preacherbc wrote:
The caged coons may have taught him to look instead of smell. How many caged coons has he seen? Drags could do that too if he can see something up a tree. As far as him running a track every time you go, he may be running everything he smells. Remember, a dog will never tree a deer although they will run them. I would catch a coon and turn it loose at night without him ever knowing you did it. Let the coon have a head start and then take the dog there and let him go find it. I wouldn't turn him out right on it but make sure he has a good chance to run across it. That way you can evaluate what he is doing with a coon. If he runs it and doesn't come up with a tree then you know you have a problem. If he is just running around in the woods at night barking you really don't have a way of knowing what he is doing. Get him on a hot coon and reevaluate. Also, I wouldn't shoot up a tree unless the coon is going to fall out. A young dog doesn't know to be excited about that shot until he knows it produces a coon. Just some thoughts. Good luck.
im going to have to call you on this one. i have a young blue tick that has treed a tree a deer brushed up against as they run by. hes young every thing has taught thim so far to tree and when the deer brushed the tree he must have assumed it went to tree.
And if im lieing im dieing (jerry clower)