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Post by ike on Mar 11, 2007 10:50:26 GMT -5
I have been taking the Wolf Pack out for a hunt about every chance I get now that all that nasty snow is gone hoping to get them legged up for bear. Recently, I road-ed the wolf pack down the road and had a friend along. We had driven to a running herd of elk, stopped and collared the hounds, then threw them down to go pick and strike for lion. They waded through all that ole stinking elk scent and started down the road casting for a cat. The breeze was quartering us and I notice two or three of the dogs stop and throw their heads in the air, then begin moving toward whatever they had winded. The ground was open along their paths and dogs have to learn to strike and catch with those conditions. I told my hunting buddy those darn hounds are winding a lion or something. Shortly, they all stopped under a tree where the pine needles were thick and I spotted a dead dead just ahead of them under the next. The deer was covered in pine needles and was a fresh lion kill. Well, the dogs got to the dead deer and started to open on track and were soon gone. My hunting buddy and I got the cameras out and documented the deer and then followed the hounds to the tree to shoot more photos. The dead deer was what you commonly find, a complete carcass with the rib cage opened and the goodies all gone. Another fun day behind the Wolf Pack! Living the Dream, making it happen along the way and sharing it with others on the way past! Keep'em treed! ike
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Post by Houndmomma on Mar 11, 2007 20:50:17 GMT -5
As always Ike, I love to read your posts!!! Your pics are fantastic!!
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Post by bluedogman on Mar 13, 2007 6:06:22 GMT -5
Great story and pictures!
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Post by Babysis on Mar 14, 2007 11:51:57 GMT -5
Awesome job!! Great story too!
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Post by ike on Mar 20, 2007 7:10:31 GMT -5
Thanks guys and gals! My wife and I drove to Oklahoma over the weekend to attend the marriage of one of my nephews. Man, those eighteen hour drives (1125 miles) get tougher as the years go by just like climbing out of those canyons do ha! We did, however, make it down that way and back and will be back at work tomorrow. On the way through Colorado, I stopped and picked up one of those Shamrock bred (top and bottom) plotts one of my hunters promised me last fall. He wanted me to try one of his young hounds and promised the dog as a show of appreciation for helping him run down a boar. I have hedged on the dog all winter but lost my red pup late last fall who was to be my yearling trainer for the year......so I followed up on a promise I made to try one of these dogs with my hounds and see what he'll do. He's a pup, but a big dog and well put together. I've not owned a plott dog until now and everybody tells me I should hunt at least one before I retire....... I will be out pounding the ground for lion over the next few weeks and then switiching up for bear. keep'em treed! ike
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Post by tico on Mar 21, 2007 23:28:39 GMT -5
Really enjoyed the read, good looking dogs as well Ike. Congrats,
Tico
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Post by bluedogman on Mar 22, 2007 2:32:13 GMT -5
Nice looking hound there Ike. Hope he does a good job for you!
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Post by Houndmomma on Mar 22, 2007 9:47:06 GMT -5
Love the dog!!!
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Post by ike on Mar 23, 2007 23:15:33 GMT -5
thanks gang, and I'm sure that plottdog will fit in just fine!
ike
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