Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Central Michigan
Posts: 6543

I have to admit for the last 40 years I have been blessed. I have had several dogs that never ran any trash, and the most of the others were fairly easy to break. My last two, a mother and daughter, were broke on level 3 and 4 on my Garmin respectively.

I find my self in new territory. My current female will cold trail deer a long ways before jumping it. I don't have a problem knowing it is trash after it is jumped. I had a buddy asked me why don't I check the speed she is running on the Garmin. I said I rarely use the Garmin for anything other than tracking. I'm not a gadget guy. According to my sons, it is because I'm old.

Anyway, I don't have a clue as to what speed would indicate a potential trash issue. Does anyone have any experience with typical track speeds? I did check out her track speed in the middle of a track last night, and it was 11-12 mph. Isn't track speed on a Garmin an average?

Yes, while it is still the rut, my whole focus is switching to trash breaking. I'm not so sure the way I have done it in the past is going to work as well this time. I'm open to all suggestions. I do have an extensive library of training books and I will be revisiting them.

If coon dogs were boring, I probably wouldn't still be hunting them.lol

Thanks for any info.

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Larry Atherton

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