For what is it used? to smudge the older tracks that you could see the new one?

great pictures! impressing!

Sir: I have a question.
due to the fact that the original Plott family members came to America in the late 1750's, in light of the devastation left in light of World War I and World War II
just how many hounds of any kind do you estimate survived in Germany after 1945?

Although it was hard for ...

horshur wrote:

hypsilon wrote:I know one Hartmut with hound and Drahthaar, but he has no Bavarian but Hanoverian hound

there is a good chance I got the hound name wrong as well..

but Ithink there is a bigger chance I know the wrong Hartmut...

I know one Hartmut with hound and Drahthaar, but he has no Bavarian but Hanoverian hound

We have a nice discussion at moment, how much do you hunt in the states with your dogs/hounds and how?

In Germany, the hunting year starts in April, So I`ll start here, only mentioning the main things:

April:
-stalking wild boars, that go out to damage the grasslands, working some blood trails ...

1bigbear wrote:I've always wondered if anyone hound hunted there.

Oh yes we do...but in another way than you... If you are interested in, I´ll write somithing bout...

Hartmut?

mefishme1234 wrote: those hanoerian hounds are a heavier hound then the plotts.

Yes. The Hannoverian Hounds are only used to find wounded game. very cold nosed. Mostly they have to follow blood tracks (with more or less - mostly less - blood on it) after 12 to 30 hours. But even 80 hours are known!

@dogboy:
Would be interesting how our wachtelhunds do this job...

Ever saw this breed?

@ dogboy

thx a lot...these were the infos I expected! The heritage of following the schent of treed game is interesting me. Is this kind of similar to the "high nose" of the bird dogs? Or completly different?

Few vests we use in Germany...

as a new one:

http://imageshack.us/a/img254/380/schutzwesteip3.jpg

in action on a small 45lbs-Frischling

http://www.deutscher-wachtelhund.eu/modules/SiriusGallery/images/Foto0028.jpg

bout 200 hunts later...

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Hello,

might be a stupid question but can anybody explain me the main characteristics of good treeing abilities? Is it the aggressivity in working on game that makes the prey climb up? Is it the stamina in baying until the hunter comes to dispatch?

we have no treeing game here in Germany except ...

welcome from maine, usa. I have 1 English coonhound, 2 plotts, and a beagle. I am new to hunting with big hounds but been beagling for close to 10 yrs. The Plotts ancesters came from your neck of the woods. I don't know much about the Cur but I think they could worfk well on bear since their a good ...

Hello everybody!

I´M a 30years old forester from Bavaria/Germany. I`m working Terriers since 17 years (first Jagd- and Fox Terriers, than Westphalian Terriers) and Deutsche Wachtelhunde since 8 years, espacially on wild boar, roe deer, red deer, fox, badger, hare, ducks and marten. I´m very ...