Hound PodCast: Double U Hunting Supply

The DU Supply Podcast was created for all Houndsmen regardless of how often you get to the woods. From weekend warriors to professional guides/outfitters, our commitment to our dogs, lifestyle and passion is common ground for all. Join the DU Team and fellow Houndsmen across the nation as we come together to talk dogs, life, triumphs and train wrecks. We have an open passenger seat and would love to have you along! For those of you out there with a story to tell or content to share, your always welcome in our camp. Contact us at submissions@dusupply.com and let’s talk.

Hounds and Highways

As the year comes to an end we look back on the miles traveled, the places hunted, new and old, along with the struggles and successes we’ve had and the friends we have shared them with. The new year brings new beginnings, new name, new logo. Thanks to each and every one of you who listen to the weekly. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineAmerican Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-24
17:29

GTTD - Stocking Stuffer – Part Two

In this episode Steve and Nubbin talk about Christmas, past and present.It’s a fun walk down memory lane for a couple of guys that have witnessed more than 160 Christmases in their combined earthy journey.   The pair spins several tales of Christmases past in Alabama and West Virginia that will amuse and entertain.  Nubbin’s wife Becky is still quite the entertainer with plans for more than thirty adults and their kids to invade the Sterrett, Ala., homestead at her gathering this year.  Steve and Ella take a more subtle approach to what is a favorite time of year, choosing a small, family-oriented holiday celebration.  The second part of the episode features guest Danny Jones of Rockwell, North Carolina.  Danny is promoting a new coon hunt in an old familiar location.  The Carolina Classic on January 23 – 24, will be held in Salisbury, North Carolina at the familiar Rowan County Fairgrounds where Southeastern Treeing Walker Days was held for many years.  Danny heads the Trapp Hill Coon Hunters Association that will host the event.  All details of the homecoming event are discussed.From each of us at the Gone To The Dogs Podcast, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-22
01:16:09

Picking Up The Trail: Where We Left Off

In this episode we are following up on a couple of interesting bits of information on the last few episodes. Odor Intelligence 2.0 and Early Starters vs Late Bloomer. Thanks for walking the trail with me. Like and share with another hound hunter. IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-17
33:56

GTTD - Stocking Stuffers - Part One

In this the first of two Christmas episodes Steve sets the mood for his favorite holiday by sharing an essay titled Christmas Cookies from the book Gone To The Dogs – A Coon Hunter’s Journey.   The idea hinges upon how to show appreciation to those that make hound hunting possible for us throughout the year.Things take on a more serious note as Steve discusses the changes hound people are seeing in institutions upon which they regularly depend and ponders the what-ifs should things change too much.   A must listen.  We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-15
01:00:33

Early Starters

A new pup showing a ton of potential right from the start while excite any hound hunter. But what about the pup that doesn’t start as fast or takes time to mature before they put everything together. This episode covers the good and bad of both.  IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt   Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy  Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com  We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-10
36:13

Gone to the Dogs - A December Day with The Redbone Man

Steve catches up to octogenarian coon, and deer, hunter Fred Moran as the elder statesman of coon hunting, scans the Pennsylvania fields and woodlots for a shooter buck.  The old, literally old friends talk about coon, squirrel, deer and bear hunting in this all-encompassing discussion aimed to satisfy connoisseurs of dog talk at its finest.It’s always a good time when Steve shares the studio with Fred. Enjoy.    We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-09
01:22:26

Odor Intelligence: Part 2 - Environment and Weather

We follow last week's episode with what science says about how weather and environment helps or hurts the decay of odor. This week give you a little more insight on what your hound is actually working through.  IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy  Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-03
33:23

GTTD - Dunlap Times Three

This week Steve entertains a trio of coon hunters from Ohio that have become some of the most recognizable and respected hunters in game as breeders, trainers and successful competitors. The Dunlap brothers, Chuck and Don, were born in the adjoining county of Fayette in West Virginia, next door to Raleigh County where Steve was born. Their family migrated to central Ohio where the Dunlaps established themselves as young me to be serious coon hunters. Chuck’s son Coleton, affectionately known as Coonman, has followed in his dad’s and his uncle’s footsteps, earning a respected name for himself as well. Chuck formed his reputation as a successful handler in the early days of his career, the mid 1980s, by handling a famous English stud dog named GRNITECH Baron’s Blue Reb, known far and wide as Lumis. Lumis, a crossbred Treeing Walker hound by today’s standards, was registered as English. He was owned by Carl Carroll of Crestline, Ohio and Roger W. Daron of Plymouth, Ohio, and handled by Chuck Dunlap. The conversation moves from Lumis to the Buck Creek Treeing Walker hounds for which the Dunlaps are well-known today. Hounds like two-time AKC World Champion Buck Creek Mr. Smith, Buck Creek Crowson and Buck Creek Homer, as well as others, fill the episode. This is a story of one family’s love for coon hunting and for each other. It is well worth your time. We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.   www.dusupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

