Message #497642

[Cowin8579]

You guys are awesome, and I appreciate your thorough posts.  The Ohio dog men certainly do have a lot of hounds, and focus on coon for sure.  It's safe to say not all rough hunting men have websites on google.  East Tennessee looks like a great place to live and hunt, so hopefully over the few weeks checking it out I can meet a hog dogger.  I will be there in August, which is probably not ideal. 

I respect the hunt without a gun for sure.  Catch dogs are amazing. 

That makes sense about the bay, and the risk and benefit of the tight bay.  Hopefully I won't have that experience too soon.

The coyotes in south east Ohio are a little weird right now.  There are big males and much smaller females, often venturing near the house.  They took a 10 point buck 100 yards away, and didn't leave much 18 hours later.  They ignore the family giant Alaskan Malamute @ 150 pounds, but a ranging 50 pound dog would make me worry. 

I will certainly seek out the Ohio men, and hopefully network in East Tennessee.  It will be interesting if they work with hounds or mountain curs etc.  certainly dogs shaped by a rough lifestyle.