training season VT 08

pete richardson · Post by **pete richardson** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:26 pm

gary T and i treed 2 bear today -

first tree - short run- was early , light bad and bear way up in hemlock and thick all around
- this is only place i could even see it- picture not so great and dog pictures all blurry

second bear -- longer run sorta long walk in--= dogs treed out in big alder swamp- almost no trees -- expected to see a coon -

got wet - lost my beeper and my gps on way in-

spent a few hours lookingafter , never found them - - lost one dog - going back tomoro and look for her -- gary drowned his cell phone

just a normal " lets run one more " -

gary and eric -

i could see him in tree a long time before i got under tree- i dont mind wading but walking long ways after in wet clothes and boots aint my thing - lol might as well just swam - i did save my camera - lol

ranger

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:16 am

Nice job pete

I had a decent day myself,bayed one up in a hole we had to yank dogs out of the hole. patty and gary got a hold of it and tryed to yank the bear out of the hole. i got everything on video and got to see the bear come barrelling out of the hole. My son jacob was right there when it came out.Jacob is only 9 this was his first bear bay. He has been talking about it all day

Im trying to figure out how to upload videos from my computer when i get it figured out i will post a link. We ran the same bear again thinking it might tree this time no such luck they caught it again and bayed it,we had to walk in and get them off another bay. Dogs did a super job today they were really gritty but didnt get stove up to bad.

moneydog · Post by **moneydog** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:48 pm

Good job pete and jason. sucks about the gps and tracker. if you don't have a backup you can use mine cause i am not using it. I'll talk to you sometime before the weekends over.

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:44 pm

We had about a 45 minute run today, See the bear cross the road once and then they treed it.Patty,Guinness,Oak,Cole and Gary treed it.

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:19 pm

Today (sunday)we put a bear into some ledges dogs had it caught for at least an hour or two before we could get to them.It was the worse ledges i have been in all season it was a hairy situation today. We were happy to get the dogs down off of a rock face. We see bear for a split second stick his head out of the hole then went back in.If my dogs keep putting them into the ledges i might have to get rock climbing equipment.

pete richardson · Post by **pete richardson** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:17 am

If my dogs keep putting them into the ledges i might have to get rock climbing equipment.

told a guy once- we just have rolling hills in VT - farmland- if theres any rough country around the bear will show it to ya

we were treed in eden notch -- - i wasnt sure which side of highway they were on---till i saw them-

we treed one sunday - it bailed first tree before we got started in-

didnt go too far and treed again

talked gary into getting dogs off tree and id keep em quiet in truck-

was a good plan-
only 2 dogs and he barely got them by collars and it bailed again

BigGameHunter · Post by **BigGameHunter** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:49 am

You guys are having WAY to much fun!!!! Ok so it might just be a touch of jealousy on my part but none the less way to much fun!

Congrats on all the catches and nice pictures to boot!

Keep it up!

Our summer pursuit season starts here on Saturday so hopefully I will be posting a few pics myself!!!

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:52 pm

Aint that the truth pete the dogs will show you some of the ruffest country we have around here.We started sunday near sugar house on 58 and were bayed up off of potter rd them ledges way up there. Sucked o well

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:29 pm

We had a heck of a race yesterday (sat).Dogs ran it hard for 5 hours then finally ledged up :roll:

We got up there and were able to coax dogs down off some legde shelves. Never saw the bear in any of the holes might of been there might not.At that point we just wanted to get dogs back lol. Heres a pic of some of the ledges we were in

Today we started a bear with my guinness dog he has been exceptional off the rig this year he is really starting to shine as a rig dog. We packed some more in and had a good race going ran for about and 1 hour and treed up.This male bear was sticking his tounge out at us lol

dogface · Post by **dogface** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:28 pm

Pete, I've got Rangers GRNTCH Uncle here ready to breed to a nice female. (Same dog my brother sent you the video on). I would highly recommend you getting one of the pups, they should be some cockers!!! Wayne Dimond

pete richardson · Post by **pete richardson** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:42 pm

gary t and i treed sow n cub friday--first real baby cub ive seen this year - lol

booger ,mike ,and garys 8month old pete pup . ranger kara and bo ,

this is bo - out of suzy and john E s dog--

hes startin to come around lately - getting that bug eyed look at the tree lately .

thunderstorm , just as we got to tree- wanted to show pic of garys pup but came out blurry -

wayne-- i dont need any pups -

got 8 babies and 3 older pups now -

if u get any back --started a little -- next spring --- you know the rest of that - lol

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:08 pm

Glad to hear he starting to come around

dogface · Post by **dogface** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:23 pm

Pete, not even bred yet. Pups will be perfect for next year. Will keep in touch, these will be dandies!!! wd

pete richardson · Post by **pete richardson** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:12 am

kinda quiet on this thread lately -- whats goin on- i havent had much to report -

last weekend-- bayed one up on friday -- was sort of an adventure- all spruce thicket-- got within a few feet several times - couldnt see a thing lol at one point bear stepped into moose trail ,about ten feet and kinda gave me the look- then went back to charging dogs like i wasnt there lol

i had camera---, with no card in it lol :oops:

bear charged dogs over n over, making noise like a tv bear-- ripping at blowdowns - pounding his feet --realy put on a show- i think he was noisiest bear i ever heard -and biggest ive seen this year , would have given a lot for a video camera for a few minutes--

the rest of the time, i never SAW anything -just hear it -- it was that thick . gary came in another way and had about same deal - - 4-5 hours- bear didnt go a mile- we were finally able to catch 3 of them off one at a time - the other 3 quit all on their own -

saturday - small bear kept crossing highway , decided to catch them and find another - never found another track - :oops:

sunday - still running when we caught them but pretty much .just got outrun

gary and i treed two yesterday - first one -- was just a cluster at first

cold trailed way out -- all 6 dogs came back and crossed the road- - nothing other side- tried to catch them but they got back in woods before we could gather em -

went back --not quite the same route but almost , just coldtrailing - then treed . not much of a run if any

the story of the whole deal was----solid thicket /blowdown / bog -also rained - -- sorta nasty to retrieve dogs- two hours to go and get em out 1/4 mile - bear bailed rite top of dogs-just as we got them tied after treeing so easy-- i think maybe we woke it up

:oops:

would u belive on the way home we SAW a bear- - :?:

that one could run--- lol , treed it after a fairly long race - gary went to get dogs off the tree while i was gathering up pups that didnt make it - rather be lucky then good anyday

Budd Denny · Post by **Budd Denny** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:57 am

Hi Pete, sounds like your getting some running in anyhow. Keep it up, (not that I think you will ever slow down) :lol:

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