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Category: Dog breeds

coon hunters in allegheny county pa
February 22, 2019 Animals / Dog breeds / Great Smoky Mountains / Hunting / North Carolina / Tennessee

He treed the coons in the cliff

Back in nineteen and thirteen me and my brother coon hunted lots [in the] Smokies. We had a dog named Track. He was a good one.

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walker hound side view
November 20, 2018 Animals / Dog breeds

The Maupins, the Walkers, and Tennessee Lead

The ‘Walker hound.’ Most popular of the American Foxhounds. It can be traced to Madison County, KY and a stolen hound called Tennessee Lead.

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plott hounds tree a coon; book cover in front
December 8, 2017 Animals / Dog breeds

Book Selection: ‘Plott Hound Tales: Legendary People and Places Behind the Breed’

The people described in this book all have two things in common – a passion for the Plott breed, combined with a wonderful and colorful story.

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Plott hound
January 12, 2006 Animals / Dog breeds / Hunting

The hound that made the Plott name a legend

Plott Coon Hounds are the only breed of the original 6 breeds of coon hounds without British influence in their ancestry.

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