Outdoorsman Thread

[Waukonda]

Visitor to the neighborhood! Actually, a neighborhood nearby. A healthy looking young (Ithink) cat who has clearly been feeding on the cottontail population thereabouts.

Ray

Just curious, Ray, have Bobcats always been around in your area? They were reintroduced into Illinois, maybe 1980's (?), plentiful now, but unheard of when I was growing up.

[treefarmer]

Great pictures! Ray congratulate the son of your old friend, he did good!
Treefarmer

[Paladin]

Visitor to the neighborhood! Actually, a neighborhood nearby. A healthy looking young (Ithink) cat who has clearly been feeding on the cottontail population thereabouts.

Ray

Just curious, Ray, have Bobcats always been around in your area? They were reintroduced into Illinois, maybe 1980's (?), plentiful now, but unheard of when I was growing up.

Yep, they have been around here as long as I can recall and I am 80 years young right now. I spent a lot of time in the woods when I was growing up. I was forever hopeful that my coon hounds would tree one but it never happened.

Ray

[cudgee]

Visitor to the neighborhood! Actually, a neighborhood nearby. A healthy looking young (Ithink) cat who has clearly been feeding on the cottontail population thereabouts.

Ray

Just curious, Ray, have Bobcats always been around in your area? They were reintroduced into Illinois, maybe 1980's (?), plentiful now, but unheard of when I was growing up.

Yep, they have been around here as long as I can recall and I am 80 years young right now. I spent a lot of time in the woods when I was growing up. I was forever hopeful that my coon hounds would tree one but it never happened.

Ray

What sort of dogs did you have for " Coon Hounds "?

[Paladin]

Just curious, Ray, have Bobcats always been around in your area? They were reintroduced into Illinois, maybe 1980's (?), plentiful now, but unheard of when I was growing up.

Yep, they have been around here as long as I can recall and I am 80 years young right now. I spent a lot of time in the woods when I was growing up. I was forever hopeful that my coon hounds would tree one but it never happened.

Ray

What sort of dogs did you have for " Coon Hounds "?

I had one Red Bone that was in truth half Black and Tan and I also had a Blue Tick. Sure had some good times back then.

Ray

[cudgee]

What are they like, i have never heard of them, are they bred for that specific purpose, or a mix of breeds.?

[Paladin]

What are they like, i have never heard of them, are they bred for that specific purpose, or a mix of breeds.?

They are bred for trailing, treeing and dispatching the varmit of choice. My Red Bone was a fine strike dog and he was just as good on the trail. The Blue Tick was equally good on the trail and he was a throat dog once the fight was on. They were a good team. One interesting thing is that the Blue Tick was epileptic. The vet gave me a pill to give him before we went on a hunt and it would prevent his seizures. The seizures would cause him to lose all control of his body and I once had to go into the creek to hold his head up to prevent drowning.

Ray

[cudgee]

Thanks mate, they sound like what we would call pig dogs, really good at tracking down and holding a pig down till it can be dispatched.

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[Colonel26]

Visitor to the neighborhood! Actually, a neighborhood nearby. A healthy looking young (Ithink) cat who has clearly been feeding on the cottontail population thereabouts.

Ray

Just curious, Ray, have Bobcats always been around in your area? They were reintroduced into Illinois, maybe 1980's (?), plentiful now, but unheard of when I was growing up.

Yep, they have been around here as long as I can recall and I am 80 years young right now. I spent a lot of time in the woods when I was growing up. I was forever hopeful that my coon hounds would tree one but it never happened.

Ray

My oldest boy who has just got into trapping dreams of catching a Bob cat. The right colored ones still bring good money he tells me.

[Dinadan]

Great Bobcat photos. That sure is a healthy looking animal! Bobcats have always been fairly common in my area, judging by the tracks, anyway. When I was growing up in the woods I was always checking for any kind of tracks in any sandy place, and I regularly saw Bobcat tracks. In my whole life I have actually seen one wild Bobcat: they are the most wary animal in our woods.

[stagman]

That's GREAT Colonel your boy is getting into trapping !!!
I used to trap muskrats back in 1970's-80's was getting bout 6-7 bucks
for them...did some coon trapping right behind the house as well when
they were bringing close to 25 bucks...
Its becoming a lost art, glad to hear bout some young fella's getting into it

Stag

[treefarmer]

Thanks mate, they sound like what we would call pig dogs, really good at tracking down and holding a pig down till it can be dispatched.

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cudgee,
Just a comment on the dogs used to hunt hogs here in Florida. Some hunters have two sets of dogs, dogs that trail like the hounds that Ray mentioned and then there is the group called "catch dogs". The hounds trail and bay the hog then the catch dogs go in and do their part. Some times a dog will do both jobs, trail and catch. The "catch dogs" are usually some bad "hammer knockers"!

Several years ago I had a hip replaced and the home health nurse that came to our place to check on me told how she often accompanied her husband and his buddies during the hog hunts. Her job was to sew up the dogs after they got cut by a hog. She had a kit with the needle and thread and what ever else was needed. She said most times the dogs would be stitched up and were right back in the fray unless they had a very serious wound.
Treefarmer

[cudgee]

Thanks mate, they sound like what we would call pig dogs, really good at tracking down and holding a pig down till it can be dispatched.

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cudgee,
Just a comment on the dogs used to hunt hogs here in Florida. Some hunters have two sets of dogs, dogs that trail like the hounds that Ray mentioned and then there is the group called "catch dogs". The hounds trail and bay the hog then the catch dogs go in and do their part. Some times a dog will do both jobs, trail and catch. The "catch dogs" are usually some bad "hammer knockers"!

