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You guys that are talking about the garmin showing you that one dog is doing it all, maybe be right,that dog may have rigged it or started the track but he also might just have some realy good wheels.That bear ain't just runnin cuz he hears one dog he's runnin cuz he hears an F'en roar behind him.JMO Don't short your self thinking that it will happen many many times cuz it will, but it only takes one time and one mean bear for it all to end. And then you'll have cheaper feed bill.think about that when your gettin all attached let'em sleep inside and shit may a cab ride he's oh he's tree many bears.

All that work, good ass dog, no pups put behind that bad mother F'er that aint the way its done if your gona be real about it, agine JMO and maybe also the way I was learn't...............

i have seen it done three times this year, once with my plott, and twice with my bluetick

it happens but i would rather put some heat on his a-- and listen to the roar. once the trail dog starts hittin, we dump our boxes. one or two guys might hold there dogs in case the bear crosses out of the block.

Don't worry about it. I have caught a lot of bears with only one dog. It just takes a bear dog. Matter of fact every dog in my kennel has caught a bear by themselves except for one, but I guarantee she will probably do it this year to join the club! Especially in california where there is a lot of feed in the beginning of the season. All the bears are piled together feeding and you will get a lot of split races, not unusual out here.

yes got video where my dog treed the bear 3 times on three different trees then we took the bear

Yeah hell don't worry about it, when a bear hands that dog his ass you can just start over, or maybe you have the money to buy a started/finnished dog that some body else put all the work into

He didn't say anything about split races he said a one dog show...........

Hey radar in my experience I have seen plenty of bears tree with one dog on them. I don't hunt just one dog so when it happens it is because I have a split race. But no matter how you look at it one dog was on one bear and caught it by itself. It does not matter if it is a split race or not it is just one dog by itself. Not that unusual. Plus our California bears are not as mean and aggressive as out of state bears. We have a lot of feed which makes them fat and more lazy. Sure there are bears that will run a dog down, but 4 out of 5 are fat and lazy that pop right up.

Damn I need to hunt where you hunt. Fat pop up bears... Ain't seen many of them.

Don't get too many on the ground, but they sure like to run the hair off of 'em in the brush. And tree right down in the bottom of the biggest hole they can find.

Anytime you turn a dog loose to hunt you chance loosing it. I don't see the odds going up much hunting it alone on bear. How many dogs you know are gonna try and mount a rank bear by itself? I'd say your chances of that dog getting hit by a car is twice as high.

radar, what's up man, have you had many dogs killed by bear? I never have, but I've had many wounded and of my friends dogs, I know several who've been killed, but it is a rare occurance. That don't stop me cause every dog I have and have ever had, that I kept, would put a bear up within reason and if they couldn't, at that point I'd know it. Counterfeit dogs don't hang here. My kennel has zero superstars, just a few consistant dogs that WANT to catch what their after.

Hey RC, how many dogs have you personally owned that have been killed by a bear outright? Name them.

My friend cobalt you must have high expection of your hounds cuz any dog that will consistintly tree bear on his own is an ace for that game in my book of weak knowledge.

I personaly would feel foolish to think every time that bears gona tree instead of going through the dog. sorry about my spelling.

BBDG I'm hppy to hear that theres a populaton like that my our state.I bet that 5th one was best sound'en.....

I wish our bears were fat and lazy. They seem to only pop up if they catch them by surprise.

That is exactly my point idaho bason. I have hunted out of your country a little bit and north of you out of rose lake. The shortest race is 2 hours. I have had races up there that last 6 hours before the bear trees and those bears where not walking they where running the entire time. In general those bears are small, fast, and super mean. In general our bears are eating berries and acorns and are fat and slow. Sure there are a few areas that have a population of small running bears but in general we grow our bears a lot lazier down here then in Idaho. I would also like to mention that I have had a few dogs die on a few mean bear here in cali but compared to all the bears that play nice and tree it is 1 in 20. In my opinion the hunting in cali is hard to beat, I have not hunted on the east coast but I have hunted in a few different states and we do have some of the best feed for our bear buddies.

Our bears down in the river canyons can be bigger eating fish and berries but they don't pop up unless caught by surprise and some of the bigger ones just walk. We've ran some of those little bears all day. They'll take little breaks and bay up then bolt for 20 minutes and do it all over again. Didn't do much of that this year because I was hunting with better dogs.

radar, likewise my friend, it is a tough chore for a single dog to tree a rank bear for sure, but in my experiences in the woods over the last many years, I have found that most bears once caught up to are not rank and are willing to climb. What I strive for in quality dogs are the dogs that can actually catch up with a bear on the hard run. Heart will put more numbers on the board(trees) than grit with most any of the game animals I chase. With bears, my numbers are better for sure if 4 dogs catch that bear all together rather than 1, but I try to listen to my races as best as I can and with the GPS it is pretty much of a certainty that it is the lead dog on a long run that catches up to the bear and most of the time the bear is up before the others get there. I give all my dogs the opportunity to be the lead dog and they are all expected to be able to handle that roll even if it takes them longer to make the catch. As I'm sure you've seen when dealing with a tougher bear, when the lead dog catches and the booger bawling begins, it is not until the others get there that the war begins and the elevation of the bay really starts. My best days are when I dump several dogs off on a strike and go to several trees off that strike. It gives me satisfaction to know that all the dogs can do it alone and want to do it alone. That is why my lead dog is usually the last dog down if I can help it. Opinions can vary and that's OK, too.