Bobcat question

kayla090205 · Post by **kayla090205** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:47 pm

Hey, I just have a quick question. I have a 1 1/2 year male Walker named Copper. He has a lot of track to him and is really progressing on treeing coons. My boyfriend shot a large bobcat yesterday while deer hunting. He found a bloodtrail but it got dark before he could find it. Would it mess Copper up if I took him over there and let him track the bobcat ? Where we hunt doesnt really have alot of bobcats and he really wont be coming in contact with them much.

larry · Post by **larry** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:22 pm

I'd rather see a bobcat in a tree than a coon any day

. Don't know how much bob scent he'll be following if it was that long ago, mostly blood trailing I would think. Tell your boyfriend not to get so worked up or next time you'll have to show him how to make a clean shot

kayla090205 · Post by **kayla090205** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:31 pm

Yeah, I told him that he seemed a little off on his shot lately. And I shot the coon out the other night without a scope, big tree, first shot! He really like that comment

I really wouldnt mind if Copper treed an occassional bobcat. I would really like to get into bigger game hunting, but Im not sure what all you can really do in Alabama. Copper runs a track very strong, but he has been kinda slow to grab ahold of a tree and actually tree something. Now, when he does, he usually has a coon. Do you think he would do better on a bigger game ? How much difference is it than coonhunting ?

larry · Post by **larry** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:42 pm

If every time he tree's there's one there, that sounds pretty alright to me! No clue about the difference, never been to inclined to chase a big rat with a funny tail

, only been coon hunting once in Tn. and it seemed like we just tried to keep up with the dogs as they ran around through everybodies fields

Do you have bears or hogs you can chase there?

TomJr · Post by **TomJr** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:49 pm

Give it a try can't hurt any as long as its legal in yer area, on bobcats some states have seasons permits ect for even bobcats... a day old that might be tough if it was just nicked. Blood should help and maybe its dead a few hunderd yards away if yer lucky.

kayla090205 · Post by **kayla090205** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:36 pm

While on my way home yesterday it started pouring rain so I didnt take Copper. If he is slow on coon, do you think he would follow a bobcat track better ? He's got alot of track to him and wants to get by himself, but he's just not progressing on coon like I think he should. Should I try him on another game type ? Can he do both ? Three of our dogs are sure enough coon dogs, two are pups, one is a show dog, and Copper is somewhere in the middle.

larry · Post by **larry** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:55 pm

Should be less scent on a bob than a coon, and ALOT harder to catch!should be able to chase whatever diff kinds of game that you want him, break him off trash you don't want and put him on game you do, lots of people chase coons, bears, lions, bobs with the same dogs. Sounds like he might not make the cut?????

kayla090205 · Post by **kayla090205** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:35 pm

Copper has what it takes to be a good dog, he's just frustrating sometimes. We dont have alot of good places to hunt him, because he needs a different kind of handling in the woods so I dont take him as much. I've heard they can be taught to run several types of game though, I've just never tried to train one for it.

Bearkiller · Post by **Bearkiller** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:45 pm

Other than a smoking hot lion track I don't think anything is easier to catch than a coon. And thats debatable. If your dog isn't making a coon dog then it most likely won't make a cat dog. You could try to get him on a couple bears. Maybe he'll get a good look at one while he's running and get fired up. But probably not. Good luck with the dog.

kayla090205 · Post by **kayla090205** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:43 pm

I will prob stick to coons with our dogs, it was just a thought the other day since we had a blood trail and I know Copper can trail very well. I really think Copper has what it takes to be a good coondog, he's just frustrating. He's a little over a year old and he will tree his own coon, has done it on several occassions, but he will backtrack himself a couple times before he will lock down and tree. I have had several good hunters look at him and tell me that its actually good a young dog is slow to grab a tree, he will be really accurate when he gets older and more experienced. I dont hunt him as much as I should because he wont stay treed for long periods of time and you have to get in quick and tie him, and thats hard to do in some places we hunt. But most of the time when you get in there to him, he has a coon. He's got some more work to do but you talk about a mouth on a dog ! He's got one of the best bawls I've ever heard, and he's a beautiful dog. We just got a little more work to do.

bigdog061 · Post by **bigdog061** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:38 pm

Hey Kayla, does he leave the tree when he is by himself? Some dogs won't tree with other certain dogs. If ya get a chance....hunt him by hisself and see how he trees!

Paul

kayla090205 · Post by **kayla090205** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:33 pm

Yeah, he will leave when treed by himself because most of the time that's how he trees. He doesnt like running with other dogs, even others that we own and he knows well. He has always been an independent hunting dog, even when he was young and we tried to run him with a pup trainer. He will trail with the others for a while and will tree on a smokin hot track with them but besides that he goes his own way.

houndman_1 · Post by **houndman_1** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:22 am

You might get lucky and that dog smell that cat and just snap he becomes a cat only hound. It could happen.LOL