The Coon Den

This is gonna sound odd but small cowbells on my dogs collars help locate your dogs and keep the 'yotes off of them.

It's an old trick that I learned when I raised beagles. Back to stuff that I carry ...zepps squaller definately the best I've owned...worst was Johnny Stewart

Here's another trick that I use when running pups to see what they are up to, I take these strobe lights that they sell to put on your tire stem and put them on the tag end of a zip tie thats on their collar. Also can use two diff. colors for tandem dogs.

I got my set at wal-mart. What type tracker unit do you guys think is best? I have been told marshall collars are the way to go since in a bind you can use reg. AA batteries. I'm old school and never had a tracker system, now with some age on me I don't keep near as close to the dogs as I used to and will be owning one this year.

LOL This is the first time I've ever had one, and I don't know how I got by with out one. My dog will get out there and at least I know the direction he is, TECHNOLOGY.

I have a tracker classic would love to have a garmin they are nice outfits. The only thing I kont like about them is the battery dosent last long in the collar.

I think they are only 36 hour collars? That is what bothers me about them. But everybody that has one they say you just don't loose your dog so they don't have to worry about the collars dieing.

Back to my must haves when I go out are a compass and the camelback water pouch....comes in handy during the summer for me and dog. One of my "boat anchors" is the night piercer light. Not well built and service sucks. Just my opinion and I consider myself easy going and patient.

I use one of those back trackers when I hunt by my self. I get lost in a ten acre patch at night. I love my muck boots with the chaps never used them up to a few years ago now wont leave home with out them.

Duane, Be careful. She may read what you're say, Then you'll be in trouble. I told the boss when she 40 I was tradin her in on 2 twenties, She tells me I'm not wired for that. So now she's 60 something,LOL  I'm not even wired for that either.

Well for your information, my wife feels the same way. Maybe that's why I have them, at the present time the dogs are at my sons house. We get moved they'll be more than what I have now, hopefully I don't get SICK. LOL Don't know how she will ever get in to feed Timber, need a video of that one. If my wife had her way, we'd not have any thing else that eats other than us. When I had the hot rods, she really enjoyed it. Till one day I tell her she has to help clean them up, things changed real quick. Seems it's fun as long as some one else is doing the work, I build them and she'll enjoy them. Maybe that's why we don't have them any more.

It's really not that she don't like them, she doesn't think they're worth the feed. They don't set on your lap, beg for treats, lick Ya,play, whine or want to go out. So she just puts up with me an my dogs, I have a house dog and she is worth more than I am. LOL

Mine too Duane, but when I come in and I'm cold. O course I cuddle up and try get warm, I get that why did you do that. LOLLLLL  I just snicker and play dead. LOL

Mine likes it when I dump my wet clothes that smell like river bottom mud and dog in the utility room and then leave early the next day for work.