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Justin and I loaded Smoke and Ella up yesterday and traveled up to the Delta National Forest. Neither of us really knew anything about the Forest, but we went up there and rode around and when we found a place that looked good we turned them loose and did pretty good until the last turn loose. Now I have always heard what good hunting they have at the Delta National and they do, but it has its bad places too. I would advise any one going there to have someone with them that knows his way around up there. Our first turn loose we turned in at a camping spot with a 4-wheeler trail. We didn't carry our 4-wheelers this time. We turned the dogs into a pretty woods and they went in a little over 400 yrds and struck a cold track. They trailed around in there for about 15 min. and Ella came treed and Smoke backed her. We walked in to them and they were treed up a Persimmon tree. It was loaded with Persimmons. We shinned it for a few minutes and didn't find anything. We leashed the dogs and walked back to the truck and gave the dogs some water. It was dry up there and no water anywhere. We decided to drive down to another spot, and cast the dogs into a pretty woods. They went in about 300 yrds and struck a working track, and got to moving it pretty good for another 300 yrds and locked up treed. We walked into them and they were treed up a hugh oak tree. We shined for a few minutes and found the coon. He moved and we finally found him again. Justin made a good shot on him and out he came(yea, it surprised me to Jeremy) I wanted to get one out on Smoke and Justin's young female. Smoke hadn't been out, but one time in about 6 weeks. We got the coon and walked back to the truck. We still had not seen any water at all. We decided to move again and try to find a spot with a little water. We rode around some until we found a place, we didn't see any water, but there was some mud beside the road in the ditch and the garmin said Wetland and we could see on the Garmin what looked like Lilypads deeper in to the right so we decided to give it a try. We turned the dogs loose and they went in about 100 yrds to the left and hit a pretty good track and started moving it back toward the right and when they were about 150 yrds in front of us Ella locked up treed and Smoke kept moving. We walked into Where Ella was treeing. I mentioned to Justin where Ella got her name and he muttered something about "Don't never let women name your hunting dog" Which I didn't think Ella was a bad name. We got in to her and She had another Persimmon tree and it was loaded with persimmons. We didn't find anything in this one either. Smoke was getting deep and it showed on the Garmin that he was going right up through the middle of what looked like those Lilypads and said Wetland and I knew that it looked and sounded like he was having a rough time. Justin decided he would put Ella in the truck. and after he got back to where I was at Smoke treed. We started to him and the closer we got to him the rougher it got. There was some kind of bushes in there that grew up about 12 feet high and real thick with a lot of limbs on them. You had to just fight your way through them with Mud and water, mostly mud from ankle deep to almost over your boots. About 50 yrds before we got to where Smoke was treed we came to an opening about 30 yrds wide and it was just Lilypads and water. The water across the opening was almost over our boots. There was about 20 feet of those bushes between the water with the lilypads and where Smoke was treed and Justin had reached the edge of them. I was about half way across the water and lilypads. I could see the big Cyprus that Smoke was treeing on above the bushes. I told Justin to give me the rifle and to see if there was anything in there to shake and about that time, I don't know what it was something wherled the water right in front of me. I don't know wheather it was a big fish or an alligator, I never did see it, but it really wherled the water right in front of me. I watched for a moment to see if it was going to show above the water, but it never did. I got the rifle and Justin went under the tree and shook some bushes. but I never saw the coon, but there was a big hole up there so I guess he had made it home. I kept a watch from behind until I got out of the water, but I never saw anything. We watched the Garmins and made a swing around all the thick stuff and had a much easier trip back to the truckand called it a night.

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Sounds like yall got in a rough spot. At less you didn't have to walk back with boots full of water.

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I took Sheba out last night for a short run and she did a good job on a coon. We just treed one up a large oak and I looked at it, I had my camera with me, but had left the disc in the computer. After that one we called it a night.

