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  • C

    Greetings,

    I am new to this board and we live in south La. We are looking to start hunting Basenjis on Rabbit/Hare soon but wanted to hear from other experienced hunters.

    Personaly, the rabbit hunting w/Basenjis will be new to me. But, I believe this is important because it preserves and enchances this breed's natural abilties and instincts. It keeps the breed true.

    I was refered to a Jeff Schettler by this duck hunting peerson but I have no contact links to him.

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  • B

    @Cazador:

    Greetings,

    I am new to this board and we live in south La. We are looking to start hunting Basenjis on Rabbit/Hare soon but wanted to hear from other experienced hunters.

    Personaly, the rabbit hunting w/Basenjis will be new to me. But, I believe this is important because it preserves and enchances this breed's natural abilties and instincts. It keeps the breed true.

    I was refered to a Jeff Schettler by this duck hunting peerson but I have no contact links to him.

    I have never hunted my Basenji's, but have thought about trying them on upland game as I've trained a pointer in the past and find it very interesting.
    I don't know how a Basenji would work out hunting rabbits in the traditional way(shotguns) as I would think they would tail too close to the game to shoot safely.

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  • tanzaT

    @Cazador:

    Greetings,

    I am new to this board and we live in south La. We are looking to start hunting Basenjis on Rabbit/Hare soon but wanted to hear from other experienced hunters.

    Personaly, the rabbit hunting w/Basenjis will be new to me. But, I believe this is important because it preserves and enchances this breed's natural abilties and instincts. It keeps the breed true.

    I was refered to a Jeff Schettler by this duck hunting peerson but I have no contact links to him.

    Jeff is in Northern California, Lisa might have his email address, I can't find it at the moment….. but if she doesn't I will look for it...

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • V

    Here is the link for Jeff's yahoo group. It is "The Basenji Native Traits Preservation Project". I am a moderator there, but it is Jeff's baby. Please join, and share your experiences.

    http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/BNTPP/

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  • tanzaT

    Thanks for posting that Vegas!!!!!! I could not remember the yahoo group name either…

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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