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I have a 2 1/2 year old walker male for sale. I raised him from a pup. If you care about papers he is pretty heavy spring creek and lipper bred. He is also a great grandson to trackman. He has some great qualities to him, but his flaw is he isn't much tree dog. He will tree coon and trees hard once he gets treed, but it has to be the right track and he wont tree layups. I used him as a pup trainer for my tree minded pups. He has started 3 pups for me and I just don't need or have space for him anymore. He will strike a coon in a hurry and will trail it to the end, he just needs another pup to locate it. Below I have his qualities listed out in complete honesty and would be happy to answer any other questions you might have about him. He has also been ran on bear.

Looks: He is a houndy looking blanket back pup with a brownish red head and color going down his legs. Id be happy to send pictures.

Mouth: He has a loud, crisp, medium tone bawl mouth on track and switches over to chop on tree.

Mannerism: He lives to please humans, I have never heard him growl, never been in a dog fight, and I feed him in the same dish with 3 other intact male hounds in the same kennel. Not a mean bone in him.

Handling: I doubt you know of another hound that handles better. He listens to everything you say, not the least bit trashy. He will come when called, will sit when you tell him to, load when you tell him to. He doesn't bark in the kennel or the box. I never put him on a leash even while hunting. I call him to me and he walks beside me until I say, "hurry" (which means go hunting) I call him off the tree and have him loose in the yard, he will even go get in the kennel when told.

Strike dog: I hunt using all 3 common methods: free casting, rigging, and roading. He has all three down and this is one of his strongest qualities. I can send him alone or with other hounds and he will have a coon struck in a hurry. You can hunt him in thin coon and he will go as deep as it takes or in thick coon and he will have one struck in a short amount of time. It rarely takes him 5 minutes to strike where we normally hunt. He also is a good rig dog. I put him on top of the box, it the back of the truck, or the back of the mule and drive the roads and when he smells a coon he barks, I turn him off, and he goes to find the track. If he can't find it he comes back and we can keep rigging. I start about 2 coon a night this way. I also road him next to the 4 wheeler and he will stay close until we cross a track then he will start it. He is a great strike dog and is broke.

Brains: I give him a 7 out of 10 in brain power. He isn't Einstein but is smarter then most of the other hounds I hunt with. This is apparent in his handling and hunting.

Tracking ability: He isn't an exceptional track dog but is above average. He has a decent nose and can grind an old track out and can run one pretty good once jumped. He is medium speed making him ideal for being a pup trainer.

Treeing ability: This is the only thing holding him back from being an exceptional dog. He is not a tree dog. He trees hard and will stay treed a long time but don't expect to take him out alone and tree a ton of coon. He will strike you a bunch of coon and trail them to the end, but needs help locating them most of the time. He has treed some coon by himself but isn't very tree minded.

Stamina: if you just coon hunt him he will last all night every night, never gets tired, has lots of heart, and is ready to go. He wasn't bred for the all day long big wood races in the heat but night time coon hunting he will last forever.

Nose: He is medium nosed in the coonhound world and warmer nosed in the big game world. If you have a half way decent coon population he will do the job all throughout the night.

He is a great pup trainer and is easily worth the $1000

Bryce Johnson
Konawa, Oklahoma
760-977-1414

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