Silver Mist

hunt14 · Post by **hunt14** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:59 pm

Can any body tell me some history on the big silver mist blue dogs? Tim you sugarcreek guys seem to know a little about them. Sonny Beauchamp and Berry Lewis have some of these dogs. I was just wanting to know a little more about them.

bearman · Post by **bearman** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:55 am

what do you want to know ?

jimmylee · Post by **jimmylee** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:04 pm

their bob mattcheck lines if thats what you want to know.don cummins
could tell ya more.

hunt14 · Post by **hunt14** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:06 pm

Bearman I would like to know a little history about them. Who bred the dogs, where the breeder is from, what he hunted them on etc...?

driftwood blue · Post by **driftwood blue** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:32 am

Silver Mist kennel has been the kennel name of Bob Mattscheck for a good many years. way back in the 1960's Bob had an outstanding Nite Ch male - Blue Pilot Mike.. won about ever hunt in the New England states. got so that if he entered Mike those who had already entered would withdraw. then he bought Silver Mist Strolling Buck from Carl Kasse. Buck was not "finished in the sense that he had a title.

Bob has been very picky about what he breeds and who gets pups from him..... and will continue to be that way. his bloodlines are linebred from those hounds plus the Jason hound that he obtained from Mel Farber.
in the 80's Bob "retired" with a pension from the state of Rhode Island and made a long trip to the west and Canada in search of the ideal place to hunt lion and Bear.... on that trip he stopped here for a few days and was looking for a female to breed to the Thunder hound he had raised from Jason and his old line hounds... he purchased a female from Rudy Matson that was from my old Bones and Rudy's Ann... one cross was made and he placed some at various locations.... some in Canada, some in Idaho, one here, and some in the east. he finally relocated at Darby MT and thus began hunting in the Selway-Bitterroot area.

.... we started some of his hounds here on coon and then he took them lion hunting.... he hunted lion several years before moving back to the east... but the call of the mountains won out and they moved back to Hamilton MT . . I had the pleasure of hunting with him in that first spell in MT . and again after he moved back to Hamilton in 95.

another trip to the east coast for a spell and the call of the high country won out. back to Darby... this was to be rather unfortunate as the increasing population of wolves cost him some of the breeding stock that he had intrusted to a friend near Kalispell,

due to the wolves more than anything, about 2 years ago Bob relocated to Virginia and then to Rhode Island and is now settled back in VA,
he is now hunting coon.
I have some of his stock in the hounds I hunt.

dukey · Post by **dukey** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:02 am

driftwood told you all about it. i have two dogs from bob. they are the best i ever owned, and i have known bob for 7 years now.

driftwood blue · Post by **driftwood blue** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:12 am

You hunting them both on coon and lion Seth?
Talked with Bill Ireland today and he sure likes his Maggie.
you ever think about making that cross we talked about?

dukey · Post by **dukey** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:29 am

yes i am hunting them on coon lion and bobcat. the season opens in november and cant wait. i still have to go and pick up the semen so i am hoping next spring i will have a litter on the ground. hows all your dogs doin?

jimmylee · Post by **jimmylee** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:05 am

hey Don how ya doing.Its been a long time.You had old cotton and what
was the female sugar bear.I ended getting two blue pups from Russ Jones
he was going through a bad time.They were out of Royal blue becky and
Royal blue mega bear.I crossed them in with my line and the Lee bros
hounds.

hunt14 · Post by **hunt14** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:07 pm

Thanks Don that is exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate the information! Dukey I'd be interested to chat a little with you and discuss your silver mist dogs. We have two half silver mist dogs here. Both are a year old and one is Barry Lewis' and the other is suppose to go to a guy in California.

Reagan

driftwood blue · Post by **driftwood blue** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:43 pm

I guess it has been a while... old Cotton and Sugar Bear have been gone close to 20 years........ and some how I am not putting a name with your screen name..... pop me a PM and refresh my memory.

jimmylee · Post by **jimmylee** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:15 pm

Don that sure was one sharp looking female of Bob Mattchecks in the
coonhound bloodlines a month or so ago.

Big N' Blue · Post by **Big N' Blue** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:48 pm

Driftwood Blue,

Was the sire of Sugar Bear a dog called General Lee??

Just curious.

driftwood blue · Post by **driftwood blue** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:31 pm

You bet your boots David.. Dam was Bonnett...got Sugar Bear from Fletcher Jowers.
I know a bit more about what happened after General Lee left your place.. an the rest of that stuff. Hoy told me a bunch of it as well as others.
Shoot me a PM with your E-mail and I will send you some pictures of the hounds I have now.
Don Cummings.

Big N' Blue · Post by **Big N' Blue** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:53 pm

Sent you a PM Don.

Glad you are still kicking!!! LOL
Need to get together someday and visit.

David

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