I've been laying low because of the hot weather. Dale called & wanted to hunt & I was ready to get out even though it still hasn't cooled off. We went to the Sand Dunes and sent Ruby, Nitro and the red pup in. Nitro struck and grubbed around a little then Ruby joined in. RUby located after a while & they both settled in. It was a big old hollow tree that Dale said he's treed on a few times before. We didn't see the coon a after a couple of minutes so we pulled them off. It could have easily been there but I didn't want to let them get all lathered up in the heat while we shined around. We moved and sent them all in along a lake. They opened and were running a pretty nice track. By the time we realized it was probably too good they were ready to quit it. Nitro came back first and Ruby a little later. I had the collars on both of them but it was one of those tracks that you don't know is junk until after the fact. Anyway, we're taking the Sand Dunes off the rotation until fall. It's too hard to control young dogs up there in the summer. If that had happened at the vegetable garden I'd probably have had a better idea what they were running.
Oh well, looks like the weather will get better Wednesday. I think I'll sit home a couple more nights and then hit the vegetable garden. Friday or Saturday I'll go down to the river and start looking for those early coons. With a little luck Nitro will be ready for the RQE in July. I'd sure like to get him qualified.