davemc
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It was opening night of coon season here in western NY. This was my first hunt with Jet since I brought him home. As I walked out to the kennel to get Jet. My son Jordan asked me when was the last time I had Chief out. I told him its been close to a year. Jordan responded with poor old Chief. I told Jordan to grab a lead and bring the old fellow along. My plan was to hunt Jet by himself, But with the extra pair of young legs, It would be nice to get Chief out. 1st dump Chief fell treed at 250 yards and Jet backed. The tree was a big Maple covered with Grape vines. We couldn't find the coon. The coon could have been their, But I felt they missed. We walked the dogs about 30 yards from the tree, and cut them lose. Chief did a 180 and headed back toward the tree, and fell treed again. Jet backed him with in a second or two. I broke off a switch on my way to them. The plan was to cut them off the tree with a swat on their butts. Much to my surprise they had treed about 10 t0 15 feet from the first tree, and had the coon. We rolled it out, and JET got his first taste of a NY coon. We walked back to the Unit [side by side] and cut lose in the opposite direction. Chief struck at 375 yards. Jet stuck in on the same track at 400 yards. They took the track about 400 yards in a small u out of the woods into a corn field, and treed at about 500 yards from us on the edge of the woods and corn field. Chief treed first, with Jet seconds behind him. We hoped in the Unit and drove around to them. We had to drive about a half mile from them, Then back towards them. We drove up to within 40 yards from the tree. Both dogs where stretched out treeing shoulder to shoulder. They had the coon. It was a pretty sight, and they both where milking it. 3rd drop Jet stuck at 250 yard and Chief joined in. They took the track 400 yards, and where headed toward the road. we jumped in the unit and drove over to the road they thy was headed for. Wen we got their Jet was about 40 yards a head of Chief going up a ditch with a creek in it along the side of the road. I grabbed Jet, And Jordan grabbed Chief. Jordan had to get up at 430 am for work so we called it a night.
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