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I have been telling everyone that they need a good Redbone for a long time but they don't believe me. If you want a dog that is fun to hunt, smart, good looking, fun to have around the house and will tree a bunch of coons get yourself a Redbone pup. Maybe they will listen to Jen. It sounds like she is pretty smart.

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Yeah but competition hunting sure has taken a lot of the pleasure out of coon hunting. Hunters used to brag about how pretty their hounds sounded and how many coons they treed. Now they brag about how fast they hunt and how many trees they make.

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Yeah but competition hunting sure has taken a lot of the pleasure out of coon hunting. Hunters used to brag about how pretty their hounds sounded and how many coons they treed. Now they brag about how fast they hunt and how many trees they make.

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Lol. I am age 71 and I have coon hunted for over 60 years. I NEVER sat around a campfire while coon hunting, we never done anything like that. Coon hunting was always done at a fast pace. Now I did fox hunt some with some older men when I was younger, they would build a camp fire, sit around and listen to the fox hounds running, the dogs would come into hearing running and then go out of hearing. The men always listened to see what dog was leading the pack, they never had to walk like coon hunters do. Never knew any coon hunters that built fires waiting on dogs to tree, may have been some that did, but never anyone that I was aware of. Camp fires and eating and drinking was a fox hunters agenda, not a coon hunters plan. Dave

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Lol. I am age 71 and I have coon hunted for over 60 years. I NEVER sat around a campfire while coon hunting, we never done anything like that. Coon hunting was always done at a fast pace. Now I did fox hunt some with some older men when I was younger, they would build a camp fire, sit around and listen to the fox hounds running, the dogs would come into hearing running and then go out of hearing. The men always listened to see what dog was leading the pack, they never had to walk like coon hunters do. Never knew any coon hunters that built fires waiting on dogs to tree, may have been some that did, but never anyone that I was aware of. Camp fires and eating and drinking was a fox hunters agenda, not a coon hunters plan. Dave

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Dave I'm 71 also. The only fires we ever built was to keep from freezing to death when we had no idea where the stupid dogs were. Nothing worse in that day than being 40 miles from home and having no idea where the dogs been for the last 2 hours. But to tell the truth most of the time we just started the truck and turned on the heater.

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Funny story regarding a campfire or I should say lack of a campfire, as a young boy I was coon hunting one night with dad and the older men back in the mountains. We had to cross a fairly big creek that was ice cold even in the summer and this was in the winter time. I slipped and fell in the creek as we were crossing going to the dogs treed. I thought that I was going to freeze to death and begged them to stop and build a fire. Nothing doing but to go on to the tree, we shot the coon out and they told me to carry the coon back out and that would warm me up. Don't remember if it did, but I did carry the coon, which was hard for a small boy and took my mind off being cold. I sure would have liked to had a warm camp fire, but the men knew it would be better to go to the tree as fast as we could and get me back to a warm truck, they were right of course. Lol. Dave

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I think that ole red would make this old man enjoy hunting again.



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It's a wonder OL red doesn't quit running offgame. Every one always says ounce they start treeing coon they quit running offgame LOL

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I think that ole red would make this old man enjoy hunting again.



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I think that ole red would make this old man enjoy hunting again.



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Donnie come on admit it wasent it more fun when we first started and it was a surprise when we seen what they had treed you treed a coon and took it to the hide buyer you almost hated to sell it.


I remember those times.


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Tar i didn't mind selling them I got $40 in the round (1986)at the furbuyers could get three any night I wanted to go and be home in time to do my homework. I was raised by a single mother that worked 40 hours a week for $211. I'd give her $100 every night I went for letting me put my stinking redbone in her car the money didn't mean nothin to me and it wasn't til I got older that I learned just how much it did mean to my mother. I turned 51 last week I don't hunt like I used to but it still consumes my mind day and night and I still get that warm fuzzy feeling knowing I'm going that night.

If that old flip phone of yours gets videos I'll send you a clip of a one year old im playing with now loading up on a tree if that don't get your toes tapping my friend you better take up playing bingo lol

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I am 62 I remember possums bringing $7 lol. My whole life I been competitive when deep and alone became the new fad there is no place for a crippled up fat kid. Except to set behind the desk and I think I done my share of that.




Good ole possum hunt sounds good.