I took Smoke out for a short run tonight. I noticed when I got him out of the pen he was limpimg a little in his left front leg.
I checked it over good and could not find anything wrong with it, but he kept limping on it. It wasn't bad, but it was noticeable. I decided to take him on down to the swamp. I turned him off an ole woods road. He left on out and struck a cold track at about 500 yrds. he moved it on out and made about a 600 yrd circle about 3/4 of the way around me. and treed at about 675 yrds in the opposite direction from where he struck. I rode to within about 75 yrds of where he was treed and walked on in to him. He was treed up a large oak and I found the coon pretty quick, as you can see in the picture above he is still favoring that left leg. I was going to hunt some more, but with that leg bothering him, we called it a night.

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Took Smoke out for a run tonight. Dropped him off an ole woods road into an Oak and Cyprus swamp wit a drainage ditch that runs down thru the middle of it and on into Cyprus Creek. The ditch only has a little water in it now as dry as it is and Cyprus Creek is about the size of a small branch, but when the rains come they will both be there to rekon with. Smoke went in about 90 yrds, about the time he got to the drainage ditch and locked up treed. I listened to him tree a minute and walked in to him. He was treed up a medium sized oak. I found a spot that I could shine the tree pretty good and hit the squaller a few times and didn't see anything. The tree had a vine in it and I walked in and shook it pretty good and walked back out and shined and blew the squaller, but still didn't see anything. I told Smoke, well ole boy I believe you missed this one, because I could see the tree pretty good from where I was at. I had crossed the ditch to shine the tree and when I started back across the ditch, I happened to glance up and there he sat out on the end of a limb in a clump of leaves. I Walked on in and petted Smoke up some and we left this one to run again. I forgot to mention that I had got a late start hunting tonight and I met another hunter coming out as I was going in and I stopped and said hello. I told him who I was and he got out of his truck and said I know you probably don't remember me and he told me his name. I said no sir I don't remember you and he said Mr. Jack you took me on my first competition hunt. I shook his hand and told him I was sorry I didn't remember him, but that was nothing unusual for me these days. He said he had just hunted thru the swamp and hadn't got a bark, but I think he was just mostly road hunting. We said our goodbyes and he went on out and I went on in the swamp where I was going to hunt. On the second drop we went to the sunken swamp and smoke went in about 150 yrds and struck a working track and moved it out of there up into some 20 year old plantation pines and he got him going pretty good and the coon made about a 350yrd circle about 3/4 of the way around me, similar from the way it happened the other night, just in different places. He was moving him good and locked up treed at about 400 yrds. There was another woods road that went to within about 20 yrds of where he was treed. He was treed up a big pine with vines all over it and I didn't think I would see the coon, but when I blew the squaller he was sitting out on the end of a limb in a bunch of vines. about half way up. I walked in and petted Smoke up and we left this one to run again. We loaded up and called it a night.

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Oh my, I never thought I'd see the day you'd switch to walker dogs. I'm very disappointed! Lol

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That is probably the sorriest coondog that ever was. She won't tree anything and the only thing she will run is the chickens or the cats when they get to close to her feed bowl. I bought her for a friend of mine as a Christmas present and she is the only thing around here that I know will never have a price tag on it.

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She or he sure looks happy. That aint the first time she's been there. Got to love them Boston Terriers.

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Took Smoke out for a run tonight. This was the first cool night of the year, and all the animals seemed to be out enjoying the cool night. To make a long story short, I dropped Smoke out 5 times. He went in and struck 5 tracks and made 5 trees. I looked at 2 coons, 2 den trees and one slick tree. I guess with this cool weather some of the coons headed to the den trees. I think these were the first den trees that I have made since last winter. One of the coons you can see in the top picture above. She is just above the center of the spot of my light, slightly to the right. I say she, for I could see her tits and it looked like she was suckling little ones. I took a couple pictures of her and left her to raise her little ones.


