10/01/2025
We checked baits til 8am and finally found one to work with! Was pretty much a rinse and repeat of last week. After trying to run the bait nothing came of it. Around 10 o'clock after all dogs were captured, decided to walk Rainbow dog into the same place she jumped last weeks bear at! She started straight lining on about the same track, before we knew it she was moving out, heading the same way as last week, but not barking yet. Once she committed to one direction we drove around and got in front of her. When we got there she was barking and coming fast, she crossed the road, and didn't even acknowledge us. Nose to the ground, tail in the air. Dumped 2 of the girls in behind her, and Brandon dumped2 more dogs , and we knew the bear was fu**ed then! 30 minutes of a few circles and a figure 8 and Bam, Treed! 450 yard walk, after a nice swim to cross the stream, Brian Taylor, sealed the deal with his Daddy's shotgun! This is why we do this! Hunting with hounds will take you places you never would have vetured! God's creation and beauty never ceases to amaze me!We put the drive into the hounds, but the hounds put the drive into us!