There's a guy I know who's trying to get coon hunting back up in my area and he just offer to give my little brother a $600 coon hound to get him interested. If my dad agrees is there anything special I need to know about coon hounds ? I got five dogs already.
Thanks !
God Bless !

Only gotta get 600 coon to pay it off!

It would have been free too him.Their trying to get the youth involved. Dad had to turn it down though.

Better get a good radio collar to track the dog. Old timers around here said coon hound has to have a good snot box and good feet. I guessed the feet part was making sure the pads are not messed up from running in swamps and thickets all the time.

$600 for a coon dog. Must have good lines then. Hounds are best when raised in the house. Gonna want a bark collar, and a tracking system when they get a bit older. don't push em into training, they will naturally turn on between 6-9 months. Until then obedience training should be foundation but there is more and you and your bro got time to learn with the pup. There is a book called "Walk with Wick" its a good book to get ya goin.

That's to bad- maybe he knows the time it takes to honor the dogs desires. to watch a hound chain-sour is a very sad event.

Good one used to bring 5-6k$, might work good

www.coondawgs.com is THE place!

As others stated invest in a track and train system especially before running the hound. First time I turned lose my hound she bumped on a bear sign. 2 miles down the mt later I was determined to bite the bullet and buy at least a tracking system. Best investment

My main experience with hounds is from lion, bobcat and bear. People might think that is alot of chaching for a dog but if you figure in the time it takes to train 'em, the vehicle wear and tear, the food bill, the vet bill, and the equipment upkeep costs(everything from leads to tracking equipment) but that's were a houndsman might start feeling they got their investment back.
I have owned a few dogs from "grand night" this or that coon dogs and they make decent hounds for what i do. But them serious competition coon hunters dog's get VERY expensive.

The new fancy GPS stuff is pretty nice compared to the old telemetry styles. They have gotten pretty affordable too.
Hound Doggin' is like trappin'- it can become expensive quick. But dang they are both fun to do. My wife is all in for it too-so it makes the biggest hurdle easy. lol

When a guy told me that I thought he was lying, I guess a trained dog for decoying coyote are about 5k$

Having a 5K coyote decoy makes you shoot straighter!

I would try him out first , to see what he can do. Most coonhunters stretch the truth alot.Also he must not be very good,
$600.00 is nothing for a dog that can tree his own coon and stay there. Make sure he's trash free.Don't give him the money 1st and take the dog on trial.Go with the man hunting !!.

Sorry I missed it, that's a bummer your dad had to turn it down even thoughit was free. Just curious how old was the hound?
$500 on low end for a pup from a 2-3 yo female here.

I have ran alot of hounds from free to a couple thousand dollar ones some of the more expensive ones were not worth the price they wanted. Every hounds man thinks they have the best dog. Find a dog that suites you and make sure it is a straight hunter and not a junker

To bad dad had to turn him down . If it changes I could hook him up on some pups. Just shoot me a p.m.

I guess I Raised a lot of Farm Coon Dogs that never suffered in their Insulated dog houses filled with Straw on the end of a 12' triple swiveled chain. Food and Watered well packs of Hounds were raised that way for a couple hundred Years in this country before Only three generations of most have lived off the farm...now its "they gotta be "rescued" because they don't get brought in at night. Also we listened and kept up to our dogs before any such as radio collars and zappers were the norm. dog goes out of hearing drive the squares until you find em' or all else fails lay down your inner shirt where the dog was turned out and Everytime they will be laying on it the next morning. That is if you can't find em by then.