flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

I'm sorry, to say that a fellow Forum member PMed me and I won't say his name because I don't want you to throw rocks at him, but he wanted to hear some coon hunting stories. So, I figured if I'm going to tell him I might just as well tell all. He also mentioned that he has a fool prof way of breaking a coon hound of chasing deer. I have heard that many times and I have only seen one way in which worked. If he would enlighten us on his way it would be much appreciated. Anyway, what worked for me and if you are a tree huger, you had better hit the delete button now. I bought this little English Blue Tick from a fellow down in MO. She was a young dog but had all of the makings or being a super dog. Except, she would occasionally take a deer scent. Well, the deer thing got to be more frequent and I decided that I had better try to put a stop to that nonsense, So, I put a dummy shock collar on her, let her wear it for a few days and then put the real one on her and took her on the hunt where I knew we would hit some deer. It didn't take long and she did. I hit her lightly the first time, no hesitation, the second time, a little more juice, she hesitated but that was about it. The third time I rolled her in the dust. She came back to me with her tail between her legs and stayed in my hind pocket the rest of the night. If we went out with the shock collar on, she would be in my hind pocket. Well, there wasn't any coon up my a$$, so, that wasn't going to work. If I didn't put the collar on her, she would hunt fine but would still take a deer. So, I bought a goat, thinking that a goat smelled like a deer and tied it next to the kennel and I thought that the hounds would simple get sick of smelling that thing and wouldn't bother chasing the deer anymore. Big mistake! My kill dog, a big German Shepherd, killed the goat the first day that I had him tied there. Oh, what to do? I had heard about a guy up in Rochester, MN. that would break a dog from chasing deer, guaranteed. So, up to Rochester I go, he grabs the dog out of the pick up throws her in a wire cage that is hooked up to an electric fencer and cranks her up in the air in an barn. Then he says that he has a deer scented rag on a pulley system and that he will be out of sight when he pulls the rag around the cage and turns fencer on. Come back in two weeks. I did, took the dog out and it chased the first deer that she came too. At this point, it was getting to be a challenge to break her of chasing deer. I could have shot her and sent her to the "Big Woods in the Sky" like I have done with many dogs. Usually right out in the woods, but I wanted this to be an educational lesson if nothing else. I calls the guy in Rochester up and said that she is still chasing deer. He said that he was cat hunting, mountain lion, now and didn't what to mess with her until next Spring. When Spring came I took her up to Rochester, he grabs her out of the pick up and throw her into a deer pen with a big ol' buck, a doe and a fawn in and says come back in two weeks. If she is still alive, she won't chase any deer. Well, she lived and when ever she would see or smell a deer she would get right in my back pocket. Never again to chase them. She turned out to be the second best dog I have ever owned.

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

Hounds are hard headed people. Love em.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

And just what did the deer say to the Sheppard?

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

The German Shepherd killed the goat. He wouldn't chase deer, he always stayed by me when we were hunting and let the hounds chase the coon up the tree. When we got to the tree, I would tie the hounds, shoot the coon out and the shepherd would kill the coon. Ol' Bear would grab the coon by it's back, give it a good shake and break it's back. Job done! Bear saved a lot of wear and tear on the hounds, and he loved doing it.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

All good fg.

badbobby Loc: Humble Texas

duh---whuts a' treehugger'
did your hound chase them too?Seems to me that
they would be kinda hard to shoot outta the tree ,since they would prolly be huggin the side away from you

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Never ran into any during the night time They must be a day time critter.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

tree-hug·ger

/ˈtrēˌhəɡər/

noun

INFORMAL•DEROGATORY

an environmental campaigner (used in reference to the practice of embracing a tree in an attempt to prevent it from being felled).

"I was apprehensive about near encounters with earnest, granola-crunching tree-huggers"

badbobby Loc: Humble Texas

thanks Mr Einstein

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

It was from the woman behind the curtain

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Still waiting to hear what the deer said to the German Sheppard that he preferred the back pocket to a little deer meat

badbobby Loc: Humble Texas

prolly said
'Oh deer,a german shepard'

DennyLongley Loc: Bay City Michigan

Yall crack me up

DennyLongley Loc: Bay City Michigan

In the 80's, I coon hunted with my dad and grandpa. If a dog got in a deer scent and took off, grandpa shot it every time. No matter the dog. It blows my mind to think what people would say about this nowadays... speaking of treehugger shenanigans.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Talking about hunters shooting their dogs. There were two brothers, both of them wrestled for me, that hunted coon together all of the time. Terry's dog wasn't any good, Snoose's dog was a good one. One night they were huntin' together and the dogs were standing by them, and Snoose says to Terry, "Terry, lets trade dogs" Terry said, "Why, you have a good dog, mine isn't very good". "I know that" said Snoose. "Let's trade" "O.K." Terry said, and they shook hands. Bang! Snoose shot the dog. Terry replied, "You SOB, you shot my dog" "No I didn't" explained Snoose, "I shot my dog".

A true story, well, all my stories are true.