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I want to hear what is your top 10 list for the best hounds in your opinion you have ever seen?

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In a nite hunt was Seth Isch English gyp in northern Indiana. Best coon treeing show I ever saw put on and I have had the privilege of seeing many of what are considered tops go.

Best COONDOG I ever saw was Mitchell Stephens' Rock dog.

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BAD HABIT is at the top of my top ten. Clean is up there, as well as Mojo. Trickles down from there, but Habit was good at winning.

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Uchtman's Blue Albert

Gene DeGraffenreid's old Newton dog.

Wayne Holman's Spike, a Finley River and Crowding Billy bred Walker that placed 10th at the UKC World Hunt in 1989.

Sandy,an old Jungle Jim bred Redbone female I hunted with a lot when I was a kid.

My old Jewel and Belle females.

Uchtman's Ranger VI.

Razor Ridge DUI

The original Double Springs Echo

Guy Ormiston's Sheba

In no particular order.

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In no particular order.
BuckEye Bud
Hardwood Henry
Bad Habit
Tar Hill Henry
Swift Creek Lace
Hat Creek Phydeaux
Smiley's Blue Stelth
Whatley's Blue Smokey
Brickly Creek Little Bit
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Walker! you meaning competition dogs! or coondogs in general! seems like when someone asks whats the best dog they have seen!! its always something someone else has or do own!! or some flavor back when! they were hot ? jmo

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Contrary to popular belief some of those big time winners are actually coondogs

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I realize the question is just to get others opinions on a list of top dogs, but at best any list by anyone would be biased and limited to a relatively small number of dogs they have hunted with often enough to call a top coonhound. I have to hunt with a dog for a couple of seasons at least to really know how good they are. Many top dogs are just pleasure hunted that relatively few people get to hunt with! Same with some of the winningest competition dogs- how many people actually get to hunt with these hounds enough to make that call? Dave

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I want to hear what is your top 10 list for the best hounds in your opinion you have ever seen?

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I would say back in the day it was not as documented a dogs winning was word of mouth or magazine now with several kcs having events weekly you see a dog that's getting in final fours in multiple kcs consistantly it's a sure bet that dog is a coon dog against stiff competition and would hold its own against anybody's top ten.

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I realize the question is just to get others opinions on a list of top dogs, but at best any list by anyone would be biased and limited to a relatively small number of dogs they have hunted with often enough to call a top coonhound. I have to hunt with a dog for a couple of seasons at least to really know how good they are. Many top dogs are just pleasure hunted that relatively few people get to hunt with! Same with some of the winningest competition dogs- how many people actually get to hunt with these hounds enough to make that call? Dave

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You seriously have to hunt with a dog a couple of seasons to know how good it is? I would think if you don't know a dogs quality after seeing it in the woods a half dozen nights, you will prolly never know it.

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I'm a stickler for consistency. I wouldnt need two seasons but I'd need more then a couple trips before I'd start a top ten list. They all have bad nights for me the dif between a good one and a real good one is how often they have a bad night.

I'd have to see one 20 -30 times before I could rate one all time. In a couple nights I could tell ya what I saw and whether or not I wanted to see more lol

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My statement was made regarding my definition of a top coonhound! Hunting the dog in all conditions over an extended period of time. Agree or disagree, I do not think one can get a real accurate reading in just a few nights! I respect those who opinions are different from that. Maybe we all have different standards or definition of what a top coonhound is or is not. Dave

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I have seen a few dogs that did the same thing every time they were turned loose, these dogs seemed to tree coon with ease and was actually boring to hunt because I knew what to expect before I left my home to go hunting. I guess these dogs could be called top dogs.

I know everyone wants a top hound but a young dog that is noticeably improving is more fun to hunt.

I have hunted with some of the dogs mentioned here but I had a different opinon on part of them. This doesn't take anything from those dogs but it does show that hunters sometime prefer different traits in dogs.

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I have seen a few dogs that did the same thing every time they were turned loose, these dogs seemed to tree coon with ease and was actually boring to hunt because I knew what to expect before I left my home to go hunting. I guess these dogs could be called top dogs.

I know everyone wants a top hound but a young dog that is noticeably improving is more fun to hunt.

I have hunted with some of the dogs mentioned here but I had a different opinon on part of them. This doesn't take anything from those dogs but it does show that hunters sometime prefer different traits in dogs.


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I have seen a few dogs that did the same thing every time they were turned loose, these dogs seemed to tree coon with ease and was actually boring to hunt because I knew what to expect before I left my home to go hunting. I guess these dogs could be called top dogs.

I know everyone wants a top hound but a young dog that is noticeably improving is more fun to hunt.

I have hunted with some of the dogs mentioned here but I had a different opinon on part of them. This doesn't take anything from those dogs but it does show that hunters sometime prefer different traits in dogs.


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Agreed 100%

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Regardless of what people want you to believe a dog can only do so much some just a little more Fancy than others!

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When i was a teenager my uncle had a direct son of hillbilly mac. That was 28 years ago and i havent seen anything that even compares. Its just a shame he wasnt owned by someone with the means to promote him . I believe his name was nite ch Fisch's night Fire. He was a mac nite heat cross

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Regardless of what people want you to believe a dog can only do so much some just a little more Fancy than others!

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I agree with Dave Richards . One cannot truly judge a dogs ability in a couple nights in the woods. I always said it takes 30 nights in the woods to form an opinion on a dog . Looking at the whole picture !

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[B One cannot truly judge a dogs ability in a couple nights in the woods. I always said it takes 30 nights in the woods to form an opinion on a dog . Looking at the whole picture ! [/B]

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louder,
faster,more consistant.

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