Age of the track

[Tim Cook]

How old do you think the tracks are that you are starting, Not just starting but getting jumped this time of year. By this time of year I mean dry, dusty roads, no snow, little to no rain, early fall hunting. Not just directed at Oregon hunters

[coastrangecathunting]

5 min.
jc

[Tim Cook]

Glad to see I'm not the only one, I was roading my dogs the other day, loose off a leash, frecasted wich is legal to do in Oregon after aug. 1 when a coyote ran down the road in front of the dogs and they started to run it, had a good trash breaking lesson. only track I've seen them give any tail to the last couple days, track was for sure less then 5 min. old.

[Marshall]

WOW! Thats all i got on this post. Did anyone mention what we are trying to get back for ourselves?! Do what you want but dont put it on here please. please enlighten me on whats open right now guys. If you are in some other state where a cat season is open or just throwing the question out there then i will put my foot directly in my own ass but if not then dont post stuff like this on here right now. Im not sure if its just how i read it or what but if everyone else takes it the same way as me then maybe you should rephrase your question

[coastrangecathunting]

you cant run anything on private property?

jc

[curtj]

Nope you surely cannot!

i'm not sure where your getting your info at,but it is legal to train hounds in our state from aug 1rst thru the end of march. It is on the state statutes. A person can train a dog to trail without the intention of catching locating ortreeing the critter. It is also legal to hunt predatory animals with dogs on private property with permission during nesting season. This is the attorney generals opinion, and all game enforcement in our state are suppost to know this,because they were emailed from the head of the department about this issue. I know this to be fact because I pushed the issue. The reason I was given for enforcing the bird nesting law on the hound owners is that there are still some nit wits running things there not suppost to in our state, and that was there way of controlling it. My advice is if your hunting predatory animals on private property in the summer, then thats what you better be doing. I don't belive this gray area law and I belive there using this just like the drunk driving- hunting season road blocks to they used to do before someone took it to the oregon supreme court and found it was illegal. I think it might be easier to get a year round coon season as alot of states are doing, because there a nuisence in most areas, and will probably never be a strongly sought after animal as they were in earlier years. The best thing I can advise is stay lawfull and make sure you know the laws so that your infromation is factual, because some people will try to make you belive otherwise. Thats my experiance, into this matter. Have a good evening, I'm off to get mine some exercise.

[George Streepy]

I start hunting in a week. So don't jump on me. But if I look at how I do in Sept, I don't think the tracks are very old. On occasion the dogs will grind out an old track down into a canyon. Those are definitely older tracks. I would still think the critter is within a 1/4 mile when they start trailing. I hope for hotter tracks to get the dogs out and running. After 6 months of off time they need to run, not cold trail. But I will take what I can get.

[Marshall]

Maybe this should have been put on the coyote forum? if you are walking your dog on a leash then state that you are doing that and not just cutting em loose. Otherwise someone might think that you are intending on catching, treeing, or locating something. Honestly i didnt want it to go this far and would really like it deleted. I prolly brought more attention to this then needed to be but, I had to say something. Good luck with them dogs on a leash, I will just wait til wednesday

[twist]

Not to jump on anyone here as I dont know a thing about hunting regs in Oregon but if (southern dix) wouldnt have made such a fuss about this and brought it to EVERYONES attention it would have just been read over without the acknowledgment. jmo Andy

[BEAR HUNTER]

Seems like with old Ike gone these tree fighter are getting restless and jumping on anybody. Look at some of these other post that get jumped for no reason. Guess Ike wasnt the only growly dog in the box. Oh well hunting season is almost here and can get out with the dog instead of trying to get my fix off this computer.

[houndnem]

I don't see that anybody got jumped on that bad on this post? matter of fact I haven't seen any major drama on here since Ike left. I tried to start a little with mike, but in his wisdom he didn't ablige me.

[Tim Cook]

Wow. Guess I should have been more clear. By this time of year I ment Dry and dusty before october when we start getting alot of rain in Oregon. And for other states where you can run a cat all summer long like in the south. I have been roading my dogs getting ready for pursuit season, which is totaly legal, and havn't even seen them pump a tail exept when they ran a coyote down the road in front of me the other day and i had to correct them for it, thats what I ment when I said "glad to see I'm not the only one". Didn't see any where on here where anything was directed at just Oregon license holders, did you southern dix, nope didn't think so. It was just a question.

[George Streepy]

Well, I thought it was a good post. I also understand southern dix point also. Not saying there was any thing wrong with the post. When I read the question I thought back to last season. What do you guys think, should we try again in a week?

[Tim Cook]

I should have been more clear on the first post and worded it a little better I will admitt that. I did go back and fix it. So I ask the question again, How Old

[U.R.E.]

Starting tracks in the late summer can be tough. I find tracks that seem pretty good until it hits a dry dusty road or cuts across a big sunny patch. I like them that stay on the shady side of the mountain and/or head to a creek bottom.

Don