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Yankeeterrier

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  1. They’re tough to find. I’ve heard Johnson telemetry sells a few, otherwise the guys I know that use them got them from over there and got killed with shipping. Debens you can get over here however?
  2. I guess what I was attempting to say was that it was much more ingrained in French culture? I don’t remember if I read it or heard in an interview with a guy from Canada who hunted with hounds; he compared it to Americans and guns.
  3. I’ve heard France is one of the best places for hunting/working dogs. Would you say this is true? The US is still doing well however I feel we will be gradually losing the rights to use dogs for hunting. France, if it remains, might become the place to go!
  4. We had a pair of gray foxes that lived under an old shed by my parents probably 8-10 years ago. They had a few kits. All of them got rabies/distemper and were killed because of that but that was a year that predator numbers were incredibly high. The rabbit population was shit witching a 45 mile radius of where I live. Coyotes got hunted pretty heavy that year so I’d assume we are close to the up swing on this current cycle. Guys have been huntin coyotes real hard so it’ll be interesting to see if the fox can rebound.
  5. I have considered it. It’s way too early for me to worry much about any hunting other than rats and the like. We will see how the summer is for them.
  6. This is the first year in 4 years I’ve seen a fox and it was in town. Coyotes have really pushed them out of the area. I talked to a couple guys this week that know the areas of a few but I really don’t know if I want to hunt them with their population being so low the past couple years.
  7. Vixen and 4 kits. These are living on a nature center (preserve) in town. Good to see though!
  8. Got the pup out today for a walk. Checked out this rock pile, didn’t look like anything of significance was living in the area but good experience for him
  9. You’ll need get the occasional feisty one but a fair amount “play opossum” our spaniel used to retrieve them all the time.
  10. Not trying to argue now just curious, so if a terrier isn’t up to snuff after the first year are you of the opinion they won’t ever make it ever?
  11. Na I just don’t comment saying what a terrier should or shouldn’t do as mine is only 4 months or so old. My point being that a dog can change a lot over an off season. I’ve seen a lot of guys get rid of pups or young dogs that turned out fine just took some time
  12. Maybe I missed it but how old is the dog? I know my beagle I was ready to give up on the first season. Second season however she hit the ground running and has been as good a second I’d expect out of her. She’s not amazing but if theres a rabbit she’s will find and run it. Maybe your dog dog is young? Still learning? Could come back next season and remember it all plus have some maturity that will help a lot
  13. I got to shoot for a bit today. Did better than I thought I would and really showed that cream carton what was up.
  14. I walk my pup everyday as well. Plan on ratting if I can find some, the people I know dealing with them now are hippies against me using my pup to get rid of them...... anyway. I’ll do more walks this summer in fields near by where he can also get on some gophers, voles, mice, shrews and the like.
  15. I’ve been lucky so far (I think) the two guys I’ve had the chance to hunt with have been helpful and informative/supportive. Hopefully I can return the favor in the future.
  16. I saw the sire Work and that dogs sire on both sides (if I’m not mistaken, it’s close to that however) Work which is why I got the dog. The grandsire was phenomenal IMO. Handled exceptionally well, located and worked the first two coon at the same time before we added a dog (due to 2 more so a total of 4) being in the barn. We dispatched the two and got them on another two (sire and grandsire). The grandsire has been on multiple fox, used to bolt (I think I’m usimg that term correctly) coyotes from drain pipes, and hunt pheasants. I talked to the guy I got him from a few times abo
  17. When I ordered it it was 50F here this morning it was 3. I jumped the gun on the spring weather
  18. I got a pocket predator Hathcock sniper (cheesey f***ing name). Flat bands. All I want to do is practice with it but I get 3-4 shots and you can tell it’s losing power. I’ll just wait til it warms up. Hopefully not too long here
  19. Thanks for the reply, I’ll shoot it either way Id imagine so I don’t know why I asked I guess!
  20. I’ll be getting my first sling tomorrow probably. Thing is it’ll be sitting a few degrees below 0c (27F). Is that gonna be hard on the bands shooting outside?
  21. About 4 months. Had a good time helping me out at the in laws cabin this weekend grilling and checking stuff out
  22. I think there’s about a small many opinions on this as you could imagine. Some guys think it’s great to see if the pup isn’t ready to try hunting, some don’t like it because the wire is hard on the dogs teeth, some think it makes a dog “harder” than it should be, some think it’s better to start them on rats, move to opossum, then coon no cage, some think you wait til they’re 6+ months and take them with a more experienced dog. From purely a training stand point what’s right? Whatever works for you. Im curious as to how you guys who send them to fox/badger (where it’s
  23. I won’t knock what anyone uses (since I’ve not used anything and because...) as long as it’s working for them.
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