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Post by talloaks on Feb 18, 2015 3:59:27 GMT -5
I've had rabbit dogs for several years and sold out about 2 years ago due to the kiddos being involved in every sport there is(Wouldn't change it for anything). A buddy of mine has been on me about getting a Mountain Cur to just pleasure hunt with him and his dogs so I thought I would check into it. I've been looking around for a dog for sale but the prices are way more than what I'm wanting to give for a hunting dog right now. I'm just looking for a dog that when the tail gate drops there will be meat. Nothing fancy. The question I have for the squirrel dog folks is a lot dogs im finding are lightly started around 800-1200 dollars. Is this accurate? Thanks for any info.
Tall Oaks
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Post by maddog on Feb 18, 2015 7:36:28 GMT -5
I don't own a squirrel dog, but will give you two suggestions. First, you may want to go to the squirrel dog central website, and check it out. It may help to answer some of your questions. Second, since squirrel season, in Indiana is over, why not look for a 3 month old pup. Raise it you self, and run it with your friends dogs next fall. Get a pup out of good dogs, and make your own 'lightly started" dog.  maddog |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Feb 18, 2015 10:19:04 GMT -5
You might look into a feist too,just a thought. Dad used mountain cur/feist mixed dogs.
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Post by moe1360 on Feb 20, 2015 14:56:00 GMT -5
ive bought and sold sqdogs here in ind. for yrs 500 and under that would tree ya a sq,,no perfect dogs out there its just a matter of what u can live with,they all have some faults
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Post by omegahunter on Feb 20, 2015 15:18:58 GMT -5
ive bought and sold sqdogs here in ind. for yrs 500 and under that would tree ya a sq,,no perfect dogs out there its just a matter of what u can live with,they all have some faults Unless you get really lucky. My uncle used to be REALLY into the squirrel dogs and we would go to competition hunts till we got burned out on the shady "sports ethics" of some of the "hunters". He had two dogs that were about as perfect as they come. One was a Walker hound and the other was a feist. The Walker got old and passed on and the feist just disappeared one day at the end of a hunt right near the end of the woods we were hunting. I even combed the place looking for an old well or something she could have fallen into. That 1/4 mile walk back across the cornfield without her was a really long walk. She had on a collar with contact info and we never heard anything from anyone even though we stopped at every house halfway close to that woods right after she disappeared. He has a pretty decent one now and she wears a Garmin tracking collar when she is not on his property. |
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Post by savagehead on Feb 23, 2015 9:09:09 GMT -5
By the time a guy pays for a pup out of good stock $250-$300 and pays for the registration,dog feed,gas and vet bills it is easy to have $6-$800 in one by the time it is a year old...not to mention all of the time involved to get it started. If you dont know what you are doing in training a tree dog it would be a good idea IMO to pay the $6-$800 for a started dog and hunt the hair off of it.Pups are a crap shoot....it may or may not make a dog and they don't all make it...with a started dog you at least know the dog has potential and will run and tree its own game. I see guys looking for a "cheap" dog that will get it done from the tailgate. There is no such thing. Either the dog will have a "huge" hole in it by being game possessive or aggressive towards other dogs or a slick treeing idiot OR the dog will flat get it done and then you are going to pay. If I have a dog that gets treed from the tailgate every time and has the meat you are going to open up your wallet...fancy or not. It is about accuracy not style. I have seen a abnormal amount of aggressiveness in Mt. curs. Choose your squirrel dog wisely and hunt the parents not only by themselves but with strange dogs as well. Good luck in your search.
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