Registered: Jan 2013
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I for one have had probly more setbacks as anybody had people even try and force me out at times but never have I ever thought about quitting I have slowed down but I just can't ever imagine not coonhunting and will do it till the day they throw dirt in my face and I am about to make my comeback again just remember : those that make it miserable if you wait long enough they will be gone I seen it to many times.

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Quit!! never!! well the thout hardly never enters my mind!! when things get hard!!! Yadkintar suck it up!! get crazy and go for what ya know is possible!!to do!!! if you quit then you would have to take up doing dishes/ washing clothes/ cleaning house/ cleaning toilet/ moping/vaccuming/ yard work/ doing other odd jobs/ ooocrap you already do all that!!! hmmm!!! well good luck!!!lol

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Reason number 1.
The inability to find a dog that suits me enough to fight thru the pains and ailments from decades of working on concrete by day and following hounds at nite, many of whom shoulda been shot.

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Registered: Oct 2012
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When I find myself on here more than in the woods!!

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There would only be "ONE" condition that I would quit hunting and that would be the day the wife says "It's me or the dogs!!!!" Hahahahahaha it would be a tough choice tho !!!!

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The only time I almost quit was when my kids were small and my wife worked at night. I still do not want to stop.

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Where this comes from I have had several younger hunters call me latley they get them a dog get all the new equipment get all excited about coon hunting go to a hunt and get way less than a warm welcome. Matter a fact it's like they are in the way for this sport to survive we need everybody you want to be mr coon Hunter go pay a $300 entry and let your ability shine but a lot of these younger hunters they got $50 left on a payday win , loose or draw they just want to learn and have a good time your job is even if they don't win you make them feel like a winner and be patient with them just like the older hunters were with you you shouldn't ever feel good about discouraging any Hunter enough to quit.

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This is the truth! Instead of trying to stand on their neck help them out.

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Anouther thing in church this morning it made me think about this when younger a lot of people have made mistakes despite all the good they have done over the years all anybody wants to talk about is that mistake !! Well let's compare it like double jeopardy were you were found innocent you can't be tried again for the same thing when sombody is forgiven for somthing ( and we should forgive people for things ) and give them a chance to do better and not dwell on their past all that does is hurt the sport the only ones that won't forgive and move on are ones that need to take a long look in the mirror jmo.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Minnesota
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To me it's taking a pup for walks and giving it the chance to make a good coonhound that pleases me.

Don't need the best light or best tracking system, don't need to kiss anyone's butt or take any crap from anyone carrying a piece of paper.

I seen where someone asked about good hounds that where only Nite Ch's and there where a lot of good hounds named. I wonder what would happen if the question would have been, Name dogs that where/are Gr Nite's not worth feeding??

So getting back to the first post--maybe we should let them enjoy the hound and the night before we throw them to the wolves???

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Location: MS
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I got out for a while once. A pup I had been working with for 10 months was hit by a car one night. I really believed he was gonna tree that night. He was at that point. He ran toward the road and I heard a car coming, I was just about to tone him back. I was too late. I had lost a pup earlier that year to Parvo that had all three rounds of shots. A couple other things, several weird vet bills, and a few nights of wading sloughs. I just threw up my hands !!

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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Bearden AR
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I never thought about it before but as Father Time is catching up to me and my body breaking down, I hope I have enough in me for one more good dog. But the way I'm going with pups, I might be 80 before that happens

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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Originally posted by elvis
Reason number 1.
The inability to find a dog that suits me enough to fight thru the pains and ailments from decades of working on concrete by day and following hounds at nite, many of whom shoulda been shot.

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I got out for along time had a duel grand wore out a pickup hauling him all over well he got hit by a car one night and i was done. I started trialing beagles when my sons were young now i'm back in the back ground they now have the disease .I maybe wrong kind of outside looking in but i think the the dollars in the game have changed my sons are teens run hard very proud of them they understand what you put into it you get out.

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Location: Palatka, FL
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Reasons to quit hunting?---NONE

I think the dogs and what we do is part of us. Sometimes in our life a big part and at times it gets shuffled to the back and becomes a lesser part.

Enjoy it and keep it in perspective with all of life's other issues. Success is not pictures in a magazine, it is not titles on a dog. Success is BALANCE and the Good Lord knows we have a lot to juggle in our lives and to maintain a BALANCE is the success that keeps us doing this for many years.

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The things that make my day are my moment of prayer , that good hot cup of folgers coffee , and reading this board exspesially what you write Bruce you are an inspiration to me I respect you no bs if you truly love somthing you can't quit the sound of a hound nothing else does it for me like that.

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Reason number 1.
The inability to find a dog that suits me enough to fight thru the pains and ailments from decades of working on concrete by day and following hounds at nite, many of whom shoulda been shot.

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Thyroid or Iodine probs!! could cause it!!lol

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Tar the loss of a hound can weigh heavy on the mind and heart. I just lost my old blue dog on Wednesday last week. She wasn't perfect by any means but she could put a coon up a tree. She was a good buddy, the kind of dog that would just chill out with you and the porch. Didn't ask much in return. She was the kind of dog that when nothing was getting a track you put her down and get one. Might take a while for her to get the track warmed up, but she could tree any kind of coon in the woods. Just took her longer than some later in life. I got to pet her a few minutes before she passed for the last time. I fed the dogs took my son to the bus and when I got back she was gone.

I was ready to throw in the towel.


Got a call later that day from a buddy said "It happens when they get old. Best way to help deal is find another one." He told me to check out a pup advertised on here. And he's on his way.

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When I win a world hunt then I will have a reason to quit lol Just like they did in the older days with the dogs me and mine would be retired lol . Nah I would have to hunt puppies.

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I know last spring my female got run over and killed I just wanted to quit but I hunted a nice female out of her for a freind won some hunts it took the sting out of it I was able to buy a littermate Grntch sister to my old female they are all that's left out of my stuff she's ten if I can get a pair of pups out of her I will be tickled but if not you just move on enjoy the time in the woods.

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Registered: Feb 2007
Location: new york
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I've thought about quitting too but it's hard!!!i don't hunt no where near like I used to but that only because my kids come first and that's where my time goes!!! She plays a lot of travel ball so between work and that it's tough for me!!! But I still manage to get out some but this year it'll be alittle easier for me to go and I have something I like now!!!

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