Registered: Not Yet
Location:
Posts: N/A

Just wanting to see the responses I get on this. Would you rather a coondog have his nose on the ground or up in the air when hunting? My buddy says on the ground I say up in the air. What do you think? All input appreciated!!!

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Mar 2009
Location: s.c.
Posts: 6984

If i'm hunting an acre sweetcorn patch a dog can circle it in one minute with it's nose in the air. If I'm hunting on a moonlight night in February, a dog with it's head in the air better be lookin up to spot one in the moonlight. To make a long story a little shorter, I aint got no patience for a dog that's got more running gear under him than nose in front of him. And vice versa. We used to call that a "balanced hound" back in the day. If they can work a track up to hot then there's no use to keep their nose on the ground. A good dog knows that. A good way to tell a good dog with inate ability is to turn out with a swamp, marsh,beaverpond, creek to the left and a Pee pore piney sandhill on the right and see which way he chooses to go hunting.

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Georgetown SC
Posts: 123

On the ground but with enough sense to pick it up when the coon needs to be pushed to go up a tree.

__________________
Is the juice worth the squeeze ????

Last edited by boggyswamp on 07-30-2009 at 11:50 PM

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania
Posts: 3316

quote:

---

Originally posted by boggyswamp
On the ground but with enough sense to pick it up when the coon needs to be pushed to go up a tree.

---

__________________
American Leopard Hound
FNL Hanselman's Blu Pixie Dust

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Apr 2009
Location: Troy ny
Posts: 19

I THINK DOGS THAT KEEP THERE HEAD IN THE AIR CAN TREE COON BETTER.

__________________
watson

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Aug 2008
Location: Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, VA
Posts: 669

quote:

---

Originally posted by desiree davis
I THINK DOGS THAT KEEP THERE HEAD IN THE AIR CAN TREE COON BETTER.

---

__________________
Cody Carroll
(757) 755-5820

proud member of the United States Navy Submarine Force

Former home of:
GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Hardwood Ontime Abby

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Mar 2009
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1454

With out a dought in the air cold tracks they haft to put there nose down but if it is warm enough get your head up and drive that sucker run to catch

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Oct 2007
Location: Cortland New York
Posts: 1221

with head in air are more likely to driff the track and there for make them faster

__________________
THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS FROM ME AND MINE

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Mar 2009
Location: s.c.
Posts: 6984

show glad ya'll buyin tickets fo de Long Black Train

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: May 2009
Location: tennessee
Posts: 89

I like a dogs head up if its hot enough, and if the dogs good enough to know how to use the nose when it is in the air... Most dogs I'v seen with with a nose up dont check to see if they are right... That I dont like.... Now if you got one good enough he dont need to check. But on these long cold tennessee nights at the end of season coon are in a running mood and a dog with his head up aint going to do a thing in this mountian country but run in circles... These cliffs, rocks and bluffs will make a dogs head point down wheather he wants it to or not, if for no other reason than hes wore out.. LOL...

I have to say though my buddys blue dog may make a heads up beleiver out of me yet...He's 17 months old and is the fastest stike and tree dog Ive seen in a long time, maybe I can talk him in to letting me competition hunt him some...

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Mercer PA
Posts: 4837

Generally I don't watch them in the dark. As long as they get treed quick with a coon I could give a crap where there nose is.

__________________
The fun is over once you pull the trigger

Ron Ashbaugh
CROOKED FOOT KENNELS

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: May 2008
Location: southcentral arkansas
Posts: 1581

quote:

---

Originally posted by l.lyle
show glad ya'll buyin tickets fo de Long Black Train

---

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged