OLD TIMER
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andrewdavis
I like the way your hound is built and I would guess he is fast and doesn't come up sore after hard hunting.
Why??
I like the way his foot is laid out, inside toes are a little longer something like a coyote for speed.
His pastern has a "little" bend to it which acts like a shock absorb er and is easy on his shoulders.
And when I pick a hound I like their hind leg to be like his for speed, the bone from the hip to his hock is 2/3 the length of bone from the hock to the pad which gives a hound the push/drive when running.
Very nice hound and happy hunting and stay safe.
As far as the past vs the present?? Think it has to do more with the hunter then the hound. Seen my first coon treed in 1955, owned my first hound in 1956 and have had one every year sense. Didn't put up with feeding junk then and don't today. Didn't hunt with a little computer in my hand when I started so they had to tell me what was happening and where they were. I do have one of those computers today, BUT I still hunt the type that tells me whats happening and where they are going. Have never hunted for the fur, scorecard or the money but for the enjoyment of the hound. Did have a Blue out of some of the early Hammer Line that was nice, had a spotted one out of the Spring Creek Rock that liked to run "everything" so he went to a fox hunter. Had some really nice grade hounds but got spoiled on a Redbone in the early 60's that came from Amboy MN that was as natural of a coon treeing machine and as straight as an arrow.
Loved his mouth on track and tree and still today, mouth and how they use it is very important to me, tree hound or Running Hound.
Was there junk back then? Yep, but I have seen as much in what's out there today. Ruff--remember in the 60's-70's would go to a hunt and could load males females in the same box and go to your spots to hunt. Slick--same years as above, when they treed you could load the gun or plus the card. Early days brains and voice where a lot more important because we didn't have that little computer box that can reach out there and "touch" them, (which I have seen do more harm then good in some peoples hands!!)
So for those that like what they have today, more power to you and enjoy.
And for us others that still enjoy the work of the hound, be safe and Thank You for not breeding for the scorecard or the money but the enjoyment.
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