Hey guys, I'm looking for opinions on what dog to get to go so my on my trap line and just be an all around buddy. Thx

A Sticka dog if you can get one. They are decoy dogs from the Dorn line with other breeds added. PM me for his info if you wish. The one I got this spring is a real Buddy and eager to work.

I'd get A hound or a jag

I have a Redbone Now

Airedale

Mutt work with him he will be all you need.

Check out your local shelter. There are a lot of good dogs that need a good home and can be found at a shelter. Doesn't cost anything to look.

I love black labs. Mine makes sure my mb 650s aren't frozen down.....

Airedale

id say german wire haire

I have a yellow lab mix that I'm gonna try this year. He's a pain, and will be on a lead (may not be worth the time), but I'm gonna try it just to see if he can "show" me what I may be missing. We'll see, season starts soon, so maybe I'll have info before long!..LOVE the mutt idea, best dogs I've ever had were free/mutts! Best of luck.

Here are a couple "Sticka Dogs" from Montana. Ziggy and JoJo have turned out to be great dogs. Ziggy in particular. She is soon to be five and I have thought of raising a litter if I had enough interest but this spring will probably be the last chance I would consider.

I have also used Airedales for twenty-five years with great success. We raised pups for a long time and have had multiple adult Airedales. A real trapline dog is not just a mutt that rides shotgun on the trapline. They actually do a job. If they are not focussed on the game you are after and are not manageable they are just a pain in the butt. If they are focused on game and properly trained they are a bunch of fun and very useful.

Good looking dogs, John. Here is my porkchop, looks similar, Half airedale and half Jagt. She was four this last spring, and has turned into a heck of a good dog!

I once had a coon pull a trap. I went back home and returned with my Water Spaniel. She tracked the coon to a tree that I ended up shooting him out of.

I never took her with me trapping, but I think she would have been a good trapping dog.

I remember meeting her (and you) out in MO at the NTA. I work with Mike Murray. I've hunted with a friend's Jagd Terriers and always thought I would like to get one. My Airedale looking one (Ziggy) was sired by an Odon Corr Jackdale so she is Airedale-Irish-Jack Russell.

Ha ha, John. I kinda remember talking with you. Soooo many people! I have a Jack too, she was at the convention. The pic of you and Ziggy in the back of the outfit, is exactly the face my Jack makes when your giving here attention and scratching her ears! Only trouble with dogs is that they don't live long enough. For all the good times they give you, they should be our partner for life! Love my doggys.

I have an Airedale/Lab mix, she is a great dog. Finds coyotes and cats on drags without fail,
retrieves birds, has even dug a badger out of a hole for me. you name it she really is an all purpose dog. Both of those breeds on their own though are fabulous dogs. You really can’t go wrong with a Lab or an Airedale.

Love the dog pictures. I don't know much about calling but would like to learn.
A good Lab is pretty hard to beat as a all around dog. Most are very smart and trainable.
Had an English Setter that was a great dog on finding drags.

Mac

I've posted pics before on here of our little feist, Ernie the wonder dog.
Don't forget no matter what dog you take be sure to keep the shots up to date. Ernie tries to eat coyote poo all the time. God knows what all parasite and worm eggs he can pick up in that stuff. Then there is blood to be exposed to, and all that can pose to the mutt.
Other than that, have fun. Best trapline dog I've ever had. Loves to tree coons. Also pretty scrappy around coyotes and one heck of a nose and ears on him. Can find pee spots very well.

Jim

Just curious what is a “Sticka” dog ?? Thanks

PSPH17,

"Sticka Dogs" are a line of cross-bred dogs used for coyote decoy/den hunting work bred by Frank Sticka in Montana. One of Mark Zagger's dogs was from Frank. "Coalbank" mentioned Sticka earlier in the thread so I thought I would show a picture of mine. Many coyote dogs are cross-bred dogs. If you get the right line of Airedales or Mountain Cur you will get just as good a dog. Also, the close breeding of those lines of dogs will usually produce a greater likelihood of a pup turning out than randomly (or even carefully) cross-bred dogs.

A couple philosophies produce constantly good dogs and with a higher probability of great dogs. One is: "the best to the best/ save the best, shoot the rest." In this case you are actually creating your own new breed of dogs no matter what the breeds were you started with. The other approach is to line breed exceptional dogs. Line breeding was described to me as breed closely related dogs. The litters that turn out are called "line bred dogs" and sold at a premium. The one's that don't turn out are called in-bred and are "given a new home."

The "Airedale-Looking" dog in my picture is a cross-bred "the best to the best" type dog. She has turned out to be an exceptional dog. Her half-sister, the red head, is average.