The Coon Den

Ryan, does your dog do this all the time?? A coon is one smart critter, some dogs will go to the first tree a coon goes up and tree. If your dog is slick treein all the time, then she needs to have your help. I have walked a dog away from the tree and around the tree to see if he or she can find the track, when I say around the tree I mean out away from the base of the tree. Are you sure it's not a den tree, and I always check the surrounding tree. A coon can cross over to another tree, are you huntin in the same woods? If you hunt the same woods, a coon will get smart quick. If you are, try huntin it from the front to back or one side to another. Good Luck Ryan and let us know if we can help you more and keep us up dated. There are some other fellas in here may have some more suggestions to help you.

Welcome Ryan, I'm short on time right now but I'll get back to your problem later.Good ole nitetimber has some good advice....

i agree with the method of leading the dog off the tree . i start with a 20 foot circle , an work out from there. if i haven't pick up a track within 100 feet , i will go back , an shine a bit more.the trouble with most slick trees is ,you don't know if your in a heavy feeding area, where the coons have been up and down several times before your dog comes in an trees . this is why i'm not real fast at (correcting) my dogs . if i put them in that kind of situation ,  that's on me , not my dogs. sometimes , as handlers ,and trainers , we are to quick to blame are dogs for somethings that is are fault .

Welcome to the coon den, Robert.