Breaking sent

[scrubrunner]

It was hot and dry one summer and we were all having trouble jumping fox. Two fellas I know acquired a supposedly extremely cold nosed dog but the man told them it would trail a deer as likely as a fox. When they got to the woods they decided to send (cast) him up the main grade. One of them pulled out a bottle of Boatman deer breaking scent and proceeded to spray it all over the dogs face and head. The other fella ask, what is that and what are you doing? It's deer breaking scent so I figure if he smells deer every where he goes he won't be able to trail one. The other fella said, I don't think that's the way it's supposed to work. That ole hound hit the ground wide open, opening every breath headed north up the main grade right on out of hearing, never to be heard or seen again

[floridacathunter]

Hey scrubrunner, looks like I'm just follerin you around, but I just had to share this dog breaking story. In the early 60's my hunting buddy had a big tall, blackbacked July, named Red. Ol Red could, and would, run any thing to death. His owner was having problems with Red's coon running habits. One day he read an article in The Red Ranger, telling how to break a hound from running deer. It said you get a barrel, put the dog, and a fresh deer hide in the barrel,fasten the lid, and roll it down a long, steep hill. the Hound gets sick from spining ,and associates the sickness with the smell of the deer hide. Old Bill figured if it'd work on a deer it'd work on a coon. A few problems came up. We didnt know where to get a wooden barrel, so we opted for a 55 gallon drum, cut a hole in the side for a door, hinged it, and welded on a hasp. Problems solved? no way, He lived in south Florida, near Homestead,The nearest hill was a hundred miles north.Project goes back to the drawing board for a while. Bill called one night, explaining a workable solution he came up with all on his own, or so he claimed. He lived in a thick stand of Pines, and had found two trees the proper distance apart,he drove two short pieces of 1"pipe into the trees, and braised 2 short pieces of 3/4 pipe on the top and bottom of the drum. The drum was then fitted between the two trees about waist high . The drum was horizontal between the trees and would spin, just like a barrel rolling down a hill. Problem solved. All we needed was a fresh coon hide, which Ol Red was glad to help provide. The day for the "Great Breaking" was set. Something happened I had to go out of town, and couldn't be there when it took place,but as soon as I got home I called for the results. Heres how it went, Bill loaded Ol Red, the fresh coon hide, and several, orange size, coral rocks, into the barrel, secured the lid, and started spinning. He said he spun that barrel until he gave out. I asked him if it seemed to help Ol Reds coon running. He said he wasnt sure, but he would bet a hundred dollars to any three men in Florida,that they couldnt put Ol Red back in that drum. We later found out it didn't break Ol Red... I'll hush now, John