They get injured it's just part of it. But if too serious and too expensive to fix it's game over. But never the less the dogs and ferrets have a great time while they live.
Definitely not a gatherer. All hunters there now!! Majestically beautiful dear brother. I hope this reaches you and those you love in great health and happiness😎👍
I tell you what, its as nice to be able to sit at home with my feet up watching this in the warmth of my fire lol, I dont go out as much as I used to as I just lost my last saluki x greyhound last week to a seizure almost hard to watch without getting a lump in my throat . great video
In the us the Mink an uses mink to flush the prey, it not for human consumption the mink hunt rats which he uses then to feed the mink. He for this for the full natural experience of the mink
Beautiful film. Showed the dogs and ferrets off beautifully. A couple of moments made me smile too. The calm progressive music was a good match to the action.
Great video. Well put together. I hope the tree huggers see this and realize it's how we used to survive, and I lots of cases still do. Thank you for a great video.
True Thought , I just wanted to let you know I’m a tree hugger and a hunter with two lurchers. Absolutely that’s how we used to survive and will again in the future. We need to keep the skills alive and the land thriving.
One of the best videos on youtube.The way you captured the whole day,The wind,the dogs,the ferrets. Brilliant camera work,felt i was there in some off those shots. The terrain looked so hard on the dogs,yet they coped magnificently. Take a bow all involved.Thank-you for a wonderful video. Mikey.
Thank you for your kind words. It was the hardest film i have ever produced in many aspects. The wind made holding a camera a nightmare, the wind was hindering the dogs and over our shoulders was the rain. That being said both dogs and the ferrets worked tremendously well in harsh conditions both underfoot and around them.
The dogs were lucky on the ground with holes everywhere one wrong step and you got a dog with a broken leg and with these being working dogs the vet bill would be to much. Only going to be one outcome
Well, that was something I had no idea existed. I cannot help thinking this had to be the way our ancestors hunted, with the use of dogs. Mans best friend,
sorry jade dogs are used for hunting then they are disgarted . a greyhound when done. they cut his ear off so he cant be iidentified ( dumped in a ditch some place )
As I'm basically a 'city boy' I am amazed by these dogs and well they're trained. Oh, would I love to be there to watched those chaps and their dogs at work. This is a great bit of videography!
My dog's favourite video, she probably recognises Marske beach and maybe even the moor. I think she also fancies one of the dogs in it. One of the best videos on youtube.
looks to be the younger dog and probably why it seemed to outpace the other towards the end of the day, the beginning was more equal. also looked to have more collie in it.
I won't say it looks fun, but it sure looks satisfying. Coming home with the food and letting the animals do what they do. Clearly a lot of work went into training the animals and working them together so well.
Having great hunting dogs and working them on game is fantastic fun. Personally, I use beagles to run the rabbits to gun and absolutely love it, but I'm sure that this is just as amazing in it's own way. Any hunting dog used on it's intended quarry is going to give the owner great satisfaction.
I first came across a collie lurcher cross on a walk with my brothers Doberman a few years back and it was the fastest thing I've seen in person on four legs and this one is more beautiful and from some of those sprints could be faster! Beautiful dogs the pair of them
Those hares cando some damage with their feet to the nose of the lurcher if not dispatched. Such incredible dogs that they know to do that. Their speed beauty, ease of maneuvering and keen senses. The ultimate hunter and killer.
There is nothing else like the chase. I grew up with greyhounds. Hunted hares and rabbits. I'd never shoot a hare, unless I was starving. They are too noble an animal to shoot. They are the most magnificent animal and deserve to leave the dog behind, which they do most of the time. Alas blanket forestry has decimated out hare population, never mind what are killed on the roads. I remember a TV programs once about hunt saboteurs going to disrupt a coursing meeting. The only hare killed that day was run over by a saboteurs wagon. There aren't many videos of hare hunting on here, but there is one very old one, filmed in Spain and that hare had to be the best in the world. It left those dogs standing.
@@snipper1ie U have a very good nature. While that beast a subman was killing innocent beautiful animals I could not control my anger & responded angerly to my maximum level.
I love this video I am looking forward to purchasing a lurcher puppy but I don’t know what the best breed Cross would be I want one that can handle cold-weather hunts well and does not shed I was actually considering a standard poodle what is your opinion on the best cross for these types of characteristics I would be using it to hunt rabbit in to recover wounded deer from archery hunting and as a hiking companion
I'd love to know the answer to this too! I was going to go for a deerhound cross but was warned by the breeder they need a big house and I don't have that same as you want hunting rabbits and hiking companion
This is the video that got me into it, always had ferrets all my life and i seen this and wanted a lurcher mum and dad spoke about it and eventually said i could have one if i paid for it myself... left school on the friday started work monday morning came home with an 8 week old beddy whippet x collie whippet saturday night first wage went on jess... shes 16 month old now i planned on starting her sooner but covers still a bit thick ill have her going this season
Wow the way those dogs fly over the ground pitted with rabbit holes is seriously impressive. Such graceful creatures.