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Lol. Man, a good old possum hunt sure sounds good to me. I remember back in the day when you had dogs that treed coons and possums, more possums than coons as coons were scarce in these parts. Truthfully, a dog sounds just as good treed on a possum as they do treed on a coon. It was a rarity to ever tree slick back in those days, you just knew you were going to see eyes in every tree the dogs treed on. Competition hunts were the killer of possum treeing dogs, all of a sudden possums were off game. It sure would be nice to have a point system where possums counted as well as coons, coons having a higher point value. Maybe one day as hunting ground shrink and deep and lonely dogs become a thing of the past, possums may become a desired game to tree. Maybe we could get a multi game designation and make champion dual purpose dogs. You know possum just might become that other white meat the ways things are looking. You know where a man could buy a really nice possum dog? I just might be in the market with my bad knee, I prefer to tree close and often. Lol. Dave

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Been raining here for 2 days. Though Papa is still crazy enough to go out Kash came back over to stay the night and we opted to stay home by the fire and read. Red is s the smart enough to stay in and be read to and is taking the night off from critter chasing too. I ordered some books for him awhile back and we've made it about half way through "My Side of the Mountain". For those of you who have kids or grandkids it is an excellent book full of adventure about a boy who leaves home from a New York apartment with 8 siblings to live off the land in the Catskills. I read this book a long time ago and loved it but must say even I'm learning things about nature and edible plants I never knew. This inquisitive kid is loving it and his little brother has enjoyed it when he is here.

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In all seriousness though when it comes to that old cross bred red dog. A man could hunt a lifetime and go though a thousand dogs and never witness a dog that is a better track dog or has the drive that he has. It doesn’t matter what the weather or conditions are like or what he is running he makes every track he runs look extremely easy. When he trees cock the gun because he is going to have something. He doesn’t make many dens or slicks I’d say you can count both that he makes in a year on your fingers and that’s saying something considering that he makes multiple trees a day/night almost 7 days a week year round. He’s the definition of meat dog. The kind that in the depression era would have been worth his weight in gold. He’s been hit by a semi and at least 2 other regular cars that I know of he’s 145 years old and crippled up but on his worst day he’s in the top 5 of the best track dogs I’ve ever seen. I truly believe if he would have landed at our house as a 1 year old instead of a grey in the face dog he would have been better than anything we’ve got, that’s just the way it is. Shack and the rest are pretty decent dogs by anyone’s standards but Red just has something a little extra. Don’t ask me what that something is because I can’t exactly put my finger on it but the few that have seen it in a dog will know what I’m talking about. As it is though he has earned his place and has been one of the most profitable dogs in the country with his pup starting ability. The funny thing is he’s also a really good reproducer in his own right. An accidental breeding to a mojo female created a litter of red English looking dogs that were all squirrel treeing machines.

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Two of the very best things that Kash could have in his life. I was fortunate to have had a grandmother that loved me like a son, I spent as much time as I could with her growing up and never regret one minute of the time I spent with her. She was a second mother to me and I am sure Kash feels the same way about his Nana. A child can never get to much love and there is nothing greater than the love of a mother or Nana. I know that GOD has a special place for all of the loving mothers and Nanas of the world. Sadly, not all children are blessed with loving homes and loving families, but Thank GOD for those that do. I have gotten so much happiness from reading this post, it brings a smile to my face just thinking about Jen, old red and Kash, that's about as good as it gets in my book. Dave

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Dalton I think it is partly because he goes on pure hound instinct. No one has ever told him to do it faster or disciplined him for the off game he chooses. He is pure unlike most anything else out there never altered by human hands or shocker since he has been here. I would guess this would have ruined him completely. He may aim to please us if we tag along but most of all does it for his own pleasure for if he is accompanied it is by Lizzy or a pup. He goes hunting if and when he chooses and pursues what he chooses. I would suspect he is much like many of the companion / yard / hunting dogs of yesteryear.

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Two of the very best things that Kash could have in his life. I was fortunate to have had a grandmother that loved me like a son, I spent as much time as I could with her growing up and never regret one minute of the time I spent with her. She was a second mother to me and I am sure Kash feels the same way about his Nana. A child can never get to much love and there is nothing greater than the love of a mother or Nana. I know that GOD has a special place for all of the loving mothers and Nanas of the world. Sadly, not all children are blessed with loving homes and loving families, but Thank GOD for those that do. I have gotten so much happiness from reading this post, it brings a smile to my face just thinking about Jen, old red and Kash, that's about as good as it gets in my book. Dave

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Yes, it's a wonderful thing to grow up in a loving family, I lived near my dad's family that were very close bonded and my mother's family only lived 18 miles from town on a farm. We visited my mother's family every Sunday, where all her brothers and sisters would bring their children to visit, as they were very close bonded . It was great having 2 sides of the family that were closely bonded and enjoyed spending time together and loved each other dearly. Having grown up that way, I thought every family was like that, really thought that until my college days. Family has always been and still is the most important thing in my life, that's why I am so pleased to see folks like yourself that have that close knit bond with their family. I see so many broken homes these days and children being neglected that it breaks my heart. It's easy to see why we have so much crime, drug use and other problems with so many young folks, they have not had a structured home life. Thank GOD for the families that stay together and raise their children with love and structure in their lives, preparing them to live meaningful and beneficial lives, which is priceless. Dave

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I had an old Redbone once that could/would tree a coon anytime that he wanted to. It didn't matter where you dropped him, when he got ready he would saunter off and tree a coon. His only problem was he treed them when he wanted to and not when you wanted him to. He didn't please you, he pleased himself. His name was Mongo Red. He was hit by 2 cars, had a heat stroke and Lymes but he would still go and tree coons even when older.

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