scent hound, sight hound, or both?

[eskinner45]

So just looking at the terrain I have and the access to land that I have which is 300000 acres of open rolling hills and breaks on walk in only land. Would it work to run two scent hounds with two sight hounds trailing along on the track until they jump the coyote and the sight hounds could then finish the chase once they can see the coyote? Would that work or would it make more sense to have either scent hounds or sight hounds?

[gameganster530]

Once the animal is jumped the scent dogs are most likely using sight in my opinion I would run them together isn't gonna hurt anything

[eskinner45]

It wouldnt run the sight hounds down having to trail with the scenthounds theyd still have enough left in the tank to make the catch?

[eskinner45]

Also would it work with one of each?

[Dan McDonough]

Coyote is a pack game for the reason that the coyote is not only smart but a good fighter and usually a pretty good judge of dogs. By the last part I mean to say that in fairly short order the coyote will stop and confront the dog to see if it really has to run that hard. In many cases a good hard coyote will turn a dog away from fighting. Many dogs will stand there and wait fir the coyote to run again so they can chase it again. Not very efficient in my opinion but that's if your looking to kill a bunch. If you just want to gun them or listen to the dogs chase then it's just fine. The smaller coyotes won't be a problem for a decently tough dog but the big males will.

The other option is to get a tough as nails beagle and bump them along, walk in from the down wind side and use either the sighthounds or the gun to try and end the show. There's more than one way to do it and if your going to be by yourself a lot you'll have to come up with something that works for you.

[hillbilly boy]

Have you ever done this with a beagle I would think you would just get a good dog killed

[Dan Edwards]

You wont catch coyotes with beagles.