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I have a 2 year old redbone that does good when the coon are there... Where I'm at in pa there isn't big chunks of private ground anymore it's all parceled out. So naturally my hunting grounds keep getting smaller by the year. I have state gamelands but coon seem to be very thin there. It's not uncommon to hunt gamelands and only tree once a week. Anyways... There's A LOT of squirrel around here. Would it be worth my time to trap one and let him chase it? Then try to get him hunt time during the day with squirrels? Just trying to get dog on more game. Thoughts? Thanks

I start all mine on squirrel in the day but I have a lot of coon as well. If your in thin coon don't get upset if the dog makes squirrel trees at night. Mine have always been good about leaving them alone at night but once again i'm in thick coon. I also coon hunt mine early mornings during the day and tree a lot of coon when the weather gets bad or kitten coon time.

Do it .Youll get hooked on squirrel hunting with a dog.I squirrel hunt some of my Smoky River blue hounds.I have a blue female thats as good a sq dog as ive ever hunted .She opens on the ground but gets under a tree quick with a squirrel in it.Uses her eyes better than any curr ive owned.You dont realize how much a squirrel will run until you sq hunt a good hound.Currs are ussually silent on track.I coon hunt hard august thru november until the leaves are off then its squirrrl huntin time.I dont have trouble with treeing sq at night and if they tree a coon in the day then thats great.A experienced combo dog knows what your hunting for day or night.