curtj wrote:Good morning mmm, A few years ago I had the pleasure of hunting with mikes playboy and ready dog's. I hunt only bobcats on the west coast where there is tons of gravel roads and salal, salmon berry, and blackberrys so thick that sometimes a person has to chop his way into the dogs when they have a cat caught or treed. I have to tell you I was impressed with what i saw. These two dogs were bear dogs from idaho that had not been on more cats than most dogs ever see in a lifetime, like the ones that i had at the time. If we were running a cat and the dogs made a loose, if either playboy or ready barked the other dogs better had hurry up and get to them or else they were either going to get thrown out of the race or get behind. What I saw out of them they were honest tree dogs, good locators, pretty good nosed for being bear dogs all there lives, and toward the end of a couple months were a times out striking mine on the rig. What i also liked about them they were thick haired, could handle being hunted in the rain for hours and days on end without wanting to get behind the cab or lay down on the box because they were cold. And by the way Ive never hunted with mike, but I do know he is a dog trainer like myself. If you have young dogs, a person only makes dogs out of them by maximum exposure. This means getting them on the most game you possibly can by hunting them all the time. For the fellas that might try to knock his dogs, just remember talks cheap, you better be ready to put up or shutup if you turn loose with some his stuff from what ive seen they dont want trail game they want to catch it.
if you are the curt from Toledo i know the country you hunt i hunted it with you two years ago this is paul. that is some thick coastal brush with some tuff running cats if they caught cats there they have a knack for negotiating thick cover. some of those thickets a guy couldn,t whip a chipmunk through
