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No doubt Cur dogs are responsible for a lot of meat on the table and a valuable part of our hunting dog history. We hope you enjoy learning about a not so well known breed to modern hunters, but a dog that helped pave the way for treedogs. Want to hear your favorite Full Cry story or author featured on the podcast? Leave us a review with your favorite memories from the pages of Full Cry and subscribe for your chance to hear it in future episodes! Can’t get enough vintage Full Cry? Download classic issues and subscribe to the all-new Full Cry Magazine at https://www.fullcrymag.com/products/new-subscription-usa https://www.fullcrymag.com/collections/all https://issuu.com/fullcry/stacks We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Alpha Dog Nutrition and Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. Want to learn more about Alpha Dog Nutrition? Check out the links below https://www.dusupply.com/alphadog www.dusupply.com https://alphadognutrition.com/

Bear talks about what unites us as houndsmen. There are people who will divide us, and there are those who will unite us. Support the uniters! We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Alpha Dog Nutrition and Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. Want to learn more about Alpha Dog Nutrition? Check out the links below

You never know where the conversation will go on these live chats. let's see what Brett and the boys have to say this week. This weeks live from Brett Vaughn and Born 100 Years Too Late covers a lot of ground. Chaga bugs, new kennels, cowboy stuff and more!

Does a hound have more drive and stamina than a police K9. This is a question Heath gets asked all the time. Travis Legler is a 24-year Law Enforcement veteran who works for a federal land management agency. Travis is also an experienced hound hunter. Heath and Travis discuss the differences in what they see in the two types of dogs. From tracking groups crossing the border to chasing some of the most mystic creatures in North America. You’ll want to listen to this one twice. Follow our Sponsors: OnX Southern Hound Hunting Magazine Double U Hunting Supply Subscribe: to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Join: us on the most thrilling fair chase hunt possible at Southern Hound Hunting Magazine. Subscribe at Southernhoundhunting.com Frontline Optics- Duty sunglasses Polarized No questions asked replacement Charitable Donation with every pair Free shipping Frontline-Optics.com use promo code - code4 https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com

There are 118 species of reptiles in Florida. The largest, the American alligator is the state reptile. The most common is the brown anole, a commonly seen lizard. Within the gauntlet of creepy, crawly things are rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and the fairly recent invasive threat, the Burmese python. Living, and hound hunting in Florida is an exercise in dealing with reptiles on a regular basis. Florida coon hunter Mack Britt of Parrish, Florida, an unincorporated community in Manatee County near Sarasota on the west coast, began coon hunting with his dad as a boy. He was bitten by the hound dog bug at an early age and has remained true to his calling for nearly fifty years. The reasons Mack was chosen as a guest for this podcast are manifold. First and foremost, he is a “good old boy.” I’ve never heard a disparaging word uttered about Mack among his peers within the community of Florida coon hunters. I’ve driven thousands of miles with him to PKC hunts, his hunt of choice, and have enjoyed every mile. I talk with him regularly by phone. Secondly, Mack is a veteran coon hunter in an area the is not for the faint of heart, an area where the numbers of coon hunters has dwindled over the years. He knows Florida coons and their habitats as well as anyone and better than most. He isn’t afraid to brave the hazards of hunting alone in a jungle swamp and does so regularly. When a dog trees, his or yours, he will hack, crawl, and crash his way through palmettos, cat-claw briars and soft-bottomed, snake-infested swamps to get to the dog. If you’re wondering what it would be like to hunt coons in Florida, here it is. It ain’t pretty, but if you are the adventurous type, there ain’t nothin’ like it!

We start todays episode with a poem titled "Your Son” by O.L. Beckham and end up with some thought on the word “Proven”. Just what exactly does that word mean? We have been scouring through vintage issues dating all the way back to the first issue back in 1939! Join us as we pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of the men, women and dogs that were the lifeblood of the sport and the traditions we carry on today. After 85 years of publication, there is bound to be a little something for everyone! If thoughts of the classic Full Cry fill your memories, this is the podcast for you. Want to hear your favorite Full Cry story or author featured on the podcast? Leave us a review with your favorite memories from the pages of Full Cry and subscribe for your chance to hear it in future episodes! Like what you heard? You can now download more classic issues and subscribe to the all-new Full Cry Magazine at https://www.fullcrymag.com/products/new-subscription-usa https://www.fullcrymag.com/collections/all https://issuu.com/fullcry/stacks

Brett has been back in the saddle again and on the road to make podcast like this happen. Listen as he and Benny interview the man, the myth, the legend John Klump. John is known for being one of the great dry ground lion hunters of the Southwest and thanks to Brett we all get to hear his story. We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Alpha Dog Nutrition and Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. Want to learn more about Alpha Dog Nutrition? Check out the links below https://www.dusupply.com/alphadog www.dusupply.com https://alphadognutrition.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

