What makes a houndsmen the real deal?

[shawn cole]

joking around but man you must tired out do you get any time for personal breeding(joking again) we are all houndsman we got hounds right enough said we do it for the same as the dogs if it aint in ya you wont last long

[Big Mike]

What makes a houndsman the real deal is when you go out scattered your dogs all over the mountain chasing some kind of critter, ride all day and most of the night finding the the SOB's fall off a cliff, wreck your truck, get your a$$ chewed by the mrs. when you get home at 2am.

What seperates the real deal from the poser is the poser is smart enough to stay home the next couple of days. A true houndsman is stupid enough to go right back and do it again!!!

[halfbreed]

hell i know it shawn . i don;t do much breedin anymore . been a bone a fried batchelor the last 20 years . my 5th last wife was a vet tech and she could only make it a couple years before i had to cull er . after that i just gave up . now i'm gettin as to where when i go out chasen the ladies i'd be so tired by the time i caught one i wouldn't be able to skin er out it's middle of deer season rite now and me and the dogs are justed kicked back till after the first of the year .a much needed rest . and i ain't got nothin again you northern boys my baby brother has been a bone a fried pennsylvanian for years now . i cain't even understand him anymore must be a launguage barrier of some sort . ya'll take care . MR. WHITEN

[J.Jonet]

@halfbreed,if you were to read my first ssentence thought and opinions do you understand now that was my opinion no matter what a person post on here you will offend somebody now i wasn't pointing fingers at anyone or disrespecting you,that is your opinion and want to have 20 dogs and in my thought i don't need the high numbers that is my opinion,other than that if i wanted to run hogs and if you would invite me down to hunt them with you i mite take a ride if i had nothing to do and for knots on the head they wont be on mine but maybe on yours from trippen and hitten yours on the ground trying to keep up with me.lol Settle down old timer kidden around

[outlaw13]

I believe it is the quality of hound that the person keeps. Anyone can keep dogs that catch once in a while but it takes someone special to raise a pack of hounds that anyone would love to run cuz there dogs are the real deal. Reguardless of size. So i guess in short a houndsmen is the real deal if his dogs are the real deal year after year after year.

[cobalt]

My opininion is; a "real deal" houndmen is someone who, over a period of several years, catches the target game they are after with hounds consistently and who generally knows a lot about the game, the country and what the dogs they are hunting are doing.
To me, it doesn't matter what class of person they are, high or low. That is a different topic (maybe "quality real deal" houndmen). I've been around "real deal" houndsmen that do not impress me as to the way they treat their animals or anything else for that matter, but by golly they caught game and lots of it. Do I think highly of them? No, but that's beside the point.

[halfbreed]

jonet i weren't emplyin that i would put knots on ya head just passin on what my granpappy told me . of corse i didn't listen for years and had many knots to prove it . most from him . i don't ever git offended but will voice my opinion as well hell most times i make everybody mad . just ask my last 5 wives. and you and them plotts is welcome to come down anytime . my baby brother 43 is coming in from penn. in july i hope it ain't to extreem next summer to get him out some . pickin up a new 6000 acre ranch this year will have plenty of room .

[lepcur]

my answer to this would be the dedication one has for their hounds. Whether you can hunt every day or just a couple days a week. When a person will put those dogs as their priority above all else, except for family of course. If you are going to have hounds they cannot be a hobby like golfing where you take your clubs out of the garage when you feel like playing. A real houndsperson makes owning hounds a commitment. My dogs come before me. I buy their food before I buy food for myself. They eat before I eat. I set aside money to make sure I can take them out hunting before I buy myself what I may want or need. It is not about how much game you put in the tree or how many dogs you feed. It is about doing the best you can with what you got and not throwing in the towel when times get tough and game is slim. A real houndsperson keeps going no matter what and keeps that commitment to their dogs. I also think a real houndsperson has respect for the game they hunt and doesn't need to prove themselves by harvesting everything they tree, but practices good conservation and management of that game.

Couldn't have said it any better myself Tessa, X2

[mr.doghuntn]

my grandfather Boone Shockley i belive was a true houndsman we have ran a lot of dogs but right now i run two and id say i'll put them and what i've learned from my grandfather up against any 40 dogs out there. i think it takes a combination of dog and handler. its great to have a dog with a good nose, stamina, and no fear but the human should be able to control their dogs. my grandpa disliked nothing worse then a person with a mess of out of control dogs, i know if u were looking to get a dog from him having no control over the ones you already own would get you right off the list for owning one of his. we breed some preaty headstrong dogs and if you arn't in this game heart and soul they will take complete advantage. me and my dogs are team, we get one up together and go home tierd and happy or we run all day and just go home tierd together. i think i fit in this catagorey but its just an opinion.

[dwalton]

What makes a houndman or woman? I think in all walks of life when you meet one good at what he does you will know it. A look at his dogs, how he handles them, why is he hunting them, the respect for the game and the respect that he has for others. Dewey

[DOITALL]

Good answer Dwalton,I know here in the east if you ask a bear most bear hunters about their hunt it all about the kill or how many they kill.Seems like you always have to ask about the dogs ect...

[Oldmanindeepsnow]

To me a real houndsmen might not have the best dogs. but he has the best he can afford. Be it bloodlines for puppies or started ones. He is always striving to make them better
After a hard day of hunting even though he is tired and cold stiff and sore he takes care of his dogs and if he has a horse everybody is fed and put to bed before he takes care of himself.

[shawn cole]

well said old man