Leave the Swinging at Home- So it seems

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MasonsBeagles
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Leave the Swinging at Home- So it seems

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Been out several years and ive been to a few trials. Went to world hunt just to see some folks. It seems to me the wild swinging dogs arent the consistent winners now a days. The line runners and tighter check dogs seem to be doing better? Is this the case?
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Well this wasn't what I thought it was going to be about when I clicked on the title... ;) :lol:

I do hope dogs under some semblence of control are more the norm at trials, as herding the rabbit around isn't what makes a gundog. But not taken too far like the dogs you can walk alongside while they're "running".
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Re: Leave the Swinging at Home- So it seems

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When the cycle is low a more hunting and line control hound will fare better. imh
When the cycle is high, you can get away with more and switching rabbits is hardly noticed.
Scenting conditions and available game will tighten or loosen the belt. This is a test for gifted hounds that's able to adjust to it's conditions staying with the original rabbit for it may be the only one in the lot. jmho

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