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Posted by Cthornberry on 12-30-2022 03:06 AM:

Hounds for squirrel

Anybody squirrel hunt with hounds anymore if so how do they compare to other squirrel dog breeds

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Posted by Cthornberry on 01-01-2023 07:49 PM:

Nobody?

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Posted by Georgeb on 01-01-2023 09:51 PM:

I am training a bluetick hound female to sq hunt.She is now 18 mth old.The good is:she started very young.Uses her eyes .will timber a sq all over the place.Treed sq with her last year as a pup.No curr has a mouth as loud as hers.She never stops hunting and handles great.Can find a sq.The bad:is not so much bad as it is just different than a curr or feist.She has alot of nose and opens on tracks.You cant tree her when she first opens like you can most currs.Needs to settle on the right tree quicker.Nails the tree on a hot sq.I also coon hunt her.she will probably be a better coondog than a sq dog.She needs coonhunting by herself.Ive coonhunted her with my good male.


Posted by Dave Richards on 01-01-2023 11:47 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Georgeb
I am training a bluetick hound female to sq hunt.She is now 18 mth old.The good is:she started very young.Uses her eyes .will timber a sq all over the place.Treed sq with her last year as a pup.No curr has a mouth as loud as hers.She never stops hunting and handles great.Can find a sq.The bad:is not so much bad as it is just different than a curr or feist.She has alot of nose and opens on tracks.You cant tree her when she first opens like you can most currs.Needs to settle on the right tree quicker.Nails the tree on a hot sq.I also coon hunt her.she will probably be a better coondog than a sq dog.She needs coonhunting by herself.Ive coonhunted her with my good male.



George, this would be the perfect bluetick female to cross a a cur dog to get a coon dog or squirrel dog deluxe. Dave

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Posted by Georgeb on 01-02-2023 12:42 AM:

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Originally posted by Dave Richards
George, this would be the perfect bluetick female to cross a a cur dog to get a coon dog or squirrel dog deluxe. Dave

Ive thought about that.And i have a real good curr male to breed her to.But the thing is i have a nice 3yr old bluetick male i need a a pup out of .Maybe some day.


Posted by Cthornberry on 01-02-2023 12:53 AM:

I had a redbone years ago that was hard to beat this time of year when a dog had to use his nose more then his eyes I didn’t mind him barkin on track when he opened I would start headed his way and would always be treed before I got to him would love to have another like him that bein said Iv tried several other hounds with out ever having anything anywhere close to him

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Posted by David Richardson on 01-02-2023 07:35 PM:

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Posted by Cthornberry on 01-02-2023 07:46 PM:

Awesome pic

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Posted by shadinc on 01-02-2023 11:29 PM:

I've read 100 posts on here about dogs treeing squirrels after dark, why shouldn't they tree them before dark?

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Posted by Triple K Kennel on 01-03-2023 12:04 AM:

Squirrels

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I've read 100 posts on here about dogs treeing squirrels after dark, why shouldn't they tree them before dark?



Maybe because that's just an excuse when they don't have a Coon in the tree.....they say they are treeing squirrels.....I bet they don't see a Squirrel in the tree....LOL
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Posted by Cthornberry on 01-03-2023 12:17 AM:

My redbone was a combo dog squirrel at day coon at night it’s been several years but I don’t ever remember walkin to a tree with no coon at night and literally killed several hundred if not a thousand squirrels with him

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Posted by Triple K Kennel on 01-03-2023 12:23 AM:

Hounds & Squirrels

35 to 40 years ago my Dad & I would Squirrel Hunt our Black & Tans and our Walkers during the day on Squirrel & on Coon at night. Never had an issue ue with them treeing Squirrels at night.
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Posted by yadkinriver on 01-03-2023 12:27 AM:

Re: Squirrels

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Maybe because that's just an excuse when they don't have a Coon in the tree.....they say they are treeing squirrels.....I bet they don't see a Squirrel in the tree....LOL
Tim

I bet I've seen squirrels in trees over dogs at night. Even one female that would drive you crazy in flying squirrels.


Posted by Triple K Kennel on 01-03-2023 12:45 AM:

Re: Re: Squirrels

quote:
Originally posted by yadkinriver
I bet I've seen squirrels in trees over dogs at night. Even one female that would drive you crazy in flying squirrels.


I have seen 2 in my 42+ years of Hunting and both times there was a Coon in the tree.
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Posted by Cthornberry on 01-03-2023 12:54 AM:

Iv had several slick treers so I would take them at day to see if they were treeing squirrels guess what just as slick in the day as they was at night

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Posted by Dave Richards on 01-03-2023 01:02 AM:

Squirrels

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Originally posted by Cthornberry
Iv had several slick treers so I would take them at day to see if they were treeing squirrels guess what just as slick in the day as they was at night


Most of the night time squirrels are flying squirrels that dogs see and react to. Slick trees can be flying squirrels or a dog that is tree happy and trees on every little scent they smell. I have hunted cur dogs that trees squirrels in day coons at night and never slick trees. Dave

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Posted by Cthornberry on 01-03-2023 01:06 AM:

I agree what I was saying was I think a lot of tree happy dogs get the rep for treeing squirrels

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Posted by Dave Richards on 01-03-2023 02:14 AM:

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Originally posted by Cthornberry
I agree what I was saying was I think a lot of tree happy dogs get the rep for treeing squirrels
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X2, just to tree happy, not using their brain ( if they have one ), just their nose. A good dog uses their brain as well as their nose to tree game. I have watched good dogs go right past a slick tree and never look back until they treed the coon. No matter how many dogs were treeing on the slick tree. BRAINS. Dave

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Posted by JohnnyRingo20 on 01-04-2023 02:37 AM:

To answer the original question. I hunt a 16 mo old out of sunday best(tank) x a power pack bitch on squirrel. If he opens he is treed. I've had curs for 25yrs, this walker is the best I've had and one of the better I've seen out of any breed of Sq dog. Not a blow thru there dog either. You won't have near as many quirky dogs when using hounds as you will the others either.


Posted by Cthornberry on 01-04-2023 03:27 AM:

Awesome thanks for sharing

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Posted by Preacher Tom on 01-04-2023 06:12 PM:

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Originally posted by JohnnyRingo20
To answer the original question. I hunt a 16 mo old out of sunday best(tank) x a power pack bitch on squirrel. If he opens he is treed. I've had curs for 25yrs, this walker is the best I've had and one of the better I've seen out of any breed of Sq dog. Not a blow thru there dog either. You won't have near as many quirky dogs when using hounds as you will the others either.


Did you raise him from a pup or was he treeing squirrel when you got him? If you raised him, how did you start him? Just interested.

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Posted by Georgeb on 01-04-2023 10:35 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by JohnnyRingo20
To answer the original question. I hunt a 16 mo old out of sunday best(tank) x a power pack bitch on squirrel. If he opens he is treed. I've had curs for 25yrs, this walker is the best I've had and one of the better I've seen out of any breed of Sq dog. Not a blow thru there dog either. You won't have near as many quirky dogs when using hounds as you will the others either.


Define what you mean by quirky.thanks


Posted by Dave Richards on 01-05-2023 12:23 AM:

Hounds

Just seen a BlackTan squirrel dog ( hound) that sold on the Prohound site for 3k that was a sure enough squirrel dog. Dave

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Posted by JohnnyRingo20 on 01-05-2023 03:28 AM:

What I mean by quirky is the backwards acting,spooky acting ones. I'm not even considering them a one man dog, cause they don't even fully trust their owner, no matter how well they've been taken care of.


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