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sorry to hear any body loose a dog but are you sure that what you turned on was a lion some times a little adrenalin can make a wolf track look like a nice tom and with an older dog comin back it could raise a question but a wolf alone will run and bay like a bear but in a pack hounds dont staqnd a chane and if they did run a wolf they should leave the country like it was a yote and haed to ground where it gona feel the safest but hopefully the are just on a lion that wont stay in a tree good luck

The dogs were no doubt on lion tracks intially. We had seen a lone fresh wolf track about 4 miles up the road the same morning we turned loose.

The dog of mine was the oldest. The other two dogs are coming on three I think is what he said the other day. He now informs me his female has just gone off and ran wild like this once before but got bored without company and came back several hours later. Info that would have been helpful before turning my dog loose. Hind sight is 20/20. Wish I could change things but can't now.

Like Billy Madison said.... "Get out there and find that F@#!&*! dog!"...LOL!

Seriously you should do all you can to find your dog.... Best of luck.

hey what ever you do if your a true hounds man never give up if that dog is a truly good doe shell come out chances are she may have sore feet ive had hounds lay up in the mountains for a couple of days becuse of feet being sore or swolen even had 3 i turned loose in tennesee and decided they wanted to see the carolinas so they went after a bear for two days i had no signal on the collars a few told me they thought the dogs were dead i never gave up the third day i went to were i last hear them i had a signal i started callin after about 45 minutes of tracking them then slowly they cam out the appalchian trail one a t a time so man dont ever give up on a dog unless you know its been hurt bad always keep hope

I still have hope and am not giving up. I own it to the dog to find her reguardless of the outcome I just want to know that I did not just leave her. I have cancelled my plans for this weekend and will be hiking every high ridge I can get to looking for a signal to point me in the right direction. The guy I was with went up there yesterday more to hunt and briely drove the road. If they are off the road more that 4-5 hundred yards you will not get a signal because of the mountains. Thanks for all the encouragement. I will let you all know what I find. Hopefully it has four legs and a tail that is shaking with excitement to see me!

wish i was close to you i would offer my help in the recovery of her i know how it is to loose one my dogs are like my kids if i was any where close by id be right there with you good luck

400 to 500 yards off the road and no signal...come on now.....

If you don't beleive what I posted than I welcome you to come help me look for the dogs. More ears the better.The is not desert country(NM). You see far more bighorn sheep than you typically see deer. Lots of straight up and straight down with shear rock walls that are not passible. The road drops down between the mountains and ridges. There is no flat land here. You get out of the truck and you go up. Have a great evening

Liv2Hunt,
Keep at it, that dog didn't fall off the face of the earth. I'd like to be able to come up with some dogs and help you look, but we would both probably enjoy it more on better circumstances.

--Bill

I know that you have wolves up there, but just incase that anyone else has a simular problem. One thing that has worked for me and alot of old timers, is to tie up a dog that barks alot near where you turned out. The lost dog will come to seek company and will stick around.

Lil Joes BigGame hounds wrote:I know that you have wolves up there, but just incase that anyone else has a simular problem. One thing that has worked for me and alot of old timers, is to tie up a dog that barks alot near where you turned out. The lost dog will come to seek company and will stick around.

Just like he said and I have also fired a few rounds in the air to bring them back.

If you can't get a signal more than 400-500 feet off the road I would say you have two options. Try changing your coax cable or get a new tracker that can pick up farther distances.

Do you have an airport nearby that you might be able to hire a small plane and fly over the area.. Even if the outcome is bad, you should be getting a signal on them somewhere..

The coax on the system is fine. The problem is the terrain. The road runs between two big rock ridges and the main drainages are on the other side of these big ridges. These two ridges are just about impassable except in a couple spots because of the rock walls. I am going to have my receiver on as soon as we get off the pavement in the morning. The local trapper found 4 fresh wolf tracks this morningand three of the within a mile of where we turned out. I am starting to loose hope with time but am not a quiter. "where there a will theres a way." lets hope it holds true. Take care

man i know how frustated and worried you must be i still get that way when i loose my hounds there valleys here in the tennessee mountains that a dog can get into and no matter were you r you cannot get abeep unless your ontop of them best of luck keep us posted