Tree Talkin' Time

In this week's episode I am joined by Harrison Dalby. Harrison is a little different guest than what is normally on this podcast. Harrison is a falconer and has a mini dachshund that he hunts with. I was able to go out this past February with Harrison his Goshawk Lizzo and dachshund Dickie. It was amazing to see this trio work together on a rabbit hunt. Harrison also hunts Dickie on other game in...

In this week's episode I am joined by Kirk Price. Kirk made a splash in the bear hunting world a few years ago when he started producing high quality bear hound Youtube videos. After years of work he is officially a professional Youtuber. We talk about how he got started in filming and some of his steps along the way. Kirk has been a big inspiration in my own journey when it comes to cinematograph...

In this week's episode I am joined by Cody Hess. Cody hails from the great state of Texas where he pursues hogs with his pack of dogs while riding mules. Cody has been a lifelong hunter and started following hounds at an early age but didn't get into hog hunting at least seriously until he was in his 20's. He enjoys the sound of the hound as well as the adrenaline of catching big hogs. Most import...

In this week's episode I am joined by Garrick Schaad. Garrick and his Treeing Curs have been very succesful over the years winning multiple World titles. His most famous female Snickers put him on the map and he continues to hunt dogs that are bred very similar to her. His favorite combination is heavy Geronimo and Thunder bred Original Mountain Curs with an eighth to a quarter walker in them. He...

In this week's episode I was invited to go up to Blue Juniata Beagle Club by Stone Creek Hound Supply. The club is celebrating their 75 years anniversary. The current president Mike Bickhart and vice president Doug Kepner were gracious enough to sit down with me to tell me all about the club and beagle feild trialing. Don't forget to check out the link below for your chance at the summer giveaway!...

In this week's episode I am joined by Cory Langford. Cory owns Red Fern Hound Supply in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. We talk about Leopard Curs, coon clubs and the Red Fern Festival in this episode. I really appreciate Cory joining in the Summer giveaway and donating the JC Custom Squaller. To enter the contest click the link below for merch and purchase a shirt to be entered! Sponsors: https://conkeysout...

In this week's episode I am joined by John Gibble. I have known John for a few years as he serves as the legislative watchdog for houndsman here in Pennsylvania. With some unfavorable legislation making it out of commiteee I wanted to have John come on to explain it and what to do. We also discuss the importance of being involved regardless of what state you live in.  Be sure to check out the link...

In this week's episode I am joined by Ronnie Snedegar. Ronnie has had an impressive run with his misfit pack of squirrel dogs over that last several years. What stood out to me the most is the work Ronnie does to get new people involved with squirrel dogs. He does numerous seminars and benefit hunts to expose people to this amazing way of life. We talk all about Ronnie's dogs of the past and the p...

In this week's episode I am joined by Jeff Caubble. Jeff has a long history with hunting dogs but a few years ago he fell hard into the feist world. Looking for a fun way to spend time with his daughter he got back to his roots and got a feist to squirrel hunt. It wasn't long before he had another and another and now has six. He has also been heavily involved in the American Treeing Feist Associat...

This week I am joined by Joe Seaburn to talk all about Willow. Willow was Joe's first squirrel dog and they have racked up quite the list of accomplishments. This is even more impressive after you hear the story of where she came from and how it all started. This episode has been in the works for a few years as we were supposed to record it at a hunt but ran out of time. Glad to finally get Joe on...

While waiting for casts to get back on Saturday night/Sunday morning at Black and Tan days Chris Nidy sat down with me to pass the time. We talked about how Chris went from showing Black and Tans and other dogs at AKC dog shows to getting into the nite hunts and eventually finding himself as president of the American Black & Tan Association. Chris had an important message about service and all the...

While at Black and Tan days I sat down with David Gilman and Misty Yarrington. This couple has produced dogs that dominate in the show ring, the woods, and the stud pen. Just this past weekend they took home numerous trophies for their many acheiements. David has been involved for right around 40 years. We talk about top quality Black and Tans that excel in numerous areas. We of course did mention...

