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I went bear hunt about 12 years ago with hounds and they had a dog on the hood of the truck, When I inquired about this he called it his "COLD NOSE DOG" they stand out there and apparently they are there best nosed dog out of the group and pick up faint scents, when they do they howling and you know something passed there.Quote:
Originally Posted by swampsinger
I'm sure the hound guys can explain it way better then that.
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Originally Posted by Big Gunner
Exactly MS...I don't see the problem....the guys are having fun, the dogs are having great fun and reward and coyotes are being killed....seems like a great way to spend the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mount Sweetness
Some of you guys need to broaden your acceptance of the ways other guys kill varmints.
I suppose, but I don't understand why they don't just run them over with the truck, then again you'd miss out on a good dog fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
That is regularly used on the "Mountain Men" show with the guy with the hounds. the best hound on the hood simply scents the game as they go along. The truck stops and a normal hunt happens.
Sorry for the attempt at sarcasm. I'll put it this way, sport hunting sometimes has the added benefit of predator control, but predator control is never sport huntingQuote:
Originally Posted by swampsinger
These are catch dogs. Or site hounds like mentioned. They don't have a good mouth cause they are just cross bred greyhounds ment strictly for running for around 300 yards at a time.
The type of hound your talking about for bear hunting on the front of the truck is called a RIG hound. They use them to find a good enough track to run when there is no way of picking up a track or there is a big area to run. These cold nose dogs can find, start and jump the game much quicker and with much more accuracy then a hot nose hound that usually only runs a track that is more fresh
this is the difference in sport hunting and predator control ,the dogs in this video are fantastic at what thy do and likely catch hundreds of yotes a year ,it is all about numbers and you are not likely to run in to many antis out on the ranches ,around here the opp would be waiting for you at the road , if you tried to chase a yote with a truck. it is not legal here to chase game with a motor vehicle,thy do this with wild boar all over the U S A as well , Dutch
Your right Dutch...it's not sport or hunting....it's all about exterminating....no holds bar. And if they (dogs and men) have fun doing it, all the better.
Cold nosed dogs will indicate a cold track. Your hunting style will dictate if you want to run them or not. A cold nosed dog, wouldn't be my first choice as a rig dog.
Not necessarily, True, a cold nosed dog will pick up or scent a track that others might not, but will also open up on a hot track. When scenting conditions are tuff, I would rather have a cold nosed dog up on the rig than a hot nosed dog. If it means running a cold track and having the dog grub it out until he gets it jumped sure beats the hell out of going home and not having a dog leave the box. To me it's always been about the dog work.Quote:
Originally Posted by thunderbelly