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coolbrze0 02-20-2008 07:42 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
ORIGINAL: EODLT

Hmm, if you even have to ask what they are good for, Im not sure you should be getting one..... [&:]

Is this a serious question?

If it is, how could you possibly be thinking about getting a beagle when you dont know what they are for?
I'd have to agree. If that's the case, get a lab that will be your best friend and not want to run off and hunt like a beagle.

MZloader98 02-20-2008 08:47 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
My buddy just bought a puppy from a guy that had very good luck using them to hunt coons!

nc1234 02-20-2008 09:11 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
Would they be good for anything else besides hounding, i.e. bird hunting? Also, because they are hounds are they prone to bay. I heard somewhere they were good hounds to get if you dont have a lot of land because they are not as prone to be loud as other kinds of hounds. Is this true?

recurver167 02-20-2008 09:16 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
They are loud and love to bark.Most hunt,you just to her to hunt for you and not herself.

coolbrze0 02-23-2008 05:45 AM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
ORIGINAL: nc1234

Would they be good for anything else besides hounding, i.e. bird hunting? Also, because they are hounds are they prone to bay. I heard somewhere they were good hounds to get if you dont have a lot of land because they are not as prone to be loud as other kinds of hounds. Is this true?
All depends on how you raise them. Some lines are a little more highstrung and tend to bark more than others. I have a kennel full of 11 beagles and they're quiet as a mouse (unless a rabbit, deer, or fox walks in front of their kennel)! My neighbors always tell me they're shocked at how they rarely hear the dogs bark, but I rotate 1 bark collar around and am VERY strict when it comes to barking.

P.S.- from what I've seen and heard, this isn't the norm though.

hatchet jack 03-12-2008 10:43 AM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
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bryant1 03-12-2008 01:20 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie

They are good for winning dog shows apparently.

Beagles are hounds, and hounds chase just like goldens retreive and setters point. Its instinct. They make fantastic rabbit dogs, and are my personal choice in a deer dog as I am not a fan of long legged dogs for deer hunting, espeically as of late, but that is southern politics.

They are incredibly stubborn (most of them) to train. Which is why they make good chase dogs. All you need to do is teach them to come to your call when you want them to come to you, at least thats a start. Much more to it than that.

Best advice I can say is give it a try. As a pet they are cute, and often very very sweet, but they are very hard headed.
I love to hear them running a deer too, although i only own walkers and blueticks for deerhunting. They will make some noise too coming through the swamps!

piketon_hunter#9 03-13-2008 05:50 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
Im looking @ beagles also. My friend has a bluetick beagle, beautiful dog. I did not know they treed coons, i guess it just makes sense tho

walksinair 03-19-2008 07:37 AM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
My dad had a beagle when I was a kid. We used him for rabbitt hunting but he wasn't above chasing a stray squirrel here and there. Anyone else ever have that happen?

mossbergman11 03-20-2008 03:47 PM
RE: what are beagles good for?
 
yep ours does it all the time and trees coons


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