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that when I started coonhunting, I bought a carbide light and thought I was sh!@@#$' in high cotton. Rob Gregory

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I'm 19 I just enjoy hunting with dogs and it gets dark early in the fall so coonhuntings a no brainier. I barely go to completion hunts but I like seeing who's got the better dogs and the comradery. Not a fan of the registering system, I wanted to hunt my dog but hes got alot of unpapered ancestors, I think I got him registered correctly but I had to register him as a mutt even tho he's purebred and no one really knew how to help me register a dog with unpapered ancestors so it sucked to do lol. I've only had/got one dog and he isn't perfect but I like him alot and I think u just gotta be realistic with expectations. What I like in a dog is medium/close Hunter who comes back if it hasn't struck within a few hundred yrds. I hate deep hunters cause not only is permission a problem but I like hunting coons and not trying to hunt down my dog, I also hate dogs that slick alot and are just knotheaded, that's about all I really don't like in a dog

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I’m 38 , been coon hunting since I was 13 off n on. I have go to competition hunts with my friend n I enjoy them but it is not my thing. I hunt from October till about June most of the time. A little in the summer but mostly enjoy hunting when it’s cold/ harvest season. There something about a cold crisp frosty night n listening to my hounds strike a cold track , warm it up n put it up that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up . Having to worry about competing with 3 other guys during all that is what ruins it for me. I hunt flat land n patches n don’t like a wide hunting dog for the amount of roads n houses n city folk that don’t understand. I only hunt my style of hound n don’t really care what others think about them. I haven’t raised a litter in a long time but am going to this fall. I have found a male n female that have what I like n will probably just give what I don’t keep to to people I know will give theya chance. I work full time job and own a business with my wife n don’t have time for bs. This my one hobby , passion, I’m passing down to my two daughters. If it’s not fun then why do it . To each his own n don’t worry bout what others think. I’ll have a hound in my back yard till the day I die , lord willing. Thanks

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I never had any family members into coon hunting. We never had a dog growing up because my dad didn’t like them or he didn’t think we could afford them. I’ve enjoyed the adventure of learning about it on my own. Not interested in trophies, just like seeing how my dogs stack up against other dogs.

consider myself more “middle aged” as I’m mid 40’s. find myself Relating more to Waylon’s “old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill.”

It’s funny because one of these mafia “young guns” mentioned above in this thread got all bent out of shape and mad when I elected to take the first two minutes of shine time recently. 🤣🤣

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1.) what's the topography of country like that you guys hunt in most of the time?

Coon hunting in river bottoms with cottonwoods and willows. Elevation is around 6000-7000 feet. In winter cliffs and dark timber forest between 6500-9000 feet.

2.) how often can you drive to within 500-600 yards of your dogs treed way in deep?

Never

3.) what's the average duration of what you would call a good run?

For raccoons about an hour. Cats 2-6 hours

4.) do you like to hear a hound work up a track into a hot driving race or prefer it not say much on the ground but blow down the tree?

The second is preferable.

5.) do you like a dog that checks in with you if it hasn't struck a coon in say 30-40 mins. or just keep hunting until it strikes a coon somewhere?

Check in.

6.) do you care if your dog runs junk or not as long as it eventually is sitting under a treed coon?

Like dogs to be totally trash broke.

I'm a year older than Tar but I ain't an old fart! Thankfully I'm still able to put on some miles in the hills, valleys and mountains where I live. I also still strap on snowshoes and hunt hare in the winter with my beagles! I don't have any coon hounds now but my best friend still does and I can go anytime I want with him. I can tell you he's had a heck of a time in the last 10 yrs. to come up with a decent coon hound of the kind we like! Finally got a pretty decent one 2 years ago only to be diagnosed with ehrlicosis which I guess is pretty much coming to be accepted as the norm near as I can tell!

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1.) what's the topography of country like that you guys hunt in most of the time?
2.) how often can you drive to within 500-600 yards of your dogs treed way in deep?
3.) what's the average duration of what you would call a good run?
4.) do you like to hear a hound work up a track into a hot driving race or prefer it not say much on the ground but blow down the tree?
5.) do you like a dog that checks in with you if it hasn't struck a coon in say 30-40 mins. or just keep hunting until it strikes a coon somewhere?
6.) do you care if your dog runs junk or not as long as it eventually is sitting under a treed coon?

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So here's another question for the "Young Guns".

The 1st 15 years I coon hunted I didn't own a shock collar or a tracking collar of any kind. Not even sure there was tracking units in production for houndsmen then. Got Tri-Tronics in 1993. Never got tracking collars until 2000.

Question to you is if you had no training collars or tracking collars today would you still be hunting the same dog or type of dog you do today?

On a different note, let me say a heartfelt thank you to you younger folks for your commitment to the sport of hunting with hounds. Though our ideas and preferences may differ we are of one mind in keeping hunting with hounds alive in this country. Thanks for keeping the candle burning!

