Getting started on coon hunting

[k_canterbury]

K_Canterbury,

If your young hounds have already caught coons and a few bobcats you definitely have something you can work with into the future. You are rather fortunate to have started out so recently and already have had success with your own dogs that you raised. Most don't see a such a fast turn around/pay off when getting started in hounds. I know I sure didn't. If you keep hunting these dogs they can only get better since they're off to such a good start.

Seems like they have a high dose of natural drive/ability to trail and tree critters. That is one of the most important ingredients of all in a prospective hunting hound.

I appreciate it I have been very fortunate on where I am able to run them I have friends, neighbors, and farmers around me and no pressure on the Coons or bobcats several farmers grow corn in the summer are right on the river and Coons are thick. Out my back door I have bobcats and had issues with them killing my ducks and chickens and nobody hunts them no there is no pressure well wasn't until my girls decided they like running bobcats just not as much as coon. It has been a blast getting out with my daughter I just recently picked her up a bluetick walker cross so I might be nuts but figured my young hounds are showing alot of promise and with all the area I have why not . I just can't tell everyone on here how much I appreciate the help and encouraging words.

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[david]

I know I make mistakes every time I'm out but my daughter and dogs don't see my faults she still goes out with me every day after work to get them exercise and she helps feed them and clean kennels. No I am not a houndsmen by any means I am just a guy with hounds who enjoys being in the woods with my wife and daughter as much as I can just happen to enjoy having my mutts along with me.

That right there is some good stuff sir. Could be the makings of an awesome country song about what really matters. Congratulations on your progress and great success. It took me a lot longer than it has taken you. A lot longer. And I am still not a Houndsmen by any means. It's just an excuse to behold the face of God; like you do when you walk with your wife and daughter in His creation.
Blessings on you and all you love.

[VARMIT HUNTER]

Don't worry about coon slayer it's easy to figure out he is an anti hunter that somehow got on the site. I've met houndsmen that had little formal education but never one that was that much of an idiot. Sounds like you're having fun that's all that matters.

Keep up the good work on those crossbreds, I hunt crossbreds myself and tree mostly coons and a few Bobcats here and there and on occasion my extra trashy depression era sportsmen hounds, catch a few coon and cats on the ground, they are extra on the trashy side. LOL this Coon slayer fella or not he may be gender neutral who knows for sure these days. is living proof out crosses need to be made on occasion, double 1st cousins mating is okay once in a while yet to much close line and inbreeding leads to hard culling needing to take place. Just look at California and other retard states for living proof in real time

and ya'll thought I was talking about dog breeding.

[walkerblacktan]

His mom is the best sister he could ever ask for

[Bobby Winn]

Man!! I finally read all of this thread waiting to post at the end. This guy reminds me of the movie we grew up watching “Where the Red Fern Grows”. Remember the two knot heads and how ole Billy’s dogs showed them up? Sounds awfully familiar. People like that give me more motivation to prove wrong. I started 6 years ago with a free dog off the local classifieds (bayed up on a feral cat at 6 months old). That would have put me @32 years old (guess I shouldn’t have even tried at that age), I have 5 daughters and everyone of them love the minute that we’re loading the dogs. Four of them while growing up have been on mine and my buddies shoulders for countless nights till 2-3:00 in the morning. I guess I just run mutts, and I’ve never claimed to be a houndsman because of guys like you. If you need pictures for proof google has plenty. My mutts and me have had plenty of lions in the tree and I quit counting the coons. K_canterbury, keep up the hard work and keep the family involved. I can’t wait to teach some grandkids or other kids in need of gettin off their ass and goin outside with my mutts.

[1bludawg]

Coonslayer, what kind of advice is that? It's not even constructive criticism.

[307hounds]

Self proclaimed coonslayer* is an idiot Haha I got two pup that are my first. my black and tan loves chasing coons my bluetickxWalker doenst enjoy it as much as a stray cats with bobcat scent. (Had a problem with strays trapped a couple used for training no cats were harmed) but not as hard as my b&t it depends on the dog and theres not many coon where I live but we still run em and catch a couple it's good for the dog so they know to chase mine are gunna be bobcat more than anything. Hopefully. But its still a blast chasing coons. Caging a coon will make them dependent on you I learned that also drags are good for puppies but they'll eventually just fallow your foot steps cause they know what's at the end of it I let them play with a dead coonskin every now and agin so they think it's a game (not sure if that's bad or not) just train them and they all come around and like people say patiance is key. Teaching kids about the outdoors is so important so they can preserve it for the future. Coonslayer please take your dumbass somewhere Els if anyone gives houndsmen a bad name is people like you who just trash talk and badmouth everything

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