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Post by tar12 on Mar 1, 2008 17:24:52 GMT -5
  We decided to knock a little rust off of the squirrel doggers this afternoon.They treed 6 in about a hour and half.These 2 dogs are awesome squirrel dogs!They flat getter done!The top dog is 7-8 years old.He is a very accurate squirrel treeing machine!The bottom dog is a 14 month old pup he is training.She put it on the old man today twice! |
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Mar 6, 2008 17:10:11 GMT -5
Is this a common sport out there? What do the dogs do when the squirrel falls to the ground? Retrieve? Attack?
I'm assuming that the goal is to get the squirrel to get on the shooters side of the tree.
Nice dogs...looks like they have fun!
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Post by tar12 on Mar 6, 2008 20:45:10 GMT -5
It is fairly common.A lot of people enjoy hunting with dogs and training them. I have been doing it for the better part of 25 years. The dogs tree,you shoot it out(when in season  )and the dogs chew on a little bit for their reward,then the move on to tree another one.The pace can fast and furious! Awesome way to spend a fall or winter afternoon! |
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Post by CraigF on Mar 17, 2008 21:54:30 GMT -5
Rick, That looks like a lot of fun!
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Post by ozark on Mar 18, 2008 17:21:52 GMT -5
Many breeds are used for squirrel hunting. I have seee a few coonhounds that were excellent squirrel dogs. The best I ever entered the woods with was a cross between a German Shepherd and a Black and Tan Coonhound. Normally there are two hunters and when the dog or dogs tree one hunter walks to the opposite side of the tree hoping to get the squirrrel to move to the shooters side. Sometime shaking a bush or pulling a grapevine is needed to get a squirrel to show itself. It is not just shoot and waste meat. Squirrel fixed right is a great meal. Mountain Cur dogs are recently the breed preferred. I sure miss those long afternoon in the woods squirrel hunting with a top dog.
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Post by cqseo on Apr 1, 2008 21:19:32 GMT -5
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Post by ozark on Apr 14, 2008 20:46:18 GMT -5
What in the confounded cathair is the previous post about? I have seen something like this before but curious as to what it is all about.
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Apr 14, 2008 23:50:43 GMT -5
TERRORISTS Ben! Internet terrorists.
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Post by jnrbronc on Apr 23, 2008 20:39:27 GMT -5
The photos in the original post are gone, but that isn't the case with memories of a squirrel dog of my youth. A friend had a mixed breed dog that loved to squirrel hunt. She'd run after and tree them then set down and watch them in the tree. We would finally catch up and look to see where she was focused to find the treed squirrel. As mentioned previously, either my friend or I would circle the tree and the squirrel would move to avoid detection by the person who was moving, offering a shot to the stationary hunter. This thread brings back fond memories of some of my earliest hunting excursions. Thanks for reminding me!
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)and the dogs chew on a little bit for their reward,then the move on to tree another one.The pace can fast and furious! Awesome way to spend a fall or winter afternoon!