Mr. Tommy, that little spotted dog on the back of the 4-wheeler. Her 3 happiest times is when her master comes in from work, when I feed her a chocolate silver bell and when she gets to ride on the 4-wheeler. She loads up over the seat. I never have to load her up and I never tie her. All I have to do is say lets go and in about a second she is loaded up.

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Mr. Jack,
Glad to hear it is cooling down for you some. There is nothing better for me than a nice hunt on a cool fall night. It looks as though your leaves are still pretty green. Most of ours have turned color and are starting to fall. It makes it easier to see (or not see) the coon. Sounds like Smoke is really doing a nice job for you. I hope to hunt with him sometime. I am looking forward to hearing about Gin II getting started. I have been getting some nice reports on that cross. The Shadow pups I have here are sure nice in every way. They will get out if you don't keep your eye on them. We have really been having some nice Fall days in the 50's and nights in the 30's and it makes for great hunting. Ol' Tramp has really settled in well and we get a real pleasure every time he opens that mouth of his. He is a nice one and I can not thank you enough.
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Had Smoke and Gin 11 out tonight for a run. It was not a good night to have a puppy out tonight. The coons were not moving. I turned them loose off an ole woods road, hoping to hit a good track as I had Gin along with me tonight and this was her second night to be in the woods. Smoke hit a cold track at about 150 yrds and Gin opened with him. I watched her on the Garmin, when they would make a loose she would swing out trying to pick the track up. When Smoke would check a tree she would check it too. They moved it on in and Smoke treed, and in a moment Gin treed with him. I grabbed my rifle and headed to them. They were treed up a big oak. It was a den tree with a hole at the bottom and another one up toward the top. I sure would have liked to have gotten that one out, but I'll have to wait for another night. I petted Gin up good and we walked back to the 4-wheeler. I couldn't help but remember What My Friend Mr. Woodrow Williamson. He was the one that use to own Pearl River Blue Ruby. The female that started my dogs and started me down the competition trail. He use to tell me everytime we got a puppy started: Jack you just ruint that puppy. Well tonight I guess I just ruint another one. Like I said earlier, it was not a good night for hunting a pup. I turned Smoke and Gin loose again and they went a little over 900 yrds and never opened. I caught them crossing another woods road and called it a night.

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Is she one of the pups you raised on a bottle? It’ just amazes me to see, or hear about a puppy treeing for the first time, at such a young age. But I believe that’s what happens when you stay in a line of dogs that reproduce, over and over.

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Yes, Mr. Tommy she is part of the litter that I raised on the bottle. Their mother Gin got out of the pen when they were 9 days old and got killed, and from that time on I was their mother. I think Gin 11 still thinks I am. She loves to put those front feet up on me and lay her head against my chest and me pet her. some of these ole hounds will still your heart if you will let them and I guess I have been letting them for a long time. I know that there are some people out there to them a dog is just a dog, but I know there are a lot of them out there that have the same feelings about their dogs as you and I mr. Tommy. I think Gin 11 had the best Sire and Dam that she could have possibly had and If given the chance she should follow right along in their footsteps and maybe, maybe, maybe be even better.lol Take care Mr. Tommy

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Took Sheba out for a run tonight down by the river. Dropped her off on a spring fed branch that runs through the swamp. She went in about 250 yrds and struck a working track, moved it on down the branch another 200 yrds and locked up treed. I went around on another woods road and got to within 50 yrds of her and walked on in to her. She was treed up a big oak den tree with a big hole in the top. I don't know why all of the sudden I'm treeing so many Den trees. I hadn't treed a den tree all summer and the last 2 or 3 hunts I have made 3 or 4 of them. I could understand if the temperature had gotten real cold. The temp did drop a little, but to only about 60 degrees. I turned her loose again and she went in about 100 yrds and struck and only opened about 4 times on the ground crossed a slough and treed. I think she had him, but it was so thick up there that I couldn't see anything. We walked back to the 4-wheeler and called it a night.

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