The American Beagler Forum

Grandson on the right. Little hare hunt just a mile down the road from home. Little snow on ground but will get lots more soon.

For AKC Derby Field Trials, Brace, Gundog Brace, Small Pack, or Small Pack Option your Beagles will be qualified to enter though out the year of 2015. I run in both Gundog Brace and SPO but I like to enter the young Derbies in Gundog Brace for their first few field trials and see how they do. If the...

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t194/georgepirman/RabbitHuntJan414.jpg A cold but good little Michigan rabbit hunt January 4th, 2014 with my son Bill, Grandson William, and friend Dan, and two Beagles. 10 rabbits in all. Wanted to hunt Sunday but snow coming down sideways and just too windy. Wan...

MID-MICHIGAN BEAGLE CLUB north of Jackson, MI. Holding a U.B.G.F. All-Age SPO Qualifing trial this week-end Saturday May 4th open to all AKC registered Beagles, 8:00 closing. Breakfast, lunch, and rabbits. George Pirman 810 691-7502

One of our hardest worker and show judge for Mid-Michigan Beagle Club, Charlie Gehringer, passed away while running two of his Beagles at the Beagle Club Grounds Tuesday August 14th. He was found by MI State Police dog team Thursday morning August 16th. Charlie will be at the PALMER BUSH & JENSEN FU...

Many years ago I spotted a used .410 sxs and always wanted one. It comes up real nice, double triger, full choke, and kills most rabbits. I know nothing about the company and would like to know if any one on this board does. Are they still importing guns? It is a "ZABALA HNOS. SRC. - EIBAR -MADE IN ...

ROUGH means the dog is not going where the rabbit went! This is a pretty simple job for the Beagle, go where the rabbit went. If the rabbit turns left dog should turn left, not right. If the rabbit turns right then the dog should turn right, not left. Just go where the rabbit went. Go fast or go slo...

Good hunt little snow, good dogs, 3 gunners, equal 12 hare. George

In competition "Watch out for the guy that uses bailing twine for a dog lead!"

When I was a boy, in the 1950's, my dad would purchase horse meat at the local store and mix it in with dry dog food for all the Beagles and Birddogs in the winter time. Can not be found at local stores today or for the past 30 years. George

Photo from my son's place in the U.P.. Just got dumped on with 3 feet in 2 days. Looks a little tough for hare hunting until it melts down a little. I think I will just hunt cottontail in Southern Michigan today. George

What makes a female Beagle worth 14K? How about this, the love of AKC Blue Ribbons! People go to AKC Licensed Trials to bring home an AKC Blue Ribbon. If they come home with anything else then its been a bad day for them. The bitch in question has already won her ribbons and so has her sire and dam,...

I think you got it right with out getting too deep into my books. I seen most of these run in competition and really like their ability to stay on the cottontail rabbit. You get up on a stump and these hounds will bring it back. George

Go to the AKC Web page and look under events.

We do not promote the killing of lots of rabbits. We do not give an award to the team that brings in the most rabbits. We do not want a team to show up with a truck load of rabbits and if they do they do not get any awards or money. There are many other tournaments that do - we do not. I know of one...