The American Beagler Forum

Used to be lots of rabbit gun hunters, but not many now, at least not in my area. Without field trials, I don’t think there would be many beaglers. People who see me out with my hounds will often stop to talk. Almost every old fellow says something like “I used to have beagles years ago. I had a goo...

Patch: You would like the Newton Rycroft book if you don’t already have it.

Thanks. I went back and read some of our 2006 posts regarding the Clinkard Beagles to refresh my memory.

Patch: If you research Brackett, you will find he did back up his writings with results, and he gave detailed directions to others who wished to do the same. From what I have read, he created the top kennel of German Shepherds in about a 12 year period of time. He was a believer in line breeding, an...

Patch, Were you able to get your English imports registered with AKC without a lot of difficulty? And have you bred from them? With your Patches?
Thanks

Unfortunately for many of us, it is the new normal. Today is April 30, which in Ohio is the last day to run hounds on public land until September 1. I had a good day, running my pack of hounds for nearly 5 hours of almost constant action on public land. Starting tomorrow, my options are severely lim...

Sounds like you are being crowded out, Shady Grove. Time to move to Kansas.

Here's an interesting quote from Lloyd Brackett, who became famous for creating the Long-Worth German Shepherds in the 1950s....I think this relates somewhat to Points #2 and 3 made by Mason: "In the dog game those who criticize the system of line breeding far outnumber its proponents. This is true ...

Same here. I have the Trashbreaker setup with 9 collars, but generally don’t use them all. I always have more than 9 hounds out, but only running cottontail I just don’t feel the need to spend the $$ for a tracking system. Now, last year I did lose an older male and would have loved a Garmin to find...

I check daily too. Seems like Shady Grove is keeping this one going (Thanks Dana). You guys might want to check the rabbitdogs.net forum. There are a lot of good guys on that one.

Rabbits who make half a circle then hole at this time of year I believe are the pregnant does. I sometimes get several runs like that, then jump one who runs hilltop to hilltop, most likely a buck. Sometimes those buck cottontails, like the hare Dana mentions, take off for home territory, often dist...

I believe that too, Steve. Nothing like a buck rabbit in April with a good pack of hounds on a high scenting day!

Interesting post. Shows how scenting is a funny thing and often hard to predict. I had a similar day with my pack this week, but the day was cloudy, rainy, and cool - a day you would think would have great scenting. They ran the last rabbit of the day for an hour in the rain before holing it under a...

Good stuff! Thanks for posting.

Interesting posts Wardog and Shady Grove! I have the same issues here in Ohio. 20 years ago I heard an old fox hunter say “Things will never get better than they are today”, speaking of hunting access, laws, public opinion, etc. I knew at the time he was right, and he certainly was. In the last 15 y...