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Hunted Gin alone tonight. This was the first time she had been out since having a litter of pups off Dual Grand Smokey River Blue Tramps Shadow. On her first track she went in about 150 yrds and struck a cold track, moved the track on in about 100 yrds and treed. I walked in to her and she was treed up a medium sized gum going up into a large oak. I shined but I never could get him to look. We loaded up and went back down the swamp. I unsnapped her and she went across a plowed field where the deer hunters were getting their deer plots ready to plant when it rains. She went in about 100 yrds and struck a working track and began to work it. She worked it through a stand of 20 year old planted pines and turned and came through the pines again and crossed the road that I was on about 300 yrds farther down and went into the woods about 30 yrds and locked up treed. I rode down the woods road until I was even with her and walked in to her, as you can see in the picture above she was a tired little girl. She had treed hard, but she usually trees standing up on the tree, but tonight after working this track quite a ways and had already treed one, she was satisfied to tree standing on the ground, and it is so dry I don't see how they smell anything. She was treed up a medium sized oak going up into a large pine. I am sure the coon was there. I tried to shine it, but I couldn't get anywhere that I could see any part of the pine. I petted her up and we called it a night.

Scott, I sure enjoyed visiting with you also. I wish you the best with your hounds.

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Took Gin out for another run tonight. She didn't seem to want to hunt to good tonight like she usually does. The first turn loose tonight she wouldn't hunt at all. She just hung around the 4-wheeler. I figured she was just stove up from last night. Last night was the first time she had been hunted in about 5 months and having a litter of pups I'm sure had took a lot out of her. I knew where a deer feeder was and I figured I might be able to get her on a hot track and it would help her out. I turned her out close to the feeder and away she went. She struck right off the feeder and ran it in about 200 yrds and locked up treed. I walked in to her and found the coon and shot it out to her. We moved on down the swamp and I dropped her out off an old woods road and away she went. She went in about 75 yrds and struck a working track and moved it on in about another 150 yrds and locked up treed. I walked in to her and she was treed up a pretty good sized oak and I found the coon pretty quick. We left this one to run again. We walked back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night.

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Took Gin out for another run tonight. In my thread last night I mentioned the she didn't hunt like she usually does. She must have heard me and I wont say that again. I turned her loose on the first drop and she went in about 50 yrds and struck a hot track and moved it in another 100 yrds and locked up treed. I walked in to her and sne was treed up what I call a field pine. It wasn't a real big tree, but it had limbs from about 2 feet off the ground and they were big limbs all the way to the top and so thick that you couldn't see any part of the tree. I walked around it shining one time and we walked back to the 4-wheeler and moved on down the swamp. I turned her loose near a deer feeder and she didn't strike on the feeder and kept on going. In a little bit I looked at my Garmin and she was 400 yrds. I moved around on another road and I was no closer and she was still on the move. She had moved around on the back side of a big field of 1 yr old planted pines. She had moved into a big woods with no roads. I had walked in there 2 times before, one time to get her treed and the other time to get Tramp off a tree. The only problem this time she wasn't treed, she wasn't even struck and she was turning the dial on the Garmin. I had never had a dog to get this deep in these woods and I didn't know how to get around to where she was going. I was beginning to loose her on the Garmin. I knew that there was a gate back up the swamp a ways that went out to the highway. I didn't know wheather or not it would help me or not. I didn't even know if I had a key for it or not. I went to the gate and luckly I had a key for it. I went down the road several hundred yrds and it wasn't going in her direction. I started a couple of times to turn around and go back, but I went on down the road for probably a couple miles and came to another road and it turned in her direction so I went down it for probably a mile and I started picking her up better and she was getting closer. I came to a left turn in the road that was going away from her and I just pulled over and stopped and watched the Garmin and she was coming toward me. She was getting closer so I left the 4-wheeler and walked down and ole woods road for about 200 yrds and hit the woods and she was getting closer, so I just waited and shortly she came to me. We walked back to the 4-wheeler and went back to where I had turned her loose. We moved farther down the swamp and I turned her loose again. She moved in about a hundred yrds and struck a good track, moved it through a field of 20 yr old planted pines. The garmin said she was a little over 600 yrds so I decided I had better catch up. I thought the coon was headed to an old lake that is about dried up to a big bog hole with deep holes of water and mud where the big gators lay up, but I think she was pushing him to hard and I was sure glad when the coon made a right turn and came back down the other side of the slough that brought him back toward me a ways and she locked up treed. I went up the slough a ways to a crossing and came back down the other side until I got even with her and walked in to her. She was treed up a large water oak. I could see the tree pretty good from one side, but I couldn't get him to look. I petted Gin up and we called it a night.

