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Re: how long can a bob race be?
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:15 am
by foxcat
I have trailed bigger toms 9 or 10 miles but those were highly educated ones that seem to start jogging as soon as they hear a dog bark.
that is why i like dogs that only open up when the animal is jumped whether it be a fox or cat. my female will open right before the animal is jumped, and that is her downfall as a varmant dog. she gets the job done though and as long as i keep ending up at the tree i cant complain.
Re: how long can a bob race be?
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:28 am
by 007pennpal
I was training pups for bobcat. I've pretty much cleaned out my kennel to focus on pups that are showing promise. I was hunting a ten year old walker/redtick cross with a ten month old cameron pup that can start a cold cat track. This pup caught one big tom cat on her own already. It only went 300 meters. The small female cat was running after the jump at three spots where I checked the track. You are right, 25 miles in eight hours is slow, but we are counting slow trailing and a big lose and restart. We are talking grandma and the kid working for me on this run. Grandma was a lion dog so she's not been a bobcat dog. I agree, pressure was not enough. The pup was real mouthy on track, she gets pretty excited. I've never worked this hard on a bobcat before. This cat has been run by my dogs and another pack and has never been treed to my knowledge.
Anyway, I was just wondering how long the race can be and share my race. Thanks for your answers Cobalt and others. I never realized how tough and how much fun it can be chasing stuby tails.
Sean
Re: how long can a bob race be?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:00 am
by jonet plotts
If you really want to see her tree just put the 10month old on her by herself.If she's doing it right it shouldn't take anymore than 20 min.If she has a full belly then 10 min.I agree with the other guys.Look for the fat lazy tom to train that dog first.
Re: how long can a bob race be?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:17 am
by 007pennpal
She caught the fat tom already. If I find a hot cat track... we are having a race, period. There are those days where the cats are moving so you can be picky. This wasn't one of those days. Don't worry, when I tree her, you guys will hear about it. It will be graduation day. If we don't get her treed this year then I hope she's still around for next season.
Patchy snow with hard frost today. We cold trailed an old crusty track from a big tom today but it looked really old. It was not around but each pup tested nose today. At least they had some cat scent in their nostrils. Better than sniffing butt in the kennel.
Sean