I took Pearl back and showed the kids how she minded now. She tried to run away once in her home territory & I had to shock her pretty good. The rest of the time I was there she came runiing when I called. She was still a little shook up so I left her there and took Roy out alone at the vegetable garden. He struck deep & I could tell it was a bad track. He was quiet for long periods. He finally just located and started treeing. I suspected it would be slick. He came off the tree when I got there & I was sure he screwed up then. I still looked it over for a few minutes. It was a big hollow tree with lots of leaves but I'm sure there was no coon. I really laid into harder than ever tonight. He went and laid in the woods for a while & then took off. I looked the tree over for quite a while after that. It would have been an easy circle tree in a hunt, but I still think he screwed up. I headed back to the truck and Roy was just sitting there. I must have really shook him up. I took him to Don Edens and sent him in. He struck, another bad track. I drove around for a few minutes. He was quiet. I drove back to the drop spot & he was there. Maybe he's finally figured out to leave a bad track instead of grabbing a tree? He better get it or there is a lot of pain in his future.
Posted by bruceo at May 24, 2004 11:55 PM