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Mark and Robbie I agree with you, no one has it all figured out and I enjoy starting pups more than anything. Every dog is different and can react at different times with different conditions. Some of the dogs I hunt some people would never have them. It is good to see all the opinions on here as to what one can do or not do with the dogs. Several years ago there was a guy on here that Tim called from what he was posting to see if he could get some good dogs from what he was posting. When he talked to the guy he found out that he had only treed one bobcat with his dogs. Sometimes it is hard to separate the BS from what really happens. Each to their own but it sure pays to go see what everyone else is doing by going and hunting with them. There are some really good dogs and hunters out there now a days. Dewey

merlo_105 wrote:Mark I might have a spare mongrel if your board and want something to start this year... The short time I been around I have seen two sides of everyone's story's so I just leave it to hunting and not knowing ANYTHING I seem to do alright that way

Merlo, I remember when you were younger and knew so much more, in fact, I think you knew pretty much everything.

Me too.

It sure takes the pressure off when it gets OK to know nothing much. I actually was thinking about that when reading your excellent posts that headed up what is the best thread on rigging I can remember reading. There is some great information and much to be learned from your posts and other amazing posts made by some other great men on here.

Thanks for the effort it takes to share this stuff guys. Boy don't I wish I had these things to read thirty five years ago.

Thanks to all.

I think maybe one reason I like it so much is so many completely devoted people saying: "I don't know."

That might be the most important take away.

David don't be fooled of coarse I know everything hahaha, I only know what I have seen or what others have told me, that are reliable. I try to stay away from making up stories for my dogs and getting down to why that happened or why they did that and think what I can do to help or fix it. I have hunted with guys who have hunted there whole life and I have hunted with some who I think are as good as it gets. Yet the difference is the guys who do well know nothing but what they know

Just so all of you know. I know pretty much everything there is to know.

Take care.

I knew that.

A good thread just got better. Haha

I remember feeling so relieved when hunting with Finney Clay and seeing he faced the same issues I did. Only to him they were not issues. Didn't make him upset, or bother him in the least, (for example, to see a cat the dogs could not trail), it was just how things were. Or to quote C.S. Lewis from a book written in the 1930's: "It is what it is".

Those of you who think you know everything are very annoying to us who do...

Back to the barometric pressure talk, I'm no bobcat Hunter but I do study every form of hound hunting and try to apply that to my sport, I run hogs and yesterday day morning we got a great strike and had a ten mile or say chase for several hours, once it heated up and got up to about 80 degrees the dogs made a lose and had a hard time picking it up, the BP was 30.02 with and 80% humidity and high was 84 degrees, I have a running walker gyp that can really push a track pretty fast, I noticed she was opening up a lot but wasn't moving the track as fast as normal, so I slipped in and was watching her and she literally had her nose in the dirt grubbing the track out and walking with it, now me knowing my dog I knew that wasn't normal for her, I knew she want cold trailing and know how fast she can
Move on a track, I went to my truck and checked the BP and it was high, could that have been the reason why she had her nose down and in each track working/running it. After I caught her off we went to a spot where a big boar has been laying up, at 10:30 am we put down a really cold nosed dog down on his track made the night before, normally that dog has no trouble but she seemed to trail for miles and never really opened like she had a jump. Just thought I would share my observations on the BP topic.

I will share my observations from yesterday. You can't make this stuff up folks!

Saw where a stray wild cat managed to find it's way from Columbus Montana through adverse conditions and fluctuating barometric pressure, Portland hippies, barometric pressure was really "high", up in smoke there, only thing that saved his life was to reach rural Oregon only to land up at an OUSDA Convention in Canby Oregon with a bunch of cur dogs! That's pretty amazing!
Welcome to the Pacific Nothwet!

Mike

Mike, I've been called a lot of things but never a (stray wild cat) lol. Truely a great bunch of houndsmen.. Andy

Dan Edwards wrote:Always assumed cold trailin and man love were bout the same thing and I got zero desire to try either one out.

Dan,

Most times all we've got in WI is coldtrailing, but it does give me time to drink my coffee, eat my donuts and reflect on why I don't have different hobbies. It is a nice tune though when you've got a dog that can unwind an old track and heat it up.

As for the other situation, well times have never been that bad and I don't plan on going to prison to find out.

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Gunna have to take your word on that one Dan!

And yet again this thread hits on a topic I feel perfectly ok in saying I have no idea what you fine gentlemen are discussing