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Posted by shadinc on 03-16-2019 07:49 PM:

So, we don't know new tracks from old tracks. All we know is if our dog can move them or not.

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Posted by Reuben on 03-16-2019 08:00 PM:

A friend of mine On his way to work early one morning saw a big boar hog cross the road about 6 am...after work he went straight home and got his best weems bred Plott hound and put the dog on the track and he took it...it was around 5 pm...he didn’t get his dog back until the next day but he had that hog stopped...this was back in the early 1980s...

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Posted by Preacher Tom on 03-16-2019 08:35 PM:

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Originally posted by shadinc
So, we don't know new tracks from old tracks. All we know is if our dog can move them or not.


Exactly what I meant when I said we only know good tracks from bad tracks, no real idea how old. Even if the animal was seen crossing the road hours before, we don't know for sure if it went on or stayed in the immediate area. One thing I have personally experienced is seeing a coon cross a road and turning the dogs loose and them not being able to figure the track out. Probably just sorry dogs (I have had a lot more of them than good dogs) but it sure has happened.

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Posted by DL NH on 03-16-2019 09:49 PM:

Guess if you really wanted to know you could live trap a coon, release it and note the time. Go back with your dog an hour or two or 3, however long you want to wait. Keep the dog on leash and walk along the track for as far as you saw the coon go anyways and see if the dog opens.

Most coon I've released in the past, if carried away a few miles before releasing, will go quite a distance provided they aren't being run right away.

Some might find their dog isn't quite as cold nosed as they thought??

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