Running 6 dogs in Maine

[spruce mountain]

They just changed the law and we are going to be able to run 6 dogs during the hunting season in Maine next year.Thats the way that I read it in the paper,Hopefully its true.

[bob baldwin jr]

Spruce : Oh GEEEEEEEZ MORE HOUNDS TO LOOK FOR Any other changes that you are aware of May NEED more to keep up with those 125 lb marathon runners

[olred33]

Spruce Mtn,

I am up in Jackman and have a 9 month redbone that I am hoping to get trained on bear. We are going out today with a guy I met up here with walkers to see how he does on some drags. I am a newbie but am hoping to learn a lot and hoping to meet more people in the area running dogs.. Do you have experience in training a pup for this? How often do you run your dogs in the summer? I am hoping my pup can follow some good broke dogs so he can learn too..

[spruce mountain]

Nice looking hound you have there.I run every chance I get,which in the summer is 2 or 3 days a week.The closer to the season it gets the more I run.I raise and train most of my own dogs and have for years.

[bob baldwin jr]

olred33.: I would agree 2-3 times per week would be best . Sorry But I have to ask , the picture you posted that is in Jackman Just looks out of place to me . Good luck on the training drag exercises.

[Borderpond]

Wow Spruce Mtn, 6 dogs, training season starting in July ??? Things are getting pretty wild in Maine arent they ?

[spruce mountain]

Yeah,I can't believe our good luck.It does help to have a good organization like the Maine Professional Guides Association,working for us.If anybody is not a member you should think about joining,there doing some great things for us.

[Thunder Struck]

i just got of the phone with a guy that said,the man we can thank for putting the 6 dog bill in was Tom Bray.i was told he died on his way back from Plott days.yes i do thank the maine guides to. thunder struck

[olred33]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to the topic.. The picture is actually from west texas, I recently moved back to the northeast in January after spending some time down there for work..

[bob baldwin jr]

Olred33 : Good looking hound . I was thinking somewhere in the SW . How is the Drag exercise working out Keep us posted on the training , There are plenty of guys on here to give good information .

[olred33]

All, thanks for the support. The drags went well and the pup was on the tree most of the time. We have been out several times for training season and he is slowly getting into it. He takes off out of the box like a mad man but the first few times he was walking back down the road to the truck after the dogs hit the woods. He isn't keeping up but im sure he will in time. Walked him into a bear last night and he seemed to feel more comfortable in the woods and was following the other dogs so for now were going to really work on him keeping up and not coming back to the truck!

[Spooky Ridge]

I'm not sure if Tom was the man responsible or not but I do know he passed away on Monday after Plott Days in a work related accident.

[fairchase01]

holy shit you guys act happy in utah they cut us down to 8 dogs on one bear for this summer and its sucks from goin to runin all the dogs you want to 8 its hard to train pups i hate it

[spruce mountain]

The reason we are so happy is because we could only run 4 dogs before. Talk about hard to train pups.

[bob baldwin jr]

spruce Mountain : Good luck with the TRAINING this year.