The American Beagler Forum

By the time a dog reaches two years old you can't tell the ones that started at four months from the ones that started at eight months. The biggest differnce is when you want to sell a dog at a young age. The sooner you get them started the sooner you can sell them! There is NO truth to the stateme...

Thats the reason I said you'll need to practice with the Tracker. Always start low and work your way up that way you don't get a back signal as bad. After You use it a while you will get the hang of it. I checked on getting my Tracker up graded and thought about doing so but I also want to up grade...

You don't get as much range or pin point as well with the smaller antenna. You can get in the general direction then you must turn the tracker unit lower as you get closer and keep working it back and forth to pin point a dog. I left a dog coon hunting one night and when I returned to where I turne...

I only hunt my dogs but here lately I've been thinking about getting into the field trials. As far as the 12 ga. goes I've hunted with both the 12 and 20 on rabbits. I can't tell much difference either is more than enough when it comes to killing rabbits. But I can tell a difference at the end of t...

The rain shield is made from the bottom of a barrel. It takes three barrels to make two houses. I attach the shield to the house with three 1/4" by 1" bolts. I use a 5/16" by 4 " bolt to go all the way though the 2 X 8 legs. I use a wood bit to recess the hole where the nut goes that way it don't t...

Beagles are getting bigger only because people are breeding them that way. Today there are a lot more people running a faster type dog so they like them bigger so they breed to bigger dogs. Plain and simple! Dogs in America are getting bigger on average because in America everything has to be bigge...

I have 5 x 10 runs and I really like them. You can house 1 big dog per run without any problems and up to three beagles but I prefer to only house two beagles per run. I didn't have a place level enough for concrete so I used treated lumber. This is the second kennel that I have built this way and ...

I've used lots of different houses over the years and you can't beat a good plastic barrel. I've made several different designs but I like this one the best. I can purchase enough material for $150.00 to built six houses. This includes the barrels, 2 x 8 planks for the legs, 2 x 4 planks for the to...

I don't think the rules need to be changed. The trials are set up to promote better beagles so beagles that are entered need to meet breed standards. If you hunt you can run what ever you like but if you want to run beagles then try and stay with the standard. If we don't heed to what the breed sta...