The weather looked a little better so I thought I'd give it a try tonight. Ben Barthel called with the same idea. I really wanted to hunt up there with Ben. His dog is pretty good and he has a lot of coons in his spots. We let the dogs loose in a WMA. Nitro swung to the left and Ben's dog went right. Nitro struck deep. It sounded like he hit the track on the run. He was opening nice, moving fast about 100 yards and opening again. It didn't take long and he laid into a tree. He treed hard and loud. I was thinking to myself "WOW!". Ben's dog got in there and backed him. It took a while to find the coon, it was there but it never did look. As soon as Ben saw the coon he went in and started petting Nitro. Ben's doesn't care who's dog it is, when they are good he like's them. It was Sunday night so we called it a night. I had a couple of bad nights last week so I was very happy with Nitro's performance tonight. Seeing him attack an area like this makes me glad I decided to hunt him this summer.
Posted by bruceo at June 12, 2005 11:57 PM