Thanks for the info guys. I have never been coon hunting, but sure like the sounds of it. A couple things have me interested in it. Right now every one of my dogs(except my catch dogs) is on injured reserve, as much as I want to turn them out, I really need to give them some more time. So it would be nice to have one dog on the feed bill that I could use for something other than hogs. I can't think of anything else that I would hunt at night, so that is why I have the coon dog questions

If you were shopping for a coon dog, what questions would you ask the seller? How long should one stay treed? Where would one look for a sure enough good coon dog? and what kind of money should someone expect to pay for an honest coon dog that can find it's own coon, and stay treed, without having to weed through a bunch of BS?