Summer is in full swing tonight. Hot, humiod and the bugs are out.
Went to the vegetable garden about 11:00 and sent Nitro north along the ditch. He hunted out in a lazy manner for him but still got out about 1/3 of a mile in a few minutes and struck. He was grubbing on the ditch and heading west. I let him work for a while but decided to catch him before he went too far in that direction. I don't like them getting up by the road when they go that way. I walked him back to the east and sent him up the other branch of the ditch. He went in about 1/4 mile and opened up on a tree. He didn't sound 100% & checked around but came back to the tree. It was 50/50, I've treed on this exact tree a bunch and had the coon. The leaves are thick now, I didn't see the coon right away. I didn't want to spend time shining and I didn't want to send him out again.
I'd like to start making him hunt away from trees. I wish there were more coons around so I could have more confidence that a dog will be able to find a second track. Guess I'll just have to pace myself until the river is ready.
Posted by bruceo at June 2, 2005 11:29 PM