David, I agree totally with the individual dog having a "role" to play in a catch. I often hear handlers suggest that a dog needs to "build confidence" or needs more "confidence". I have given this subject thought for what it is worth, and conclude that a dog doesn't re...

Try this little experiment. Take a couple pounds of raw meat and leave it out to taint. Once it gets to smelling ripe put it in the freezer. Once it is frozen smell it. It will not permeate the air as much but you will darn sure be able to put your nose to it and smell it. Leave it in the freezer an...

I think along the same lines as Dewey. I don't even refer to tracks as "old" or "fresh". To me a track is "dim" or. "bright". Conditions dictate the condition of the track. Conditions are always changing whether it be atmospheric or geographical. A track may b...

When it is a dim track I do wonder if there is a dog that could move this track faster.
I wonder if that pup I'm hauling around is gonna be the one that moves dim tracks like it is jumped like dogs I have read about.

I guess I look at it from a different perspective. I don't care when it was made as long as we are trailing on it what does it matter. What I ponder is: why is the cat here? Is it the same cat I caught in this area last week? What is it feeding on? Why did it cross here, not there? What is the envir...

Agree 100% with Dewey and Pegleg.
Who cares how old it is? Question is; giving the conditions to which we have, at that given time, can we catch it? Only one way to know is to let em try.
If ya don't get it jumped move on and try for another. If ya catch it.....well, move on and try for another.

I keep mine seprate for two reasons.
1) I only hunt 4-5 dogs (females only), Losing one to a dog fight would be a big deal for me. I could lose a 1/4 of my pack in one fight.
2) I like to know who is drinking how much water, who didn't eat last night, who vomited or has diarrhea.

I'm looking for a few houndsmen in the southern California area. Particularly around San Diego. My son is in the Marine Corps stationed at Miramar. He would really enjoy meeting some local handlers to ride along with. PM me or call/text. 541-580-8974

There is a voting group that out numbers the liberals and conservatives combined when it comes to hunting related topics and that is the "on the fencers". Voters who are swayed by either them or us. We have done a poor job of representing ourselves and they have done a great job representi...

Guess I should clarify. I've tried dogs with some of the Rambo blood in them but none of them have panned out. I had a couple dogs out of other blood that percentage wise caught better but they didn't seem to have the nose ole Sally did. Like most of us we all have that "one dog". Maybe sh...

I had a female out of Slifes Blue Rambo and a female named Blue Misty or Heather. The problem was the guy who I bought the dog from had 2 shipped out here. In the transaction the papers got mixed up as to which papers went with which pup. They where both out of Rambo but which was which we will neve...

My opinion is that it's difficult to decifer the difference between intelligence and natural instinct without doing some deliberate testing. Instinct is old brain opperation and intelligence is a frontal lobe operation. Toss in desire and it gets even more difficult to sort through. A young dog that...

A jumped cat to me is one I just pushed out of a tree. Its a jumped cat and a caught cat.

I'm not sure my dogs even open. I just sit in the truck and listen to old Pantera CDs and watch the Garmin.

Sounds fun! I'm in. Post your address and your money will be on its way. I don't care who comes along or what conditions I get dealt. I will do my best and will NOT make excuses.