Just So Ya' Don't Think Me and the Dog Are Totally Useless....

[Big58cal]

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Mongo and I have been getting out a little squirrel hunting.    Trouble is, he gets car sick, so I've been working with him to get him over it, taking him on short trips here and there to get him used to riding.  Because of it, I haven't been able to take him down to the farm much.  Most of our time has been spent out at the local WMA, about 10 miles away, that gets hit pretty hard by any and all types of hunters.     The vast majority of our trips amount to armed walks in the woods and exercise for both of us. 
 
Anyway, we made it out to the WMA again this past weekend and were able to connect on a grey squirrel.     Mongo jumped the squirrel up off the ground, ran him up a tree and was giving him hell!     I only had a shot at the squirrel's mid section, but knowing the little green Ruger 10/22 wouldn't do as much damage as the .17 HMR, I popped him through the guts.  He made it down the tree and hit the ground, but that was just icing on the cake for both me and the little dog.     The chase was on!  Mongo jumped over and through some junk to get to the squirrel and got delayed just a little, but it just gave the squirrel a "sporting chance".     He finally got him and shook the crap out of him a couple of times.  I finally got him away from the squirrel long enough for me to get to him and step on his head to do him in the final bit that Mongo didn't take care of. 
 
By the time both me and the little dog got back to the truck, both of us were pretty well pooped out.  No tailgate pictures because we were both pooped and I was parked by a 4 lane road.  I took the picture back here at the house in the back yard. 
 

[MOSPARKY]

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Excellent work BC  Now you gotta get him to scenting them squirrels. Drag it around the yard and make him go find it.

[Big58cal]

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Excellent work BC  Now you gotta get him to scenting them squirrels. Drag it around the yard and make him go find it.

He does.  I've dragged hides and he scents them and follows where it's been.  Just out at the WMA, it gets hit pretty hard by quite a few people and squirrels are few and far between out there.    As an example, we got out there last week at about 10:00 and there were 2 other vehicles there.

[Morax]

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wow he got Tall!! you sure he isnt a Parsons, and not a JRT?

[Big58cal]

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wow he got Tall!! you sure he isnt a Parsons, and not a JRT?

Ain't neither.  He's a registered Buckley Mountain Feist. 

[John Andrews]

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  Nice work, Mongo and BC!

He's going to be a great squirrel dog, BC! He will get over that car sickness.

[Morax]

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Ain't neither.  He's a registered Buckley Mountain Feist. 

ohhh that explains it then dont it....

[Techno]

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So how do you like the Garmin? My buddy got the new 320 with a 40 and gets serious range! My 220 with a 30 and NO updates will get .6 miles 

Might be great range for a squirrel dog but SUCKS for a coondog 

[Big58cal]

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So how do you like the Garmin? My buddy got the new 320 with a 40 and gets serious range! My 220 with a 30 and NO updates will get .6 miles 

Might be great range for a squirrel dog but SUCKS for a coondog 

Don't really know what kind of range mine gets.  Mongo usually stays within a couple hundred yards of me, so I haven't been able to find out how far it will read.  I do know that it starts giving some seriously weird readings when the batteries in the receiver start getting low.     You know something isn't right when it's saying he's 50 yds out and to the East when he's only about 10 feet North of me. 

[Techno]

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Mine acts just like that when the handheld batts are low. I did notice when the compass points wrong and the yardage is not what it should be the map line is spot on still.

I hooked the collar on my mailbox and took off driving to verify the range. My buddies 320 came with a longer antenna and I used it but still no change.

My 220 and 30 combo seems to link up to each other faster than his 320 and 40 does. The 320 and 40 pick the collar back up a bit quicker when the collar is lost.