Idk about anyone else, but I find it very relaxing watching this video. What a beautiful day in the field.
It's always a pleasure to watch good working dogs in action, EXCELLENT JOB!
I miss my dear old lurcher Sally so much. She was a bearded collie, greyhound cross. She was beautiful.
I hope you still remember her. She loved you, and is sprinting across open fields forever now
Thanks. Entire new experience for me. Really enjoyed. Yep.
It amazes me how the dogs are so sure footed with all those holes out there like that.
FABULOUS! Brilliant dogs, nimble little brindles. This is what lurchers were designed for. Thank you for posting this.
I nominate the ferrets for "Best Supporting Actors" in a nature film.
That was a joy to watch. Long may your sport continue.
What wonderful teamwork! So much fun to watch. Thanks
That video takes me back a lot of years... I grew up rabbiting with the dogs and ferrets, my parents ran the HOELS, which was the heart of England lurcher society. Is there anyone there that remembers that? Good old days
Man and animals in perfect harmony. Beautiful - thank you.
Didn't realise this was one of Simon Whitehead's: no wonder it's so good!
Beautiful. I occasionally work terriers with a longdog and I’m never failed to be amazed at a good sighthound’s clarity, speed, and efficiency & grace in dispatch.
Must of watched this video 100 times usually night before I go out 👍👍
This is beautiful to watch. Not a single shot fired. And all that good fresh meat with no lead shot in it. Thanks for the show
Do you think it is beautiful, well ask the victims about that.......people like the killing......
@@jannesmedegaard7858 People like food and living. Watching man and beast(s) working together, like this, is like watching and listening to an orchestral masterpiece being performed. Come back when you hatch a thought of your own, princess.
Was just about to say the same.._
Beautiful!
Nonsense vedio.Lust for meat. Bloody hell u kill one or two.Why r u klling the whole lot.Shame on u brutal merciless blatent animal not human..I feel sorry for poor helpless rabbits.This human beast doesnot have his own children i believe.
How exactly is it merciless? The rabbits get a quick death! If it was a fox the rabbit would likely be eaten alive and as for the meat it depends how many you have to feed. All children should be taught how to do this kind of thing.
Splendid!!..fine,fine hounds in superb condition doing what they live n breath for..a better video I've yet to see..as mentioned previously..almost felt like I was there as you captured the day perfectly..got a head full of memories noo..happy days!!..complimants n thanks guys..
BEST TRAINED LURCHERS I'VE EVER SEEN, YOU GUYS ARE THE TOP,
Unbelievable dogs been on that hill all there lives long may they continue
Dogs are a wonder to watch working. Amazing. How can you not lov'em?
A days ferreting in winter is great, a wonderful video of some good dogs there
Beautiful production. How those majestic dogs run full speed with out tripping in those burrows is astonishing.
Great video, I love seeing animals working at the jobs they were bred for. That is a heck of a warren.
What a fantastic video. Great Lurchers and great fun. Well done Guys💪💪💪👌
I loved your dog master ..
Verry2 super ..
Succes
Beautiful looking lurchers.
Great British practice still going strong!!!! Great video lads 👍👍👍
Wonderful job that dogs and 2 mungis👍👍
Amazing dogs doing what they where bred for. Was fantastic to watch ferret and Lurcher work in harmony. NOT blood sport but pest control with nothing going to waste. Thanks for sharing.
Two outstanding dogs plus their beautiful dogs love their colour
These dogs are awesome. My lurcher has only recently caught two young rabbits, she'll be 7 next month, i love how they can turn on a sixpence
Three great predator species working together is awesome to watch.
Probably the best working lurcher vid I’ve watched on here....subscribed 👍🏼
Lovely looking dogs, the one with the white patch on its chest is a beast
Wow, that is a fascinating hunting method I'd never seen! Now I understand what it means to literally "ferret something out."
I wonder if we could adapt it to control the Prairie Dog colonies in the Great Plains? Like the rabbit warrens in your video, the Prairie Dogs create colonies strewn with holes that are deadly for livestock. The little buggers are fast! I wonder how small lurchers would fare hunting them?
How in the world do those dogs not stumble into one of those rabbit holes when running at full speed? Wonderful wonderful
“Created” that way.
Michelle Art Nope. Wrong. Fail. Unless you're calling breeders *creators*.
