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Five days hunting and four bears in the tree and one bay up on the ground. Not too bad! Well Ill be honest, three out of the four bears was a sow and two cubs caught in two different trees. Its actually starting a little slower than last year for me, but as it gets warmer I beleive it will pick up. My dog "Striker" got his azz kicked by a bear again, he laid out all last season from injuries from a bear on opening weekend. This is the third year we have had him and he has been hurt every year, this is the forth time he has got mauled by a bear. You would think he was a plott, not a bluetick, you know being a slow learner and all. LOL

Sounds pretty good to me! Hopefuly this year you wont get bitten!

I wouldn't feed a dog like that. Keep him on cats and save on the vet bills.

Glen wrote:Sounds pretty good to me! Hopefuly this year you wont get bitten!

Yeah I dont plan on that again, just because the Garmin says they are treed doesnt nessesarly meen that they are in a tree. I use alot more caution when going to a tree now.

Well if you want to get rid of that scrapin blue dowg let me now. love them gritty dogs.

huntfish8 wrote:Well if you want to get rid of that scrapin blue dowg let me now. love them gritty dogs.

If I ever decide to get rid of him I will let you know. I would hate to get rid of him, he is a really good hound when he isnt hurt. Hes got a great nose and is a excellent strike dog, one hell of a tree dog, and he very is fast, but if he catches a bear on the ground he does not hesitate going for him, like I said he has spent alot of down time the last three years because of that. I figured after the first couple of times he would mellow out a bit, obviously that hasnt happened.

Hope your blue tick does better for you this year! Mine doesn't seem to get the concept of backing off either yet. Sometimes I look at him while he is baying, and I wonder if he even thinks while he is doing so lol

yeah i'm a little nervous for my black and tan blue tick male to get to a bear this year because although a coon is much smaller i know, he jumps in for the shake soon as he gets close enough while baying. I know it's just a coon but thats all he's seen so far other than fox. I would hate for him just to jump on a bear like he does bayed coons.