jwrob123
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Registered: Sep 2014
Location: Nashville, Tn
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Track Dogs
It seems like this style of dog is few and far between. I have a dog who is almost 11 that i believe is exactly what you're talking about when you think of a cold nosed older style hound. I've never seen a dog that seems to just about always have the coon at the end of these old cold tracks. I've hunted with this newer stuff, 4 or 5 turnouts can be done in an hour and you MAY see 1 coon if lucky. I call my dog accurate because you always walk to a coon, no matter how long it takes, a lot of people say they have an accurate dog because they walk to 2 dens, a tree that 'can't be shined good', and maybe find 1 coon by the end of the night.. I just assume make coons instead of making trees. With him, if he opens, you just about always walk to a coon on the outside, hardly ever a den, and no slicks.
People talk about this style of dog being 'slow', I've been told by old timers he tree's more coons on the outside because he's running them up before they can get to a den and he's not back tracking. He is wipeout bred by the way... that's not to say all wipeout hounds are this way, because I've had some worthless slick treeing fools that were wipeout bred, but this one is all coondog. He's old but still tree's coons!
There's an older feller i hunt with and he says my dog wouldn't suite him because he likes to comp hunt, go in there and get treed and do it again. But he tell's me he can always rely on my dog to have the coon when he tree's, and you don't ever wonder if you're walking to one or not. he's won big in big hunts and says he's the most accurate hound he's ever been in the woods with...
Im not saying this to brag and claim to be the master breeder or coondog trainer, because im probably far from most, but i got lucky when i bought this dog as a puppy and everything since just hasn't suited me. I love this style dog and you can't hardly find anything thats not 100% tree minded these days. I've been with other dogs that seem like if they don't only tree hot ones 100 yards from the truck, they just have enough nose to open and get themselves in trouble and not be able to finish it. If anything im saying i agree with the man that said it's a shame how comp hunting has dictated breeding so much, it's kind of sad in a way..
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