That is it they do stumble into the rabbit holes and game over you got a working dog with a broken leg. Is matey boy going to pay the thousand pound vet bill for the pleasure of a couple rabbits on the tablet. These dogs are two a penny for breeders up north
@@garyfreeman3308 spear and Jackson mate snapped leg
They do stumble though, one did during the film, didn't you notice. lucky it didn't break it's neck let alone a leg. They get injured it's just part of it. But if too serious and too expensive to fix it's game over. But never the less the dogs and ferrets have a great time while they live.
Fantastic to see the Dogs working. Well trained and disciplined. Awesome to watch.
0-60 in no time, fast wonderful dogs. Great to watch.
Definitely not a gatherer. All hunters there now!! Majestically beautiful dear brother. I hope this reaches you and those you love in great health and happiness😎👍
Artwork on display just the way Mother Nature intended.
I tell you what, its as nice to be able to sit at home with my feet up watching this in the warmth of my fire lol, I dont go out as much as I used to as I just lost my last saluki x greyhound last week to a seizure almost hard to watch without getting a lump in my throat . great video
GOD BLESS YOUR OLD DOG.
years ago every man had a dog and a ferret,kept the family fed.
In the us the Mink an uses mink to flush the prey, it not for human consumption the mink hunt rats which he uses then to feed the mink. He for this for the full natural experience of the mink
really?
what does it taste like ?
Theres still a few of us left mate dont worry
Those are some mighty clever hard working dogs. ❤🐶
watching those dogs work was a thrill
Beautiful film. Showed the dogs and ferrets off beautifully. A couple of moments made me smile too. The calm progressive music was a good match to the action.
Wow, what a team! So well trained. Those dogs are so fast!
A guilty pleasure!
They look particularly good looking and strong Lurchers! Mans best friends for thousands of years!
brilliant intro smashing looking team they work so well together and the scenery out of this world
Those dogs have incredible footing in such a rough terrain...
I thought the same
My God! Those dogs are lightning quick!
Quality dogs great to see thank you
Oh man. This are working dogs of the finest!
Great video. Well put together. I hope the tree huggers see this and realize it's how we used to survive, and I lots of cases still do. Thank you for a great video.
True Thought , I just wanted to let you know I’m a tree hugger and a hunter with two lurchers. Absolutely that’s how we used to survive and will again in the future. We need to keep the skills alive and the land thriving.
@Tixe 100 yawwwnnnnn..... troll elsewhere. Not a good look.... fkn Troll......
@Tixe 100 🖕
What a snowflake you are dear, always looking to be churlish. Please grow up.
@@janemorrow6672 Good sentiment 👍
One of the best videos on youtube.The way you captured the whole day,The wind,the dogs,the ferrets.
Brilliant camera work,felt i was there in some off those shots.
The terrain looked so hard on the dogs,yet they coped magnificently.
Take a bow all involved.Thank-you for a wonderful video.
Mikey.
Thank you for your kind words. It was the hardest film i have ever produced in many aspects. The wind made holding a camera a nightmare, the wind was hindering the dogs and over our shoulders was the rain. That being said both dogs and the ferrets worked tremendously well in harsh conditions both underfoot and around them.
The dogs were lucky on the ground with holes everywhere one wrong step and you got a dog with a broken leg and with these being working dogs the vet bill would be to much. Only going to be one outcome
gary freeman Luck was the least relevant factor.
you shoudl get out more ( tina )
the ferrets must take some credit , The dogs are magnificent but it is team work and great to watch ,well done
Awesome. Perfection in motion 👍
OMG how awesome...great video...Thank you
Those dogs are outstanding
Brilliant video 😎
They look like Plummer dogs😃
Well, that was something I had no idea existed. I cannot help thinking this had to be the way our ancestors hunted, with the use of dogs. Mans best friend,
think again
sorry jade
dogs are used for hunting then they are disgarted . a greyhound when done. they cut his ear off so he cant be iidentified ( dumped in a ditch some place )
Yes, this is the way our ancestors hunted, Lurchers are lovely dogs at home as well, best looked after dogs in the world.
fantastic vid mate, so good to see animals working togeather like that
Brilliant work. Impressed with your red broken coated lurcher. Game as can be that dog x
I was surprised - and amused - to see the polecat following you like a little dog!
What a fantastic video and lovely looking dogs indeed.
No conocía esta modalidad de caza en "equipo". Felicitaciones. Muy disfrutable
As I'm basically a 'city boy' I am amazed by these dogs and well they're trained.
Oh, would I love to be there to watched those chaps and their dogs at work.
This is a great bit of videography!
My dog's favourite video, she probably recognises Marske beach and maybe even the moor. I think she also fancies one of the dogs in it.
One of the best videos on youtube.
these dogs are majestic
Great video! Lucky dogs! Love to see working dogs work.
