That/s living too dangerous for me, you hog hunters are one tough bunch, be careful. Al

Lawdawg, don/t know ever got myself into many tough situations. One thing that worried me was deep snow and I stayed out of it most time. Snow here turns to ice and one can get seriously stuck in a hurry. Do recall being a long ways from my rig and decided if I walked the roads back someone would gi...

Recall it being on a new years day, very windy when i cast Skinner, molly, spike & Cody ahead of the rig. Had traveled short distance, noticed Cody was not with those other three dogs, stopped to check on her, Garmin said she was a short distance behind us, discovered she was treed about one hun...

Yes muleman that is what John told me about that female. Back to the Ruff dog, his foot problem is a rare thing indeed. Ruff was as hard a hunting young dog as I ever seen, Tom & I were using him to start bobcat at at very young age, seemed on days when a track was hard to come by ruff could fin...

Yes Lawdawg I have much better understanding of hog hunting and realize your passion for watching your hog dogs work after reading your stories. Yes, Muleman John ask me to find him a pup from someone in Oregon I thought had a chance of making a bobcat dog. Actually tried to discourage him, telling ...

Years prior to this hunt I sold a male pup out of my Skinner male and a female owned by a good hunter who lived about 70 miles from me. That female was part trigg & treeing walker, her treeing came from Bob Marosock on her sire side, Gary Washburn on the breeding on the female. Hope I remember t...

Lawdawg, that/s a great story. I had a internet friend in Mississippi, we also visited on the phone regular, He wanted to make a trip to Oregon very bad, unfortunate he passed away and never made it out. I sure miss visiting with him. Bless you for helping your friend hunt hogs with you. You know I ...

Lawdawg, that/s a great story. I had a internet friend in Mississippi, we also visited on the phone regular, He wanted to make a trip to Oregon very bad, unfortunate he passed away and never made it out. I sure miss visiting with him. Bless you for helping your friend hunt hogs with you. You know I ...

Thinking cat hunt took place about 2010, Tom Hawkins arrived at my place on a cold frosty morning, between us we had about ten hounds. After about a 30 minute drive we dumped all ten of those dogs on a frozen logging road. Short time later couple young dogs found a red hot track, bunch dogs rushed t...

Sounds like hog hunting can be a real challenge, also dangerous. Good to hear you had that 30-30 that time. Winchester 30-30 lever action best brush gun ever for hunting bear with dogs in this terrain, 30-30 also served as walking stick when climbing these steep mountains. Al

This was an uneventful hunt but one will always remember, can/t recall what we were hunting for, but , recall Tom Barnette and I had a very long walk that day. Recall we were on foot and had lost track of Tom/s dogs, we hiked to the top of a ridge that divided yellow creek drainage & Myrtle Cree...

Yes hounds can be hard to trash break, however later years with a place in country where pups were raised with deer present daily. Modern e-collars, Garmin tracking, dogs like Queen much easier to break. The big problem today finding places to hunt and with Me health. Al

Mule man I was a poor dog seller, Tom Barnett, told me i sold too cheap. Tom also told my friend Dave Stallard, when i sold Pusher, don/t know what he is looking for, pusher is as nice a dog as he will ever find. Thinking back think Fred gave me a couple hundred for her. He had hunted with Queen &am...

Fred Riley was one of the nicest person i ever knew. I stopped by his place in Coquille, just to visit. Our conservation soon turned to some young dogs about four month old, he and Glenn Dexter had sent Fred/s best female back east and had her bred to Finley River Chief or Chief Jr. There was a smal...

Lawdawgs, I was lucky. Red that I sold to Friend Tom Hawkins he was very happy with her, kelp her until she was over eight and i helped him sell her to Betty Nelson, George/s sister-in-law. Betty was up in years, Red continued to tree a few bobcat for her and betty loved red, gave tom 500 for her, b...