a couple bears from this weekend

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Bears are finally moving, and the pups are in for a lesson or two. Here are the first 2 bears of the season.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email029.jpg
A young boar in a dead pine.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email06.jpg
A nice boar in a big fir

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email.jpg
Cookie gettin after it.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email024.jpg
Burger treeing good.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email13.jpg
My son colton, with the hounds.

[tracker]

good pic's ,,:eek: looks fun!!!

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Add one more for the weekend
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email006.jpg

[pupper]

Awesome job, I really like the first pic of the boar in the dead pine. Its a great shot!
How long did it take you to train your dogs to tree bears?

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Most dogs will chase bears just from instict, catching them and making them tree consistantly is the trick.Training the hounds to bay when they smell a bear takes much more training as you must be sure that they are not barking at the smell of a deer, elk, rabbit moose etc. the two pups on the weekend started there traning on a bear they could see with a little help from mom. By bear three they ran this one one their own on scent alone until they jumped the bear.Fast learners I guess? If I can put up 30 or 40 bears this spring the pups should be seasoned bear dogs by the end.

[srupp]

great photos...

Steven

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Put this fellow up last night, the pups got this one going on their own.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email006-1.jpg
Cookie working hard
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email011.jpg
Burger checking out the bear
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email018.jpg

[leadpillproductions]

good lookin dogs looks like fun

[houndogger]

Looking good Doug. How let do ya turn out at in your neck of the woods? I am always hesitant to let out to late in wolf country(BC) as for overnighters.

[kennyj]

Awesome photos.Looks like a lot of fun.
kenny

[Summit 512]

Looks like Cookie and Burger are working out good. Thanks for sharing

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Looking good Doug. How let do ya turn out at in your neck of the woods? I am always hesitant to let out to late in wolf country(BC) as for overnighters.

This time of year 7:30 is about the latest I turn the hounds loose. Those to pups and their mother really run to catch so the races tend to be short(knock on wood) Although last wednsday I turned out at 7:00 and ended up carrying Cookie out at 10:00 and picking up my bl&tan at 12:30 after running in to a mean bear that was scared of hieghts. The Garmin is top notch and gives you piece of mind that you can get to the tree in time.

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Here is a few more pictures from the past few weeks.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email001-1.jpg

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Sorry for the repeat pictures I'm to lazy to fix it.http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/email007-1.jpg