Registered: Jan 2006
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Well, I tried to give it up. Thought I was done chasing these dang ole blue dogs but I just couldn't do it. I even went out and bought a nice little squirrel dog from Dave Woofter, which I still have. But the closer we got to fall the more I started to itch for a coon hound even though I have many friends with hounds that I could hunt with, It just ain't the same. So after about 6 months without a hound I bought a nice little female from Shannon Senter in VA. I must have wanted her bad cause I told the wife I was buying a dog at 8:30 Saturday morning and a 9:30 we were on the road. We got back home about 12 hours later with a very nice (fat) little blue female. She is absolutely beautiful and after 4 days, she finally barked in the kennel once last evening. I will take her to the woods tonight and she and I will both get some long needed exercise. She is doubled up on Utchman's Zeb dog which I am a very big fan of the Ranger V blood by way of Broad Ax Blue Max. We'll see what happens but she and I have a long way to go to get down to our fighting weight

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Glad your back, I tried to get out back in the 90's and it only last 6 months to. Its an addiction but a very good one.
Congrats on being back. Have fun. Joe

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Glad your back, I tried to get out back in the 90's and it only last 6 months to. Its an addiction but a very good one.
Congrats on being back. Have fun. Joe

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welcome back! i always enjoy the wisdom you have to offer on this forum.

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Good luck with ur pup.🐶

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keep that light burning...

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welcome back! i always enjoy the wisdom you have to offer on this forum.

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Thanks, I'm not sure if I knew what I was doing when I got back into this thing. I took her out last night for the first time sense I got her and man, she knows how to hunt! Dropped the leash on her and didn't get her for an hour and a half. She didn't do anything wrong, just was hunting. Caught her on the backside of the hill about 1000 yards from where I turned her loose and called her in. Never heard a bark and it's dry as a bone in the woods. Time will tell but she's over weight and I hate to see how she goes when she gets in shape, LOL!

Wayne, thanks for posting that piece on Elbert Vaughn by Guy, some real good reading there. A lot can be learned from reading that, especially for the breeders out there, in all coonhound breeds.....Ron

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why I posted it, to give the up and coming guns a pattern or scheme to follow to improve what they got... Elbert and his wife knew how to breed stock.

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Yeah, I competition hunt !! All Fall and Winter long.. My Blues compete with the local coon.. My Blues win a ton !!! We use and recommend MOONSHINER LIGHTS, Peggs , Ok.

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why I posted it, to give the up and coming guns a pattern or scheme to follow to improve what they got... Elbert and his wife knew how to breed stock.

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GLAD TO HEAR THAT

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LET US KNOW HOW SHE DID. BEST OF LUCK.!!!

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Went out with my good friend Tim Wolfe last night. Took my female along with Tim's two dogs Satch and Sis. We had 2 dens and one on the outside. Extremely dry and hot out! All dogs did a good job and my female is starting to show a little improvement but still a long way to go. I'm loving this, don't know what I was thinking when I got out of coon hunting but it sure fills a big void. Thanks for the replies......Ron

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Sounds like ur really going to enjoy time in the woods with ur pup.

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Sounds like ur really going to enjoy time in the woods with ur pup.

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Yep, my 4 year old pup

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Some dogs don't really start cranking it till their older. Just keep having fun. And don't take it too serious.

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Some dogs don't really start cranking it till their older. Just keep having fun. And don't take it too serious.

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After 45 years of doing this, having fun is what's it's all about Your right, some dogs don't start doing it right till they have a little age on them. In the case of this little female, she just hasn't been hunted much. She has been laid up for nearly a year and has had a litter of pups in between so I'm sure she's got a lot to offer, I just need to bring it out. Also, she is absolutely beautiful and I will be showing her come this spring. She will grand with ease. Thanks to all for the replies, I do enjoy talking with you all and seeing what's up in the coon hound world.....Ron

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Where abouts in West Virginia you live? I just got off a job down there not long ago. I worked in West Union WV.

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Ron lives around Fairmont Wv, if you ever have to work around there again yell at me if you wanna go for a hunt I'm not far from there.

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Where abouts in West Virginia you live? I just got off a job down there not long ago. I worked in West Union WV.

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I took my little female out last night with my good friends Tim Wolfe and Hayley Ford. Hayley is only in the 7th grade but is quickly becoming a seasoned coon hunter. Tim took my old dog, Satch last night and Hayley handled that big 80 lb. dog like it was a pup. We just had one track and both dogs did very well on it ending up on a huge Oak tree that was full of eyes. I know for certain we counted 4 sets of eyes and there could have been more. Got a short video and had a great time. We called it a night after that cause Hayley had school and my granddaughter came down with severe stomach pains so I headed on in. It's good to be back for sure.

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Great to see ya back gettin after it and enjoying it! Keep that female in the timber and I got no doubt you will have her crankin in no time! Happy Huntin!

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Great to see ya back gettin after it and enjoying it! Keep that female in the timber and I got no doubt you will have her crankin in no time! Happy Huntin!

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Thanks Dan, good to hear from you. Hope all is going well with you and your family. I see where you had Duke and another dog qualified for the world, great job. Yes, I tried to give it up but I just couldn't. I was out hunting ginseng and realized how much I missed the woods and coon hunting so here I am.

Tim, Hayley and I took Maggie and Satch back out for a quick hunt again last night. We just had one track and they treed and had one setting there. Both dogs did well but Satch did extremely well. He's really making a nice hound and sounds like a hound should! Bad storms in the area this evening so I'll be laying in.

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The other dog is my rebel female, which would be one of them pups u called and lined me up with out PA a few years back! She's really becoming a hell of a machine! I actually ended up with 2 from that litter with intent on selling one. Needless to say, they are both still here. Gonna be pups outa the second one and duke come December. Whats satch off of?

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The other dog is my rebel female, which would be one of them pups u called and lined me up with out PA a few years back! She's really becoming a hell of a machine! I actually ended up with 2 from that litter with intent on selling one. Needless to say, they are both still here. Gonna be pups outa the second one and duke come December. Whats satch off of?

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