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Bruce m. Conkey
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Study done in early 80's

Back in the 80's (I think) there was a study done on how humidity affected the accuracy of our coonhounds. I think the study was in IL or IN. It was published in the American Cooner. Does anyone remember that article. I would love to be able to read it again.

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I remember reading it also—

But there is also a good article if you google: Hunting Pup and then search Best and Worst Scenting Conditions

Very interesting

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If somebody can get the info on here

That would be great

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Just part of the article—to long for it all

How Humidity Affects Scenting Conditions
This is one of the major factors to consider before you go out hunting. The more humid it is, the more water vapor there is in the atmosphere. This water vapor acts as a scent carrier.

That’s why the woods, for instance, are preferable to the desert. The desert’s simply too dry.

Similarly, the moisture you may find on tree trunks, and grass helps carry scent when it eventually evaporates. Hence hunting in the early morning right after a light dew is one of the best scenting conditions for your dog.

The same can be said of colder days when there’s melting frost on the ground.

You should also pay attention to the moisture of your dog’s nasal passages. The water in your dog’s nose helps transmit the scent to the olfactory nerves.

That’s why regularly watering your dog is a useful habit, especially on drier days.

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I know coyote hound we had could grub up a old track in snow when temperatures plummeted but when a wet snow and warm out he acted like it was tough tracking even after the coyote was jumped. Seem like the scent was rising with the thermals and he was awesome track dog. Seen him trail coyotes that I knew were 6 plus hours old

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Humidity

I have done some research on this before. What I remember was good scenting conditions are when you have good soil moisture and low humidity. The low humidity causes the scent to vaporize and can be smelled by the hound easier. I will see if I can find the article. I also remember an houndsman xp pod cast on the topic that aligned with my understanding also.

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Re: Humidity

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I have done some research on this before. What I remember was good scenting conditions are when you have good soil moisture and low humidity. The low humidity causes the scent to vaporize and can be smelled by the hound easier. I will see if I can find the article. I also remember an houndsman xp pod cast on the topic that aligned with my understanding also.


The pod cat was nitelife nation episode 55 part-3-with-heath-hyatt. If you don’t want to listen to the whole thing fast forward to 35:00.

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Extreme low humidity makes evaporation to flash off even faster…lower the barometric pressure and the evaporation rate increases…

A while back we were supposed to get some rain and we were needing it…we didn’t get the rain but the weather man had an explanation as to why it didn’t rain…the rain clouds were high and the air reached the saturation point…at the saturation point any access moisture becomes rain…the more moisture the more rain…
Getting back to why it didn’t rain…the humidity below the rain clouds was extremely low…the rain coming down was absorbed by the very dry air…the dry air didn’t reach the saturation point is why the rain didn’t make it down…

Tracking conditions…if the humidity is very high there will be very little to no evaporation…it is possible there could be condensation that could possibly wash the scent further into the soil…
Being a dog man and working in a chemical company all my adult life helped in my understanding of how many chemicals work…

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