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| 7/27/08: Good evening and hope all is well. I was going to give you an update on little 'Rufus'. He is becoming quite the blood tracker! He is just a bit over 4 months and had his first 2 hunts this week. He tracked and found a coyote both nights. Last night's coyote was in very thick tall nut grass. Rufus tracked the coyote and found it well over 100 yards from where he first came across the scent. Both coyotes we definitely would have not found without him. |
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| Herman is an excellent bloodtracker, but really loves running and baying hogs. On his first hunt with the Creekmore's, he helped bring home 8 hogs in one morning. That is some serious huntin'! |
| We have the pleasure of getting to hunt with Izzy just about every weekend. She is like a lion trapped in a 14 lb. body, and has the heart to stay with a hog no matter what. |
This is a fine dog out of Dietz and
Boots. She is the most personable of
my three jagds. She's a lap dog at the
house and a killer with the heart of a
lion in the woods. Thanks Damon and
Tara for a fine dog. --John
Boots. She is the most personable of
my three jagds. She's a lap dog at the
house and a killer with the heart of a
lion in the woods. Thanks Damon and
Tara for a fine dog. --John
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E-mail received on 8/25/08: Hello again. I was just going to touch base with you and let you know how 'Rufus' was
doing. He has definitely got use to night hunting. He gets wound up when coming out of the kennel after dark! Rufus
is 13/14 on recovered game. Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks of hunting. We lost one coyote as
Rufus tracked it for about 3/4 mile before losing the scent. We were having to sprint to keep up with him as once he
was on scent he was gone! The coyote had laid up and quit bleeding as we could not find the scent. It was an
excellent effort and I was very proud of his skills at the young age of 5 months. Last week I thought Rufus was a goner.
We were tracking a coyote we called up right after dark. Rufus ran the hot track when as soon as we got into the
pasture and I could not catch up to him. He had to have caught a big sniff of coyote as he completed circled around in
some thick grass some 200 yards from where the coyote was shot at. Immediately I see Rufus right on the heels of a
doing. He has definitely got use to night hunting. He gets wound up when coming out of the kennel after dark! Rufus
is 13/14 on recovered game. Here are some pictures from the last couple weeks of hunting. We lost one coyote as
Rufus tracked it for about 3/4 mile before losing the scent. We were having to sprint to keep up with him as once he
was on scent he was gone! The coyote had laid up and quit bleeding as we could not find the scent. It was an
excellent effort and I was very proud of his skills at the young age of 5 months. Last week I thought Rufus was a goner.
We were tracking a coyote we called up right after dark. Rufus ran the hot track when as soon as we got into the
pasture and I could not catch up to him. He had to have caught a big sniff of coyote as he completed circled around in
some thick grass some 200 yards from where the coyote was shot at. Immediately I see Rufus right on the heels of a
coyote that is running away steadily on 3 legs as it was shot
clean right through the shoulder. I called Rufus back as I did
not have any kind of weapon and to let the coyote bed down.
My cousin quickly caught up to us and we turned Rufus back
out. In a matter of seconds he is on him again and the race
is on. The coyote tries to double back and gets bayed up
between a hedgerow and a hackberry tree. As we come out
of the tall brush we see Rufus right in the coyote face as the
coyote is hissing and growling at Rufus. Fortunately Rufus is
not very aggressive to live predators right now and there was
no fight. I was able to get Rufus a couple feet away and we
were able to put the coyote down. It was rather exciting! I
almost forgot. I figured since Rufus came from a hog hunting
background he should at least try it once! Once again thanks
and hope you and your family are doing well. Micah
clean right through the shoulder. I called Rufus back as I did
not have any kind of weapon and to let the coyote bed down.
My cousin quickly caught up to us and we turned Rufus back
out. In a matter of seconds he is on him again and the race
is on. The coyote tries to double back and gets bayed up
between a hedgerow and a hackberry tree. As we come out
of the tall brush we see Rufus right in the coyote face as the
coyote is hissing and growling at Rufus. Fortunately Rufus is
not very aggressive to live predators right now and there was
no fight. I was able to get Rufus a couple feet away and we
were able to put the coyote down. It was rather exciting! I
almost forgot. I figured since Rufus came from a hog hunting
background he should at least try it once! Once again thanks
and hope you and your family are doing well. Micah
10/23/2008
Just thought I'd drop you a line, send
you some pic's, and let you know that
Tinker is doing well. She's improving all
the time as a hog dog, and although I
haven't used her as much for tracking,
she recently proved again that she is
up to the task. Thanks again for a
good dog.
Just thought I'd drop you a line, send
you some pic's, and let you know that
Tinker is doing well. She's improving all
the time as a hog dog, and although I
haven't used her as much for tracking,
she recently proved again that she is
up to the task. Thanks again for a
good dog.
November 1, 2008:
Good morning. Was just going to give
you the latest Rufus update. He has
had a pretty busy week of work.
Saturday night we killed a couple
coyotes, but missed a few shots.
Rufus still managed to get a couple of
easy locates in. Monday our first cool
front came through and the wind died
down enough for us to head out that
evening. It was definitely a great
Good morning. Was just going to give
you the latest Rufus update. He has
had a pretty busy week of work.
Saturday night we killed a couple
coyotes, but missed a few shots.
Rufus still managed to get a couple of
easy locates in. Monday our first cool
front came through and the wind died
down enough for us to head out that
evening. It was definitely a great
decision. We stacked up 10 coyotes
in the truck. Rufus had his work cut
out for him. Rufus's best track was in
a cut corn field and the stalks were
about 36" high that even I had trouble
walking through. We had tracked so
many times that evening that by the
8th coyote we had no battery left in
our flashlights. We turned Rufus out
and followed
his blinking LED lights as he took us
right to the coyotes! It was alot of fun
and a very memorable hunt.
in the truck. Rufus had his work cut
out for him. Rufus's best track was in
a cut corn field and the stalks were
about 36" high that even I had trouble
walking through. We had tracked so
many times that evening that by the
8th coyote we had no battery left in
our flashlights. We turned Rufus out
and followed
his blinking LED lights as he took us
right to the coyotes! It was alot of fun
and a very memorable hunt.
