Hunting Dogs!!! Post your pics & stories!!!

[SuperCub]

Yes it is, but increasingly it's dying. Why? It's an expensive way to hunt anymore, (food bills, vet bills, fuel hunting for lost dogs) and stand hunters tend to get bigger and more deer. Still, it is by far the most exciting hunting for deer there is. As you know, I ran my own dogs years ago. The sound of the chase, the companionship of the dogs are hard to beat. Today, many consider it unsporting, as they sit over their bait piles. You need to try it, to really understand just how sporting it is, and how hard it is too. Deer were rarely shot on the run, most were walking, or even standing. There are tricks to stop a running deer, and they work most of the time. We hunted with Beagles. They didn't push the deer hard, and chases were shorter.

Thanks .... My dad used to run coon dogs in Fergus area, Wellington County. Mostly walkers. He used them for deer as well. I never got to do that with him which I would have loved doing.

 

[SuperCub]

Story from my old beagle.

Hounds have a one track mind which has absolutely nothing to do with what you want.

We had beagles, bassets and a blood hound on the farm. The blood hound would disappear for a couple days at a time (probably running deer) and finally come home half starved and exhausted. Ranger was a good name for him.

 

[arcticcathonda]

Two Pointers and two Wirehaired pointing Griffons for me!