Tree Talkin' Time

In this week's episode I am joined by Robin Powell. Robin caught the hound hunting bug at just nine years old, and more than six decades later, he's still turning loose hounds with the same excitement he had as a kid. Growing up in Oregon, Robin experienced a time when hound hunting was a way of life. Every weekend, every holiday, and every vacation revolved around dogs and the outdoors. Today, at...

In this week's episode, I am joined by Junior Pyles. Junior made a name for himself in the Walker breed when three hour coon hunts were common. He hunted hard his entire life and still enjoys getting out there at 88 years old. While we roll the calendar back and talk about how things use to be Junior drops numerous little tid bits of knowledge that can only be gotten by years of raising and traini...

In this week's episode I am joined by Kevin Cowan and Allen Franklin. In case you have not heard the news Kevin and his wife recently purchased the World Tree Dog Association from Mike Hamilton. Kevin is fired up about the future but wanted Allen to joine to be able to talk about the past and where WTDA came from as well. Kevin's vision is all about the growth of the sport and what its going to ta...

In this week's epiosde I am joined by Luke Worthington. Luke is the president of the Wyoming Houndsman Association. He is a lion guide, and dedicated bobcat hunter. Luke explains his passion for bobcats over lions. We talk about his mixed pack and why he doesn't have an intact dog on his place. Luke has some opinions that not everyone will agree with but they can certainly learn from.  Sponsors: h...

In this week's episode I am joined by Joey Thomason. Joey is a squirrel hunter from Georgia. He has only been into squirrel dogs for 5 years but has found great success with his first two dogs. He quickly got involved with the American Treing Feist Association and we talk about many of the great members that have become like family to Joey. He now even writes the ATFA column for Full Cry!   Sponso...

In this week's episode I am joined by Tim Moore of Paradise Valley Tree Dawgs. I have been following Tim on Facebook for a little while now. His mixed pack of little meat dogs caught my eye. He has been hunting some bird dog crosses lately and you may hear a few familiar names in this podcast. I did not know where his dogs came from but after listening to Tim it all made sense. Tim is a pleasure h...

In this week's episode I am joined by Danny Smith. Danny has been a lifelong Stephens Cur man. His dad had them for many years and he has continued that legacy. The intelligence of the breed is one of the main reasons he has stuck with them. Danny has enjoyed squirrel and coon hunting with his Stephens and tells us several stories. He also covers a little history of the breed as well.  Sponsors: h...

In this week's episode I am joined once again by Rex Bowers. Rex is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge about Julys, Leopards, Plotts, and even Mountain Curs. We didn't get into too much about the Mountain Curs in this episode but we certainly covered the other three breeds. We talk about how a lot of the history is intertwined. If you are interested at all in the history of these breeds you will...

We are finally back with a new episode and in this's weeks episode I am joined by Justin Angelovich. Justin is a Colorado Houndsman that just popped his head back up for some air after the incredible fight they just had last year. During that fight Justin was the president of the United Houndsman of Colorado. We discuss many of the lessons learned from that fight as well as what the organization i...

Once again we are pulling another great episode from the vault! This episode is with Chris Boone and we are discussing his Kemmer Curs.  He married into a family that raised cur dogs and that first one got him hooked. He has raised this line of dogs for over 30 years and continues to have a lot of success with them today.  Sponsors: https://conkeysoutdoors.com   Promo Code TREETALKINTIME5 https://...

In this week's episode, I am pulling another great episode out of the vault. It is with Kenneth Laroux better known as Chooch. Chooch has been following a dog in pursuit of some sort of game his entire life. Growing up deep in the swamps of Louisiana hunting and trapping were a part of his everyday life. As he got older coon hunting became his passion and especially with a fine black dog. Chooch h...

Another episode from the vault and this one is absolute GOLD in my opinion. I called Rex Bowers a few years ago and sprung this podcast on him. We dove deep into the leopard cur history and Rex gives us a peak into the background of those first dogs registered. We even dug a little into the history of several other breeds. I have had multiple other conversations with Rex since recording this podca...

In this's weeks episode I am pulling a crowd favorite from the vault that was with Terry Carr. Terry Carr owned the famous Leopard Wick's Camo Jug long before his rise to fame at the end of John Wick's lead. Terry tells the story of how he found Jug and how he inevitably sold him to John. We talk about the leopards, the hunts and a few other dogs along the way that Terry has had during his tenure...