Heath continues to bring you along on the training process as he switches tasks with the pups. 5 minutes a day puts you ahead of the pack. Follow our Sponsors: OnX Southern Hound Hunting Magazine Double U Hunting Supply Subscribe: to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Join: us on the most thrilling fair chase hunt possible at Southern Hound Hunting Magazine. Subscribe at Southernhoundhunting.com Frontline Optics- Duty sunglasses Polarized No questions asked replacement Charitable Donation with every pair Free shipping Frontline-Optics.com use promo code - code4 https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com

Spring has sprung across the podcast sphere and the boys have moved the Gone To The Dogs operation to the front porch where the air is fresh and the conversation flows a little more freely. This episode will be Corey’s last for awhile as he and his wife Kayla welcome their second child, another girl, into the Gruver household. It could happen at any time. It’s an exciting time for sure and one that will demand a little more of Corey’s attention than usual. He’ll rejoin the show as soon as things settle down a bit over there in Greenville, PA. In this parting episode, the discussion moves to the winners of the UKC Tournament of Champions briefly before plunging headlong into the interesting realm of multi-purpose hounds. The boys explore every conceivable application of the term from competition versus pleasure dogs to targeting multi-species with the same breed and virtually everything in between. Imagine a dog that you can leave the porch and with which you can catch anything from a gray squirrel to a big ole stinking bear before the sun sets and turn around and hunt nocturnal furbearers with until the first gray streaks of dawn! Now that’s what we’re talkin’ about! Pull up a rocker. Things are finna start. We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Alpha Dog Nutrition and Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. Want to learn more about Alpha Dog Nutrition? Check out the links below https://www.dusupply.com/alphadog www.dusupply.com https://alphadognutrition.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

We have been scouring through vintage issues dating all the way back to the first issue back in 1939! Join us as we pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of the men, women and dogs that were the lifeblood of the sport and the traditions we carry on today. After 85 years of publication, there is bound to be a little something for everyone! If thoughts of the classic Full Cry fill your memories, this is the podcast for you. Want to hear your favorite Full Cry story or author featured on the podcast? Leave us a review with your favorite memories from the pages of Full Cry and subscribe for your chance to hear it in future episodes! Like what you heard? You can now download more classic issues and subscribe to the all-new Full Cry Magazine at https://www.fullcrymag.com/products/new-subscription-usa https://www.fullcrymag.com/collections/all https://issuu.com/fullcry/stacks We would also like to thank those who are supporting this podcast. Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply and Alpha Dog Nutrition for giving a voice to the echoes of our past. www.dusupply.com https://www.dusupply.com/alphadog https://alphadognutrition.com/

We are happy to announce Alpha Dog Nutrition as an official sponsor of the Double U Hound Podcast and a new product available at https://www.dusupply.com/alphadog. We would like to thank them for supporting our hounds, listeners and now our customers. Listen in and get to know the people behind the product and their mission to make sure our dogs have all the tools to succeed in the field for years to come. Things have come a long way for Alpha Dog since things started in Joe’s garage. Their commitment and reputation of providing the tools our dogs need to perform at a top level has resulted in a very loyal customer base, and some very happy dogs. With a background in waterfowl hunting, both Joe and Zach know that all dogs can benefit from balanced nutrition, but after one bear hunt Zach knew that hounds were a different breed. His appreciation and respect for what our dogs do sparked a fire for hounds, bringing him back to bear camp year after year. Want to learn more about Alpha Dog Nutrition? Check out https://www.dusupply.com/alphadog www.dusupply.com https://alphadognutrition.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

Tracking game with hounds takes a good hound. Tracking game without takes mad skills. Legendary tracker and Big game hunter Rick Labbe has done both. Rick has logged thousands of miles tracking deer through the north woods. He has also run hounds on coon, cat, coyotes and bear. Heath and Rick discuss topics from types of dogs to what Rick sees with animal habits while he’s tracking. This one is jam-packed with training tips, advice, and wild stories. Rick Labbe YouTube Big woods Bucks Follow our Sponsors: OnX Southern Hound Hunting Magazine Double U Hunting Supply Subscribe: to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Join: us on the most thrilling fair chase hunt possible at Southern Hound Hunting Magazine. Subscribe at Southernhoundhunting.com Frontline Optics- Duty sunglasses Polarized No questions asked replacement Charitable Donation with every pair Free shipping Frontline-Optics.com use promo code - code4 https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. www.dusupply.com

Bear and Becky jump in with both feet on this one. They discuss breeding mistakes in general and how to avoid them. Becky shares her experiences breeding hounds and Bear compares with his notes from breeding racing Alaskan Huskies. If you are considering breeding your own hounds, this is not one you are going to want to miss.