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Mr Jack,
I was wondering where you were hiding Gin at. Now I know she was off being a Momma. Hope she is as good of a mother as Hammerhead. Hope your pups turn out good with her and Shadow. Should be a nice cross. I like reading about your hunts with her. I would imagine you will b putting her back in the hunts soon. Good luck with everything.
Scott

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Took Sheba 11 out for a run Sat. night. She just went out from being in season and I had been wanting to get her back out. The first two tracks she started were cold tracks and she tried to work them, but it is so dry here and the tracks were cold. The third track was cold too, but it wasn't quite as cold as the other two and she really worked it. She went in about 100 yrds and struck the track. She made a circle thru the swamp and warming the track up some. She moved the track in about 400 yrds and locked up treed. I could see on the Garmin that she was treed close to another woods road, so I headed aroud there. I got to within about 50 yrds of where she was treed. I saw the coon before I got to the tree. She was treed up an oak tree.
I had no trouble finding the coon when I got to the tree. It had been a while since she had had a coon out to her so I let her have this one. I picked up the coon and we walked back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night.

Scott, Jeremy took Gin over to his house for a couple of months and raised a litter of pups off her and Shadow. Gin is a good little mama dog. She lost 2 or 3 pups to start with and then her maternal instincts kicked in and she took care of the rest of them. I got her back home now and am getting her ready for the State Hunt. Hope everything is going good for you and yours.

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It sure was good to get out for a short hunt with the ole man again. I call him an ole man, although he hasn't reached his 3rd birthday yet. I haven't hunted him since I had finished him out. He sure does make it look easy. First drop, I dropped him off near where some deer hunters has a plot and a feeder. He didn't strike on the feeder and kept going. He made a circle about 400 yrds and started toward the bad stuff and I didn't want to get in there tonight and I called him back. He handles like a kid, better than most these days. He came back and I loaded him up and moved to a place that I have hunted before, for lack of a better explanation of this place its like about 50 acres or more of pretty swamp just sunk down about 20 feet. it is a pretty swamp down in there with a running branch that runs through it. The 20 foot bluffs are all the way around it. The bluff is not so steep, you can walk up it anywhere. It might have once been a big lake, but if so it dried up many years ago. I turned Tramp into it and away he went and I just sat there on the bluff watching the Garmin and enjoying the peaceful night. There was a Coyote pretty close by that started howling and cutting up, letting me know that he didn't especially like me and Tramp in his domain. About that time Tramp struck in about 250 yrds. and started unraveling a cold track left by an ole mama coon and a couple of little ones. he bumped a tree one time and moved on. He worked the track on in about 500 yrds and treed. After Tramp struck, the coyote I guess moved on about his business, as I didn't hear him anymore. I got on the 4-wheeler and went back around toward the other end of the sunken swamp. From now on I'll just call it that and you will know what area I am talking about. I moved back around it until I got even with him and walked in to him. He was about 150 yrds in. I walked in to him and he was treed up a large oak growing beside the small branch. I took a couple of pictures and walked out into a small clearing out on the other side of the tree and when I hit the squaller 2 small coons looked at me from out on a limb on the other side of the tree. I never did see the ole mama coon. She might have been up there some where or she might have just put the little ones up and moved on trying to pull the danger away from her little ones, but she will come back and get them later. I walked in a petted Tramp up and we made our way back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night.

