Many readers of this blog know Dutch Salmon– longdog man, writer, publisher, and a needed voice on the New Mexico Game commission. He was the man we came to New Mexico to visit thirty years ago, and the man who gave us our first saluki. I owe him more than I can ever repay. Last …
Tag: Coursing
Local Meet
We went out Saturday to a local falconers’ meet. Early morning was devoted to falcons over ducks in the valley, and late afternoon to Harris hawks and rabbits. But in the late morning it was time for the real fanatics– we who run longdogs with falcons on hares. The coursing ground was a huge block …
In Memoriam: Bear and Bidaari
Bear, one of the last survivors of John Burchard’s Tepe Gawra salukis, died last week. He was 13. Int. Ch. Tepe Gawra Baariz, CC, CM, FCh (“Bear”)(October 9, 1995 – August 13, 2008)photo by Else Karin Rossebø, 10/28/2006 He was a great hunter and always a gentleman. Here he is at Casa Q in his …
A few more thoughts on dog restrictions
Annie Hocker, Matt, and feminist hunter and gun writer Mary Stange were having an online discussion on the erosion of support for unpopular kinds of hunting like that with hounds. I saved a few of my thoughts as I thought them appropriate for the blog. Mary said (rightfully) that we must mobilize and stand up: …
A few photos
Our New Year’s run. Looking for hares: Plummer blurs by (forgive quality of the pic but I had to give credit to a fat 10- year- old lurcher who can still press a hare!) Coming back after a run.Antelope! (luckily I could call off the hounds– good dogs!) Tazis run by. Figures in a big …
Photoblogging: Winter
It is really winter. COLD,and snow coming every few days, though not much is sticking yet at our “low” 6500 feet. We took the hounds out running west of town where we hadn’t been in a long time. The fields hadn’t gotten much rain and were devoid of hare but we had fun anyway.Ataika is …
Morning Run– Sunday
When we have been to busy to go out more than a couple of times a week, like now, our hounds get pretty rowdy. Plummer barks and the tazis “sing” all the way to Lee’s. This AM we went to the ranch. It is finally getting cooler. They chased one cottontail which immediately went down …
Hounds
The Asian tazi gene pool continues to expand– Vladimir now has three, in addition to mine and their offspring. Puppy Urtak is somewhat related to my dogs, and is going to be huge. Here he is at only four months with the full- grown female, Adel, who is closely related to mine. Timur, a young …
Opening day
Libby here on our opening day (took the shotgun for doves too but intense dog activity sort of kept them away!) “Yesterday we had a splendid, heavy rain here, which turned the streets into rivers, an then today we went out on our friend Lee’s ranch (100 sections) with the dogs and had our first …
It’s almost time
(Thank God– it has been a long summer!) Photo by Paul Domski. Detail: