Registered: Jul 2008
Location: thomas springs tn
Posts: 404

My son is 7 and he is the fifth generation of redbone hunter in my family we have had some good ones my grnt ch dog I have now he will be 11 in october is my favorite I have ever owned greenwoods red river dan coondog his grandpa wilsons timber climber is the best dog I ever been out with of any color.

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Registered: Feb 2009
Location: Winterville, NC
Posts: 101

My uncle would pick my brother and I up after we got our barn chores finished. This was only on a Friday or Saturday night 46 years ago. So far, I have not hunted the best dog I have ever owned. Redbones is the only breed that I have ever owned and are constantly improving in their hunting, trailing and treeing ability and I look forward and enjoy hunting the next generation.

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Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
Posts: 11976

with my grandpap when i was 5 or 6 when he passed i got my 1st redbone at age 14 and i have kept them for the last 48 yrs my health went bad had to quit for awhile then i got a young dog but had to let her go this spring so she could go to some 1 that could hunt her i just hunt with a buddy some now as far as the best dog i ever had was a timberchopper gyp i called kate never own another like her

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Registered: Aug 2009
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There`s some real history right here on this thread. Alot of years and many many redbones. Might make a good article for the redbone issue or for ARCA or NRCA books!!!

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Macon, Ga.
Posts: 220

Redbones

Please bare with me...I have hunted B & T's for many years, but living in Knoxville, Tn. years ago I had a lot of exposure to a line of Redbones...Coffmans Clan. Johnny and Mike Young were about knee high. They consisted of Mr. Coffman, Ledford and Alvis. We all belonged to the Oak Ridge Coon Club. The monthly club hunts were very popular and for bragging rights. They also hunted more dogs than most UKC hunts today. Almost as many good grade dogs as registered. The Coffmans won their share you can bet.
It started with Hattie. When they bred her and got Little J Joe, he put the Redbones on the map in that area.
I recall one time they brought Little Joe and his brother Sam to our annual hunt ( over 80 dog hunt) and Joe was 4 mo. old, about the size of a big Beagle and entered Joe in the Treeing contest. We used a rope circled around the tree and counted the barks for 30 sec. Joe barked every breath and bounced on his front feet, backing up all the time and bouncing higher with each bark. He fell over back wards on the rope and disqualified him self...but what an impression he left to on lookers. We then lived in an area that coon were hard to come by. One night after a club meeting some one was interested in seeing 7 mo. old Joe tree a coon. I went along too..he did and looked good doing it.
I could tell you many story's about running into the Coffmans in the timber from Erwin, Tn. in a storm, to Land Between the Lakes to snow storm at Cootoosa, as we all hunted 4-6 nights a week back then and you knew the Coffmans would be hunten a good un! I liked their Red Dogs.

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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Ct.
Posts: 1384

bright = i posted a few threds up on this post where it said 55 yrs with redbones
back in the 70"d i got a female from Jonnie Coffman that was 6 mo. old -i called her
ch. Redcoat Mandy i ran her with my broke older female for a mo. & mandy caught on VERY QUICK to the point that i sold the broke female & hunted Mandy by herself
she was the type that would get out & have a coon treed like clock work great ball on track very cold nose & very acurate 120 bpm
treeing machine Ch. Redcoat Mandy ==
Sire -=Dual Gr. Coffmans Little Joe--
Dam =Dual Gr. Coffmans Red Lady--
I Later on i bred Mandy to Hayes Ramblin
Red Ace =& there is whare i got
Ch. Redcoat Dark Star-She was bred to
Nt. Ch. Albees Ramblin Bruser & that is where -Gr. Nt. Hayes Ramblin Red Zack
came from-so Jonnie Coffmann had great reds way back =------_-Redcoat-_-

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