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Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 05-14-2012 09:03 PM:

LEWISTON, Idaho -- A man says he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in eastern Washington state, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand.

Mica Craig says he was shopping in the outdoor garden department of a Clarkston store when he was bitten Saturday. The 47-year-old man says it latched onto his hand and that he screamed, shook loose the snake and stomped it to death.

Dustin, better keep your eyes open!!!!! lol

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Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 05-14-2012 11:30 PM:

Posted by Dustin Myers on 05-15-2012 04:53 AM:

Luckily we ain't got no Rattlers this far north.

Looks like that pup has Frosty's big blocky head.

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Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 05-25-2012 06:31 PM:

7 weeks old today

Posted by JRowe on 05-25-2012 07:37 PM:

Fine looking pups!!!!!!!! They got names yet....

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Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 05-25-2012 08:10 PM:

the one i'm keeping is going to be called Gibson's Sunset
"PISTOL ANNE"

Posted by Dustin Myers on 05-25-2012 09:23 PM:

They're looking good. Nice big heads.

Posted by terry_goforth on 06-06-2012 10:16 AM:

Dustin

You need to come out to Oaks won time. Its some thing to see.

Posted by Dustin Myers on 06-18-2012 04:37 AM:

Terry, I'd love to come see one of the big hunts sometime. It's on my list of things to do someday.

Posted by Dustin Myers on 06-18-2012 04:52 AM:

We finally got the snow to melt enough to get into some of our better hunting country. Got a bear treed on Saturday. Trenton walked into his first tree without having to be carried.

Posted by ddavidson on 06-18-2012 05:00 AM:

Nice

Awesome Shot!!
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Posted by BIGCASTLEDAWGS on 06-19-2012 02:11 AM:

WAY COOL!

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Originally posted by Dustin Myers
We finally got the snow to melt enough to get into some of our better hunting country. Got a bear treed on Saturday. Trenton walked into his first tree without having to be carried.

Way to GO Trenton! Good Job!

Fantastic picture!

HappyHunting Heather and Bob

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Posted by caney on 06-19-2012 03:54 AM:

that is a great picture. that little man likes that im sure. dont burn him out in that big country. take care hounds look good.

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Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 06-29-2012 04:39 AM:

I know you've taken more than one picture???

Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 06-29-2012 04:50 AM:

Before I begin I want to say that in this post I will be describing my opinions of the Lightfoot hounds I have owned, bred, or hunted with. Other people may have different opinions of the hounds they have hunted with. My goal is simply to describe our hounds as accurately as I can, and in no way do I intend to offend anyone.

The Lightfoot hounds we have bred and hunted out west, in my opinion would fall into the category of cold nosed, trailing type hounds. They have good track speed compared to most other hounds I’ve hunted with. Although I have hunted with a couple of other hounds over the years that were faster. The typical Idaho Lightfoot hound that we have produced over the last several years was physically and mentally tough, with good athletic ability and endurance to make long hard races. They are the type of hound that handles extreme conditions and rough terrain well. Most of them have the ability to cold trail and can do a way better than average job of it, compared to most of the hounds I have hunted with.

They naturally tend to be hounds that have the meat when they tree and won’t lead you to a bunch of empty trees. That doesn’t mean they never tree wrong, because it does happen on occasion. Some of the more tree minded individuals will make a few slick trees when they are young, but they all seem to get it figured out relatively easy with a little correction and experience. When you have to walk up and down these mountains to get to their trees, they had better not be wrong very often. Years ago I had gotten rid of a couple hounds from some of the different bloodlines I had tried, because they treed wrong a little more than I wanted to put up with. I have not had this problem since I started hunting Lightfoot hounds.

Another characteristic that these hounds have been known for, is being hard headed hounds with lots of drive, but not always the best handling. They seemed to be the worst when it’s time to go hunting and turn them loose. Getting them out of the dog box and putting collars on them often consisted of a few right hooks to the head, several cuss words, and the occasional roll in the snow. LOL. Some hunters don’t mind this, and admire the drive and determination of a hard headed hound. Others would prefer a hound with a little better handling.

Over the last couple generations there have been a couple of characteristics that we have been working toward improving to produce the type of hounds that we wanted to hunt. Our goal has always been to breed for the type of hound that we wanted to hunt, and have not worried about breeding for what might sell better to the public. We have never chased titles or the flavor of the month. That being said, we went against the conventional wisdom of breeding for big game dogs, when we made our last outcross. The dog that we felt had the most characteristics to help us improve on the things we wanted to improve on, was Gr Nt Ch Gibson’s Sunset Luke. The fact that he was a Gr Nt had nothing to do with our decision. Breeding to a titled coon dog would probably turn off more big game hunters that it would impress. But regardless of that we felt Luke was the right dog, from an outstanding litter of top hounds. On top of that was the fact that he was owned by a top notch guy in Randy Gibson. A couple of the things we hoped to get from breeding to Luke was to improve the handling of our dogs and settle them down at the tree a little.

