houndsound
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Sheridan, WY
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I'm curious- I often hear a grounp on here demonizing these modern go-yonder, hot-nosed dogs that the hunts are producing..... claiming the dogs of ole were so much better....
How much do you travel and check out dogs to get these opinions? When is the last time you went to a hunt. I've hunted coonhounds in one form or another since about 1986. In the past few years I've hunted with hounds and different lines from Georgia, Iowa, Arkansas, and several places in Missouri. Trust me- that's a lot of driving from Wyoming.
My observations are way different. I've hunted with grade dogs- and several lines that are consistent winners in today's hunts. By large and far most of them can take any track that comes to them... and they are by large and far better than the dogs on average I hunted with years ago.
I'm confused as to what you guys think the hunts have done differently- any rules changes have been subtle- it's the same basic format as hunts were in any of your glory years. Plus there are many more dogs out pleasure hunting than hitting the hunts regularly.... and I"d guess most that attend hunts only go to a few local hunts a year. I'm guessing the guys hitting hunts at an elite level make up less than 10% of coon hounds... so to blame the hunts of ruining dogs is odd. Again.... it's just odd to me... I've seen nice dogs and know for sure the odds of getting a good one from a litter is much higher than it used to be.
I guess the absolute statements kinda' get on me- I mean there are probably 100,000- I don't know 200,000 guys with hounds coonhunting across this country... hundreds of hunts in different formats in different types of geography... then to hear someone say "It's had to find a good dog".. Really???? Tell us where you've looked. Maybe I'm wrong... But I've put a few miles on over the past 5 years to see what's out there... I do more than type on the internet. Maybe the constant assumption that your dogs 20 years ago were great, and based on something you read on the internet bashing ALL modern dogs... maybe that's why this board has almost no traffic. Put in some effort- there are nice dogs out there, lots of them. Find something nice to say.
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