Hunting with Dogs ???

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coaldigger

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How many here like to hunt with dogs? What kind of dog do you have & what do you hunt ? Lets see some pics of your 'Ol Hunting Buddies :thumbup: My brother hunted grouse for several years & he breed & raised Brittany Spanial's - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_(dog)
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Now he is getting into Mountian Curs:thumbup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Cur
He has a 6month old Kemmer Cur Male http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/k/kemmerstockmountaincur.htm He's making a coon/squirrel dog out of him. I'm getting a Kemmer Cur out of the next gang of pups where he got his ! I can't wait !
 
I have a black lab/springer spaniel mix, he loves to hunt, always digging up gophers and chasing birds. However I do not hunt. Kinda makes me feel bad for him. I know he would be so happy if he was a huntin' dog!
 
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the male dog is no longer with us R.I.P CJ he was a rabbit running machine Retta my little female is now semi- retired, she protects the garden from critters and sets on my lap to watch swamp people :thumbup:
 
I used to have a brace of rabbit beagles I hunted and ran in field trials. And Walkers we used on deer. And I trained a few bloodhounds to hunt men. Currently I have a Llewellyn Setter, a bird dog, but he is a sevice dog, not used for hunting. He does have an eagle eye for squirrels though.
 
DOGS!!...hell yes!....heres my Chessy..awesome pheasant dog and just HATES pigs...the best nose ive ever seen on a dog.....2nd pic is of the pigdog he sired (unplanned)...the pup (on the right) is 9 months old...hes a big dog ,not too smart...probably end up with a room with a view soon...

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I use to be a licensed Field trial judge and a breed inspector..Kinda fell out with the system after a while though..Some of my best beagles here..Sadly all three are gone now.
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I have a bluetick coonhound who will hunt pheasants with us. As is true with most hounds she is hunting for herself, you just tag along. Still she does take hand signs to cast left and right and to go and come back in. She needs some time to run the wild hairs off her butt before she will work fairly close. She is plenty birdy and likes to get into the deep grass and cattails. Retrieving, now that is another thing. She will help you find them but once they are dead she has little interest to carry it. They sure don't work as nice as a lab or chessie but I enjoy hounds and yes she will get onto a coon track or about anything else that runs, flies or crawls. She may be trashy but she is stylish about it.
 
Here is my 7 month old Kemmer Cur pup Foggy Mountain Prince my brother Coaldigger was talking about. He is coming along pretty good he has already treed me one coon by him self.
 
turkey george said:
Here is my 7 month old Kemmer Cur pup Foggy Mountain Prince my brother Coaldigger was talking about. He is coming along pretty good he has already treed me one coon by him self.
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That is one good lookin' cur pup doing what he is supose to do:thumbup: last tree dog I had was a kemmer stock . A little female named Dixie, she would tree anything that climbed . If I had the time and a place to hunt one I would have a good squirrel dog
 
Growing up we always had beagles for rabbit hunting.I dont have any pics of them.A friend had an Irish Setter that would point rabbits. We didnt mind , it was pretty easy rabbit hunting. Wed position ourselves than tell her to get it. My favorite dog that I hunted with was another friends Australian Shepard. Wed take her squirrel hunting . Shed let us know which trees held squirrels. It was a blast.
 
It has been over ten years since we had a red short hair mini-dachshund. He was a rabbit terror and would work nice loops through shelter belts and fence rows. Once in a while he would pop up a pheasant for us but that was just a lucky bump while looking for bunnies. Little guy bought the farm at age 11, bad case of white line fever when he was trying to kill a Chevy Suburban. Cried like a little kid that day with my wife and our son. Crazy thing how you get when you have a good dog and have to let them go. We went up a few sizes with a coonhound when we got another dog. The hunting loops got bigger but she's way more relaxed and can work deeper cover.
 
This is Hawk.
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He was at one time the best dog on the farm, he knew how to run a rabbit better than any before him. He would teach the young pups the way of the beagle for us, he was a very good hunter. He is up there in years and is getting to that age were it's time to just lay back. We took him out a few months ago to run some rabbits, but he just wandered around like an old man with alzheimer's. So, he is officially retired from running rabbits. He still likes to hunt though, but all he does is walk by your side.
 
