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Post by vancreek on Jul 30, 2005 21:04:05 GMT -5
just wondering if anyone is haveing any sucess and on how old a track your starting it off of?i have a problem that if it is more than two hours old the dogs end up makin a loss,today i ran off the same spot as yesterday didnt get out of the same section and was at the same spot at noon when i caught the dogs was back at 630 and had a hit,yesterday had one hit mid morning early afternoon.any way it seems as if i can only catch hot tracks anything over a couple hour and i dont even bother to think i can catch em,but would like to know how others are doing.
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Post by Ike on Aug 12, 2005 19:25:24 GMT -5
vancreek,
In the heat of summer a two hour old track can be plenty tough to catch. Temperature does have alot to do with running a bear track;weather as well. I had a phone call from the local fish and game last summer to come run down a bear fdor them, around 1:00 PM. The bear had come through a guy's yard around 8:00 AM and tipped over their trash can, plus he'd been in a farmer's grain bin.
So I asked, has it rained over there this afternoon? The officer repied no. I had a three hour drive to get to the track, and arrived around 4:00 PM. That track was eight hours old and it had rained alittle while I was enroute. The dogs tried to move the track but couldn't do myuch with an eight hour old track and a little rain in it, plus having the sun in it all day.
Out West, I've found an overnight track runs well until mid-morning and then slows down. The heat and lack of water in this arid state takes a toll on hounds when cold trailing in the heat of day. I've found you better get the bear jumped pretty fast mid-day or those dogs will just about stall out.
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Post by Smiley on Aug 13, 2005 0:05:36 GMT -5
I believe that the sun or high heat play less role than humidity does . High humidity means that track is going to evaporate much much faster but on the other hand while those dogs can smell that track they can really move on a newly put down track .
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