Dale called & wanted to hunt. We met at Pete's and talked with him for a while. We finally headed up to the vegetable garden with Ruby. She's in heat so Pete and Bronco stayed home. I let her loose from the truck & she headed off fast into the first woods. I walked the edge & stopped just before the crossing between the two fields. Ruby hunted the first woods and then popped out at the crossing. I called her & she was not going to listen but head north. I gave her a light shock & she stopped. I called again & she stood and thought for about 10 seconds, turned and came to me. Very nice. We led her to the corner by the north woods. I figured that coon I've been treeing would be right there. Before I got to my usual drop spot she started pulling hard. I let her go & she opened pretty quick. She ran along the ditch & was picking up speed. I started in to keep up with her. She located and started treeing hard. I got in there with her in a couple of minutes. It was a couple of trees running together on a small piece of high ground. There was water all around and it had been pouring just a few hours earlier. We didn't see a coon & I just don't know. It was perfect conditions for a coon to giver her the slip OR for it to be up there & not visible. At any rate, she ran that track well, had a distinct locate and changed over to a chop nicely. I'm very excited about little Ruby. Too bad she's so ugly. Looks more like a Feist than a coondog. Oh well, Mabel was never a beauty queen either. I wouldn't trade her for anything.
Posted by bruceo at June 6, 2004 01:09 AM