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Jack Russell Terrier Hunting Story...A Tale of Two Quarry by Dr. Stephanie Taylor |
A few days ago
Gaye Redpath and I took a couple young terriers out hunting for
the day. As we were walking into the woods, Tackle sighted and
chased a grazing chuck back into an earth, only to eventually
lose it... this was his first lesson on that 'digging away'
business, and I hope he will smarten up quickly! Then Tackle and
Strike learned it is not very easy, or wise, to chase geese
across a pond... oh well, recheck the wet collars and off we go
again. Later on, Gaye's lucher Score suddenly veered into a thicket,
with both terriers right behind. There was a big earth under an
old wood pile, and while Tackle was going in one end, Strike
entered the other and began to bay. We quickly realized that
there must be a "Y", because Strike would bay up the left tube
for a while, then go and bay up the right tube. Score was
waiting by the left bolt hole and, when he suddenly stuck his
head in, we heard a deep growl--- yeah, sounds like a coon, and
maybe there are two. Alright! We decided there were either two
separate coons, or a tunnel connecting the right and left tube,
with one coon running between bolt holes. |
| We tied Tackle at the left bolt hole, and covered the right bolt hole with a shovel, waiting for Strike to make a decision and settle. Soon I noticed the shovel in the right bolt hole wiggle, so I peeked in and saw (to my surprise) a pink nose-- "Guess what, Gaye--it is not a coon, we have a possum!" Strike finally committed to the left tube, and began baying and pushing on harder. Soon after we heard Strike engage, we saw Tackle lunge forward into the left bolt hole, to come out with the sharp end of a groundhog, and Strike attached to the rear! |
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