Both dogs work well but I love that dark one, really game and not afraid of taking a tumble !
Great video, thanks
Matt Hilsdon I was just thinking the same myself,looked down and there was your comment 👍
looks to be the younger dog and probably why it seemed to outpace the other towards the end of the day, the beginning was more equal.
also looked to have more collie in it.
I won't say it looks fun, but it sure looks satisfying. Coming home with the food and letting the animals do what they do.
Clearly a lot of work went into training the animals and working them together so well.
Having great hunting dogs and working them on game is fantastic fun. Personally, I use beagles to run the rabbits to gun and absolutely love it, but I'm sure that this is just as amazing in it's own way. Any hunting dog used on it's intended quarry is going to give the owner great satisfaction.
Nice fur, and lots of great stew!!!
Brilliant video love to see it
I first came across a collie lurcher cross on a walk with my brothers Doberman a few years back and it was the fastest thing I've seen in person on four legs and this one is more beautiful and from some of those sprints could be faster! Beautiful dogs the pair of them
i own a colly lurcher.. i think she is the best dog looks like a calf ? ( tina )
Amazing video. Looks like EPIC fun. And those rabbits look huge.
Never seen this done. Looks like muddy business; especially for the ferret. Thanks!
Beautiful dogs.
Those hares cando some damage with their feet to the nose of the lurcher if not dispatched. Such incredible dogs that they know to do that. Their speed beauty, ease of maneuvering and keen senses. The ultimate hunter and killer.
Your dogs are first class .
Your dogs work so well over such rough ground
Everything about this video is good, edited superbly, good soundtrack, and dogs, ferrets and the guvnor all working like a Swiss watch 👌👌
Perfect three way hunting team. No guns, no traps. One hunter, two dogs and two ferrets. Deadly triple threat combination against those rabbits
This old chap will never go without protein, that's for sure!
How do you keep the dogs from breaking a leg running in that terrain? : O
This is the most alien of hunting techniques for me. Oh, my.
Coolest video I’ve seen in a long time
Great display of a working partnership.
the dogs ignoring the ferret but not the bunny. hella intelligent
I'm not really a bloodsports/hunting fan BUT this was compelling viewing.
Thanks for the post.
This is pest control. Not sport or hunting. Rabbits are feckers look at how they tore that hill side up.
@@philosophymythsandlegends3153 ok
Those dogs, are like tamed coyote.
Awesome work of the dogs n ferrets
A very satisfying video
Incredible filming. I have trouble shooting stationery subjects! 😁🤦♂️👏👍
Absolute belta the whole thing, well done all.
This is a great video!!! Go lurchers
When dogs feed their owners. I feed my useless dog for $2200 a year and I have to pick up his poop too.
There is nothing else like the chase. I grew up with greyhounds. Hunted hares and rabbits. I'd never shoot a hare, unless I was starving. They are too noble an animal to shoot. They are the most magnificent animal and deserve to leave the dog behind, which they do most of the time. Alas blanket forestry has decimated out hare population, never mind what are killed on the roads. I remember a TV programs once about hunt saboteurs going to disrupt a coursing meeting. The only hare killed that day was run over by a saboteurs wagon. There aren't many videos of hare hunting on here, but there is one very old one, filmed in Spain and that hare had to be the best in the world. It left those dogs standing.
The dogs were great but they couldn't do it without the ferrets. Bloody good ferrets you have there.
@@snipper1ie U have a very good nature. While that beast a subman was killing innocent beautiful animals I could not control my anger & responded angerly to my maximum level.
Throw it in the hedge like the rest of us .. bring the bag home ( tina )
i kight add.. i live in the sticks
Buenos perros tienes saludos de chile 🇨🇱🙋♂️
I love this video I am looking forward to purchasing a lurcher puppy but I don’t know what the best breed Cross would be I want one that can handle cold-weather hunts well and does not shed I was actually considering a standard poodle what is your opinion on the best cross for these types of characteristics I would be using it to hunt rabbit in to recover wounded deer from archery hunting and as a hiking companion
I'd love to know the answer to this too! I was going to go for a deerhound cross but was warned by the breeder they need a big house and I don't have that same as you want hunting rabbits and hiking companion
Awesome video, thank you for posting it up for us to see.
What kind of dog? Looks like a greyhound x ridgeback
Oh wow brown dog very fast sprinter and full clever
This is the video that got me into it, always had ferrets all my life and i seen this and wanted a lurcher mum and dad spoke about it and eventually said i could have one if i paid for it myself... left school on the friday started work monday morning came home with an 8 week old beddy whippet x collie whippet saturday night first wage went on jess... shes 16 month old now i planned on starting her sooner but covers still a bit thick ill have her going this season