Anyone hunt with hounds? If so what do you hunt and what type hounds? I coonhunt on occasion and hunt treeing walkers and my daughter owns a bluetick. I'd like to hunt some big game with hounds (bear mtn lion bobcat) or even hog hunt with hounds. Show pics if ya have any ill see if I can dig some up.
Anyone hunt with hounds?
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gcreekrch
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Just goin' to the dogs here. :lol:
Fletch
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I coon hunt with walker hounds, here is a photo from last Friday with my grandson. He is 8 years old and shot out two coons that night.
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Puzzled
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I know this is so old the pictures don't show up anymore. But, I had one hound that was pretty adept at climbing a tree.
Prior to when a I got her she had been used on bear, cats etc. I did not use my dogs on bear, just coon and cats, both
the short tailed and long tailed. But would never even have imagined something like this happening..
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Prior to when a I got her she had been used on bear, cats etc. I did not use my dogs on bear, just coon and cats, both
the short tailed and long tailed. But would never even have imagined something like this happening..
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Faster horses
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I know this is so old the pictures don't show up anymore. But, I had one hound that was pretty adept at climbing a tree.
Prior to when a I got her she had been used on bear, cats etc. I did not use my dogs on bear, just coon and cats, both
the short tailed and long tailed. But would never even have imagined something like this happening..
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WOW.That was really something. I wonder how the dog made out falling that far???Puzzled
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I wondered about that myself. It looks like he could have taken that dog a good 20'-30' up that tree.
Was a straight fall, no limbs to bounce off of. The bear was getting tired, don't think he could have towed
that dog much further. I know a dogs teeth can get tangled in a cows tail sometimes and they can't get loose.
But I'm not sure a dogs teeth would get tangled in bear fur, that hound was a bit tenacious.
Was a straight fall, no limbs to bounce off of. The bear was getting tired, don't think he could have towed
that dog much further. I know a dogs teeth can get tangled in a cows tail sometimes and they can't get loose.
But I'm not sure a dogs teeth would get tangled in bear fur, that hound was a bit tenacious.
deff
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I used to coon hunt but am 70 and getting a bit too stove up to stumble around through the brush in the dark anymore! I've run Black and Tans, Plotts, Blueticks and had a Matthes. I currently have a Bluetick that is head of ranch security whenever she's not sleeping on the couch. We were losing some calves and had incidences of cattle stampeding through fences this past year. Last month, my hound treed a mountain lion a hundred yards from the house. We haven't had any further problems since! Unlike the cow dogs, my cows tolerate hounds near their calves. She likes to run interference when I'm checking cows and chases off any coyotes she finds near our calving grounds. Since last spring, hounds-men harvested 6 black bears and 4 mountain lions in this neighborhood (about a 6 square mile area). This past week, we spotted several Wolf tracks crossing one of my hay fields. Seems there is always something prowling around to be uneasy about! I'm attempting to post a picture of a big Tom my youngest son got last month.
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Puzzled
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Your pictures came through. That cougar has a nice looking head, and he looks a little bit miffed about having to climb a tree
Sounds like your Bluetick is pretty much an all-around ranch dog. It is really helpful to have a dog like that.
A couple of my hounds enjoyed going with the Border Collies to help with cows, they didn't really know much about herding,
but I loved the the sound effects they provided.
The one Bluetick I had was Sugar Creek & Grant bloodlines, came out of Kansas as a puppy, and got to be 110 lbs. in running shape.
Read a book that Steve Matthes wrote, enjoyed it very much. I got the impression he had some really nice dogs.
Lost my last hound about ten years ago. She was a Black and Tan I bought from a guy in western Montana. Except for her
occasionally being cross with other dogs, she was an easy dog to train.
Sounds like your Bluetick is pretty much an all-around ranch dog. It is really helpful to have a dog like that.
A couple of my hounds enjoyed going with the Border Collies to help with cows, they didn't really know much about herding,
but I loved the the sound effects they provided.
The one Bluetick I had was Sugar Creek & Grant bloodlines, came out of Kansas as a puppy, and got to be 110 lbs. in running shape.
Read a book that Steve Matthes wrote, enjoyed it very much. I got the impression he had some really nice dogs.
Lost my last hound about ten years ago. She was a Black and Tan I bought from a guy in western Montana. Except for her
occasionally being cross with other dogs, she was an easy dog to train.
One Sunday just after I got home from church the neighbor called. He said he had the world's stupidest cougar in a tree in his yard. Cat up a tree with Border Collies surrounding it. My theory is the cat spotted a dog in his yard and figured on dog for lunch. Only got surprised to find 12 assorted cow dogs to greet him. It wasn't a very big cat but he didn't get to get any bigger.
Puzzled
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Love the pictures. There isn't much a Border Collie can't do. And two of them are not something to take lightly.
They take lookin after the ranch serious. One less cat to worry about come calving time.
They take lookin after the ranch serious. One less cat to worry about come calving time.
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After reading and seeing all that,that old thread was worth reviving
I know there is 12 dogs. But I don't know the Corgi was in on this. But the Idaho Shag and 2 Shag/Border collie crosses were there. That leaves 8 Border Collies. I shot a Cougar across from my driveway a couple weeks later. A Chukar hunter shot one about a mile west of my place about the same time. Altogether I knew of 8 cats shoot in the neighborhood that winter. Never heard of anyone having trouble with them and calves. But they sure are hard on the deer population.
Puzzled
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Same here, the cougar work on the deer and elk, and will get into sheep and goats, but don't know of anyone having lost calves to them.
If cougars swear, I bet that one was.
If cougars swear, I bet that one was.
deff
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I think that we might have lost some late calves to a cougar last spring although I can't entirely rule out coyotes. I was dropping hay in a bale ring every third day and tagging the calves that came following to the feed ground. I had 16 calves in the tally book but only found 10 when we gathered to brand them. We were busy with the other spring work so I'll admit I wasn't watching them near as close as I should have been! We looked all over for the missing calves and didn't find a trace so I'm assuming they were packed off. The fall before, when we weaned calves, we had a major break out with the weaning lot fence smashed down which wasn't all that unusual, but then they then proceeded to crash through at least 6 other fences before stopping several miles away. In over 50 years, I had never seen them get that worked up before! This year, we weaned soon after the lion was shot in our yard, the calves were quiet and contented throughout the weaning process, no problems at all. I doubt that it was just a coincidence! When my cows spot a bear, they gang up on it and chase it off. When they see or smell a mountain lion, they stampede away. They appear to totally ignore coyotes. I've yet to see their response to wolves and hope to remain blissfully ignorant about that!
jodywy
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when we find lion tracks, we got 3-4 outfits to call and bring hounds.
jodywy
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oh and usually there no charge for the hounds, they want work for them, they make the money from outfitters.
Puzzled
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Did you know that even the biggest, toughest hounds start out little ?
