Was really lookig forward to hitting the corn. Got there about 10:00. Let Josie loose and walked a diagonal across the east field. No strike. Walked the edges by the creek and river back to the truck. Along the way saw a couple of coons sitting up Pretty sure they climbed while I was in the corn. The pup could smell them, but couldn't seem to take it out of the corn and across the road to the tree. I waited a long time watching her race back and forth, she finally got in the woods, but went past the tree and started trailing down the river. I saw another coon sitting up, so I let her trail for a while. She was bogging down so I finally went in and caught her....
Well, I'm supposed to be getting the coons out of this corn. I guess I managed to do that, but I knew they would be back after I left. On the way to the truck, I saw one of them still sitting up. I put Josie on the tree and took a couple of shots at it. It came down & there was a little fight and then a race through the brush. She chased it down to the river bank & I caught up with her there. That coon was probably dead. If not, it certainly won't be back to this corn.
While driving home, I had to remind myself how bad I've seen dogs look on the river. I've seen some of the best dogs I know do about the same as Josie did tonight. The ground is sandy and dries out fast. The brush along the river is as thick as anything you'd see down in Florida or Alabama. I'm not happy with Josies performance, but I have learned not to judge a dog by how they perform on the river.
Posted by bruceo at July 17, 2003 12:54 AM