I agree with Steve that the southern boys see there share of tough conditions w/ the heat and dryness. My dogs seem to have a harder time in those conditions then in the snow and ice. It might be all in what the dog is used to. I noticed something last year that made me think. For about a week or so after the snow and ice melted (which lasted for about 5 straight mos. last year) my male was opening on old tracks. Almost like he had gotten so used to running on the ice that when he got on bare ground again he was thinking the old track was a hot track. Like that was all the scent he was going to get still. But he straightened out after a few times out and was back to his old self.
To answer the question, I would take my uncles dog Rocky, I don't know his registered name. He is 12 or 13 and still gets the job done more consistently than any other dog I've seen so far. I'll try to find out who he is out of. Now I'm curious!
re field trial.
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Bucky
Lets stick to hunting dogs,half the dogs (half is conservative) being mentioned on the field trial post are strickly trial dogs that owners would never dream of being taken outside a fence.It's too bad these people that says there dogs can do it under any condition only trial and not hunt.Lets start on the list in the top 5 and say which ones are hunted and which ones are not.
Lets stick to hunting dogs,half the dogs (half is conservative) being mentioned on the field trial post are strickly trial dogs that owners would never dream of being taken outside a fence.It's too bad these people that says there dogs can do it under any condition only trial and not hunt....bucky
well Bucky, you must have missed it in my post when I said that I hunt 3 or 4 days a week though the whole season. I hunted today, I plan on hunting till noon tommorow. As for trial dogs never running outside of a fence, where do you think we do all of our hunting in a pen? Even most of my running during the off season takes place in the wild, I would say that that I run at my beagle club( 40+ miles away)about 1 out of every 5 times that I run, and I run dogs probbly 4 days a week.
Here in the northeast there are plenty of hunting dogs that end up going to field trials in the off season, an plenty even do well... Gun hunted a pair of FCs today along with another bitch that has done well at the trials also.
Butch Keene said it best when he said that ( I am parphasing)" a lot of bunnys will get killed this season with FCs running behind them"
well Bucky, you must have missed it in my post when I said that I hunt 3 or 4 days a week though the whole season. I hunted today, I plan on hunting till noon tommorow. As for trial dogs never running outside of a fence, where do you think we do all of our hunting in a pen? Even most of my running during the off season takes place in the wild, I would say that that I run at my beagle club( 40+ miles away)about 1 out of every 5 times that I run, and I run dogs probbly 4 days a week.
Here in the northeast there are plenty of hunting dogs that end up going to field trials in the off season, an plenty even do well... Gun hunted a pair of FCs today along with another bitch that has done well at the trials also.
Butch Keene said it best when he said that ( I am parphasing)" a lot of bunnys will get killed this season with FCs running behind them"
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Steve C.
I don't trial nearly as much as I used to (a few years ago I judged 21 trials and ran a hound in each one as well) but I've always hunted more than I trialed. I've been trialing about 12 years and hunting over 30 years. Trialing isn't perfect and a lot of excellent hunting dogs get overlooked by judges who are judging by their personal likes and dislikes rather than the rule book but it's still a great way to find hounds with the qualities we're looking for, whether they have a title or not. I've owned several champions (2 at the moment) and all of them get hunted. The best hunting dog I ever had was IFC Greenbrier BirchHaven Merlin and quite a few (not all) judges liked him too. Many of my best hunting dogs today carry his genes. He was incredible on snow and ice and would run to catch on bare ground. Fantastic nose. He's greatly missed.
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bbk
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guest3
re: Field Trial
Well now Pete, you have seen one of the best when you watched FC Briar patch Black Boone run when it was below 0. He didn't smoke them that day, but, he will. Also, he gets GUNNED. He loves the snow and will keep Mr. Hare moving so you can get a shot. He's 5 years old now and gets better with each passing gunning season. He also now lives in Cn and will be gunned and trialed there, I believe. He's not the best, but he's my choice, so far. I have a son of Boone's and he is also starting to follow Dad's footsteps at 2 1/2 years old.
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snowshoehareguide
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steve c - otterbrook is a name i keep hearing. whos got some in new england.. whos closest to northern vt. ill never say a snow dog cant trial or the other way around... its just the trialing isnt relevant to me... the running on the rough days is..
tomn ive found that -10 nite time temperature is kind of a cut off point... ive seen quite a few run good above this and very few below it.. and thats on fairly fresh snow.. gets below ten below any length of time and takes a good dog to run the next day. even if it gets 20 above.. peteBy the way, did you mean -10 for the low or -10 for the high temp for the day?