U guys that do multi day mule trips and so forth,what are u using to charge your collars?
Anyone built a multi port usb charging system that could be connected directly to a battery for those of us hunting out of older trucks with no 12v outlets?
Thanks

Peg leg ,this also is a bit off topic ...
Look at the amount European folks have been willing to spend on bear dogs the last 10 years.
Some are making a living.

Ridgerunner I meant no disrespect towards anyone who wishes to post or view anything they want in regards to hounds on the internet.I PERSONALLY don't think a lot of what gets put on social media sites helps keep hound hunting legal.
I don't want to derail this thread because I really like the stuff ...

Brett,I wish for the most part that people would stop posting hound hunting related stuff on you tube and facebook /Instagram blah blah blah .
However in your case I really think you are doing a great service letting people who don't understand the sport see some of whats involved in owning and ...

Thanks for the input so far
BC Bluetick supposedly a grizzly biologist is set to speak on subject at BCWF agm in Nanaimo at end of April.
Anything you could do to just get any hound folks asking questions would be great

Seems that there is some movement to end running grizzlys with dogs up here in British Columbia.Which if down the road if this passed would no doubt end running dogs on Black bears.

I want to be able to speak at a meeting that's taking place where a biologist is going to present some data against ...

mark wrote:3 longs and a short = treed?

Actually with all my years of experience we have developed quite the system of communication......its like R2D2 having a conversation with himself out in the woods only real loud.

mark wrote:You guys just got cow bells up there a few years back eh

No I'm running my dogs with a modified "talkie tooter" system up here.
little heavy for the dogs but sure learn about the "tone" pretty quick!

I currently have a grade Plott that has a pretty good nose, but doesn't have the stamina like my walkers on tough bear races. Before Kenny Jones died I bought a Plott from him she had a good nose, was tough but had bad feet. She was killed by wolves at age 2.

Friend of mine I used to hunt with ...

I don't need to catch a bobcat on the ground to prove anything to myself.

A cougar is a killing machine with one or two dogs or caught in a hole, however they die very easily if dogs catch them in the open where they can swarm it.

Unlike some my definition of a real bear dog is not based on my ...

Wasn't meant as an insult.
You want to know why your dogs don't catch bobcats on the ground where u live,if I understand this correctly.
Questions involving differences in cat density and geographical/climate differences between Oregon and Montana and if they affect cat behavior could lead to some ...

Interesting Thread......
dhostetler I don't understand your need to catch a bobcat on the ground other than maybe to try to prove something to yourself I guess.
Your cougar stretching ordeal aside(True or not), I don't believe you have owned or seen a real bear dog.If you had, you wouldn't question ...

I cant see anything either,so don't feel bad.

I don't hunt bobcats or have as much experience as some other posters but heres my thoughts....
you don't mention the age of your dogs .....if they all are about 2 or younger and have put as many pieces of the puzzle as you say together on their own ...

my wife just about done chewin out a new beaver blanket. come on over

A vision in color matching vinyl?
Twist if that comment was directed towards me...come on up ill put u up and feed u and show u what I got in the yard.Im dead serious.