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He's 7 months old this is the first coon he's seen any tips on training him
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They worked for me !
It's a redbone right

Sounds good ! 

Yep it's a redbone one thing I was wondering about is scent dragging I had a beagle that I was training for rabbit and he got where he would track me not the scent drag and I don't want that to happen with this one what should I do so it won't happen this time


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cover your shoes and pants legs with the scent of the animal you want the dog to trail. you have to mask/disguise YOUR scent, with the scent of the animal.

Never used a drag just trapped coons and turned them out in front of pups.

doing that with the next coon I catch


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Just my opinion and maybe some old farts will pitch in but if u decide to give that pup a coon make sure its dead when it hits the ground. I know i wouldnt want my 7 mo old pup getn whipped. You mite know that but if you didnt thought id throw it out there.

I'm gonna let the coon go until out of sight to give him a fresh trail to go tree


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I just ment if your pup trees that coon and u want to shoot it out to him id shoot it dead in the tree not injur it.

I'm not sure where you live but if you could find a coon huntin club or group in your area that might help a ton.


https://www.apps.akc.org/apps/event_calendar/index_mobi.cfm

^ try this maybe
http://www.coondawgs.com/forum/index.php
This one too maybe

I messed up a good bird dog a couple of years ago guessing on how to train it .. .i watched abunch of DVDs , YouTube and books but this dog was a softer headed  dog .  I got tired of guessing and ended up finding and later joining  my local bird dog club . That club is  full of members that have been training and running bird dogs competitively pretty much all their life's . There's probably over 500 years worth of knowledge with in that group .. Plus it's open up new land for me to run my run dogs on and created great friends  me. My last dog came out of great blood lines and I got pick of the litter , for free
You just Never know

Actually now that I think about it that's how I ended up here .. On this website

I went to a "lone star working dog coon hunt and bench show "  back in 2011 and meet Mike Bolen ( owner of this website ) there along with other hog doggers .. And before I knew it they took me out that night to Flatonia for my first hog dog hunt ... Four years later I'm still huntin with them


Anyways just a thought ..
There's people out there that if you show them your dead serious about making a dog , they'll help you out.
Might save you from culling a lot of dogs and open doors you never knew existed

Good luck
Take care

i tried to join coondawgs but it won't allow my email


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I would recommend buying john wicks encyclopedia on tree dogs. Some great info in that book on hounds. It's an easy read as well.
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Hounds typically take longer to mature and turn on than cur dogs. I wouldn't rush it with him. TR gave u some good advice. Be careful not to let him get whipped at a young age. I would also be careful about what other dogs I hunted him with. Trashy dogs and Tree Fighters have set many a good prospects back and ruined many more. Try to be careful shakin coons out or shootin em out near water. They'll drown a dog quick.
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Good luck. I hope he turns out for ya.

Baitin coons and huntin hot deer feeders is a good way to put a young dog in fresh coon sign.

You can't beat woods time for a young hound. Hot tracks and long nights are the key to success for a young dog with a lot of drive. All dogs are different but nothing can compare to many nights in the woods

These last 2 comments are what I was gonna say. Feeder buckets with dog food are a good thing for a young dog. I'm working a blue tick now

How is your bluetick bred? That's what I have here.

you need a many tima and patience for training, but i think thats great idea:)