Hounds

Whether you run bird dogs, retrievers, or fur dogs, Walkers, Plotts, or Redbones, at the end of the day, all hunting dogs matter. (Chris Ingram photo) If you’ve been in the hound game long enough, you’ve probably heard it all. An exhaustive list of bad names, rumors, and flat out lies putting down hounds and hound hunters. If you’re new...

Have you ever called in one or more of your hounds, had them look at you –sum you up– and blow you off?Of course you have. We all have. Are these the actions of a disobedient mutt? Perhaps... Or maybe, the dog is being motivated to act that way. One of the first things that I will do in that...

The hounds are working hard, opening, but frustrated after an hour of pursuit. The track looked fresh, the boys sounded like they got it jumped. The Garmin Alpha is a hot mess of circles, but the hounds aren't showing (or finding) the adversary treed. The chase goes on for a while longer until I lose patience and walk in only...

Have you ever seen those bumper stickers that say, Treeing Walkers do it better? Those stickers run the gamut of every breed out there. Blue Tick, English, Running Walker, etc. A book could be written about which breed of hound is better, and in my opinion not one word of it would be true. There are great hounds in every...

In the current tech controlled world that we find ourselves in, there is always some new, big product coming out on the market to make our lives easier, stay on top of our health or just more connected to other devices and people. Smartwatches have taken over the spectrum of wearable tech fashion. I have always liked the idea of...

Even in a world as technologically advanced as ours, photographs still prove to be as important as they were half a century ago. Thankfully with modern advances we can have quality photos at our fingertips, enabling us to capture our hunts and our dogs at work. Whether you are using a smart phone or a professional camera, there are still...