In this week's episode I am joined by John Jackson. John has spent his lifetime collecting information about the Plott Breed. Not only is he a leading expert on the breed he bred, raised and hunted them for just as long. We talk about how he got his start in the breed and how he met Taylor Crockett. He became a student of Mr. Crockett. They travelled many miles together and spoke to numerous mount...

In this week's episode, I am joined by Nathan Lopez. While he wasn't born into the houndsman lifestyle, he has been at it for almost 25 years. Mainly a solo hunter that loves the adventure of following his mixed-up pack of hounds. We discuss his thoughts on dogs, breeds, and how he arrived at such an eccentric pack. We also dive into getting involved with your local hound organization, as well as...

In this week's episode I am joined by Greg Thompson. I met Greg about two years ago by chance at Tractor Supply. I noticed his dog box and had to strike up a conversation. He was in town visiting his parents for the holidays. While Greg was originally from the same area as me, he has moved West and is now a dry ground lion hunter. Along the way Greg has had numerous different types of working and...

In this week's episode I am joined by Pat Blanton. Pat has had Stephens Curs long before the registry even exitsed. He knew and hunted with the founger Hugh Stephens. It was Hugh that asked Pat to bring his dogs into the registry. His dogs have made a name for themselves all around his region. Pat has won more All American Treed Dog awards than anyone else. This is no small task as the dogs have t...

In this episode I am joined by none other than Doug Cundiff. Doug is a well known and well respected UKC Field Rep. With over 20 years of experience there aren't too many guys out there that know the rules as well as Doug. I enjoyed getting to learn more about Doug's English Dogs and how he got started into coon hunting and I think you will too!  Sponsors: https://conkeysoutdoors.com   Promo Code...

In this week's episode I am once again joined by by friend Chris Dove. This episode was recorded a little over a year ago for an article I wrote for Bear Hunting Magazine. The main focus was the dog that set the bar for Chris, Buddy. He was a special once in a lifetime type of dog. Buddy just so happen to be the first bear dog Chris got. Not only do we talk about Buddy but how he has left his mark...

In this week's episode I am joined by Josh Merschat. Josh was on several years ago and I was excited to get him back on. I once again caught up with Josh at the Great American Outdoor Show. Josh is a lifelong houndsman and has a very interesting take on breeding, and training hounds. In addition to those topics he has a very exciting story involving a wolf with a Glock! Sponsors: https://conkeysou...

In this week's episode I am joined by Glen Smith. Glen's friend Doug DeRossett has been on the show and helped set this up and you will hear his name mentioned often. Glen was an avid coon hunter that found joy in going out on the long cold nights of winter. We talk about the many differnent breeds he has owned through the years inluding Leopards, Stephens, and Treeing Curs. He even shares a UFO s...

In this week's episode I am joined by Dwight and Dwayne Anderson. This was a fun interview having twin brothers on and I can only imagine hunting with them is quite the adventure. We talk about the Foundation Stock and how they got started with that line of dogs and how they have tried to keep it going. They also have a handful of good stories that I am sure you will enjoy!  Sponsors: https://conk...

In this week's episode, I am joined by Kolby Lankford. If you are not familiar with Kolby he is the host of the Slick Tree Podcast. It is a squirrel dog podcast but he ventures off every now and then into other topics like coon hunting, rifle builds, and going over different equipment. I have enjoyed Kolby's podcast and while I have been listening for awhile I wanted to learn more about him and hi...

In this week's episode I am joined by Nate Wright. Nate is the son of Joey Wright and the second half of the Dixie Doggers Podcast. While Nate is often on the quiter side I was able to learn a lot about him and his take on dogs this week. We discuss hog hunting, deer tracking, as well as different breeds of dogs they have had.  Sponsors: https://conkeysoutdoors.com   Promo Code TREETALKINTIME5 htt...

In this week's episode i am joined by Johnny Copeland. Johnny has a Youtube channel titled 731 Outdoors. We talk about the channel and some of the great videos he has made. We also talk about his Black and Tan coonhounds and some of their great accomplishments. Before we wrapped it up we talked about the Youth hunt Johnny help get started. This hunt is actually how we struck up a conversation. It...