Let Josie go by THE big tree. She went into the corn and struck a good track. Either this coon is the same one from last year or all coons are the same. Josie took it west and then south to the river. There I caught her locating on the river bank. I could see the coon trail going down to the waters edge. It was about a ten foot drop straight down..
Josie stayed on top & wouldn't go down to the water. I didn't mind too much. Of course Mabel or Belle would have been down there in a second, they've done it many times, but rarely do they ever tree a coon like that. I just end up catching them down the river later. So, Josie looked a little timid here, but I can live with it.
I walked back to the truck and loaded Josie up. As I was getting in, I spotted a coon sitting up in the big tree. I let Josie back into the corn to see if she could find it. She didn't open, but I could tell she was on the track. She worked her way into the woods and finally located the big tree, and started treeing hard. This was a nice job for a pup. I've seen a lot of old dogs unable to find the second coon there.
Posted by bruceo at August 1, 2003 01:01 AM