Thanks Im suppose to hunt swampers with my friend Dana from Tennessee in Alabama.

Have a good time this fall. Great sport

I have a great time running the hounds in the off season too, my Beagle club has night fun runs too.

We ran a beagle and a bluetick on both cottontails and snowshoes. Only had 1 snowshoe hold up in front of Blue in 8 years. Piled into a rock overhang that was too small for Blue to reach.

And will run a straight line for miles during breeding time.

I'm actually looking to get a beagle for hunting around here. Would like to start from a pup. Anything in particular to look for? 13' or 15"? Good looking dogs.

rabbit with hounds is getting very popular around here again.

Nice pups

Yep that rabbit is out roaming and will head back to its home ground miles away.

There was some nice looking areas to run up there.

I'm really liking the Meachum breeding which my two blue ticks are which originated in Michigan.Both 13 and 15 inch beagles are good.

Thank you

Your blueticks are beautiful. I have three blueticks, the mom and her two daughters and a copper beagle. I listen to them chase rabbits year around. They are some little rabbit machines. Nothing beats listening to them, when I take them out, I tell my wife that I am going to a mountain music concert starring ‘Stella and the Blueticks”.

Very nice.Nice looking beagles.Only April thru June here you Maine that you can't run your beagle out in the wild.I have William Dubes Huge training pen I can run my beagles at during those months.

Tips I swear by:

Teach a Pup to come and down, EVERY TIME, Saves anxiety and tears when the Rabbit runs across a road or Highway.
I teach my Pups to respond to a coach's whistle, sound carries a LOOOONG way and is distinctive on a windy day, or if other hunters are about.
I run my hounds with a small fishing bell on their collar. Helps me keep track of them,. and you don't have to keep an eye on them constantly.
ABSOLUTLEY get them micro chipped.
Teach the Pup's to fetch on command, get a cap gun at a toy store, and fire it a few times while playing. Then I move up to a .22 blank, then a .38 blank.

All good tips.I also run them with a bell,,,and shoot my .22 pistol around them when pups so they don't be gun shy.I get them chasing a rabbit skin I pull through the yard on a string.

Nice hounds, BruceT! I grew up raising and running Beagles in SE Wisconsin. My Dad had a thing for Blueticks. Captain Jack is a dandy!

Moosetrot

Beagles are some of the most loving and Gentle. That is why I keep and hunt with them. Just bought an AKC registered Gyp out of Indiana. She should be ready by this fall.

Very nice.

Thank you