Dustin Myers
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Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Bonners Ferry, ID
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Terry that’s Brian’s big rig. That last cat they got is pretty much as big as they get.
Doug, I’ll go down the list and answer the questions as best I can.
As you know, I pride myself on getting good pictures of the dogs. Some dogs are just photogenic and always easy to get a good picture of, while others make you work at it a lot harder. Black Jack was one of those dogs that made it easy.
I did not use a pedigree generator on the pedigree. I have typed out several of our pedigrees in the past and have them saved on my computer. Now when I need to make a new one I can just copy and paste from previous pedigrees I have typed out, then fill in the blanks. It’s a little bit tricky getting the spacing all correct so it appears right when you post it. But I know most of the pedigrees by memory, so it’s easy to look at the finished product to make sure it’s right.
As too how I feel our hounds would perform being coon hunted. I will start by saying that my coon hunting experience is very limited. I know there are others who have hunted these hounds on coon who could answer that question based on more first hand experience. But here is my take on the subject.
It would absolutely depend on the type of hound that a person wanted to coon hunt. If you were looking for a hound that left at a dead run and got deep quick, didn’t waste time fooling with tracks that required too much cold trailing, didn’t bark much or any on the ground, and was always looking to get away from the other dogs and be off by themselves, then NO, these hounds would not be what a person wanted. I’m not saying anything bad about anyone’s style of hound, it’s just that that type of hound isn’t what we need for the type of hunting we do.
Now on the other hand, if you were looking for a hound that hunted the area out more thoroughly looking for whatever age of track they could find, opened some on the coldest tracks they could run, and opened more as they heated the track up. A hound with enough independence to stay with their own track regardless of what’s going on around them, but will also pack in with another hound if it gets a track going first and they don’t have one. Then yes, I think people would be happy with one of our hounds.
These hounds seem to adapt well to whatever terrain and conditions they are hunted in, and hold up physically to hard hunting. I have no idea how they would do on the score card, as I have never been in a nite hunt. But if you wanted a hound that would go hunting and tree game in any conditions, and was a pleasure to look at and listen too, then I think these hounds would suit many hunters.
I have plans to get a few more of our pups in the hands of coon hunters, yourself included. We just need to get some pups on the ground. Brian and I made two crosses this winter. The first one didn’t take and we’re waiting to see if the second one did or not.
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02-18-2013 09:31 AM
BEAUTIFUL hound! This pic is really awesome...but he always looked GREAT! He really WAS photogenic!!!!
