Anyone In The U.s Using Terriers

[BEARINATOR 2,867]

I know a few Americans hunting patts but on small stuff and one runs patts with other dogs on boar, deadgame is a puppy peddler who tried saying you could get blue pure patts

[rippem 455]

Shoebootie,they do barn hunts in the winter and ground hog in the summer and coon. If your from here you probably heard of char smith? If not im sure someone you know has. She has some of the best jacks here in the states. And there few guys that hunt coon here but there barn hunts or hunt the road.not many digging to ground hog here. And to me thats were the test is. In the ground. My pup just over a year just killed his first coon and he wasnt a small coon neither. Now if i were to of put him in the ground on a hog at his age he would of been messed up. Any dog will hunt above ground its in the dirt that matters to me.and i know your gonna say coons go to ground also. But i rarely find one in the ground maybe a fallen tree or inside something but not so much in the ground.

[Shoebootie 188]

Rippem, I have heard of char smith. I also know about barn season vrs ground season, as far as getting coon in the ground it's very common in the area I'm from as they take over old ground hog holes even in the winter coon go to ground as well. That's just my personal experience with the coons , I hear others say the same as you that it's uncommon to get coon in the ground on a regular basis but as I said in my area it's common to get them from the ground. I've worked plenty of both game with my dogs and I prefer to hunt coons with mine as they are a stronger test for the dog I believe.

[snizle06 202]

Are ground hogs much of a test for a terrier? I would think a very small terrier would be required?

[Shoebootie 188]

Groundhogs require a very small terrier, as far as a test hogs are good in the right earth but I still say the coon is on a different level.

[rippem 455]

Yes they are a test for a terrier.more so then a coon. They back fill fast and when they bite they leave gashes in your dog. Not holes but wide gashes. The dog needs to be spannable to get in the set.

So no they dont need to be very small just spannable and flexible. My male is 15lbs and spannable. Is that considered very small? Id like my dogs to be around 12 to 15lbs. And at 15lbs and just over a year he killed his first big coon.so how much bigger do you need? Andything bigger to me your better off just getting a small pit

[rob284 1,682]

Yes they are a test for a terrier.more so then a coon. They back fill fast and when they bite they leave gashes in your dog. Not holes but wide gashes. The dog needs to be spannable to get in the set.

So no they dont need to be very small just spannable and flexible. My male is 15lbs and spannable. Is that considered very small? Id like my dogs to be around 12 to 15lbs. And at 15lbs and just over a year he killed his first big coon.so how much bigger do you need? Andything bigger to me your better off just getting a small pit

hehe a small pit isn't a earthdog breed so that would be pointless wouldn't it. If you need something bigger you get a purpose bred dog, not a pit. Sounds like the terrier work in the usa requires a small type, any pics of your dog rippem?

[rippem 455]

Lol, i was being a smart ass bro. I just had one posted i will repost another one after he killed his coon. You can clearly see the size difference. And the coon was a big one not a monster but pretty big.he saw it running through the neihbors yard and he took off and grabbed it while it was going under the deck. I grabbed him barley by the tail and dragged them out. If not i would of had to rip up his deck apart.

[rippem 455]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z3a9r76tdtm25pg/IMG_15971.jpg?dl=0

[rippem 455]

Had that one in drop box. Ill try latter to post the other ones were hes on it and show the damage he did.

[rippem 455]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxnlohpy6438ghh/20161013_195543.jpg?dl=0

[rob284 1,682]

Just a pic of the dog mate. Not interested in seeing a dog on it lol.

[rippem 455]

Lol, im trying i suck at this stuff.

[snizle06 202]

I personally would consider 12 to 15ilbs small.

[Pinave 80]

There's some good guys around doing earth work with terriers. I'm in South Carolina, I'm only a couple years in to this, so very much a newbie, but get out as often as I can. My dogs have been on possum and groundhog in the ground--still haven't gotten a coon yet. Mudcat on here has some good white dogs.

 

As far as hunting terriers in the US, many use patterdales, JRT, jagdterriers, and mixes of any or all. Whatever works, depending on the quarry and size of the settes in the area, and what you want to do. Most guys seem to adjust their dogs and hunting styles to whatever quarry they are after, and we have quite a variety in the US from my limited experience. You got guys in Louisiana hunting nutria in waterways with terriers, and then you got guys up north going after 30lb coon in barns. Either way, its fun to see the different styles of hunting and different dogs being used.

 

Here's a groundhog from about 2 weeks ago.