David, I've been good. Got out of hunting dogs as much as I used to but I still get out. I'm going to hunt my Ruby dog and one pup this winter. I know how to figure out how many days Elmer hunted, look at the calender and cross off Sundays. :shock: :D Well, I guess you'd have to cross off turkey sea...

A couple years ago, I made a lot of calls to OSP in salem about this and was told that a dog that is legally hunting is not "running at large" and coyote hunting is open year round and they are legal to run with dogs. The problem is that the officers do not believe any houndsman that says ...

David, we lost Elmer a couple months ago. We definately lost one of the best, thats for sure.

For me, the most important trait is personality. I gotta like a dog to enjoy hunting them no matter how good or bad they do.

Nice job, Don. I've had a few of those days. :wink: I've been getting out a little. We caught three this weekend and got beat by one but it was the last one we ran and I think the dogs were pooped. Got beat again today but it was a good race. They put him in a hole and a young dog pulled him out and...