travis gideon
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Alexandria, IN
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quote: Originally posted by Wes Coffman
I have hunted with lots of good dogs. I have hunted with a couple great ones. The most impressive single night dog I have seen or heard was dog named Gr Nt Ch Silver Ch Raintree Last Deposit Zeb. He was directly out of Wipeout Zeb. I won't say Zeb was the best coon dog I have ever seen as far as night in night out all weather conditions, but on a given night he could be amazing. He could strike and tree a coon quicker (and as far or in any direction) than any dog I have seen. He did it with absolute style. He was a dog that when he opened that head in a cast everyone said "what dog is that?" When he came treed there was no doubt in what was going on and he would tree so rapidly that it was common for people to think two dogs were setting in there treed. He would hustle all over the place and wanted nothing but to please his owner/handler. If you were down in a cast and you had 30 seconds left to hunt, he was the type of dog you turn loose because he could get somewhere in a hurry and be treed. He was not perfect and nor did he operate at that high level every night, but when he was on, he was a Wow, Holy $&@! what did that dog just do type of dog.
I 2nd that...the year Chad pushed him and got a state and nationals spot I seen Zeb win 3 casts in the last 7 mins or less. He would ping pong threw the country and be under a coon faster then anything I ever seen. Also, handled like a dream! The first night I hunted with Zeb and Chad Zeb treed 6 times on 6 drops and I looked at 6 coons and this was in approx. 2 hours. that was from the time we left the drive until we pulled back in....impressive to say the least!
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