...the time

Aint up to much lately, trying to get a pup started and trying to straighten out a walker I've got. So, here's a couple pics...

just some pics...

My cousin and one of the pups almost full grown...

Mandy back on the wood...

Well, Mandy did great with her pups and got them weaned last week, so she went back to the woods this week. She took off like a million bucks and knew it had been too long since she had a chance to put one up a tree. We let her stretch hers...and our...legs for one good drop and then let her rest. Didn't want to risk getting her too hot and and milk left over too hot. I look forward to what is to come from her pups, I only hope they are just like her!

Puppies...

Well, the pups are coming along nicely, they are on real food now and will be off mom in about a week. We'll finally take back to hunting the mother and look forward to training a couple pups. If you're curious, the pic of them all piled up is feeding time...it's hilarious how they climb over each other for just a bite of whole food, they love it.

The kill season opened last Monday and will about a 3 mile walk, we were successful with one large boar coon. 3 miles usually aint a big deal, but the last 1/4 was straight up...and I'm outta shape!

Pups are here!

Pups born 9/13 during the night. She gave birth to 12 very healthy looking pups. That is a high # for a female her size, hopefully she will be able to raise them all. Usually by the 3rd day if they all look well they will make it based on her abilities. We had hoped they would all come out red and white but a more than a few look like their grandpa who is mostly black and white. She had 8 males and 4 females. We hope to raise 2 and sell the rest. Quite a few booked early before they were born but still a few to sell.

Can't wait to see how they do in the woods.

She's Preggo

Well, looks like the female redtick of the world should have some pups soon. Hope the litter is decent size, don't want a huge litter as she isn't a very big hound. Have some big plans and hopes for a couple of them to make stars, but only time will tell!

Stay tuned...

Memories

I've been fishing quite a few times since my last post, but nothing worth shouting about so I haven't reported in a while. Water levels are way low and it's super HOT...both make for difficult conditions.

Nonetheless, we hope to have our English coonhound bred as I type. This would be her second litter but the first under our ownership. My grandfather got me into coonhunting many years ago while in highschool. My father is a diehard deer hunter but never was into any dog sports so I found it a little later after getting hooked on deer (my main outdoor hobbie---if you can call any of them "hobbies"). There's just something about it I guess, like any outdoor sport a man takes up. I love hounds and love to hear them catch a hot track and bawl into the cool night air. Anyhow, hopefully in a couple months we'll have a kennel full of english pups. We expect to try and raise 2 and sell the rest, we can only hope they can hold a candle to their momma. Once she weens them off she'll be back in the woods.

Until next time, I felt like posting some pics of a late hound I had named Joe. He was of a different breed than we hunt now, a treeing walker. Super good looking hound, heck of a mouth and a pretty decent coondog. He died early at age 5 for some unknown reason, we suspected cancer but weren't sure. He wasn't the best hound on the planet, but treed a ton of coons and was a really nice dog to have around.