Hoosier Outlaw
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Location: Marion, Indiana
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The only thing that bothers me about this conversation and others that talk about a specific trait is that people will throw out the name of their favorite line and say if you want this trait...this is the line that has it!
Like that's the be all end all on the subject.
People who do this don't get out and hunt with many of the best from other lines because if they did they would know that there are good examples of most desired traits in most lines of Redbones. The trouble is....no line has cornered the market on drive and your guaranteed to get high drive everytime or even most of the time from that line. I have hunted with several dogs from lines mentioned in this thread that were described as having the most drive compared to other lines and they didn't impress that upon me when I saw them go...and they are some really big winners too! Maybe I saw em on bad nights...maybe their owners don't really know what kind of drive top level dogs really have or maybe they just like to embellish the ability of their dogs for whatever reason.
The fact is...i have seen Redbones with a lot of drive from many different lines...but very few lines seem to be able to reproduce that trait on a predictable basis.
That's a problem in this breed ...but it's a problem I believe we can fix. It's not going to happen in one cross in a single generation of dogs....its going to take several...probably 3 to 5 generations of targeted specific line breeding to lock it in so it's somewhat dominant.
That's my opinion...and it's based on years of study and trial and error in breeding. But myself and the guys I have been working with over just the past 5 years are seeing tangible results. That isn't just my opinion....its based on the competition winners we have bred, raised, trained and then proven in competition hunts in the past few years. Less than a dozen of us have bred, trained and titled nearly 15 Grand Nite Champion Redbones and another dozen or so Nite Champions Redbones in just a few years. They have won multiple Redbone days, hi opp sex, National Grand Nite titles at Autumn Oaks, between $30k and $40k in the money hunt registries and placed many times in the top 20 of different world championships.
I'm not going to name them because I'm not trying to steer anyone to any one particular line. I'm simply saying that the group of breeders and hunters I have been working with these past 5 years know what it takes to win and we know why Redbones consistently come up short at top level competition hunts and we decided a few years back that we are going to make some changes.
We started working together to identify certain dogs and certain traits we felt like we could benefit with in our competition redbones...and trust me...it has been working.
No...we have not won a world championship (unless you count the two AKC Ladies World Championships Lisa Key won with two of our dogs)...but neither have You! But we have had plenty of dogs making the top 20 and knocking on the door getting as close as 8th place multiple times. We have won a lot of money and several breed hunts and other big hunts and you just can't do that much winning without most of those dogs having a high amount of drive and desire.
Are we satisfied and think we have enough or that we have the best...id say all of us would say NO.
But we see improvement far beyond the occasional dog with high drive that many other lines produce. Some day I hope we see several lines that produce a high level.of drive in most of their offspring and that it's dominant enough that it is almost predictable. That is one of our highest goals anyway. Working together and being honest about where Redbones need improvement is just critical to making those improvements a reality. Good luck to everyone, I know there are many others out there working hard to improve the breed...its not about who gets there first...because we are all going to benefit from it.
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Shane Maxey
Proud lifetime member of the NRA
Banshee Wildlife Products
Hoosier Outlaw / Moonlight Redbones
1994 American Redbone Coonhound Association Hunter of the Year
My first 3 redbones raised from pup's were:
Dual Gr.Ch. Outlaw Billy the Kid
Dual Gr.Ch.- PKC Ch. Outlaw Timber Girl
Dual Gr.Ch. Outlaw Scarlett Fever
(((( Current Favorites ))))
2013 AKC Ladies World Champion
Gr.Nt.Ch.- PKC Ch- AKC Ladies World Ch Ky Moonlight Breanna
Gr.Nt.Ch. - PKC Ch. Ky Moonlight Woody
Dual Grand Moonlight Deana
Dual Grand Ch.- PKC Ch. Moonlight AfterShock
Dual Grand Nighty Night Amber
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Big Time Britt
Gr.Nt.Ch Outlaw Billy Jean
Gr.Nt.Ch-PKC Ch.-2015 PKC Red Days Champ Outlaw Cherry Bomb
Gr.Nt.Ch Outlaw Breeze
Gr.Nt.Ch.Gr.Ch. All Grand Outlaw G-Man (over $20.000 won in PKC & CHKC) 2019 Southern Redbone Days Overall Champion
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Outlaw Mac
Gr.Nt.Ch. Classy Cali (Heavy Outlaw bred)
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Cat Scratch Fever
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Addiction
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Overdose
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Jinx
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Banshee
"Always outnumbered...Never outgunned!"
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