Registered: Feb 2008
Location: charlotte,mi
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just curious as to how every one decided to get into bear or cat hunting, i run blueticks for coons in southern michigan, but the family has property up in barraga county in the U.P.(gods country) and i have been considering getting into it, its just that with gas as high as it is and the 14 hour drive to get there keeps putting it off, besides all that just wondering what got everyone into big game hunting? thanks

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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: st. john's mi
Posts: 2

I don't run bear but if you decide to run up in Baraga, the wolves killed 2 bear dogs in the Baraga Plains area. Then later some beagles so good luck.

The DNR said to put bells on your dogs so the wolves think is domesticated and they won't kill the dogs. To me it sounds like a dinner bell for the wolve.

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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: mid-michigan
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I grew up coon hunting around the Lansing area. Even lived in Charlotte for awhile. LOL
Back in '71 , my dad and his buddies decided to try our coonhounds on bear. Been doing it ever since.

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Registered: Oct 2007
Location: United States
Posts: 407

started off coonhunting around 96' at twelve years old without owning dogs of my own with a few local hunters brian cook and billy goldizen. got my first three dogs all blue dogs in 2000 which i still own one of those. Purchased a english pup off my fathers longtime childhood friend george rohrbaugh which is now my long time lead dog rackett. George took me under his wing, became my mentor, and a second father to me. Purchased two english females off of a local hunter todd reel that came out of dwight kisamores english line and crossed one female to rackett and those are what i base all my dogs around now. Alot of hard knocks later im still in the game and plan on being there until i pass away or God tells me its time to leave. Well i havent been in the game that long but it seems like it!

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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Roosevelt, Utah
Posts: 586

I got started jumping in with buddies on their lion hunts back in the late eighties. My interest came as a outdoor writer when the California voters stopped a lion hunting season by vote after the season had been closed for around twenty years.

By the mid-ninties, a local lion hunting guide approached me wanting me to go hunting with him and write about if for Bowhunter Magazine, so I did. We ran down a nice Pope & Young tom lion and killed it then the story followed. That spring he gave my son a little red pup and the rest is history, as I now feed eight hounds and run bears and lions year round.

I will say that having a successful lion hunting guide and houndsman take me under his wings and share his expertise and knowledge probably short-cutted my learning curve in many ways. He was always there for advice and had me guiding his clients in only a few short years.....

A really good lion and bear hound is pretty hard to make, and requires lots of knowledge, time and money. Making a pack of big game hounds will test a person's resolve in many ways, as it takes a sturdy set of legs, the ability to learn, the love to walk, and tons hours and dollars out of the family budget.

But the journey into making a successful pack of big game hounds from scratch is well worth it if you have a supportive wife. Good luck and keep'em treed,

ike
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