Squirrel dog

[Boxbirder]

Dave I am looking for some pics, back in the day I ran Plumbers, Patterdales, Jags, Jacks for coon. I'd pack up the gang and head to midwest, We'd pull down 40-50 coon a day with the dogs. I had a pair of Lurchers also. The Patt was in it to win it. I miss those days.

[Tom Brown]

Boxbirder that's a lot of coon, if you are referring to hunting, were those types of dogs silent trailers? Where about did you hunt if I might ask? Growing up I hunted every night and thought 100 or so coon was pretty good for the season, used black and tans, walkers and redticks. Really enjoyed those times. T.

[Boxbirder]

Cut em loose in the big barns. They tunnel out the coon and push them. I had to laugh last winter some of the guys were wearing breathing masks for the dust.

[Blind Dog]

Mark, That's a heck of a pile of coon; what did the hides bring then? How about a pic of your Patterdale.

[Tom Brown]

Ouch, I don't believe this, nice sizes! What part of the country? T.

[Boxbirder]

I have a few friends that all they do is run the old abandoned houses and pull out 40-30 coon a season.
Here's the secret, never get married, work at it all year and when the fall hits your ready. I have a good friend up in MI who runs Airedales and Jacks, he does very well chasing them.

The problem I have with the Jacks is there not bred tested many people just breed and claim the have a proven dog. Not even close, you go to England up the Fells and there running dogs with tight blood lines and no good terrier man in the US is going to be selling good workers unless you have an in.

[Tom Brown]

Amazing, until this day I was accustomed to woods, hills, cornfields and swamps and never the breed of dogs mentioned above. Let the dogs out, waited until they opened up then we would listen for them to bark treed. Once we counted 14 pairs of eyes in one tree, shot two big coon with the Parker and happily walked away knowing the other twelve will hopefully be around for other nights out. Lots of guys used 22's for coon hunting but I always used a shotgun since it was more fun to let the dogs finish them off after they hit the ground. T.

[Boxbirder]

I do own a pair of Walkers also for hunting in the east. There top flight runners, one being cold nosed and the other a spike dog. To me it's a goodtime for weeknight fun, I like the 22 since I don't want my hounds banging it out.

[Blind Dog]

Mark, Thanks for the pic of the Patterdale; it's one tough looking little fiece. How'd it turn out with the big kitty? In season, I use a Mark II with a 10" bbl., hold the light under it; don't kill many anymore except to get a little hair to the dogs, the hides aren't worth it.

[Boxbirder]

I just use them to bay cats, coon had a good year but not with the country buyer. From what I am told on the street there is no inventory of coon and the boys up north faired well with here later trapped goods.