Teaser Article
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:08 pm
Folks
I just received the first article written by George Pavey. George hunted with the Lee Brothers and would like to share some of his hunting adventures with BGH members. I talked to Buddy W. about adding George's stories to the new Houndsmen Magazine and he was very receptive. I posted a teaser page from this article and what to expect, incomplete by design, I don't want to ruin the story line for the magazine should Buddy accept George's offer. I would like to see if the stories written by George are what the readers would find interesting. George has several years worth of content and would be happy to share with you all.
First Lion
After my first winter in Mexico, Dale Lee said “Well, we gotta find a place to
summer these hounds and train some young hounds. “ At the time, we had
around 25 hounds and two mules. So we headed on down to the Santa Rita
Mountains which are just south of Tucson, Arizona. On the east side of the Santa
Rita Mountains, next to Gardner Canyon, is Sweetwater Canyon. You had to go
through, what at the time was the Brown Ranch; I have no idea what it’s called
today. Sweetwater Canyon had a real good spring, large oak trees and an old
adobe building. The adobe building was abandon and was about eight or nine
foot wide by eighteen feet long. The walls were still intact with a rusting tin roof,
a dirt floor, no doors or windows and a fireplace in one end where we could cook.
This was our summer camp.
I don’t remember why Dale had to go to the hospital, but he was going for
some kind of operation. He left me in charge of the dogs and told me, “Now
George, I know you haven’t had a lot of experience and almost none at lion
hunting, but you’ve heard me talk around the campfire to clients about my huntin
experiences. I’m sure you have retained some of the experiences that I’ve had
trailing and catching cats. If you want to take and ride the mountain while I’m
gone, go up and make some good circles and exercise some of these dogs. Take
the young dogs down towards the ranch, away from the mountain and exercise
them in the foothills so you will have better control of them without them
running trash. But if you want to go where probably there might be a lion, makin
the mountain, you can take a few older experienced hounds; I’ll tell you which
ones to take.”
Dale said take Drifter. At the time old Drifter was our main strike dog. He
was a blue tick hound that was probably oh I’m going to say at the time he must
have been ten years old. Then there was a blue tick dog, mainly white with just
a few blue ticks and spots, named Blue. Dale also had a young hound that he
gave me before we went to Mexico which I had in on six or seven jaguar kills that
previous winter that I had named Rebe.
To be continued.............
I’d love to tell you more about hunting with the famous Dale Lee and all he
taught me. What a life time opportunity! How lucky I was?
George Pavey
P.O. Box 426
Lava Hot Springs, ID 83246
(208) 269-0825
I just received the first article written by George Pavey. George hunted with the Lee Brothers and would like to share some of his hunting adventures with BGH members. I talked to Buddy W. about adding George's stories to the new Houndsmen Magazine and he was very receptive. I posted a teaser page from this article and what to expect, incomplete by design, I don't want to ruin the story line for the magazine should Buddy accept George's offer. I would like to see if the stories written by George are what the readers would find interesting. George has several years worth of content and would be happy to share with you all.
First Lion
After my first winter in Mexico, Dale Lee said “Well, we gotta find a place to
summer these hounds and train some young hounds. “ At the time, we had
around 25 hounds and two mules. So we headed on down to the Santa Rita
Mountains which are just south of Tucson, Arizona. On the east side of the Santa
Rita Mountains, next to Gardner Canyon, is Sweetwater Canyon. You had to go
through, what at the time was the Brown Ranch; I have no idea what it’s called
today. Sweetwater Canyon had a real good spring, large oak trees and an old
adobe building. The adobe building was abandon and was about eight or nine
foot wide by eighteen feet long. The walls were still intact with a rusting tin roof,
a dirt floor, no doors or windows and a fireplace in one end where we could cook.
This was our summer camp.
I don’t remember why Dale had to go to the hospital, but he was going for
some kind of operation. He left me in charge of the dogs and told me, “Now
George, I know you haven’t had a lot of experience and almost none at lion
hunting, but you’ve heard me talk around the campfire to clients about my huntin
experiences. I’m sure you have retained some of the experiences that I’ve had
trailing and catching cats. If you want to take and ride the mountain while I’m
gone, go up and make some good circles and exercise some of these dogs. Take
the young dogs down towards the ranch, away from the mountain and exercise
them in the foothills so you will have better control of them without them
running trash. But if you want to go where probably there might be a lion, makin
the mountain, you can take a few older experienced hounds; I’ll tell you which
ones to take.”
Dale said take Drifter. At the time old Drifter was our main strike dog. He
was a blue tick hound that was probably oh I’m going to say at the time he must
have been ten years old. Then there was a blue tick dog, mainly white with just
a few blue ticks and spots, named Blue. Dale also had a young hound that he
gave me before we went to Mexico which I had in on six or seven jaguar kills that
previous winter that I had named Rebe.
To be continued.............
I’d love to tell you more about hunting with the famous Dale Lee and all he
taught me. What a life time opportunity! How lucky I was?
George Pavey
P.O. Box 426
Lava Hot Springs, ID 83246
(208) 269-0825