CRAZY THINGS LIONS DO

[Mike Leonard]

Dennis,

I had one of them Del Cameron books at one time but a freidn of mine decided he need it worse than me. I reckon he was right, LOL!

Anyway there was a photo in there of some guy way up in them north woods packing into the wilderness. He had them blueticks in dog boxes strapped on those pack animals. Now I really had to think about that for awhile. My dogs walk everywhere the horses do and if I let them hunt they usually travel 2-3 times the distance because they cast back and forth but if I tell them no hunting and get back then they just go along with the horse.

If I went to packing them dogs of mine till we cut a track or they rigged one off them pack animals I am quite sure the ghost of Dale Lee would appear in a cloud dust and bitch slap me out of the saddle while spitting copenhagen juice on me and screaming evolution be damned pilgrim. LOL!

[Ike]

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[Mike Leonard]

Actually I heard he rigged quite a bit out of small jojn boats and flat bottomed canoes while swamp hunting jaguars. They would motor up those waterways a bit and then paddle and pole those boats and those dogs would strike many times from the boats.

Don't know if they ever did much rigging out of a car or truck but I am sure it happened some. I know the frist real big game rig dog I saw work well was just tied in the bed of an old pickup and he was pretty deady on bear. I had a black dog that could rig a coon same manner out the back of a pickup going 60 miles and hour down the highway. When I first moved down into this country and saw some of the arly masters of real rigging I knew I hadn't seen much in the past. Ed Sittner, Van Johnson, Bobby Archuleta, and such had already perfected it pretty well but I beleive today it has evolved as you say another distance. Oh well I am sorry for getting off the crazy lions things.

How about some more of that cat crazy behavior out there????

[Ike]

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[houndnem]

the world is for sure changing and hounddoggers everywhere are evolving........everybody but houndnem anyway!

ike

I'm gona one up ya on this whole evolving hound deal. I'm gona teach mine to flap those big ears and fly.

[Ike]

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[houndnem]

Good to hear from ya Ike. you kinda disappeared for a while. sorry for taking away from this post, I just couldn't resist. back to the crazy lion stories.