Chris, Bump was pretty acurate...I''ll give ya my thoughts.
Can you effectively hunt with one dog?
Yes, w/o a doubt. I usually have a pair or a young dog working tho.
When the dog is treed, how does the dog know if the coon is still in that tree, or if he has traveled through the canopy to another tree?
Most will tree were they are sure the coon went up,do the dogs know if the coon limbed out or not? I don't know if the dogs know or not,some that can wind well will tree under the game or were the smell it strongest but I see that in more curs than hounds. It falls on the hunter to find the coon,when the muscie dime grapes are ripe the dogs go nuts and just about tree every were and I always have trouble finding coon in the when you have a 150yd muscie dime vine loaded in some big tree tops.
Do you typically shoot a coon while the dog is treed, or do you tie the dog off somewhere prior to shooting? Or do you lead the dog away, so you can tree the coon another night?
It all depends on the paticular situation,if I have a young dog along who did some work I like to reward them w/ a coon.Some time the place I am hunting wants the coon gone so a good "head count" at the end of a hunt helps some time.I do like to leash a dog at the tree tho as I teaches them to be solid and stay at the tree.
I hear about people hunting coons with both curs and hounds, but it seems to be dominated by the hounds. Is there a reason for this? Do coons not leave much scent, therefore needing a colder trailing nose to locate?
Chris, the honds vs cur thing similar to the same on hogs,some like the hounds and others like the curs.There are plenty of good coon cur dogs,and competitions for them as well and some were there are all breeds hound,cur n feist competing against each other.I hunted and competed w/ hounds for along time but the last 15 years or so I have mainly hunted w/ curs and feist and enjoy them over the hounds a bit more. I love a good hound but w/ a hound comes them hound things ya know? I like them easy going cur tree dogs these days,I tree just as many and don't have to work near as hard.