Went coyote hunting again today ..I had no shots but heres 1 we shot today over the tracker dog Pete 1 /35 pd. male. of 3 they bagged two more later after I left....
Using a GPS locater on the dog to hand held receiver..This dog is real good at what he does.
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My two Labs were billed as only 10% Chessie. By temperament, I'd say it's closer to 30% !

Lab owners haven't lived, till they've been exposed to the [Chessie] Rage Virus.

I never had smarter Labs, er, Chesadors. Blackie and Rascal Baby have radically changed the way I hunt. I see now what it means to have good hunting blood in your bird dogs. It makes a world of difference in how effective your are at hunting.
 
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My two Labs were billed as only 10% Chessie. By temperament, I'd say it's closer to 30% !

Lab owners haven't lived, till they've been exposed to the [Chessie] Rage Virus.

I never had smarter Labs, er, Chesadors. Blackie and Rascal Baby have radically changed the way I hunt. I see now what it means to have good hunting blood in your bird dogs. It makes a world of difference in how effective your are at hunting.
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Agree with you there ERASMUS!!....theyre a handful for sure ....as the saying gos.......you can ask a springer,order a lab,but with a Chessy you must negotiate!!...........FES
 
From http://www.terrificpets.com/dog_breeds/chesapeake_bay_retriever.asp

"Unlike many of the hunting dog breeds the Chesapeake Bay Retriever tends to be much more independent and stubborn than the norm. They can be dominant and are known for their selective hearing of commands they simply wish to ignore. Not a mean spirited dog they just need consistent training and lots of positive praise for a job well done. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is an excellent dog for obedience training at a young age to establish good behaviours and decrease the tendency for willfulness or independence."

No Kidding. Hunters who only have previous Lab experience are in for a wild ride once they take posession of some Chessies. Or they posses you. It's not allways clear who's running the show!

"The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is an intelligent dog that learns best with repetition. They should always be trained using positive rewards and methods as their natural independence will only increase if negative training techniques are used. They are naturals at fetching and swimming and love exercise of all types in almost any kind of weather. They are not a hyperactive dog but do need regular, longer periods of exercise. In the house they are typically very relaxed and calm and will simply find a comfortable place to stay out of the way. They are not demanding of attention[this is a direct lie] but love to be able to keep the family in sight[major understatement]."

"Since the Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a more independent breed they are able to tolerate moderate amounts of time alone. They are a great dog for a family that has evenings and weekends at home but someone may not be there at all times. Generally not a destructive dog[code for "they'll customize your hunting binoculars one day" ]with proper training and exercise they do need to be kept in a yard because of their chasing and dog aggressive tendencies. "

Do tell. They also run outside to howl like [kindergarteners pretending to be] wolves at every siren that goes by. When you leave the house, they hang out in the picture window for hours, waiting for you to return.

Owning Chessadors is way different. Keep telling yourself, "it's a feature, not a flaw." By now, I'm so infected with the Chessador Rage Virus, there's no going back. I wouldn't even know how.
 
i have only been hunting with dogs a few times. its illegal to run dogs in our county. maybe its for deer only i need to check. however i was with a group of guys who used Plott Hounds (the official hunting dog of North Carolina) to hunt bear. been in the county north of us with group of country bunkins runnin' deer with hounds and beagles lol.. it was interesting...

plott hounds are fearless. i saw one take on a 200+ lb bear. the bear smacked the dog so hard she flipped back about 5-10ft and charged at the bear again as she was bleeding like stuck pig. most will fight till they die or you kill the bear first. a little too brutal for my taste. i was in awe.

my buddy had a plott hound named "mudd" and when he drove up the drive way one day ole mudd decided to stick his head under the tire. he ran right over it. mudd jumped up yelped and ran in circles. in about a half hour he was fine.. they are the toughest dogs i have ever witnessed.
 
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