The weather was nice so I took Mabel out. I hunted with Dieter & his dog Toby down in Chaska. The first track was old and bad. They trailed around for quite a while and then finally ended up on a den behind a house. We dropped in small woods next & didn't have any luck. We made a 3rd drop at the railroad tracks. Toby went one way and Mabel the other. Toby treed & we went to him. He was treed in a hole with a possum. We truned him back towards Mabel and started in. Toby was barking around a little & may have had a second track, I headed in and Dieter stayed back. Mabel had a coon in creek bed. She was standing in the water barking and the coon would pop out every now and then and fight with her. Toby finally came in and I tied both dogs up. I was tired after that and headed home. Mabel has been sleeping all day, that was a long hard night for an old dog.
Posted by bruceo at December 29, 2004 11:59 PM