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Joe Asdell: Odon, IN

he was the best,

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Mark Lester

Ed Mead, One of the nicest and funniest people Ive ever been around. And he sure knows what a coon hound is.

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Paul Kieffer
Nt Ch Tuckers Blue Joleen

Chuck Cliver

I've known most of the men thats been in the hunts and shows for the last 40 yrs.
James Merchant, Tam Young and Junior Biggerstaff that bought old Table Rock Flying Hawk with Dad. Junior could get more out of a dog from the pup pin to a finished dog than anyone I've ever saw...

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Tablerock

I knew Russ Bellar was Great at a very young age 25

Sure Glad I gota hunt with Him!!!! And he started his blood line of winners, You don't have to tie'um to a tree alnight any more Russ, ( An old Story) it's not the money either!

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Originally posted by elvis
I was lucky enough to become aquainted with several great houndsmen over the years. I say lucky because they are as rare as a great hound.

Bob Burgess was the first to come into my life and really show my cocky self that I knew very little about training hounds, He taught me a lot.
I sure wish I would have thanked him properly before he passed on. RIP

Kenny Moore of Marion IN. also had a great influence on me. Kenny could make a dog the best it could be and was willing to share his knowledge with me. The 2 of us had had that rare relationship where we could critisize each others dogs and then jointly figure out how to better the dog. Thankyou Mr. Moore.

Russ Bellar has an uncanny ability of spotting a big winner before anyone else can see it, and then take the dog and prove himself right. Russ is the one that taught me that if you want somthing you have to want it worse than anyone else and be willing to work harder for it than anyone else. A more "driven" man I have never met. To know him and hunt with him makes it easier to see how one man won all those world hunts.

I had the opertunity to hunt with Jerry Winn enough to know that beneath everything else, he was a great houndsman. He could hunt with my dog one time and at the end of the night know him better than I did.

There are others that have and continue to help me learn how to become a better houndsman. I hope I can keep meeting and learning from those that know.

marv

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And Now

You Guys watch Daniel Wilson, he is just 21!

There are a lot of good hunters that are not good dog men. They buy most of their young dogs and they finish them out or pay someone else to hunt them. I have hunted with a lot of coon hunters and I think Chuck Dunlap from Fallsburg Ohio is one of the very best,if not the best.

phil davis

PHIL DAVIS white river kenel has made more top dogs (from puppy to finished hound) than anyone else i know of scamp, star, screach, SUGAR, BOGIE, sailing sadie just to list a few

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Originally posted by JiM
When you say "Dog Man", I'm thinking of someone who knows what a dog is doing everytime it barks and prolly when it isn't barking. Just a man who knows dogs. Marv Schmucker is the best dog man I know of.

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Harold Holingsworth, Hugh Eubank, As far as Knowledge. Toby Lane as far as a pup trainer and all all around hard hunter. Kevin beasley as far as beagle man and look out he switcht to coondogs and has some upcoming hounds. Lonnie Ryan was a heck of a Blue dog trainer but he quit and went to fishn to bad for you bluedogmen............

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Raymond Caswell

He knows his dogs and their pedigrees. He is a pleasure hunter but he knows the different breds and bloodlines like the back of your hand . We went to pick up a pup from him and wound up staying there talking to him for five hours. No question goes unanswered. Even though I am a beginner he treated us with the upmost respect no matter how crazy some of my questions are. He calls to see how our pup is doing and she will be a year old in March. HE is a heck of a coonhunter and now friend. All his dogs are top notch with bloodlines old and new . Its amazing to talk to him. I hope to get to hunt with him someday......

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Re: Who's The Best " Dog Man " You Have Ever Been Around?.

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Originally posted by Steve O'Brien
For me it's two guy's LONNIE HARYE of TROTTWOOD, OHIO, and the other is STEPHEN ALLEN of STOCKBRIGDE, MICH., Both talked and acted cool and calm around people and dog's. Older guy's with a ton of knowledge, and both were H-O-N-E-S-T about the dog's they had. LONNIE was CHARLIE BOTKIN'S uncle, hunted with UNCLE LONNIE a ton, and still think about him. LONNIE hunted with JR. JACKSON and DOUG JACKSON when they had a female called SOCK- EYE ( ANN), and was good friends with MAX HARSHA (BIG GAME). STEPHEN ALLEN he was an A-1 beagle man, And when I get a dog problem, I think what would STEPH or LONNIE do?, Both have passed several year's.And are missed.

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Some of you old Finley River and Lone Pine guys may have known Donald Warfield from Maryland. I bought two dogs over the years that he had owned and to this day haven't found another broke like his were, never needed a lead and could send either of them to the truck from a mile away. Wish I had the talent to teach one like that.

Chuck or Don Dunlap

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Originally posted by jason e smith
leroy penny

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II Chance

What I have seen my dad (Cliff Reffitt or II Chance, to most of you) do with a young dog. When he brought Lumber home for the first time, he had plenty of faults. He turned him into a coondog. Lumber will now lock onto a tree and you are either giving him a coon(during season) or dragging him away from the tree with his front legs crossed on the lead. When you cut him loose you better be ready to walk cause the only time you will see him again is when he is treed. Back in my younger days when he was starting his own dogs. he would spend hours just walking pups through the woods and patiently waiting till the finally took off on their own. Now we are a hunting family, Dad, Me, Amber(my 16yo daughter), and Braxton(17yo nephew).

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I am absolutely the best I ever saw . I have heard of some mo famous but I know every bark a dog ever spouted out his mouth , being a lieing dog or a truthful dog. AND , I am going to get better. Yes I am . When I can afford to put a GPS Collar on a coon that will stay charged up for a whole season so that I don't have to BS you boys .......... I, as wellas ya'll azz , can quit fantasizing and they can quit telling tarrydinkles LOL . I'm still the best I know of till somebody puts a collar on a coon and satisfy me I am incorrect about my claims.

Todd Hamilton

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lawton robinson

got the breed knows how to train a dog in any situation, hes the go to man! lots of knowledge

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Re: I knew Russ Bellar was Great at a very young age 25

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Originally posted by II Chance
Sure Glad I gota hunt with Him!!!! And he started his own blood line of winners, You don't have to tie'um to a tree alnight any more Russ, ( An old Story) it's not the money either! "Tree Ole Captain" !!

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jared lawrason

jared lawrason out of white star michigan

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dont matter the breed as long as it tracks and trees coon its the dog for me!
simpsons tree sawing blade(english coonhound)
'PR' simpsons mapleridge ranger(beagle)
'PR' simpsons molly (redbone coonhound)
'PR' simpsons stylish hardwood gypsee attack(walker coonhound)
"PR' Simpsons hardwood dixie attack (walker)
simpsons ramblin banjo(bluetick)
'PR' Simpson"s night train Riley(b&t)

ill agree with jim on this one marv schmucker is a good pic and i would say that as far as getting one RIGHT and fine tuning one i would have to throw todd wahl into the mix him and marv are a very good team, Brian whitted keeps one the healthiest and takes dang good care of his hounds

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Honesty wins hunts

bobby harrell

bobby harrell and ole hangup was pretty good but my dad floyd bouldin showed me the most a dog wood open and dad would beat him to the tree

best dog man

Jason Hart

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