Skip to content
  • TREE DOG TRAINING
  • BLOG
  • SHOP
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
Search
Big Man’s Outdoors logo
Search
  • TREE DOG TRAINING
  • BLOG
  • SHOP
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
Mountain Feist squirrel dog barking at the base of a hardwood tree during a fall squirrel hunt

What Is Squirrel Dog Hunting?

Squirrel dog hunting is exactly what it sounds like. A hunter walks timber with a trained dog. The dog ranges […]

What Is Squirrel Dog Hunting? Read More »

Walker hound barking at the base of a hardwood tree during a night coon hunt

Coon Hunting for Beginners: Your First Night Explained

You are standing in the dark, somewhere in a creek bottom, and you have no idea where your dog went.

Coon Hunting for Beginners: Your First Night Explained Read More »

Plott hound at tree base during coonhound nite hunt cast in hardwood timber at night

Why Your Coonhound Falls Apart the First Time You Put It on a Cast

You’ve watched this dog hunt at home dozens of times. It ranges wide, opens clean, and stays honest at the

Why Your Coonhound Falls Apart the First Time You Put It on a Cast Read More »

Mountain Cur squirrel dog looking up a hardwood tree during a morning squirrel hunt in autumn timber

What Your Squirrel Dog Already Knows Before You Start Training

Most handlers buy a pup from proven bloodlines and immediately get to work. They watch videos. They read forums. They

What Your Squirrel Dog Already Knows Before You Start Training Read More »

Mountain Cur squirrel dog working through open hardwood timber alone on a fall morning

The Squirrel Dog Will Show You What It Is

Most handlers come to their first squirrel dog with a picture in their head. Fast, wide-ranging, honest at the tree,

The Squirrel Dog Will Show You What It Is Read More »

English Coonhound baying at tree during solo night hunt in hardwood timber

A Coonhound Becomes What You Consistently Reward

Every night in the woods, you are building something. Whether you know it or not, every reaction you have to

A Coonhound Becomes What You Consistently Reward Read More »

Angler fishing for crappie from the bank in spring near a laydown in shallow water

Crappie Fishing from the Bank in Spring

Quick Answer: How to Catch Crappie from the Bank in Spring During the spring spawn, crappie move into water as

Crappie Fishing from the Bank in Spring Read More »

Mountain Feist squirrel dog tracking through open hardwood timber alone on a fall morning

What Watching Your Squirrel Dog Fail Costs You

The coon hunter has one advantage the squirrel dog handler does not get. When a coonhound goes quiet in dark

What Watching Your Squirrel Dog Fail Costs You Read More »

Treeing Walker Coonhound tracking through hardwood timber at night on a solo training hunt

Why You Keep Stepping In (And What It Costs Your Hound)

You did not set out to make a dependent dog. Nobody does. You got a good pup, you put time

Why You Keep Stepping In (And What It Costs Your Hound) Read More »

Redbone Coonhound standing at the base of a hardwood tree baying on a solo night hunt in heavy timber

Why Your Coonhound Leaves the Tree Before You Get There

The dog treed. You heard it. You marked the direction, noted the GPS, and started walking. By the time you

Why Your Coonhound Leaves the Tree Before You Get There Read More »

1 2 … 10 Next →
  • TREE DOG TRAINING
  • BLOG
  • SHOP
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT

Copyright © 2026 Big Man's Outdoors