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My answer is yes I would hunt the same dogs which is why I still own them. There hunting style is what I prefer. Strike the the first track they come to hot or cold , Open trail ( which is a must for me) that same track till it ends den or coon. They miss some like all dogs but have coon more times than not. They 9 out of ten times strike in the woods I put them in and get treed in the same patch . Not always but usually. I don’t like pulling my dog off someone’s back yard 2 miles away. To many houses around here. If if tree a bunch a coons great , if not oh well. A bad night in the woods is better than a good night on the couch. I hunted my first 15 years without a track system so I remember what it is like. These r just my style of hounds. Don’t expect other to like or dislike them. I love coonhunting with every fiber of my being an have since I heard my first hound. Just love tradition n history in general. This is a great thread!

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So here's another question for the "Young Guns".

The 1st 15 years I coon hunted I didn't own a shock collar or a tracking collar of any kind. Not even sure there was tracking units in production for houndsmen then. Got Tri-Tronics in 1993. Never got tracking collars until 2000.

Question to you is if you had no training collars or tracking collars today would you still be hunting the same dog or type of dog you do today?

On a different note, let me say a heartfelt thank you to you younger folks for your commitment to the sport of hunting with hounds. Though our ideas and preferences may differ we are of one mind in keeping hunting with hounds alive in this country. Thanks for keeping the candle burning!

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Happy birthday, I really enjoyed your post. You articulated what I see is the heart and soul of coon hunting. It gladdens my heart to see a young man that sees the pure joy of coon hunting in itself, not looking for any other awards, but enjoying the sport as so many of us older hunters have done for years. Wish you many years of happy and enjoyable coon hunting, not that you need my wishes, you have already got what it takes. Dave

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So here's another question for the "Young Guns".

The 1st 15 years I coon hunted I didn't own a shock collar or a tracking collar of any kind. Not even sure there was tracking units in production for houndsmen then. Got Tri-Tronics in 1993. Never got tracking collars until 2000.

Question to you is if you had no training collars or tracking collars today would you still be hunting the same dog or type of dog you do today?

On a different note, let me say a heartfelt thank you to you younger folks for your commitment to the sport of hunting with hounds. Though our ideas and preferences may differ we are of one mind in keeping hunting with hounds alive in this country. Thanks for keeping the candle burning!

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6). They need to run junk in moderation. A older dog for sure can strike it and run it for a couple hundred yards but it needs to get coon on it's mind and not pass too many of them. [/B]

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Whew sometimes I wonder why I fought so hard to ensure coonhunting is going to be in our youths future for years to come. When our youth has the anything goes attitude. Maybe we need just one rule :



Anything goes.


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Come on fellas, nothing wrong with a gamey pup. Something to work with. Will take one over a straight one any day. They got heart , that’s where the drive comes from.

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Come on fellas, nothing wrong with a gamey pup. Something to work with. Will take one over a straight one any day. They got heart , that’s where the drive comes from.

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Am picking with you tar. Use to be first strick was running junk , an fallen off on a hot coon. It still is except they don’t need junk. They just bark to make you think they running something. But I do like a gamey pup.

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A normal play by play : all four dogs struck under the minute.


Dogs are splitting up must have been four coons running together.

Track is cooling down.

Dogs are getting deep.

Ole flame thrower trees ole fang backs. Ole flame thrower leaves fang has the evidence.


Ole flame thrower trees fang is recut and opens behind the cast.


Ole lonely has first strike and can barley be heard tree ole lonely.

Flame is circled. Hunt is up if ole lonely has the coon he wins plus lonely up.


Say it ain’t so I think they use the same ones and just change the names.

Tar

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Happy birthday, I really enjoyed your post. You articulated what I see is the heart and soul of coon hunting. It gladdens my heart to see a young man that sees the pure joy of coon hunting in itself, not looking for any other awards, but enjoying the sport as so many of us older hunters have done for years. Wish you many years of happy and enjoyable coon hunting, not that you need my wishes, you have already got what it takes. Dave

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Very nice of you to say Dave! I consider myself to be very “old school”, even for being a “young guy” If you ever need a hunting buddy, look me up!

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Whatever can win, an however. There is real coondogs out there. It’s competition tar , just because these young folks are young they not stupid. They learn faster by what they see.

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Enjoyed your post Corey! Good to hear there are some younger folks that still
are interested in the joys of listening to a quality coon hound in the pleasure hunting format. There is whole lot more to be enjoyed in owning good night to night solid pleasure hounds then many realize. Savor it while you can!

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Whatever can win, an however. There is real coondogs out there. It’s competition tar , just because these young folks are young they not stupid. They learn faster by what they see.

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I am 38 years old I have been coon hunting since I was born I reckon I am a coon hunter first I like to hunt a balanced dog that trees coons. I went on my first competition hunt in 2004 I had never been on one so I thought I would try it. I took an old redbone hound he was 2 at the time and hunted him on the hunts and made him a grand nt ch in 13 casts. Won 12 of those 13 casts. He was an honest strike dog took which ever track he came across and treed it. I hunted him 6 or 7 nights a week year around he wasn't nothing flashy he just treed coons. Pleasure hunting is my thing but I love drawing those so called competition dogs with him because he was a coon dog and a coon dog that trees coons will win more than they loose! That's my two cents

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You are welcome, thanks for the invitation to hunt with you. I would consider it a privilege to hunt with you and if the opportunity ever arises, you can bet I will be there. Dave

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