I see there are some big cultural differences. We have talked few years ago with friends that when we stop shooting foxes and just run them, we can just sell our guns and hounds. :D
Also it's hard to know what these walker coonhounds can do, cause i've never seen one running game and there's not a ...

I thought that this topic died. :D
Thank you very much for bringing up so much information, and things to think. It really took me more than 4 times to read and understand all posts. :D (might be my bad english)
But again, thanks mates for keeping up the conversation! :)
Most of running dogs we have ...

raccoondogs are very easy for the dog, they might bite from a hounds lip but that's all.
I think it's better not to grab until it's been shot beacuse racoondogs act dead. I know many hounds that grab and shake and they think it's dead, then leave. Soon the "dead" just gets up and run..
Also i hope ...

No they won't, this time a year they're just fat and slow. But when the season starts raccoondog is skinny and sometimes takes pretty much work from hound to catch.

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Perk here is some material from raccoondog hunting. there' some info in description

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here are few videos of one hounds raccoondog hunting career.

Of course the dogs has be kept in good shape. But there's always desire to find the best hound for the job.
The question here might be that if treeing hounds are able to keep the fox running and pressured long enough.. I had few years ago one plott and it had a good chase for a while but the speed ...

Well that sounds pretty pretty (beep) up to my ear. :shock:

I've talked with perk here, and i'm lucky that he is willing to help in finding the right hounds.
It's just hard to find a good hound cause they have to be registered.
Even it could be great to cross them for those traits, it's not worth ...

What i see is fox hunting and also we hunt all other game the same way:
When the land is "dark" that means there's no snow. The dog has to drift and seek for fox trail. Trail might be old or fresh but it cant make any differ, dog has to be able to put the fox up and running. then run it, its hard to ...

I would like to hear experiences about using treeing walkers in fox hunting.
Edit. What I'm trying to solve I'm my head is treeing hounds generally comparing to running ones.

https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmKoi ... 2F17&R=303
There's his pedigree.
thank you! This is great forum!

that's what i will do, thanks.

heres my first american hound. I hunt him as individual. First season and we already have few foxes down and some raccoondogs, soon starts lynx hunting when snow comes.
Im also looking to find a few hounds to bring Finland to hunt mainly red foxes. So if theres litters coming next spring i am very ...