Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Northern Minnesota
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What kind of mouth do you like to have on your hound when cold tracking and why.

I guess I should have broke it down on bear or cats.

Hope ya don't mind hellcat but I thought this would be a good Poll if it hasn't been done before.

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Registered: Jun 2003
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cold trailin a bear I like a dog that drifts and gives just enough mouth to let ya know where they are going,

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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: mid-michigan
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I voted " open all the way " , but I'm like Sam. I like for them to drift it out and open every time they hit the track and not in the same place twice.

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BackWoods River Walkers/Beagles
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 1256

have seen some dogs run for hours after they had quit barking--

and i dont like that at all-

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- i like to hear hounds cold trail , run ,,tree- its real nice if you can tell the difference by listening -lol ive had a few that barked so much it was sorta hard to tell -

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Registered: Aug 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 1522

I wish that I had thought of this one<LOL>
I would like to clarify what I call being Wide open on a Cold track. If the dog is moving forward and making progress, I like for them to be telling me about it. On the other hand if they a working to figure that track or making sure they are going in the right direction Then I would rather they think more and bark less. If they make a loose I want them to shut up and figure it out then go back to opening.To me this is a wide open dog. The next guy might define it differently
I like a wide open dog If wide open is as I have dercribbed

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Light Foot English

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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: texas
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while i don't hunt bear or cats(i do hogs), i like a dead silent dog. for me all that extra barking isn't neccessary. i want to know when you are looking at the hog. our hogs break when they hear a dog bark. if you have a fast track dog and they can top a hog then open is fine, but those are really hard to find. my game doesn't tree, it runs like heck and it turns and fights, then runs again..lol..

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: BC
Posts: 28

I have had dogs that were fully open on Lion, and Bobcat. But when it came to running bears, they were tighter on the mouth. I believe it is because they are running so hard, they don't waste the time on barking, and are running to catch. They still open once in a while, but I find it is easier to tell what they are doing. If they are only hitting occasionally, they are going hard to catch. When they catch up, they open more and a bayup or tree, they really make noise.

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Registered: Oct 2006
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Posts: 47

I like my hound to use just enough mouth to let me know where they are going, seem to get up on their game more, and I dont want a hound with a houndy mouth, more of a yard dog bark, can hear it better when they are in there a mile in a big cedar swamp and the wind is blowing. Hows those pups coming along, Ive got a place aall made up for mine here in Michigan.

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Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Northern Minnesota
Posts: 208

Hey Dan,
Pups are doing great, they are just over three weeks old now and already been eating softened food for a week. Three are climbing out of the whelping box regularly, which the door is a foot high. I'll get some pictures out to ya tomorrow. How is the snow up there for ya, crusty-er than hell here.

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Registered: May 2006
Location: northeast ohio
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im a coonhunter and i prefer a semi silent dog. a cant stand a dog that opens everytime it takes a step.

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