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Loaded Smoke and Gin up tonight and headed to the swamp. Turned them off an ole woods road and they went in about 100 yrds and struck a working track. They moved it out pretty good for about 200 yrds and it got to breaking down on them and they moved on out to about 400 yrds and picked it up or struck a different track. They started splitting up Smoke was moving to the right and Gin to the left. Smoke moved on in another 150 yrds and locked up treed. Gin was still working her track to the left. I walked in to smoke and he was treed up a large oak that had been partially blown over by a storm and it was leaning into two more large oaks. I never could get to where I could see any of the trees very good, but I felt like he was up in there some where. About that time Gin treed and I headed back to the 4-wheeler with Smoke. Gin was in about 400 yrds and I Knew that she was not treeing right. I rode in closer to her and when I stopped the 4-wheeler she was trailing again. She trailed on in about another 100 yrds and locked up solid and this time I knew she wasn't going anywhere. I rode to about 150 yrds of her and left Smoke at the 4-wheeler and walked in to her. She was treed ina a large oak close to a clearing and when I walked out into the clearing and hit the squaller he looked at me with both eyes. I leashed her up and we headed back to the 4-wheeler. I loaded her up on the 4-wheeler with smoke and we headed to the river. I turned them into an ole dried up slew bed. Smoke went to the right and Gin went strait in and struck about 400 yrds in. and Smoke joined her pretty quick. They worked the track up and got to moving it pretty good. I knew that they had went thru some bad stuff. and they were in about 700 yrds when I heard Smoke locate about 1 bark ahead of Gin. I went on up the swamp on the 4-wheeler and got to about 300 yrds of them. and there was some bad stuff between me and them. They were closer to my house than they were me, so I had to go all the way back thru the swamp and come out on the blacktop and go around to them. I went thru my neighbors pasture and they were treed about 75 yrds outside of his fence. I walked in to them, and although it had took me about 45 min. to an hr. to get around to them. they were still treeing hard. They were treed up a large oak with a lot of other trees around it. I only had one spot that I could partially see the tree. I shinned for a while and although I was pretty sure he was there some where I never could get him to look. I leashed up Smoke and Gin and we made our way back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night.

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Mr. Jack,

I sent one PM and tried another but box is full.

I think you are wanting the post office mailing address for the book.

it is:

C&H Publishing
PO Box 777
Sesser, IL 62884

My phone number is:
641-680-0117

If you have any questions I can answer.

Thanks,
Darren

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Thanks for everything Darren, I think I finally got everything taken care of on my Add. I will be sending the other Info that you asked for shortly. I cleaned out my PM box.

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Took Smoke and Gin out for a little run last night. First drop they went in about 100 yrds and just fell treed. Walked in to them and they were treed up a large oak. Never could get him to look, but I finally found him hugged up to the tree up near the top. Next drop they went in about 300 yrds and struck a cold track and worked it back up the swamp about 400 yrds and circled and went across the swamp and the track not seeming to get any better and it finally just played out. Called them out and moved to another spot and turned loose and Smoke went in and treed a possum. I went in and got him and we moved to the Sunken swamp. They went in about 150 yrds and struck a cold track. They worked this coon thru and up out of the sunken swamp and just kept on going for over a mile and treed. I finally found a way in to them and headed their way. They had been treed for well over an hour before I got to them. They were treed up a dead oak tree. There were a lot of vines up in there and it was possible that he could have transfered out, but I don't think he was there. We made our way back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night. Got a picture for you Bill.

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Momma always say da reason dem gators is so mean is cause dey gots all dem teef and no toofbrush.

