Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Turtle Mountains, ND
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Cabin fever kills me in the winter and to fight back I'm considering loading my young dog and hauling him nearly 1,500 miles to some hunts in January. He was hauled around a lot this past summer but not nearly to that kind of distance. On the first night he's dropped he'll smell flora and fauna unlike anything he's ever been exposed to. He'll also have gone from ground with frost running 4 feet deep to ground with nothing more than surface frost.

For anyone that has hauled their dog far from home, I'm wondering what your experience has been with how long it typically takes a young dog to adapt to new ground? I'd only have a few days to spend with him there.

I'm mostly doing it for the fun but at the same time I'd like a chance to progress my dog's title and if I'm going that far I want to go to major hunts. The entry fees at those hunts are not peanuts. Your input would be appreciated.

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Some dogs travel better than others.

It still comes down to having a dog with treeing coon on its mind first and foremost.

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were are you going rick ??

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Arrive a few days early and hunt with the locals

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I dont know about coming from up north to the south but on several occasions i have taken dogs from here in the south up north and at first they have a hard time singling out one particular coon, they want to tree every one of them. After about two days of hunting they have figured it out.

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I dont know about coming from up north to the south but on several occasions i have taken dogs from here in the south up north and at first they have a hard time singling out one particular coon, they want to tree every one of them. After about two days of hunting they have figured it out.

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were are you going rick ??

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Land down there is usually pretty nice to hunt and the guides are first rate. They will put you in some coons. Hope you dont draw out near the power plant, theres coons there but its not a fun walk at all!!!! Lots of pigs in that area too. I would hunt the Jewitt a classic just to get the dog used to that area, then really expect him to peak during the 5000.

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Like they said some dogs haul better than others , but getting use to the terrain may take a couple days. Everything down there will either bite you stick you or prick you !!! And plenty of Hogs. Have fun and good LUCK !!!

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Registered: Mar 2005
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as much as you have hauled old frito , he will be fine. the biggest prob you will have is most the time hauled dogs will go off feed wile they are traveling. ,but none of them will turn down raw hamberger. them coons in texes smell the same as they do up here , so you will and frito will do just fine . mabe try to be their a day early. sounds fun rick and good luck. do you have him broke from going back to them scored trees ???

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I would hunt the Jewitt a classic just to get the dog used to that area, then really expect him to peak during the 5000.

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do you have him broke from going back to them scored trees ???

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Make sure he broke off hogs,they have plenty

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