Coyote hunting with greyhounds

[Mendocinokid]

Had a friend that told me he use to run coyotes with greyhounds. Never had a chance to go with and see for myself. Was wondering if anyone runs yotes with greyhounds or has heard of this?

[cut em loose]

I've seen it done. It's pretty cool. they have dog boxes mounted behind the cab with holes big enough so the dog can stick his head out. they have a cable that runs to the cab so they can open the dog doors from the drivers seat. Now you just find a coyote for the dog to see and dump the dogs on em. It's all sight running.

[Caincando1]

Not really anyone around me that does. But there are a lot of guys on Vargy's website that do. There are a bunch of guys in the flat lands and out west that run sight dogs. There are some that are running greyhounds but most are either gh crosses or stags.

[Cowboyvon]

I have some stags and still run them when I can. I have a jump box on my truck and some mornings I will just drive around the fields and drop on them. But my favorite way to do it is on horse back and calling. We have alot of desert here with mesquites and open areas and I just free cast my dogs and try to call the coyotes out into the open where we can catch them.. its alot of fun and good sport..

This is the rig I use... those arms running up over the drivers windows are releases for the doors on the jump boxes, the jump box is just the box directly behind the cab.. the back part is just for hauling my lion hounds


Some of my dogs from a few years ago


Old Poke..

[waylon]

COWBOYVON how much of a lead can you dump out on and your dogs close in on a yote and still catch him in open country, and do you ever run a scent hound with them in case he hits thick brush, lots of fellas around here keep one in the box just in case and hope to push him back into the open

[Caincando1]

I just got back from Central IA hunting with Vargy. I got to see my first stag race on a yote. We didn't get to see much of it because we were on the wrong side of the section. But from what I saw it was a sight to behold. I'm surely going to have to experience more!

[Cowboyvon]

COWBOYVON how much of a lead can you dump out on and your dogs close in on a yote and still catch him in open country, and do you ever run a scent hound with them in case he hits thick brush, lots of fellas around here keep one in the box just in case and hope to push him back into the open

You know every coyote is different.. our coyotes aren't that use to being run with hounds so sometimes I'll turn out on a coyote that's a long ways out there, if I can't get any closer and we do catch him because he keeps looking back. Other times I've dumped on them pretty close and had them lay there ears back and just smooth out run us. When I'm calling its different, seems that there is some confusion sometimes that allows us to catch in some pretty rough country. I've often thought about getting a scent hound to help me run them out of the brushy country but haven't done it..I've had a couple of sight hounds that could use there nose some and run them on the wind.. not fast enough to catch them though. I caught a lion on the ground with them one time like that too.

[anarchy kennels]

hi never been in on a race yet but you, cowboyvon, raise any pups for that, we have a scottish stag and crossed him on an airedale, but lookn for more racey then that my self, how hot is it when u run them. i am kinda interestd but my cuz is really trying so any stag pups around would be a help

[doghunter]

i know nothing about site dogs but find it facinating. is a stag hound faster then a grey hound or better at catching. I know they use alot of staghounds in austraila for hog.

[Hagerman]

There are a few around here that do it and I go along occasionally as the official gate opener and impaired spotter.
They have some great stag hounds and when the coyote is spotted, two trucks (each loaded with hounds) manuvers the coyote into position then hits the brakes and drops the hounds. (usually 3 to 4 hounds per chase.)
The ride gets exciting at times and the chase/catch is really something to see.
Those dogs are real easy to work with and the good ones really stand out.
Terrain and fence lines are the main problems because you are flooring the pedal to get the coyote into position and you don't need any sudden surprises.

[Dale T]

A good friend of mine out of Lakeview Or. bought a set out of Texas, I never got a chance to go with him but when he would describe how the race's went all he could do was laugh his ass off and say that it was a kick in the butt, UNTIL first they caught his neighbors cow dog and almost had it parted when he caught up to them ($800.00 vet bill later) then when they caught his wife's terrier under the quad, it was either the dogs go or he go's, and now he's back to just hounds.

[Pops]

that's interesting Dale. before this i'd only heard of one guy having sighthounds that would kill other dogs.

[UphillDoc]

Pops-They almost all will kill other dogs, especially strange small dogs, IMO.

Dale-LOL...let me tell you about them dogs. I hauled them for Ryan to a fella in KS. Well about 4 hours into the drive, the two males (that had always been hauled/hunted together) decided they didnt like each other anymore, and went to killin each other. It was quite a rodeo tryin to get them two apart on the side of the interstate...

Take care.

[walkerdog]

My neighbor had a bunch of stag hound and greyhounds and they would attack anything that they could get to if they were out of their kennels. If they were doubled up in kennels you could hear them fighting. God the wounds were bad. My neighbor would run out and break them up, got bit a few times...not real pretty either.

[Dan Edwards]

There are wrecks every single week all across the country with these dogs. They are extremely (beep) dangerous if not checked. They dont fight to fight, they fight to kill and they are dog gone good at it.

That being said, I wouldnt own any other kind of dog.