Jkirts379 wrote:
So ur sayin teach pups on a drag coon n not work them with an older dog? Or just dump one of them in the woods alone n let him run until he gets it down?
i have a friend that starts his pups with released coon. i start mine with another dog. with both of these methods the pup is exposed to the coon.
either way works to make them want a coon bad enough to try and track and tree one.
the one big differance in my friend and myself is that he will hunt his pup with what ever dog another guy brings to go hunting with him.
you will find that not everyone has the same idea of what a coondog is , much less what coondog a guy should be hunting a pup with. some think deer races,grinners ,slick trees and leaving trees,back tracking is all part of the game of coon hunting. it is not.
because they are hunted with any dog a guy brings my friends pups will tree opossums,run deer and all kinds of bs habits they learn from those other dogs the other guy brings.
myself i wont hunt my pup with any dog but one of mine. i know for sure they won't run deer,won't mess with grinners,won't leave trees and absolutly are not one bit ill at any time towards a pup or young dog.
if you are not gonna use another dog then use released coons to get your dog started. you must do some kind of pre training before you take the dog to the woods alone. if he does not have some idea of the scent of a coon and the want to find coon he is alot more apt to find grinners,deer and what ever else to get after. although he is a coon hound breed he has no idea what a coon is untill you somehow expose him to them.
when my pup will try and track and tree a coon i hunt them strickly alone and i'll hunt them till around 3 yrs old alone or only with my other dogs before i ever put them with just any dog another guy brings..
alot of times when i go with someone else we turn his dog or dogs one drop then turn mine loose the next turn out. so you can hunt your dog alone and still not have to hunt alone yourself. but when training a pup you will find yourself hunting alot all by your lonesome.