My partner Brian and I are now in our second generation after making this outcross and we have been very pleased with the results. We have gotten hounds with more than enough drive and determination. While we have definitely noticed an improvement in their overall handling. We have also picked up a little extra track speed and quickness. The Luke dogs are stay put pressure tree dogs, that are a little more settled down and less rambunctious at the tree, as far as bouncing around and chewing goes, than our hounds were before we bred to him. We are in the process of selecting the individuals from these litters that have improved in the traits we wanted them to, while still carrying the good characteristics that have made the Lightfoot hounds work so well for us. So far it’s working great and we like the young hounds we have coming up as well or better than anything we have had. We will now go about crossing those hounds back and forth on each other to lock up the advancements in the bloodline that we have worked so hard to achieve.

Randy and his gang back east seem to be having good success with similar type Luke/Lightfoot crosses, and they have several nice young hounds themselves. We have developed a good relationship/friendship through working together for the advancement of both bloodlines, and we will continue to do so in the future. When good people with good hounds work together, everyone benefits, has more fun, and jealousy and egos tend to not be a problem.

We don’t have much for coon, and I’ve never seen a lion or bear just laying up in a tree. But if they did, I’m quite confident these hounds would be supreme “Layup Artists” LOL. Just kidding. I have no idea what type of layup dogs they would be, as my coon hunting experience is fairly limited.

We have been fortunate enough to get pretty good percentages out of most of the crosses we make. This doesn’t mean they all walk on water. But if the majority of them can consistently get the job done we want them to do, we feel it was a success. Of course even with the best laid plans there are still the occasional culls. When we get a cull we don’t sell them or give them away, we cull them like I believe responsible breeders should do. As it says in my signature “Our goal isn’t to produce the highest number of hounds we can. It is to produce the highest percentage, of the highest quality of hounds we can.”

Thank you for reading. I hope this answered most of your questions. If you have anymore I will try to answer them the best I can.

Dustin

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Posted by Dustin Myers on 06-29-2012 07:04 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by RANDY GIBSON
I know you've taken more than one picture???

Well here's one I got off my cell phone.

Trenton with mom and dad under the bear tree.

Posted by Dustin Myers on 06-29-2012 07:22 AM:

As much as Trenton likes being around the hounds. We decided it was time for a family dog that didn't have to be tied up all the time and Trenton could play with. So rather than let the wife bring home some ankle biting, yappy little thing that I couldn't stand. I spent more money than I've even spent on a pup and drove to the middle of Montana to get a German Shorthair. I've been training hounds for 20 years, and now I'm going to have to buy a video to learn how to train a bird dog. LOL

Trenton and Solo

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Posted by Timberdog English on 06-29-2012 08:34 AM:

DUSTIN MYERS

so well put

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Posted by Dustin Myers on 07-02-2012 05:49 AM:

We treed one on Saturday. It was a pretty cold track and we weren't able to get everybody going on it. Three of the older dogs, Sandy, Gambler, Stifler, and one younger dog, Chrome, got it figured out and cold trailed it out of hearing. They got it treed and we had a pretty big hike up the mountain to get to them. It was good experience for Chrome to get to work a bad track like that with the older more experienced dogs and finish it at a tree. He is coming along very nicely and continues to improve every weekend.

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He was way up in a huge cedar tree and this is the best picture I could get of him.

Chrome & Gambler

Posted by terry_goforth on 07-04-2012 07:34 PM:

Dustin

I love those pictures.

Posted by Randy Howard on 07-04-2012 07:42 PM:

Nice pictures. Beautiful lookin country, must be a joy!

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Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 07-05-2012 01:44 PM:

looking good Dustin,

Chrome, thats a good lookin pup--sounds good too!!!

Posted by Dustin Myers on 07-05-2012 05:45 PM:

Thanks guys. I really like Chrome a lot. He has the houndy looks and mouth that I like, in a little smaller package. He just turned 2 yrs in May. He's got everything I want in a hunting dog and a stud dog prospect. Plus he has the pedigree to hopefully reproduce it. He's starting to put it all together in the woods. I might have to make a cross on him before long to see how he's going to reproduce.

Posted by terry_goforth on 07-11-2012 05:33 PM:

Dustin and Brain

Keep up the good work!

Posted by RANDY GIBSON on 07-22-2012 10:39 PM:

Dustin,

"Sounds" an "looks" like Chrome is starting to put it all together-
just gotta love those big hound mouths!!

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