Heath did a turn and burn to Greenville Tn to catch up with some old friends and make several new ones. This episode will bring you into his conversations and introduce you to everyone he met. Enjoy this short trip to one of the best hunts of the year. Follow our Sponsors: OnX Southern Hound Hunting Magazine Double U Hunting Supply Subscribe: to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Join: us on the most thrilling fair chase hunt possible at Southern Hound Hunting Magazine. Subscribe at Southernhoundhunting.com Frontline Optics- Duty sunglasses Polarized No questions asked replacement Charitable Donation with every pair Free shipping Frontline-Optics.com use promo code - code4

The boys are baking their bones by the stove again in this episode that covers everything from cross-bred bulldogs to the UKC Tournament of Champions. Steve is on the road for a couple of weeks to New Jersey for family time and some fly fishing. The only dogs he’ll see is the daughter’s hound/pit bull mix and the family Dachshund Louie who accompanies Ella everywhere. But the combined efforts of Ma Bell and Al Gore provide the opportunity to keep Gone To The Dogs on schedule while on the long and winding road. The boys discuss the format, breed breakdowns and the ambiance that makes the TOC the premier coonhound event that it is, an event that boasts a purse of $250,000 distributed among winners at the finals held on the weekend following the airing of this episode. The overall winner captures $50 grand! Who would have thunk it? Things get interesting, even humorous, when the boys throw another chunk in the stove to discuss recent posts on the Coon Hunting Conversations Facebook group page. Moving stud dogs around the country, deep-and-lonely dogs being born that way or manmade and what is seemingly causing smaller heads in some coonhounds. It’s all here and as the cliched phrase admonishes, “You won’t want to miss this one.” Heck, we don’t want you to miss any of them. Give that log a little more air, son.

The DU Crew made the annual pilgrimage to the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association banquet and had a chance to catch up with Sara Meinert and her husband Chris to talk a little bit about The American Plott Association (APA) to talk about their recent Breed Days event. Double U always enjoys seeing the APA crew and continuing our longstanding “Shirt war”. We talk about all the events they host including the bear bay, sprint race, nite hunt, water race and more. Like what you hear? leave us a review and check us out at www.dusupply.com

In this episode co-hosts Steve Fielder and Corey Gruver are joined by coon hunter, trainer and handler Mark Miller of Taylorsville, North Carolina. Miller recently completed the Holy Grail of coon hunting, the United Kennel Club Grand Nite Champion title with a Plott dog co-owned by Steve and himself, Bear Pen Fever. The trio drill down into Fever’s success story discussing the young hound’s progression from a five-month-old puppy to reaching the pinnacle in competition hunting at less than two and one-half years old. Corey leads the interview leaving few stones unturned in terms of exactly what’s involved in achieving the Grand Nite Champion and other UKC titles. Fever currently holds titles in Field Trials, Water Races, Nite Hunting, Hunt Tests and Bench Showing in UKC as well as Nite Hunting in Professional Kennel Club events. The expense, the determination, the challenges and the setbacks are all fair game. Of particular interest to listeners will be the reasons a confirmed, highly successful Treeing Walker fancier would embark on the arduous journey with a Plott of all available breeds. Steve wades the murky waters of why Plott hunters may be more prone to breed to dogs in their own backyards. You expect dog talk at its finest on the Gone To The Dogs Podcast and there’s plenty to enjoy in this episode.

This past summer Bear and his hounds avoided a natural disaster by the skin of their teeth. Hear about it and what Bear has in his hound-bug-out bag and his plan for getting the hounds out safe and sound. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

In this episode Steve and Corey put on their legislative caps and address a piece of current legislation in the State of Pennsylvania that portents big problems for the dog hunter. The bill comes under the umbrella of anti-trespass legislation and provides exorbitant penalties for hunting dogs and their owners that find themselves afoul of the provisions of the bill, whether advertently or not. The boys hash out the bill and provide information for hunters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere that want to let their voices be heard before the bill reaches the dangerous environs of the Senate floor. The conversation takes on a more pleasant vibe as the boys cover the oldest and one of the most-popular breeds of trail and tree hounds, the American Black and Tan Coonhound. The boys’ love for history is evident as they discuss early history, early founders and a long line of movers and shakers, human and canine, that have played such an important role in the breed’s seemingly timeless reign of popularity. If you like black dogs, or if you just like to look back over the many years of our tree hound sport, this is a good one for you. Them ole black dawgs!

This week we welcome Heath Hyatt of “The Journey” to the DU Hound Podcast Network! Today Buddy, Jason and Heath talk about some changes to DU Podcast and how listeners will be able to find all of the content Double U has to offer. The DU Podcast is shaking things up! New host, new locations and new content for our listeners. The Double U Podcast has always been about connecting with our customers and the result of that has been some great content from fellow Houndsmen for all of us to enjoy. After 3 years of podcast we are still adding to our roster to continue bringing you new content from even more perspectives in hopes of guiding you on your own journey.