This dog had caught this hare(but in parts)



These two dogs caught this one

They must have been bred to catch blackbuck.
Thanks for the picts. Is this India?

Yes this is in INDIA.They do better for black bucks.But hunting black bucks in India is bit risky.

let me know if u want see some more hounds from india

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Originally posted by venkat:
let me know if u want see some more hounds from india

Please.

Thanks for the pictures. It is always interesting to see local breeds and dogs at work.

waghari hounds from saurastra region of India

These dogs were with the tribe called waghari.
Thsed dogs hunt almost every day

waghari hounds in late 60's(Photo from book by Major W.V.Soman Indian Dog )

Pandikona its an aboriginal Indian breed extensively used for wild boar hunting.These are versatile dogs by the nature work they do and the prey they hunt.They hunt wildboars,hares,foxes,wolves...
These dogs are used as livestock guardians and they have reputation of guarding there stock to death.














This is superb dogs.one of his hind legs is broken.but still with 3 legs it does great against wild boars.Recently i had brought down a huge wild boar









These dogs hunt in this kind of terrain









local made collar for saving dogs while dealing with wolves













Few more to come

This dog is 14 years old.still hunts the boars.he got terrific nose.

Venkat,

very interesting pictures from an unknown world; thank you very much indeed for sharing!

Could you tell us a little more on the races and their background, the animals and the reagion you hunt?

Where exactly in India were these pictures taken?

Best regards!

DUK,

Chippiparai:- This breed is from tamilandu region of India.Exactly these photographs were take in a place called rajapalayam in tamilnadu.These dogs works as watch dog and an excellent hunter.it hunts hares and deers.In some parts of tamilnadu they use them for wearing out wild boars too..

Waghari:- This breed is from saurastra region of India.These breed is named after the tribe called "waghari".These dogs were used for hunting hares. pack of waghari's can gracefully kill a leopard quote from Indian Dog by Major W.V Soman.

Pandikona:-its an aboriginal Indian breed.Named after the place called "Pandikona".
In telugu(local language)"pandi" means "boars" and kona is "cliff".The name itself says its extensively used for hunting wild boars.but these are versatile dogs used for hunting various animals like hares,boars,foxes and wolves.These works are terrific Live stock guardians.Recently there was an article saying that 4 pandikona fought hard with a leopard keep there Livsstock safe unfortunately some end up with death

Thank you for posting all of those additional pictures. Great shots of the dogs and the terrain but I was also very interested to see the spears.

From the looks of the countryside it would be a very challenging place to chase boar. Is it also possible to come across a leopard in those rocks?

GREAT PICTURES !!!!!

Thanks for sharing !!

Please post some pics of the boars and deers you hunt. I am sure there must be some really good chital deers !!

Thanks again

Lorenzo

Thanks for the photos, its always a pleasure learning about hunting dogs on the other side of the globe.

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Thank you for posting all of those additional pictures. Great shots of the dogs and the terrain but I was also very interested to see the spears.

From the looks of the countryside it would be a very challenging place to chase boar. Is it also possible to come across a leopard in those rocks?

thanks,its great fun and risk running on those rocks in search of boars with your hunting partners.I didnt see any leopard there but shepherd people say they come across leopards while they take livestock for grazing

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GREAT PICTURES !!!!!

Thanks for sharing !!

Please post some pics of the boars and deers you hunt. I am sure there must be some really good chital deers !!

Thanks.Problem is hunting is banned in India.Taking pictures of boars and deers highly risky.so most of them avoid taking pics of the prey.

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Thanks for the photos, its always a pleasure learning about hunting dogs on the other side of the globe.

thanks.I know it because i came across the same feeling few days back when i joined this forum.
but i feel we should put some more pics of our dogs here in this forum

Is there some meaning behind the scars on the dogs? It appears that each dog has the same sequence of scars; horizontal slashes on the legs (3 on front leg, two on back leg) and two "+" signs on their sides.

horizontal lines on friend and hind legs were brand marking made by villagers.They feel that this process will increase the immunity of the dogs towards the diseases.Some + marking were result of there hustles with the wild boars

Venkat,

I understand perfectly the problem about taking pictures. Just hope you guys still manage to hunt now and then without being catch !!

Here in Uruguay we have lots of chitals that were brought near 100 years ago from India, today they are plenty, it's a beatiful animal and very sportive to hunt.

This is me with my last chital.



Here is the biggest one I ever saw and was hunted by a friend of mine.



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Great pics, and thanks for sharing. Some wonderful terrain shown, too. Those massive boulder strewn hills are very impressive.

A couple of those dogs look like they could use an extra meal, though (such as the one clearly showing his spine througuh his skin)!

Lorenzo wrote

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I understand perfectly the problem about taking pictures. Just hope you guys still manage to hunt now and then without being catch !! Wink

Here in Uruguay we have lots of chitals that were brought near 100 years ago from India, today they are plenty, it's a beatiful animal and very sportive to hunt.

thanks that u understood the situation over here.
Yeah chital are great.i think u got some nice catch

Kamo Gari wrote...

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A couple of those dogs look like they could use an extra meal, though (such as the one clearly showing his spine througuh his skin)!

Are you referring to sighthounds??.As of my knowledge all pic i have posted are in good condition.Can u just identify the pic u referring to ??