Michigan new guy introduction

[Stormymichael]

Hi, I'm introducing myself from Michigan. I am fairly new to hunting with hounds as I purchased my first bluetick approx 3 years ago. She handles extremely well comes when called loads and has good manners. She was started on coon and squirrel when I purchased her. After a year of trying to get her to take a coyote or fox track I realized she will only run coon and squirell. She has been in on a couple bobcat, one that treed and timbered wich she didn't figure out and one other time she got lost in the cats circle. She wasn't quite a year old yet and am hoping she can get on a hot cat track this year, we will see. I have had her out at night in -20 degree weather on a hot fox track only to see her hit a lay up coon in a old sugar maple den tree. Several times. Took her on a coyote hunt once and 6 walkers had a tote bay up on a big downfall and she had a coon treed 80 yards to the west. That's when I said enough is enough and kept her as a honest coon dog or squirrell if its daytime. I have another male who is just over a year and coming along well, another female who seems week on tree so I've been running her ( in a pen) with a 4 year old running walker jump dog that I recently purchased. The male is a super good looking big male that looks like the smoky river bred hounds, you know the " old time hound look". I could go on but already feel like I have written a novel. If ya wanna bs a little I'm on hear a bit

[graham]

Hi
I'm from michigan too. Where abouts you hunt? Running walkers are very good yote dogs. I have treeing walker myself I think it gives you more game to hunt that they will take to i also have a bluetick just for coon. Maybe get together and hunt sometime. Graham

[HuntingMachinist]

Another Michigander here!
Training two red ones on coon and bobcat.
Where are you hunting/located?
Wouldn't mind a meet n greet/hunt
Chris
Montague, Mi

[Maynardshounds]

Hey other Michiganders
I'm getting a new blue tick on Wednesday have a walk just sold a walker a red tick couple months back. I'm from the thumb area trying to start my dogs on bobs and there descant coon dogs. Where you guys hunt at?