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Location: Western NC
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I lost my lead bear dog , really considering using my coon dog to trail a bear anyone use theres

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Registered: Sep 2012
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If it will run bear it is not a coon dog is it?

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Registered: Apr 2012
Location: Limestone TN
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Dont run bear with my coondog, but I run coon with my beardogs

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Yeah he's a coon dog . A good one too , But I'm desperate for a trail dog . I'd say he would take a track early morning on a bear if I put him on it . He wouldn't if I free castes him .

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Registered: Apr 2012
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If I needed a track dog and thought my coondog could do it. I would use him.

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Been doing it for 40 years.

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Jackbob42 any down fall to it ? I'm really considering it

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The good ones won't give you any trouble. But the not-so-good ones might.
We've found that if they're a good coon dog , they make a pretty good bear dog too.
Some dogs will think they're trash and won't run them , but that don't happen often.

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Registered: Jun 2013
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Right makes sense , he's ran bear before but I usually coon hunt in no bear areas so I figure if I coon hunt where's there's no bear will be fine at night ?

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Registered: Mar 2009
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I used to know an older man that had a dog he bear and coon hunted. behind the seat of his old rattle trap ford he kept a coon tail in a ziploc bag and a bear foot in another one. when he turned loose and wanted to run coon he got the tail out and let the dog smell it up. likewise for bear. he said that's how them prison break dog handlers do their bloodhounds and said it worked for him.

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