Hunting

Why Some Coonhounds Blow Through Tracks

The dog strikes a track and the woods come alive. You can hear it pushing hard, moving fast, covering ground. […]

The track was there. You knew it. The dog knew it. But after a few circles and some frantic sniffing,

A young dog runs hard, puts its nose down for twenty yards, then lifts its head and blows straight to

Six months ago that dog was gone. You’d step out of the truck, give it thirty seconds, and it would

You turn your dog loose in the dark. It works the edge of a creek bottom, nose down, steady. No

You watched that dog work all summer. Treed the wooden squirrel every time. Marked every toss. Locked up hard and

A young coonhound that blows past cold scent isn’t broken. But if you let it keep doing it, it will

A pup that runs big looks impressive on the tailgate. It doesn’t look so impressive when it’s a two-year-old that

Some young squirrel dogs move like they’re late for something. They strike scent and rush it. They blow past losses.

There’s a kind of dog that looks busy all day. He ranges. He moves. He covers miles. From a distance,