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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1820062" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>In the Texas piney woods I would sometimes hear the baying of hounds in the 1000 acres of creek bottom. I heard that the custom of the hunters was to let out the dogs, go into the woods, build a fire, cook bacon and drink whiskey. They would enjoy the music of the hounds, then go back to their cars and drive home after someone leaving ther coat hung on the fence. The next day the guy would return and the dogs were waiting by the coat to be brought home. I also heard they rode mules and horses and would lay a coat over the fence and the mule would jump the fence so they could follow the hounds.</p><p></p><p>In 2016 our friend, Pappy, invited us to enjoy a coon hunt. It was a moonlit night. He let the dogs out of a cage on the truck and they ran in every direction. You could hear their music all across the landscape in the dark. Then, a chorus of yip yips was heard. It was the pack of Chihuahuas of the neighbors that had joined the pack. The travels of the pack was a beautiful thing to hear. Eventually the Chihuahuas fell back, but the hounds ended up baying Tree down in the creek bottom. We went down there with flashlights. Bell, the best of the hounds had climbed a cedar tree and was on a limb trying to get to that coon. Nobody had a gun so we called the dogs and all went home.</p><p></p><p>I mayself have livetraped many coons in Texas that got my chickens and I drowned them by lowering the cage into the pond since I didn't have a gun. And here in Oregon I trapped a skunk after it got a couple of chickens near the henhouse. This skunk we shot in the livetrap and was thrown out in the pasture. And within 5 minutes buzzards arrived and ate the whole thing. Ravens also arrived but were offended by the smell and they left.</p><p></p><p>The rancher across the road here traps coyotes. These coyotes kill many deer fawns and reduce the turkey hen and poult population to zero. He displays the bodies hung on the fence. Someone has placed a painting of The Roadrunner on the fence next to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1820062, member: 42782"] In the Texas piney woods I would sometimes hear the baying of hounds in the 1000 acres of creek bottom. I heard that the custom of the hunters was to let out the dogs, go into the woods, build a fire, cook bacon and drink whiskey. They would enjoy the music of the hounds, then go back to their cars and drive home after someone leaving ther coat hung on the fence. The next day the guy would return and the dogs were waiting by the coat to be brought home. I also heard they rode mules and horses and would lay a coat over the fence and the mule would jump the fence so they could follow the hounds. In 2016 our friend, Pappy, invited us to enjoy a coon hunt. It was a moonlit night. He let the dogs out of a cage on the truck and they ran in every direction. You could hear their music all across the landscape in the dark. Then, a chorus of yip yips was heard. It was the pack of Chihuahuas of the neighbors that had joined the pack. The travels of the pack was a beautiful thing to hear. Eventually the Chihuahuas fell back, but the hounds ended up baying Tree down in the creek bottom. We went down there with flashlights. Bell, the best of the hounds had climbed a cedar tree and was on a limb trying to get to that coon. Nobody had a gun so we called the dogs and all went home. I mayself have livetraped many coons in Texas that got my chickens and I drowned them by lowering the cage into the pond since I didn't have a gun. And here in Oregon I trapped a skunk after it got a couple of chickens near the henhouse. This skunk we shot in the livetrap and was thrown out in the pasture. And within 5 minutes buzzards arrived and ate the whole thing. Ravens also arrived but were offended by the smell and they left. The rancher across the road here traps coyotes. These coyotes kill many deer fawns and reduce the turkey hen and poult population to zero. He displays the bodies hung on the fence. Someone has placed a painting of The Roadrunner on the fence next to them. [/QUOTE]
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