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Hey guys, new to the forum... few questions.

Has anyone used Wilcox / St. Nick bred English dogs on bobcats? I've got a couple that are jam up coon dogs and wondered what the chances are of changing them over on bobcats. I'm possibly moving out west and believe there's a better bobcat population then coon population there. I lived there when I was a kid and ran some them, good fun! I do think bob's are the most challenging game to tree but lots of fun with a good long chase if I remember correctly.

What do bobcat hides bring now? Post some pic.'s of your dogs treed with bobcats... would love to see them. Thanks for any info. helping me possibly getting back into bobcat hunting.

dk

Your moving out West, but that leaves a pretty big area for us to consider for your dogs. Where exactly are you thinking of going?

As far as there being more bobcat that coon, again, it really depends on where you are going. Much of even the "West" would probably report a greater number of over all coon than bobcat in their state.

As far as using English on the cats, you wont know till you try them. Again, the type of dog needed is really going to change from one part of the West to another part. There are some spots in the rocks where the only dog that could possibly catch a cat would have to be a silent dog.
There are spots on the Northwest coast where those little cats snake through tunnels in the brush, and if your dog is not small, there is no way you are going to be able to stay up on them.

There also are places where those English might just be the ticket in some open country where some nose could sure help. Some of the best dogs for catching bobcat that I have found in my life of looking did not have one bobcat dog in their background. It can happen, but it is rare. If they are the type dogs that need nothing more than a scent trail to be happy, they probably wont work. A dog that catches any number of bobcats has to want that cat in sight with every ounce of his being. If they are more tree dog than track dog, they might not work either. If you are climbing up and down on hands and knees for two hours to get to a tree and it ends up being slick, you will get my point.

If you move west, it is a great place for dogs. If your dogs are not cut out for bobcat, you will surely find some that are. There is some great coon hunting in parts of the west, and you might find enough of them to stay happy with coon. In some areas folks are so focused on big game you might be the only one hunting those coon. Your life will be easier, you will have a lot more money, and your wife will be happier if you can stay satisfied with coon.

We wish you the best.

Sheridan WY area.... thats where I grew up.... treed plenty of coon, but when I moved to Indiana I found out what thick meant when talking about coons.... pretty spoiled here with coons.

dk

houndsound wrote:Sheridan WY area.... thats where I grew up.... treed plenty of coon, but when I moved to Indiana I found out what thick meant when talking about coons.... pretty spoiled here with coons.

dk

Oh, OK. Well I bet you got some very fine lion dogs there, in fact, I would bet big money you got all you need to catch those big wyoming lion, and you will surely have some fun with it. I think also that if the snow is about up to the dogs chest, soft and not cutting up their feet, you will be able to catch you some bobcats too. Try to find areas to hunt them that are not near verticle rock formations. They might prove good in other conditions as well. If they dont, there have sure been alot of bobcats caught in wyoming with the Nance bred Walkers.

DK contact Dean Carrel or Bill Ziegler down that way for your hound needs. Dean lives down by Worland. You will not be disappointed with either gentlemen or the hounds they run.

Sheridan is good country my oldest son lives there and lots of bobs if you got the dog power. Schoonie on here lives close in Buffalo and he has the right brand of dogs for them cats for sure.

i hope they're fast, i holled up a ton in that area, but was green back then, and not enough education on cats at the school of crazyvill, but a good fast dog that will pick it head up on a hot one should be able to push hard enough to make them tree before they find a badger hole 3 countys away,don't ask,lol