Registered: Oct 2014
Location: NC
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Most of my spots are smaller tracts say 30-50 acres each. With deer season going out so I'll be getting cranked up. In a perfect world I'd cast the dogs and follow them wherever they went. However that won't work where I hunt without everyone around me and adjoining neighbor getting pissed off and likely loosing what few spots I have left to hunt. I know the opinion of feeders by most on here but I don't have much choice but to use them to keep my dogs on half decent tracks in the woods I have to hunt. Just curious what some of y'all do who don't have 1,000s of acres to hunt. do you run multiple feeders ? just looking for ideas on some things to do to save some headaches and keep my dogs as safe as I can.

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Registered: May 2016
Location: Palatka, FL
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For the coon feed will get them there but even with good food supply they will ramble around and get you into trouble. Your second choice would be a different style hound. One that hunts close. Others can help with what breed that might be. Fiest or cur

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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Fayetteville.Ga
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Thought U might recommend a B/T there for a minute.

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train the dog to work with the tone button. also may want to find a dog that has a poor voice.

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Location: Palatka, FL
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Mr. Meyers hope your doing ok. There are some fine black dogs out there. Have a couple buddies with some. Unfortunally the future for many will be the same as wildcats. Not much hunting ground.

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Tone train and hunt after midnight

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It will take some practice, but like they train bird dogs to hunt close. Watch the Garmin, when they get close to the property line or road, tone them. Now hunting should work fine, but trailing a hot track, I don't know, that would be tough. Better hunt after midnight.
Hunting a tone broke hound with a Garmin, it has made hunting much more enjoyable for me

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Registered: Dec 2013
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Alot of good advise in the post above I'll add one more .leave that gun in the truck these dogs don't need as many coons shot out to them as the owner does.not being a smart butt I'm in the same situation your in .tree them and leave

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Registered: Dec 2013
Location: Nichols Ny
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Not sure what kind of woods you're hunting. But if there's not a lot of den trees in them. They won't hold the coon no matter what you put out for feeders. I was lucky to get permission on a old farm that has a pile of den trees even after they cleared out 1/2 the big oaks. So what I'm saying is if you don't have a bunch of den trees, then you should make den boxes or similar.

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