mnb&t
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Re: What are the fastest black and tan track dogs?
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Originally posted by RonnyB
I'm looking for input as to what the fastest black and tans are that anyone has been to the woods with.
Dogs that have a cold nose and have the brains, drive and desire and grit to move that track like they are trying to kill the game they are pursuing. They must also be strong tree dogs.
Thanks for your replies.
i had a run for over 10 years when minn and now dead trix were in prime. each dog caught coon on ground solo plenty but the magic happened when hunted together. both open, but honest mouthed track dogs. gritty as females come, not as powerful as a good male but would go through buzz saw for a coon. unless you seen trixers ears and body before died, you wouldnt believe it. was walking scar tissue. flat out ground catches were minimum 50 a year to best year i kept track was 187 caught. where i hunt plenty good coon hunting but not crazy populations like i hear about further east or south of here. dogs have to hunt here more often than not. minn is near father time catching up and a shadow of prime and trix dead but both in prime fired out like rocket looking to catch but both treed amazing and could run bad tracks and layup coon. all around dogs.
had many night with 2, 3, or more catches per night and dogs were marathon hunted year round. these dogs vacations were going big game hunting and half the time if in area with coon them hunts turned into coon hunt whether day or night.
from time garmin came out i would reset almost every drop and never had as high of mph rates i read about on dotcom but always caught more coon than anyone ever talked to. besides garmin speed just listening to these dogs could tell how fast were.
iron sharpens iron and both these dogs were started and hunted with dogs that caught game and they took to different level. lot of credit for how dogs operated whole life belongs to being started with long dead dogs, plott named jake and b&t male named smokey. both my females from time old enough to hit woods till death or now older than dirt minn have always been in hunted up shape year round. only short break with each dog was when had litter.
have had other fast track dogs, my current good dog sky is fast. catches coon on ground and holds bayed if in right situation but unless a little pussy coon rarely finishes deal solo. she's great track and tree dog but not a black devil looking to eat a coon. the kind i like are few and far between in every breed.
trix was best of the best catch dog but funniest thing was mama could give her bath and sit on couch by my oldest boy when he was baby or would ride in front seat of truck very often when traveling to go hunting. you could get food and eat right beside her and would wait for her portion. that bit of training took a little bit of tough love a time or two. LOL.
my old man who has been around hounds whole life always said since she was puppy had 1000yd stare... man do i miss her.
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