Showing posts with label hound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hound. Show all posts
Friday, July 03, 2020

America's Founding Terrier

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George Washington fox hunting in Virginia. The case can be made that America might not exist today were it not for "our Founding Te...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The Always New and Continuing Evolution of Dogs

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A repost from this blog, circa February 2007. A lot of people want the undifferentiating affection of a dog, but are not entirely will...
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Friday, July 01, 2016

America's Founding Terrier

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George Washington fox hunting in Virginia A repost from this blog, circa 2004. The case can be made that America might not exis...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Word Origins and Hunting

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A repost from 2005. Anything that has been around a long time will generate a few words and phrases, and that's true for hunting ...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Beast of Exmoor and Other Nonsense

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A repost from February 2009 Stories of feral "beasts" lurking in the darkness of the English countryside have been around f...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

The Mummified Raccoon Hunting Dog

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This post is recycled from June 2005 . Back in January I recounted the story of my dog, Mountain, climbing up inside a standing hollow tree...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Artificial Dens, Big Dogs and Fair Chase

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Concrete liners wait to be assembled into an artificial fox earth in Germany. This is an "in and out" design where the barking d...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Maryland Fox Trapping

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A repost from this blog, circa February 2005. The picture, above, is from a trapper who lives about 12 miles north of where I typically hunt...
Monday, October 06, 2008

The Rev. John Russell's Obituary

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The obituary that follows was published in the Swymbridge Parish Magazine of June 1883 following the death of the Reverend John Russell. ...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

David Hancock on Dog Breeding

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"Uncle Sam," a St Bernard at the 1908 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Click to enlarge. This article by Col. David Hancock ...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Darwin Approved, and As Natural As It Gets

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Hunting with hounds 'mimics nature' By Charles Clover, Environment Editor, Telegraph (U.K.) 1/17/2008 Hunting with hounds is more ...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Land of the Free

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Warenton, Virginia Fox hounds and riders. The piece below has been vandalized by the title writer. " Tally Ho Dude? " No one outs...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

An Ancient Breed of Dog?

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  Genetic research has given legs to something most canine historians knew was true: most breeds are not very old, never mind what Kennel C...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Coonhounds, Ego and the Dog Show Circuit

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The Washington Post has a front page story this morning about a fellow and his daughter who raise, hunt and show coonhounds. The piece i...
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