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Justin came by this afternoon and picked up Smoke. He's going to hunt him some and handle him in the State Hunt. He has a nice young dog that is a litter mate brother to the Shadow dog that he was going to hunt, but some how he had come up with a injured front leg. I was going to hunt Gin tonight, but she had a limp in her left back leg so I decided to let her rest another night and took Sheba 11 out instead. We didn't have to good of a hunt. It has done got so dry here that I really think its probably better to leave the young dogs in the pen. She went in and struck two different tracks the first one she worked in to a little over 300 yrds and it just played out on her. The second one she worked 150 yrds and it played out on her, So I decided to call it a night.

Chris I guess it could be the tooth brush. Those ole boys are known to have a bad attitude.

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Took Gin out for a short run tonight. She is still favoring that left back leg a little. We went up the swamp a ways and dropped her off an ole woods road. she went in about 400 yrds and made a wide circle and came back in. never got a bark. I loaded her up and went to the river. turned her down a spring fed branch. She was beginning to get in pretty deep so I cranked up and started her way. I don't know wheather she ever opened on track or just layed one up as when I stopped the 4-wheeler she was treed. I walked in to her and she was treed up a large oak next to the branch and there was several other trees around it and I couldn't see up the tree at all. We went back to the 4-wheeler and moved on down next to the river. Turned her into a dry slough bed. She struck a cold track and moved it in a ways and it finally just played out on her and in a little while she came back in and I loaded her up and called it a night. We are suppose to get some rain next weekend so maybe that will help things out.

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Took Gin out for another run tonight. First drop sshe went in about 300 yrds and hit a cold track. She moved it on up the swamp aways and treed. I rode up a woods road until I was even with her and walked in to her. She was treed up a medium sized oak and I found the coon pretty quick. We left this one to run again, walked back to the 4-wheeler and moved on down the swamp. Dropped her off the ole woods road into a branch that still has water in it. She crossed the branch and struck a cold track about 150 yrds in. She worked it on out toward some 5 year old planted pines, but circled back before she got there and treed. I went around to another woods road across the branch and walked in to her, she was treed up a medium sized oak. I could shine the tree pretty good and if he was there he wasn't looking. We went to the sunken swamp and I turned her into it. She went in about 200 yrds and struck another cold track, worked it on in another 300 yrds and treed. I went around on the woods road and got within about 100 yrds of her and walked in to her. She was treed up a big Cyprus. I never could get him to look so we walked back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night.

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Some nice hunting stories Jack. Good luck with Gin if you take her to the State hunt. Hope to get back in the woods myself as soon as Creek gets back on all four.

Take Care,
Scott

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Took Sheba 11 out for a short hunt tonight. Took her up the swamp aways and turned her off an ole woods road. She went in 170 yrds and struck a working track and worked it on in another 200 yrds and treed. I went on around as far as I could go on the 4-wheeler and walked on in to her. She was treed up a huge oak den tree. I shined the tree for a few minutes. If he was there he was on the inside. I went on down on the river and made two drops and never got a bark so we called it a night.

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Jeremy and Chris loaded up Gin and Doll V and traveled to Ovette, Ms. last night for their UKC hunt. Chris wound up in a dead cast. Chris said Doll did a good job, but just could not find her coon. Jeremy won his cast with Gin with 375+ points. This gave Gin another 1st place. She finished to Nite Ch. with 2-1st and a 2nd. Scott and Bill Tell Hammerhead and Dutch that their daughter is doing her thing down here in south Mississippi.

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Congrats to yaw on Gin making NT. CH. MR. Jack. She is a nice, good looking hound. Rain is on the way, hunting is about to get a LOT Better. Take Care.

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Congratulations Mr Jack.

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Mr Jack,
Congratulations!! It sure is nice to see her get that win and finish to Nite Ch. Very nice picture also. She sure looks like her mother Hammerhead. Great Job to Bill Goode on making this cross and breeding this fine female.

Take Care,
Scott

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GrNiteCh GrCh Makin' Music Banjo (GrNiteCh Washburn Valley Blue Drip X GrNiteCh GrCh Razor Ridge Unstable Mable)
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