Anybody else having a run in with them this year??? This weekend in 2 day’s, Cooper pointed 3 coons and 1 of those took a swipe at him! He wanted to go in after him,but he’s got a heavy duty collar on him and a moderatly strong armed master! 
One of those coons is now crow meat and the other 2 got away as they were in heavy cover and vanished in the comotion!
my dog wont chase any fur. since day one if she got on anything with fur she gets lit up like the Grizwalds christmas tree. It is my opinion that dogs chase fur by choice. So I just made sure to change her mind when the situation came up as a pup. She wont even break stride anymore for a deer or rabbit. Feathers GOOD, Fur BAD!!!
just my .02
my dog wont chase any fur. since day one if she got on anything with fur she gets lit up like the Grizwalds christmas tree. It is my opinion that dogs chase fur by choice. So I just made sure to change her mind when the situation came up as a pup. She wont even break stride anymore for a deer or rabbit. Feathers GOOD, Fur BAD!!!
just my .02
btw I NEVER EVER shoot fur around my dogs. again, in my opinion that just reinforces the bad habit. If I never shoot anything but feathers that is all she thinks we are after. you dont train a coon dog with a pheasant. so dont train a bird dog with a coon. I love deer hunting season because then I get to do tests with the hound while the deer are hanging in the garage.
I thinks it goes something like this
dog, humm what is that smell. its not a bird but maby I should check it out.
me, come on you idiot i dare you to take a wiff of that deer, come on ccooommmeee ooonnnn dooooo it cloooooser cloooooser. oops you crossed the line
dog, aaaarrrrrhhhhhh aaaaarrrrrhhhhhhhh
me, hehehehehehehehehehe 
btw I NEVER EVER shoot fur around my dogs. again, in my opinion that just reinforces the bad habit. If I never shoot anything but feathers that is all she thinks we are after. you dont train a coon dog with a pheasant. so dont train a bird dog with a coon. I love deer hunting season because then I get to do tests with the hound while the deer are hanging in the garage.
I thinks it goes something like this
dog, humm what is that smell. its not a bird but maby I should check it out.
me, come on you idiot i dare you to take a wiff of that deer, come on ccooommmeee ooonnnn dooooo it cloooooser cloooooser. oops you crossed the line
dog, aaaarrrrrhhhhhh aaaaarrrrrhhhhhhhh
me, hehehehehehehehehehe
That’s right……….Never shoot a rabbit around them either. Another guy shot the coon away from the dogs..That was good.
That’s right……….Never shoot a rabbit around them either. Another guy shot the coon away from the dogs..That was good.
The first point on Sat. morn was a badger. Scared the crap out of me and the dog. That thing sounded like a tazmanian devil when I started to kick around for a flush. Sure didn’t have to plead with the dog to hard to follow me out of there.
The first point on Sat. morn was a badger. Scared the crap out of me and the dog. That thing sounded like a tazmanian devil when I started to kick around for a flush. Sure didn’t have to plead with the dog to hard to follow me out of there.
to bad the dog can run faster I would rather have the basger catch the dog than me. then I would have had to clean out my pants. 
to bad the dog can run faster I would rather have the basger catch the dog than me. then I would have had to clean out my pants.
Let me tell you a little story about one of my encounters with a badger.
Back when I lived in Colorado I spent a lot of time hunting coyotes. One day I was driving along the dirt track between 2 pastures on the way to one of stand locations. When I got to where I wanted to park for the walk to my stand location, I noticed something running across the pasture. I quickly figured out it was a badger. Now, out there, badgers are nothing more than a nuisance and we kill them on sight. I quickly shouldered my rifle and threw a quick shot at him. I missed him and he barreled into some tall switch grass and disappeared. I got my coyote gear and made my way out across the pasture. On the way out there I had to walk through this tall grass to get to the fence line where I liked to call for coyotes. As I am walking through this grass, I heard a growling sound and quickly got an uneasy feeling. I stopped and looked down. The spot where I chose to walk through the grass led me right to the badgers den. When I looked down, less than 1 foot to my right was that very ticked off badger. In the split second when I seen him he was growling and bearing his teeth. He had his front feet dug in in the ready position to charge out of the hole and nail me. In a reflex motion and also not a bright one, I turned my head, dropped the rifle barrel down toward the badger and pulled the trigger as I was making my retreat. This all happened so fast and without a thought. Somehow and with a lot of luck, I drilled that badger right between the eyes. After I quit shaking from fear, all the other possibilities went through my head. I could have easily shot myself in the foot or missed that badger and he could have easily attacked me. That is as close to a badger as I ever want to be again. Since the coyote stand was pretty much ruined for the day, I dragged him all the way back to the truck and took him home and skinned him out. All I could think of when I saw the claws and teeth upclose and personal is how much damage he could have done to me in a short amount of time.
Let me tell you a little story about one of my encounters with a badger.
Back when I lived in Colorado I spent a lot of time hunting coyotes. One day I was driving along the dirt track between 2 pastures on the way to one of stand locations. When I got to where I wanted to park for the walk to my stand location, I noticed something running across the pasture. I quickly figured out it was a badger. Now, out there, badgers are nothing more than a nuisance and we kill them on sight. I quickly shouldered my rifle and threw a quick shot at him. I missed him and he barreled into some tall switch grass and disappeared. I got my coyote gear and made my way out across the pasture. On the way out there I had to walk through this tall grass to get to the fence line where I liked to call for coyotes. As I am walking through this grass, I heard a growling sound and quickly got an uneasy feeling. I stopped and looked down. The spot where I chose to walk through the grass led me right to the badgers den. When I looked down, less than 1 foot to my right was that very ticked off badger. In the split second when I seen him he was growling and bearing his teeth. He had his front feet dug in in the ready position to charge out of the hole and nail me. In a reflex motion and also not a bright one, I turned my head, dropped the rifle barrel down toward the badger and pulled the trigger as I was making my retreat. This all happened so fast and without a thought. Somehow and with a lot of luck, I drilled that badger right between the eyes. After I quit shaking from fear, all the other possibilities went through my head. I could have easily shot myself in the foot or missed that badger and he could have easily attacked me. That is as close to a badger as I ever want to be again. Since the coyote stand was pretty much ruined for the day, I dragged him all the way back to the truck and took him home and skinned him out. All I could think of when I saw the claws and teeth upclose and personal is how much damage he could have done to me in a short amount of time.
how about porky pines???? in north dakota they like to hang out in the cat tails . One good reason not to train the dog to froce fetch . After the second time in 2 years she had finally learned or I should say I finally learned and now I can tell the differance on the way she acts if its not a bird 
how about porky pines???? in north dakota they like to hang out in the cat tails . One good reason not to train the dog to froce fetch . After the second time in 2 years she had finally learned or I should say I finally learned and now I can tell the differance on the way she acts if its not a bird
Mike, remind me to tell you my coon hunting stories at the ice GTG this winter. They may be a little graphic for the general public, so I won’t share. But I can tell you, chasing down badgers on foot at night in the dark with only a flashlight is a rush.
Mike, remind me to tell you my coon hunting stories at the ice GTG this winter. They may be a little graphic for the general public, so I won’t share. But I can tell you, chasing down badgers on foot at night in the dark with only a flashlight is a rush.
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