Post by Ike on Sept 18, 2005 15:34:49 GMT -5
Hi Whitedog, haven't killed any bears yet this fall but still hope to slam one. Here is a catch-and-release from Friday:
A buddy and I went out “riggin for bear” yesterday on the mountain. He left his dogs home to rest for the weekend, so we took my hounds. This young man is the same age as my son and has been in hounds a long time and caught lots of game. However, we’d never dropped dogs together. He asked to tag along, and I said sure and hoped we’d get treed.
We went to one of his hunting area and got three bumps right off the bat….dropped my two red dogs Ike and Choco but both rigs were on the wind, so we moved on. On the fourth rig the breeze had died down and Ike went straight to the track, followed by Choco, Sam, Kody, and Griz.
We could here them strike when they reached the track and began their cold trail…but it wasn’t long and they had a young black boar in the tree. My Ryan dog has a swollen toe so I held him out of the run….but I figured I better throw him down and let him go bark at that bear or he’d never forgive me.
After reaching the tree, I shot a few photos and video of the bear, dogs and my hunting buddy before we pulled the dogs. After reaching the truck, we put five hounds on top and began the trip out. We hadn’t gone far when a sow and two cubs ran across the road in front of us. When we reached the crossing those hounds on top blew lots of air from the platform and in the box did the same. Those two cubs treed right off the road and the dogs on top located from the box, roflmao! First time I ever treed a bear from the box and never unsnapped a hound.
We went on down the road and the dogs rigged two more bears…one was a roar. However, we stayed strong and drove on past them. It was a good day to be on the mountain with hounds.
Yall keep’em treed!
The ikester
<img src=http://www.ingramwildlife.com/blackboar.gif
<img src=http://www.ingramwildlife.com/riggin.gif
A buddy and I went out “riggin for bear” yesterday on the mountain. He left his dogs home to rest for the weekend, so we took my hounds. This young man is the same age as my son and has been in hounds a long time and caught lots of game. However, we’d never dropped dogs together. He asked to tag along, and I said sure and hoped we’d get treed.
We went to one of his hunting area and got three bumps right off the bat….dropped my two red dogs Ike and Choco but both rigs were on the wind, so we moved on. On the fourth rig the breeze had died down and Ike went straight to the track, followed by Choco, Sam, Kody, and Griz.
We could here them strike when they reached the track and began their cold trail…but it wasn’t long and they had a young black boar in the tree. My Ryan dog has a swollen toe so I held him out of the run….but I figured I better throw him down and let him go bark at that bear or he’d never forgive me.
After reaching the tree, I shot a few photos and video of the bear, dogs and my hunting buddy before we pulled the dogs. After reaching the truck, we put five hounds on top and began the trip out. We hadn’t gone far when a sow and two cubs ran across the road in front of us. When we reached the crossing those hounds on top blew lots of air from the platform and in the box did the same. Those two cubs treed right off the road and the dogs on top located from the box, roflmao! First time I ever treed a bear from the box and never unsnapped a hound.
We went on down the road and the dogs rigged two more bears…one was a roar. However, we stayed strong and drove on past them. It was a good day to be on the mountain with hounds.
Yall keep’em treed!
The ikester
<img src=http://www.ingramwildlife.com/blackboar.gif
<img src=http://www.ingramwildlife.com/riggin.gif