Registered: Mar 2013
Location: Eastern Shore Maryland
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I've got a 2 year old male here that's shaping up into a darned nice coonhound. But I'm almost certain he ran a coyote the other night. I wasn't sure enough to hit the Tri-Tronics at the time, but the more I think about it, the more I believe he was on a coyote. The hard part is, coyotes are here, but they are sparsely populated. Not like deer or fox, where you could ride around on any given night and dump him out on one. It's a little hard to catch with this particular hound, because he can really drive a coon track. Several times I've had him run coon 5 or 600 yds like his rear end was on fire, opening the whole way, then slam a tree and have the meat.

Any advice will be appreciated.

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Registered: Mar 2013
Location: Eastern Shore Maryland
Posts: 313

86 Views, and not 1 single suggestion? Lol

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Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
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thats a hard 1 i won't shock a dog unlees im dead sure what it is catching 1 running a yote would be pretty hard unless you know somebody that runs them with hounds and watch for 1 to come by turn loose on it and bust him and that not really a good thing to do but only way i would know to see if he would run 1 hope you luck with getting him broke

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Registered: Feb 2011
Location: central missouri
Posts: 323

Find out who runs coyotes with running hounds in your area and turn loose with them. Most tree hounds will run out and quit even if you don't shock them. The race becomes so fast it's not fun for them, they are not built to run like that.

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Western N.Y.
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Check your dog on fox, usually if they will run 1 they will run the other.

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Registered: Jul 2012
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 400

Is there a fox pen near you? Might could put him in it and if he runs; it is likely a coyote (or fox) both of which he could be shocked for.

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Registered: Mar 2013
Location: Eastern Shore Maryland
Posts: 313

Thanks for the suggestions guys. There isn't anyone I know of around here that runs coyotes with hounds. They have just started to populate in our area, and no one has started that yet that I'm aware of.

I can say that I'm very confident my dog will not run a red fox, or deer. He ran one fox last spring, and was corrected, then I dropped him out on one a couple nights later. He ran him for a bit, then started opening on his track. So I let him get a good nose full, then I let him have it with the Tri-Tronics. Since then, I have turned him loose on several hot fox tracks, but he has always moved on past them, and went coonhunting. Pretty much the same scenario took place with deer. Now a grey fox could be a different story, we don't have many around here, and he hasn't been exposed to many, if any, that I'm aware of.

Thanks for your help, keep the ideas coming please!

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Originally posted by shorecooner
Thanks for the suggestions guys. There isn't anyone I know of around here that runs coyotes with hounds. They have just started to populate in our area, and no one has started that yet that I'm aware of.

I can say that I'm very confident my dog will not run a red fox, or deer. He ran one fox last spring, and was corrected, then I dropped him out on one a couple nights later. He ran him for a bit, then started opening on his track. So I let him get a good nose full, then I let him have it with the Tri-Tronics. Since then, I have turned him loose on several hot fox tracks, but he has always moved on past them, and went coonhunting. Pretty much the same scenario took place with deer. Now a grey fox could be a different story, we don't have many around here, and he hasn't been exposed to many, if any, that I'm aware of.

Thanks for your help, keep the ideas coming please!

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