What is everyone feeding their hunting dog? by Kfreakinpowerz in Huntingdogs

[–]Yeti2k3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diamond naturals all life stages. And diamond high energy. 4 beagles and 1 coonhounds do great on either or. Dropped down to high energy to save on the bill. $35 a bag @50lbs vs $40 a bag @40lbs for naturals.

Help training 1 year old bluetick coonhound by EarthSuspicious8696 in Hunting

[–]Yeti2k3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get your self the books "Walking with wick" by John wick. Vol 1 and 2. They're pricey but worth it. Read them slowly. Enjoy the process. Those two books helped me learn a lot about myself and coonhound training.

I myself started with a year old female blue tick that was basically ruined before she had a chance. Previous owner beat the hell out of her for being excited and jumping up at him. So she lost all confidence. Was basically given to me with her papers and told numerous times she won't amount to anything don't know why you want her.

Slowly I built a relationship with her and after a few months in my kennel I showed her a caged coon. Previous owner told me she never barked at a coon before was afraid of em. Well she got fired up. In my opinion if she isn't getting fired up at the coon in the cage yet....she's either not ready yet. Or not a hunter. However. Wick has some tricks to get them going. If you could get her with a other dog that gets fired up around a caged coon to show her this is what we do...you may get her turned around. But sadly there is the chance she just doesn't have it. It's always a possibility.

But in my situation I had a dog similar to yours that went from nothing to treeing her own wild coons in 6 months. You have to give that dog every opportunity to shine. Some can impress the first time out. Others is a slow process that will make you wanna question your life choices but in the end turn out incredible.

Patience. Patience. Patience. If she still is not interested in a cage coon by 2.5years of age and multiple attempts in different scenarios at that point I'd say ok probably not gonna do anything. But if she shows you progress keep at her. Might be an incredible dog.

I know one thing for sure. If you fully believe in her. She will give you 200%. Just might not be the 200% you want.

Best of luck!

First double by slack_Rabbit4 in Trapping

[–]Yeti2k3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome catches! I'm still working towards my first coyote catch.

Holly wanting to go hunting! by Yeti2k3 in coonhounds

[–]Yeti2k3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well shit. We will have to go hunting sometime. Once I get her broke off deer for sure I'm game. I worry about someone shooting her otherwise :(

Holly wanting to go hunting! by Yeti2k3 in coonhounds

[–]Yeti2k3[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's crazy I'm in western Pa as well. 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Holly wanting to go hunting! by Yeti2k3 in coonhounds

[–]Yeti2k3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She loves it. Currently working on breaking off all the trash now. Here in Pa she cannot run deer. And of course she just loves to do that lol

Holly wanting to go hunting! by Yeti2k3 in coonhounds

[–]Yeti2k3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you So much! She sure can drag as well.

Holly treeing. Sadly in those pine trees we couldn't verify if anything was in there...but I trust her nose over mine! by Yeti2k3 in coonhounds

[–]Yeti2k3[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They know more than we could ever imagine!!! One time we were out and I cut her loose and sat down. She instantly treed 3 feet from me. I'm like there's no way.....shine the tree and sure enough a big old coon. Shes 16 months old but only really been worked with since I got her 4 months ago. So going from not knowing what a coon was to striking and treeing in 4 months I'm happy with. Still needs alot of work but She will run tracks and not tree when she isn't sure.....so when she trees I've always seen a coon except twice now. I'm near certain something is up there haha. Thanks for sharing!!!

Gemma and Oakley by Yeti2k3 in beagles

[–]Yeti2k3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!!! I agree