In this week's episode I am joined by Adam Vu. Adam calls the swamps of Louisiana home and has been fllowing a dog around those swamps for a number of years. Recently in a turn of fate he stumbled into hog hunting and has dove head first into it. Unlike most hog hunters in Louisiana his prefered breed of hog dog is a West Siberian Laika. He has been studdying the way the Europeans have been using...

We are bringing one of the most downloaded episodes out of the vault this week. I ran into some technical difficulties this week as I was trying to edit and upload the new episode and didn't want to miss a week so I thought we could relisten to this great episode with Todd Coles. I originally contacted Todd to record a podcast with little knowlegde of his dogs or himself and through this episode h...

In this week's episode, I am joined by Nick Clark. Nick has been raised with Original Mountain Curs his whole life. He has some great insight on breeding, compeition hunting, as well as getting the next generation involved. Nick has had a lot of success in the competitions throughout the years and has strived for the Combination Award in order to showcase the versatile nature of the Mountain Cur. ...

In this week's episode I am joined by the founder of the app, Wesley Pinglton as well as  Zach Conkey. Zach recently introduced me to the app and I thought the founder would be the a great person to talk to about the app. Welsley, Zach, and I had a great conversation all starting with Wesley's upbringing riding mules and chasing the sound of the hound. Wesley has changed the game and you definitel...

In this week's episode I am joined by Carlton Savoy. Carlton is a lifelong squirrel dogger with 66 years of experience following dogs in pursuit of bushytails. He has had all types of curs and feist including Cajun Squirrel Dogs that he raised for a number of years. While sniping tree rats has been a major passion, passing it on to the next generation has been more important for many years. He has...

In this week's episode I am joined by retired Pennsylvania game warden Rod Burns. Rod was a long time coon hunter that became a game warden later in life. The job took him away from his passion of running hounds but when retirement came around he was quick to get a pair of pups and pick up right where he left off. In this episode we talk about a few of Rod's wildest and most memorable moments on t...

This week I am joined by none other than John Strickland. Called the G.O.A.T. by many it is hard to dispute that he is an Elite Handler, after all he is currently the Interim World Champion of the Elite Handlers Series. We discuss his humble beginning and how he ascended through the years to become the handler that he is today. Along the way he shares some of his knowlegde with us on how we too ca...

In this week's episode I am joined by Josh Hedrick. Josh is a West Virginia Houndsman that lives to be outside following his hounds. We talked about the success Josh has had running mixed breed hounds. His hounds are from a long line of bear dogs from hard working houndsman but sometimes an accident happens and it turns out to be the key ingredient. Josh tells a great story of how his bear dogs ha...

Welcome aboard to Stone Creek Hunting Supply, this week Ben and Don hop on to talk about some of their experiences with hounds. Tri-color dogs of all sizes have been apart of the Spickler's lives for many years. Don got started in coonhounds over 40 years ago and raised his son's to love the sound of the hound as well. Now they have beagles and one retired Treeing Walker. While we didn't talk much...

In this week's episode I am joined by father/son duo Greg and Josiah Pulling. Greg and his brother Jim were on the podcast a few years ago. Once again I caught up with them at the Great American Outdoor Show to record this episode. On the way to the show I was listening to Bear Siragusa's podcast The Hunting Hound as he talked about being a father and a houndsman. This made me want to get the inpu...

In this week's episode I am joined by Bob Parker of Stony Brook Guide Service. This is the first episode of the annual Great American Outdoor Show Series. I have been working on Bob for a few years and finally convinced him to sit down with me. He has over 30 years of experience guiding and outfitting. He tells a few crazy stories with some important lessons to be learned. He also talks about cons...

In this week's episode I am joined by Shaun Brophy of Northern Idaho. Shaun was born and raised on the East Coast, lived in the Midwest for a few years and finally landed in Idaho. He has run almost every type of game imaginable in the US with a hound. These days he splits his time between a chasing rabbits with Beagles and big game with his Redbone.  Besides a few good stories Shaun brings up a f...

In this week's episode I am joined by Noah Clark. Noah's passions include Christ, coonhounds and cur dogs just like the name of this episode suggests. He is a pastor but can often be found in the woods during the week training and hunting dogs for others. We discuss some of his upbringing as well as hunting dogs for the public. He hunts squirrel dogs during the day and turns around and coon hunts...