i dont know about your way but here the elk dont seem to run far....we just find one on the side of the road...turn the dog down and we usualy have to patch him up and put him back in the truck 15 min later.....here they just seem to stand and fight...not much running....

i had two dogs out of a myers and sackett jr cross......started early and hard....both running and treeing on there own by 1 year....first one dead at 13 month due to a brain tumor...and i sold the 2nd for $1,000 at 15 months old hes still runnen solid....will run bear and coon...good cold nose and ...

im working on almost this same issue...im going to make a smaller dog box to fit in the front of the bed of the truck...then put the sled in...and i dont know what to do with the sled trailer yet...well cuz i dont have one yet...but i would like to see your set up....

i may not get as cold as some but we can get to 20 below and colder with windchill...but this is what i figured.....

first what ever material you use the thicker the harder the better...

2nd a rectangel shape is alwase better....the dog can sleep offside of the door which means not as much wind ...

it dosent look like you play arround when your hunten...i only picked up a freeby old sled but it runs pretty darn good for an old timer....the reason i picked it up is its light...me and another guy can pick up the front end and put it in the truck....there is another fella in the groupe with a ...

great this is the type of stuff im looken for...but how did you make the platform on the back of the sled....??

this is a true story....im not making it up......


i was hunting one night with a buddie of mine named tom in a few of his spots....his dolly dog took off....after a half hour or so we got the tracker out and started looken....well after an hour or so we started getten a beep on the system....and ...

well ive only ben coon hunten 6 years....but i found that the blazer 21 volt belt light was the best....now they run arround $325.00....BUT....from all the coon hunten ive done there are two things you should never never never go cheep on.....coon boots and a light.......just my opnion...

if your soon to be new bride gets mad when you have to reschedule your wedding due to bear season beacouse 90 percent of your family WILL NOT SHOW UP during that time.......you may be a houndsmen...

if you back into a tree, and say oppps and chuckel about it.....and then your wife hits a shoping ...

im looken for ideas for a slay to haul behind a snowmachine for haul 1-2 of my hounds...do any of you guys have any pictures of yours??

#5 there is also a thing called a pogo disposable trap stake...

these ones are kinda spendy....but its an option

http://www.huntsmart.com/index.cfm/fuse ... 1436/pos/8

no pogo as in a very big inpact rench for opening rail road cars...

friday night went great for me but for a couple of others in the goupe it wasent good...but we ended up with 4 coon....went out saturday night riged one droped two dogs and two young dogs and ended up with split trees and three coon...it was great...

sorry it took so long to reply...

my blue dog is not out of anything special...

magnum and tullies breeding...
magnum is a local blood...shes not a world beater but we kill coon....good rig dog...good roaden dog....i wouldent trade her for the world...now i have some i would...lol...