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Post by bear hunting on Nov 28, 2005 20:34:37 GMT -5
I'm thinking of buying a airedale to train to bear hunt with my plott hounds. I have heard they will make a good bay dog. I was wondering what u folks could tell me. thanks
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Post by hicntry on Nov 28, 2005 20:53:02 GMT -5
BH, you mentioned good bay dog. Are you going to hunt the dale with your plotts? Do they bay? How are they about fighting and how many do you run?
It may depend on the answers and the individual dog. If your dogs bay, he may work out as they learn from older dogs. If yours are hard on a bear, the dale will probably follow suit. The last bear mine were on the both grabbed the bear by the face and one got tore up pretty good. The bear was fatally shot but wasn't ready to throw the towel in yet. I had one dog, the same one the bear tore up, that caught everything. Never did back up. I quit running young dogs with him and eventually got them to where they are great bay dogs but the older dog I ran them with was a great bay dog on hogs....but he learned the hard way himself.
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Post by Maverick on Nov 28, 2005 21:16:20 GMT -5
I thought those Plotts would skin any bear out that wouldn't tree, and bring you back a rug ready for tanning! ;D ;D ;D Just kidding! Seriously, you got bears walking away from your Plotts, or are the dogs taking too much damage?
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