we recently got a yellow lab pup, he should be great for hunting, but are there any dogs particularily good with hunting coons besides the regular coon hound. im just not a large fan of those but we have a major raccoon problem here! they just ate our chicks!! if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. thanks!:)
2007-05-29 17:01:36 · 19 answers · asked by tiff 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
They may be small but dont let that fool you, beagles and basset hounds are a few of the best breeds for hunting racoons and stuff. My aunt's ex husband had a beagle that he used for dug hunting and rabbit hunting and he never had any problems with him, he was always good at that. Becasue a long time ago when they first started to cross breeds to create beagles they were trying to make the ideal hunting dog, so beagles have a very intense sense of smell because they were bred to be the ideal hunting dog. i now have a beagle that is two years of my won but we dont use her for hunting, but one day we were gone and we came back and we realized tat there were random holes around our yard, and we came to find out that it was a muskrat digging around our yard, so we sent berkley ( my beagle) out tehre for a while, giving her tips., such as cloth that has been around the one hole, and she founf the muskrat. So i would say that would be a good decision.
2007-05-29 18:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by samiiialexxxis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course the best dogs for hunting raccoons are hounds that are bred for that. Other breeds of dogs can hunt them also.
It should be noted that a dog doesn't just hunt raccoons it has to be trained to do this. This does take quite a bit of time and energy. If the problem is as bad as you say you probably don't want to wait that long to be able to hunt them out. A pup of any breed can be easily killed by a raccoon in a fight if the coon is caught on the ground. For this reason I don't recommend small breeds of dogs no matter how sturdy they may be. Usually it is also better to have at least two dogs hunting. I would really recommend finding someone who already has dogs that are trained to hunt as they would also have a good understanding of how to find the raccoons and tree them and remove them..
As an after thought I would like to mention that raccoons usually do not kill chickens they would be more likely to steal the eggs. chances are you are looking at the wrong culprit. Weasels and foxes are much more likely to take your chickens than a raccoon.
Also a good source to find information about this subject would be www.coonhuntingsupply.com
2007-05-31 21:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by walksinair 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raccoon Hunting Dogs
2016-11-16 16:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raccoon Hound
2016-12-26 18:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by efird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-01 01:19:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beg to differ with walksinair, but raccoons are terrible poultry predators. We lost half our flock of pullets (nearly 10 birds) to a raccoon attack earlier this week. Two surviving birds have a wing ripped off, and a third has all her skin and feathers from her breast and thigh removed. We have since added electric fencing to our coop and as last night the bandit returned but no new deaths.
As for dogs, around here any medium to large dog is sufficient to encourage the raccoons to find easier pickings. We had a basset up until two years ago and never had any problems until he passed. Neighbors around here will often adopt a dog and keep it outside near the coop just to ward off predators, but I worry more about exposure to disease and injury from any confrontations to the canines to go that route.
2007-06-02 03:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of coon hunters in this area used Treeing Walker Hounds, or Catahoula Leopard dogs.
Still, it is hard to beat a Black and Tan Coon Hound for treeing coons.
Doc
2007-05-29 17:53:27 · answer #7 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Plott Hound is a good dog for hunting raccoons.
2007-05-30 01:30:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-13 01:43:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plott mixed with a pit bull will solve your COON problems, but you'll have to make sure it cannot get to your chickens. Yet pits are very smart & with time it would learn not to eat the chickens, only the COONS.
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2007-05-30 12:43:33 · answer #10 · answered by fishhunt987 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