Tom Jones
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Registered: Apr 2006
Location: DEEP FORK VALLEY, OKLAHOMA
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Re: HUNT
quote: Originally posted by Darren Hollis
It really can be frustrating to hunt a young dog all alone. Some wont hunt very good at first and you may not tree many coons. My opinion is that one coon treed alone is worth more than 10 coons treed with another hound. You can also evaluate your breeding stock and know exactly what you have got. That includes good traits and faults. When your hound is packing , how do you know how well he can run a track? How well does he tree without another dog? Ive seen blowdown treedogs with company be sorry tree dogs alone!! Do they really leave in a dead run looking for a coon or are they racing to stay ahead of another dog you just turned loose with him? Can they locate the right tree in a timely fashion? Will those ALL-NIGHT tree dogs stay treed ALL-NIGHT ALONE? Will he go hunting with another hound whining or barking in the dog box? Lots of questions can be answered. I have bought and got rid of several dogs over the last two years trying to get the right prospect and they are hard to find for sure. If I get one with the grit, drive, heart, desire, or whatever we want to label it, put it in the woods alone and see what i got. I am lucky that I have a 15 yr old son that loves to hunt and we go just me and him for the most part. I used to just sit out there alone but this makes it better. I see that old question about when a bluetick will win the world hunt and I know that with the right breaks one should have already won it. Hunt em hard and alone and take them to town and it will happen. JMO Darren Gerald, lookin forward to a little mad-dog!!
Great post Mr. Hollis, once one has this type and can answer yes to all the above he will learn more from that hound then any many could teach him. I might add that a hound like this once they have a lil age on them, you can still go hunt with your buddies. Send their hounds down the creek one direction and after theyre struck and runnin send the COONDAWG the other way. Pretty fun espially when the coondawg goes and gets treed and has him then you send him into tree the other hounds coon for em lol
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