Bucksnot Kennels

[Machias]

No problem Jarred, I completely understand.  I've heard good things about you from Bart, which is important when you're shipping your babies off to someone.    Plus right after I posted this some life changing things are happening that I can't officially annouce for a few more days but it affects my dogs in a big way.  Congrats on the little one coming, that is exciting!  A future Houndswomen!!! 

[BuckNAze]

Well hope the life changing things are good ones?! Hope you can share it with us if they are something positive that you feel you want to share. That was nice of Bart, haha I treat them just like I do my own dogs, they are part of my family as I'm sure yours are. One thing people need to know is there is a change for your dogs to get tore up or possibly even killed and I am not responsible for that, Bart knows I will do everything in my power to make that not happen but this is bear hunting as I'm sure you know stuff happens. Bart's Tana dog got tore up and underneath a bear the last day she was here but I reacted quick and saved her life, that bear was tearing into her chest and leg, she took awhile to heal but from what I've heard she's ready to come back this year! I also purchsed a 10mm this year for my own safety (because of the future houndswomen on the way) and for the safety of the hounds as well. Oh and I charge $400/month of training and guarantee your dog will be under 15 bear trees before it leaves or I will keep it longer till it does and there will be no extra charge. Obviously your dogs can see a lot more game if they make every tree that my dogs do but that's not always the case. I think Bart's Tana dog saw between 22-25 bear trees while she was here, maybe more, can't remember.

[WAcoyotehunter]

Fred- I hope things are ok with you...keep us posted and if you need a ahnd with ANYTHING make sure you let us know.

I don't know when we'll be running in ID...if it would start warming up a bit more the bears would come out.  I haven't seen any yet- not even tracks.  I think it will get better in a couple weeks.  Casey and I are going to run together; I'll keep you posted Fred. 

[BuckNAze]

Finally got the 1st one put today after today being my 6th or 7th time out! Had Moose, Ryder (redbone pup), and Stella up top. Left Tater and Savage because I was trying to work 4 different young dogs/pups (real bad idea). Moose and Stella struck one time but the wind was blowing wrong and Moose couldn't get it going so the road we were on dead ended a ways up it. So afterwards I was hoping they'd strike it again and I could finally get something going. Where I was I knew there are usually bears there early in the spring, well they did end up striking it again really hard a little ways up and got it going pretty good. Bear made a couple big loops but stayed down towards the bottom by a lake where I started it at. Then it made another big loop and went behind another lake before treeing after awhile. Well I finally make it over to the tree and when I get there the bear is about 7ft up just out of the dogs reach. Well I thought this would be a perfect oppurtunity for the pups but the damn thing bails as I open the box, I offroaded it up to the trees in this sage/grass country, the pups go with em but it takes to a bigger tree and goes way up where they obviously don't see it because they havent had any experience treeing. After the dogs were treeing awhile on the second tree I brought the pups back to the truck and left the 3 older dogs at the tree. Then I start to go back in because I hear them at the tree freaking out even more and the bear is about to bail again, well it does and doesnt get far again and takes to a 3rd tree (that I saw). Not sure when but Girl got slapped in the face by that bear and when I got to the first tree her mouth was all bloodied up and her chin. Both times she's got caught its been in the mouth/face. Was glad to get my first one under the belt for this year. Some pics and a video:

[Machias]

Nice job!!!

[BuckNAze]

Thanks Fred, here's the video:

[BuckNAze]

Another one today, had some things to do or I would of hunted longer:

[inchtowntracking]

I see war cry in that last pict, how is she doing so far. The one we kept is doing really good, the last cat we caught he jumped on top of it and started chewing. Hunter turned the other loose and had to rush in and save him. The other too have been treeing stuff in the creek bottom they live by and this is with no training yet.

[BuckNAze]

Warcry made the race and was opening, she hasn't got the treeing part down yet but I haven't worked with her on it either. She saw it when it came out of the first tree though and took off chasing it by herself and I ended up turned them all loose again and it treed 100yds away again. She was really trying to trail it and was wondering where it went after it took the 2nd tree, haha

[Happy Gilmore]

Do you know Larry who lives in Tri-Cities? Has a street by his name near the Ferry.

I have a Czech friend who is looking for a Cougar hunt w/ hounds. He's a really good guy and goes back to Czech to hunt hogs every year.

[BuckNAze]

What's Larry's last name? And I'm not sure if you are asking for me to take your Czech friend on a cougar hunt but we're not allowed to, sorry. Tribal members aren't allowed to take non-members with them hunting. Where are you from and what is your Czech friends name? Does he have hounds?

[inchtowntracking]

Maggie had her pups last night. Not sure what she had but we are excited about them. We are hoping that they turn out like the last litter.

[BuckNAze]

Cool, who's the dad to those pups? I just bred Moose to Girl last night, she was finally ready and I got them locked up. Probably lock them up one more time and call it good.

[inchtowntracking]

She ended up with ten, eight red and two black. Bred her to one of peach's dog. He talked good about the dog and so it was good enough for hunter.

[BuckNAze]

Sounds like you guys will have a handful and be busy. Yeah I remember you saying now that you guys bred to one of Peaches dogs. I don't think I want that many! haha