12-01
01:24:01

Odor Intelligence

Have you ever wondered how your dog found you in a crowd of people and dogs. It’s easy, scent discrimination. But it’s a little deeper than that. Listen to this episode as we touch on scent and the power of the dog's nose. Their odor intelligence.  IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.caDarkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.comOnx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-26
28:15

GTTD - The Good Old AKC Days

In this episode Steve is joined by longtime friend David McKee.  The conversation begins with a recap of McKee’s recent heart surgery from which he is recovering nicely. The friends talk about the upcoming Grand American Coon Hunt which McKee manages as President of the Grand American Coon Hunter’s Association.  Other hats worn by McKee include President of the South Carolina Coon Hunters Association and AKC Field Representative.   McKee discussed the addition of online entries for the prestigious Grand American event that dates back to 1965.  McKee and Steve served the American Kennel Club together when Fielder was there.  The pals enjoy reminiscing about the achievements their team consisting of Jerry Moll, Jimmy Phillips, Lyndell Price, Caroline Murphy and McKee accomplished, including many innovations that are in practice with other registries today.The episode is with AKC facts, some on the road shenanigans and a lot of mutual respect for the hours spent.  It's a prime example of dog talk at its finest.     We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-24
01:03:08

Built to Hunt: The Conformation Advantage

What makes a hound truly perform? Beyond drive and training lies the blueprint of the body itself. Let’s talk about why conformation is the foundation of every successful working dog. Heath talks with Jason Hunter about why it is so important in performance dogs. It’s the hidden engine that powers every great hound. IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineAmerican Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-19
58:07

GTTD - What? No White River?

Steve catches everyone up on things including a tough decision he had to make about his annual White River hunt. We hope you're having a great season! We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.   www.dusupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-17
43:53

The Bowl Battle: Inside Food Aggression

When we see food aggression in our hounds do you recognize the issues that follow. Resource guarding is one the carries over into the hunt. How do you deal with it? Do you start with why? In this week's episode we touch on the basics of why and simple ways to start the correction process. IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy  Subscribe to: Full Cry MagazineBear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-12
39:47

GTTD - Lone Pine Kennels 2025

In this episode Steve is live at Lone Pine Treeing Walker Kennels in Kittanning, Pennsylvania with owner Randy Smith.  The episode takes place midway through a seven-day and night hound-hunting adventure that has become an annual affair for Fielder and Smith.The friends discuss the previous three nights of coon hunting and the accompanying afternoons running Smith’s beagles on Pennsylvania cottontails.  True to Smith’s preferences in coonhounds, each of Smith’s rabbit runners is a female.The episode runs the gamut of subjects from play by plays of the week’s hunts, current hounds in the Lone Pine stable, recent and planned breedings and plans for the future in competition.  Smith is always a good listen as he cordially reveals the inner comings and goings of the nation’s most successful breeding kennel in the coonhound sport.  This is hound talk at its finest.  Enjoy, We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-10
01:12:06

Roads, Mountains and Memories: A chat with Rick Labbe

Join me and Rick Labbe as we sit down to swap stories from my recent trip to Wyoming to hunt with Rick — from catching up with old friends, meeting new ones and mountain trails to the unexpected moments that made the journey unforgettable. An episode you don’t want to miss.IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Subscribe to: Bear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-05
01:23:04

GTTD - Remembering John Wick

In this episode Mark Zepp joins Steve in remembering hunter, breeder, trainer, author, innovator and entrepreneur John Wick of Montgomery City, Missouri.“He was Elvis,” Zepp opines in this up-close look at perhaps the most influential man to ever snap a leash on a hound. Through his endless ads and columns in coon hunting magazines, Wick single handedly tackled the task of educating the coonhound masses on the nuances of the sport that one major dog food company called the largest sporting dog activity in America. Zepp worked, traveled and hunted alongside John Wick for ten years at Wick Outdoor Works which at the time was the leading supply company for coon hunters nationwide.  Nobody in the coon hunting game knew Wick better nor was more closely associated with the most recognizable name in the coonhound sport than Zepp.This episode explores the many aspects of this amazing man’s life from the viewpoint of one that knew him best.  Listeners will appreciate this inside look at a very special man indeed. We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

