possum buster wrote:
Treed a coon that was let out I guess because he knew it was in my pick up and once I singled him out he wont hunt
you have me confused a bit here , you say singled out,
pick one,1,2 or 3.
1) he has been hunted with other dogs and you are trying to get him to go alone now?
2) he would hunt out alone into the woods while coonhunting before and now he won't ?
3) the dog has only had released coon and he has never been in the woods hunting other than for released coon and you are now taking him to the woods to do it in real life coonhunting and he wont go hunt...?
you're not gonna flip a young pup that has never been real life coon hunted in there and have them dive into the dark to go find one. I don't care how many released coon he has treed.. that's just pre training. he has to learn that thar are coon in them thar hills before he will dive off in there to find one. its gonna take many many more than 3 - 5 nights in the woods to get a young hound to hunt out like you want. you cant just turn them out and stand there like you would a full fledged finished coonhound and expect them to go get a coon treed..
use the search, there is more than one thread that has advice on how to advance a pup from pre training to going hunting in real life coon hunting conditions. and also threads that have advice on how to advance a pup that has been hunted with another dog to the pup now hunting alone.