Several years ago I had a hip replaced and the home health nurse that came to our place to check on me told how she often accompanied her husband and his buddies during the hog hunts. Her job was to sew up the dogs after they got cut by a hog. She had a kit with the needle and thread and what ever else was needed. She said most times the dogs would be stitched up and were right back in the fray unless they had a very serious wound.
Treefarmer

Thank you for that explanation. This is a great place for learning and how people do things, have a safe day.

[Eustace]

I went on a walk today.

[doglegg]

Eustace, I think you always walk with a fishing pole in your hand. Great pic's. Thanks.

[Colonel26]

I went on a walk today.

Awesome pics! Are you a catch and release fisherman or should we expect an invitation for a fish fry?

[Eustace]

Eustace, I think you always walk with a fishing pole in your hand. Great pic's. Thanks.

Thank you, my friend!

I went on a walk today.

Awesome pics! Are you a catch and release fisherman or should we expect an invitation for a fish fry?

Thank you, Polkovnik!
My first fishing license was in 1978. I caught a huge amount of fish in my life, not always in the legal time and legal amounts. But, for more than 10 years I have been exclusively on the principle of "catch and release", or as we say in Bulgaria - "leave behind only footprints, take with you only memories".
This is for freshwater fishing. When I go sea fishing, I only take as much fish as we can eat for one dinner.

[bighomer]

Great walk Eustace, looks like fun.

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks mate, they sound like what we would call pig dogs, really good at tracking down and holding a pig down till it can be dispatched.

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cudgee,
Just a comment on the dogs used to hunt hogs here in Florida. Some hunters have two sets of dogs, dogs that trail like the hounds that Ray mentioned and then there is the group called "catch dogs". The hounds trail and bay the hog then the catch dogs go in and do their part. Some times a dog will do both jobs, trail and catch. The "catch dogs" are usually some bad "hammer knockers"!

Several years ago I had a hip replaced and the home health nurse that came to our place to check on me told how she often accompanied her husband and his buddies during the hog hunts. Her job was to sew up the dogs after they got cut by a hog. She had a kit with the needle and thread and what ever else was needed. She said most times the dogs would be stitched up and were right back in the fray unless they had a very serious wound.
Treefarmer

Thank you for that explanation. This is a great place for learning and how people do things, have a safe day.

You can learn a little from this story about a coon hunt, from one of America’s greatest story tellers, may he Rest In Peace.

Ken

[Paladin]

cudgee,
Just a comment on the dogs used to hunt hogs here in Florida. Some hunters have two sets of dogs, dogs that trail like the hounds that Ray mentioned and then there is the group called "catch dogs". The hounds trail and bay the hog then the catch dogs go in and do their part. Some times a dog will do both jobs, trail and catch. The "catch dogs" are usually some bad "hammer knockers"!

Several years ago I had a hip replaced and the home health nurse that came to our place to check on me told how she often accompanied her husband and his buddies during the hog hunts. Her job was to sew up the dogs after they got cut by a hog. She had a kit with the needle and thread and what ever else was needed. She said most times the dogs would be stitched up and were right back in the fray unless they had a very serious wound.
Treefarmer

Thank you for that explanation. This is a great place for learning and how people do things, have a safe day.

You can learn a little from this story about a coon hunt, from one of America’s greatest story tellers, may he Rest In Peace.

Ken

And Cudgee, that is a black and tan hound under Jerrrry's right arm.

Ray

[cudgee]

cudgee,
Just a comment on the dogs used to hunt hogs here in Florida. Some hunters have two sets of dogs, dogs that trail like the hounds that Ray mentioned and then there is the group called "catch dogs". The hounds trail and bay the hog then the catch dogs go in and do their part. Some times a dog will do both jobs, trail and catch. The "catch dogs" are usually some bad "hammer knockers"!

Several years ago I had a hip replaced and the home health nurse that came to our place to check on me told how she often accompanied her husband and his buddies during the hog hunts. Her job was to sew up the dogs after they got cut by a hog. She had a kit with the needle and thread and what ever else was needed. She said most times the dogs would be stitched up and were right back in the fray unless they had a very serious wound.
Treefarmer

Thank you for that explanation. This is a great place for learning and how people do things, have a safe day.

You can learn a little from this story about a coon hunt, from one of America’s greatest story tellers, may he Rest In Peace.

Ken

Very funny and very clever, and you are right about his story telling ability.

[cudgee]

Thank you for that explanation. This is a great place for learning and how people do things, have a safe day.

You can learn a little from this story about a coon hunt, from one of America’s greatest story tellers, may he Rest In Peace.

Ken

And Cudgee, that is a black and tan hound under Jerrrry's right arm.

Ray

Gotcha, i know the dog now after seeing the photo, thanks Ray.

[cudgee]

Just as an aside, that terminology would not be allowed over here in our PC country.

[WillyCamaro]

Hey Mate, if you want to learn more about coon hunting/hounds, I highly recommend watching "Where the Red Fern Grows" (the one from 1974 with Stewart Peterson, not the 2003 remake).
Very beautiful story, albite extremely sad. It was when film making meant something, not this stream of new garbage, they constantly put out.

[cudgee]

Hey Mate, if you want to learn more about coon hunting/hounds, I highly recommend watching "Where the Red Fern Grows" (the one from 1974 with Stewart Peterson, not the 2003 remake).
Very beautiful story, albite extremely sad. It was when film making meant something, not this stream of new garbage, they constantly put out.

I will keep an eye out for it.