The American Beagler Forum

Hey NC, You are a geeeenius! But what are you going to do when those folks who "found" Lucy show up at your family reunion?

Last Saturday we had a lot of rabbits jumped, and they all acted differently. I tried to stay as close to the hounds as I could, and made some observations. See if any of you have drawn similar conclusions or had similar occurrences. I noticed that if the hounds jumped a rabbit in a clump of cover i...

Expose him to game ASAP. At 11 mo. he's prime to see which way he will go (whether or not he has any instinct to search for and pursue game. If you know anyone who has finished beagles, take him with them. If you can find anyone with a training pen, that would be even better to give you an idea as t...

NC, been there, done that. I used the ol' "never have to whup 'em again" argument (which is true, after all. We all know that e-collars are much more humane than a whipping). Appeal to her sense of decency with those big ol' brown eyed hound dawgs. THEN take her to the best Italian restaurant in tow...

Bev, I stand corrected. I do know of one old fox hunter in West Va. that was fond of saying about his hounds after they had run fox 10-12 hours that they came in to the fire (far) "plumb roont." When a hound is "roont" it is much worse off than a hound that is simply "ruernt." According to him, it t...

Tn, would a wallaby work? Had a hound once that would run the hide off a wallaby but leave a 'roo alone. I think he watched too much "winnie the pooh." That TV has ruirnt many a good hound. Had a female that watched soaps all the time and you can just guess why I couldn't hunt her with my males. One...

Sat. morning here in eastern Ky temp was about 14, everything on the mtntops coated with a layer of ice. We had 2 or 3 jumps that ran less than 50 yards, one that ran around 5 minutes, then a warm breeze started blowing and the sun came out and everything got wet and slushy. Hounds couldn't find a r...

NYHillbilly, If you ever feel the urge to spread some of that hare hound stock around, I know of a Kyhillbilly that would like to try it. Like the song, "too much just ain't enough" rabbit here. Have a good day, I have enjoyed this discussion tremendously! Best wishes to all.

Bev, AMEN. Never shot a dog but I sure have made a mess of other things in my lifetime. I think that this was about as productive a subject as I've read in a long time. My hat's off to the beagler who started this, as I've said before. Reminds me of the time that my dad and I were cutting trees for ...

I have hunted with as many as 15-16 hounds. Bottom line--There is NEVER any excuse for shooting a dog if it is mistaken for game. NEVER. PERIOD. Not under any conditions or circumstances. I took a couple of guys with me once and they walked behind the dogs with their guns at the ready for a jump sho...

I have taught hunter education for the past 12 years. Every time I teach a class I have an adult (at least one, sometimes more) that says that he doesn't need the class, he's just sitting in with the child he brought. When I suggest that he/she participate since he/she's going to be here for a while...

I have mostly 15" males because that's the way it just seemed to work out. I don't have a good place right now for a female that would keep her from being bred so I don't have a female. I agree that females are easier to handle and have more sense, but seems like every female I ever had came into he...

My wife is taking one of my hounds to the vet Monday. She pushes my 8-month old daughter in her stroller on the strip mines when we run the hounds. We have used a gallon of Skin-So-Soft this summer keeping bugs off my daughter. My son is 4 and can't remember not going to the strip jobs to hunt. Hope...