Rabbit hunting with beagles

Have really enjoyed getting back into the rabbit hunting with beagles the last couple of years.The two blue ticks I raised up from puppies.

Man that pretty awesome! Been getting around more and more dog hunting and gotta say I really like it. More the experience of it all though

Looks like fun! Do those snowshoes behave like cottontails when being chased?

Run much bigger circles and do not go into the ground or brush piles like the cottontail do.

Thanks for the answer. And good looking dogs you've got.

Thank you.

It's a blast for sure

Good looking dogs. Got a pair of blue ticks myself and spend Oct thru 15th Feb running bunnies.

Thank you and nice.Im lucky as our season runs to the last day of March.

Dang I miss wabbit hunting behind some good beagles.

Lots of good wabbit hunting around me,but I'm not getting another hunting dog until all the girls have moved out.
They make house dogs out of every dog I get.

great looking dogs. I hunt cottontails all winter. occassionally swamp rabbits. I have nine beagles {morning crew and afternoon crew) Thanks for the post.

Love me some Beagle music! That open marked hound is a beaut!

Lol.....That can happen.

Thank you biotrapper and BigBob.

Great looking pack you’ve got.

I’m still picking out brier tips from my knees 2 months after the season closed. Fortunate to have a great population of bluetail and cottontail on my farm. Always amazed at the difference in each individual dog’s personality when different friends bring their packs to come hunt. Nothing better than hearing them give mouth on the first jump of the morning.

Great looking hounds, hare, and moose shed .

Thanks GUNLEG and Squash.

Good looking dogs. One of my sports years ago. Had many beagles over the years. Got invite to hunt swamp rabbits but did not go. Hunt was in Boot Hill

Great job always wanted to get a snowshoe. Not many around here just up north. We always had bagels as a kid but only hunted cotton tails great looking dogs good job.

My first three are named Gunner,Lyle,and Musket.Here's my young pup Captain Jack Sparrow

Thanks Im suppose to hunt swampers with my friend Dana from Tennessee in Alabama.

Have a good time this fall. Great sport

I have a great time running the hounds in the off season too, my Beagle club has night fun runs too.

We ran a beagle and a bluetick on both cottontails and snowshoes. Only had 1 snowshoe hold up in front of Blue in 8 years. Piled into a rock overhang that was too small for Blue to reach.

And will run a straight line for miles during breeding time.

I'm actually looking to get a beagle for hunting around here. Would like to start from a pup. Anything in particular to look for? 13' or 15"? Good looking dogs.

rabbit with hounds is getting very popular around here again.

Nice pups

Yep that rabbit is out roaming and will head back to its home ground miles away.

There was some nice looking areas to run up there.

I'm really liking the Meachum breeding which my two blue ticks are which originated in Michigan.Both 13 and 15 inch beagles are good.

Thank you

Your blueticks are beautiful. I have three blueticks, the mom and her two daughters and a copper beagle. I listen to them chase rabbits year around. They are some little rabbit machines. Nothing beats listening to them, when I take them out, I tell my wife that I am going to a mountain music concert starring ‘Stella and the Blueticks”.

Very nice.Nice looking beagles.Only April thru June here you Maine that you can't run your beagle out in the wild.I have William Dubes Huge training pen I can run my beagles at during those months.

Tips I swear by:

Teach a Pup to come and down, EVERY TIME, Saves anxiety and tears when the Rabbit runs across a road or Highway.
I teach my Pups to respond to a coach's whistle, sound carries a LOOOONG way and is distinctive on a windy day, or if other hunters are about.
I run my hounds with a small fishing bell on their collar. Helps me keep track of them,. and you don't have to keep an eye on them constantly.
ABSOLUTLEY get them micro chipped.
Teach the Pup's to fetch on command, get a cap gun at a toy store, and fire it a few times while playing. Then I move up to a .22 blank, then a .38 blank.

All good tips.I also run them with a bell,,,and shoot my .22 pistol around them when pups so they don't be gun shy.I get them chasing a rabbit skin I pull through the yard on a string.

Nice hounds, BruceT! I grew up raising and running Beagles in SE Wisconsin. My Dad had a thing for Blueticks. Captain Jack is a dandy!

Moosetrot

Beagles are some of the most loving and Gentle. That is why I keep and hunt with them. Just bought an AKC registered Gyp out of Indiana. She should be ready by this fall.

Very nice.

Thank you

I got some info on some 1/2 OakHill blueticks from a guy near me. Anyone ever tryout that bloodline? I don't remember the other 1/2. He said they would have papers and are out of good hunting stock, not trial dogs. Just trying to decide on a male or female for starters.

Good stock.

Don’t get much better than a good rabbit hunt. I envy you.

It sure is ALOT of fun.

I’ve got a pack of 5 at the moment.
Ugliest bunch of misfits I’ve ever had.
But they’ll run the feet off a bunny.
Pert near every beagle will run a rabbit, some just do it better others lol.
I’m colorblind when it comes to hounds. I’d hunt a poodle if he ran rabbit’s the way I like.

I've had the pleasure of hunting with Clay and his beagles. Great fun!

I also like hounds with good voices in addition to running.Don't like beagles that way over run the track also.

my 4 dogs are grade - no idea what the papers are

The best beagles will be the ones that can run often and given the opportunity

We have around 20-30 domestic crossed rabblts around our house we let our beagles run. Rabbits have made it around 5 years on their own - I dont feed them - they catch a few a year and more are born.......few neighbors were worried at first when they saw a weird colored rabbits down the road or under a porch but they are all used to it now and enjoy them as well.....I simply undo the kennels and let them run around our property and keep exercised when I dont have time to load them up and take them hunting.

Nice setup.

If they don’t overrun tracks then they aren’t fast enough for me lol.
I want as fast of a beagle as I can find. Fast beagles overrun tracks, but a good pack will pick it back up mighty quick.
Slowpokes don’t eat my feed.

Some beagles your talking a hundred yards or more over.No thanks.I like a speed of around 4 not to slow or to fast.

You’ve seen beagles overrun a track 100 yards?
I’ve seen a super fast one overrun one 20 maybe 25 yards.
A 100 is a little crazy!!!! Lol

I made a quick video of my Divas chasing one behind my house. They over run a little but they move at a good pace. The video is my 4 yr old and two, two year old. About twice a year, they will catch one. I have seen them run it down and they all form a circle and nuzzle it to the ground, unhurt. I have picked the rabbit up and carried it away from them.
[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/HftSKOAwP7E?si=ID6kjl6DIpOOy2Bv[/video]

I will take 20 yards no problem.Some of the hare hounds up here are crazy.Its what Alot of people are breeding for the trial now.Its all about speed and is getting way out of hand.

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed your story.

Great pictures. Really enjoy seeing those dogs work like that.

Got a 3 month old 1/2 oak hill beagle today.

Nice looking puppy.

Pups are fun

Is there anything cuter than a Beagle Puppy?

Nope

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