11-03
01:29:29

The Tracks That Bring us Together

This week's episode gets personal with how the hounds have built relationships that feel more like family. How it connects people and opens doors no one would ever imagine. The track that brings us together.  IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.com Onx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy Subscribe to: Full Cry MagazineBear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

10-29
21:31

GTTD Legend Series: Jim Meeks

The Gone To The Dogs Podcast introduces its Legend Series of recordings with the nation’s best known and most revered raccoon hunters occupying the guest spot.This week the podcast features one of the sports most respected and longest running breeders of Treeing Walker Coonhounds, as Steve brings the renown Jim “Wildman” Meeks to the Gone To The Dogs microphone.   Meeks, a first ballot inductee into the North Carolina State Coon Hunters Hall of Fame, is possessed of a wealth of knowledge in all areas of the coon hunting game. Steve and Jim, besides being contemporaries in age, have been friends for many years.  A visit with Jim Meeks is like experiencing a real, live family reunion each time the pair gets together.With hunting seasons upon us, this one is for listeners that coon hunt simply for the love of the hounds and features one of the true purists in our sport, the incomparable Wildman Meeks.  Enjoy.  We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

10-27
01:29:38

Part 2 - The Final Ridge: Harvest and Reflection

Part 2 of an amazing hunt in Wyoming. The stalk, the chase, the final ridge. Heath and Rick are able to close the distance on an outstanding bull. You don’t want to miss the ending.IG - heathhyatt147FB Heath HyattYoutube - Heath Hyatt  Follow our Sponsors:Inukshuk DarkenergyOnX Double U Hunting SupplyQuick-track.comMuddy River Transport  Inukshuk:Inukshukpro.comCorey.ca Darkenergy:  best-charging banks on market. Discount code is CODE4darkenergy.comOnx: subscribe to the best mapping app on the market by using promo code - K920 Frontline Optics- Duty sunglassesPolarizedNo questions asked replacementCharitable Donation with every pairFree shippingFrontline-Optics.com use promo code - CODE4https://frontline-optics.com?sca_ref=5672409.03I05MEwyy  Subscribe to: Full Cry MagazineBear Hunting MagazineSouthern Hound Hunting Magazine American Bear Foundation For the best lights in the businessCheck out: Cajunlights.com  Get all your hound hunting gear at Double U. Products every hound hunter trusts to keep up with their pack. Double U Hunting Supply.com We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

10-22
36:48

GTTD - Switching Breeds

In this episode Steve talks with North Carolina’s Mark Miller.Mark is a veteran raccoon hunter that has long been devoted to the Treeing Walker breed.  Mark’s Walker hound Dreamer was voted into the Southeastern Treeing Walker Association’s Hall of Fame as a coonhound. Through Miller’s association with North Carolina State Trooper Brad Hyatt who runs Plott dogs on bears, he became interested in Plotts, North Carolina’s official state dog. How does a houndsman devoted to a given breed, especially on that has been particularly successful with that breed, make the decision to try another breed, moving from the most popular among United Kennel Club’s seven coonhound breeds to a breed that has the fewest dogs in the registry?   This episode tells the story in detail including a discussion on the differences in the two breeds and why Miller was persuaded to switch.   Enjoy dog talk at its finest in this interesting conversation.  We would like to thank those who support this podcast.  Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode.  www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

10-20
01:08:10

milkcanshine

Im the guy that got Fred Morans magazines... there are way more than 300, closer to 1000! Havent counted them all yet.

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stephen lee

good listen

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Travis Legler

it's always good to hear someone that hunts multiple species.

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Travis Legler

This was a good podcast. I'm glad to see there's other people out there keeping notes on weather and the conditions that they're trailing and tracking in. There's a book called The Long walkers where Jerry goes into temperature and Frozen conditions and how that affects trailing. Quite a while ago when I lived in Montana I saw exactly what he was talking about when moving from a Western slope to an Eastern slope on an iced over track. Down here in southern Utah temperature plays much more of a factor than anything during the winter. When it starts out in the teens in the mornings there's not much scent for the dogs and as it warms up in the afternoons to the high 50s they can run tracks that are several days old. I call it chasing ghosts tracks that you'll never catch. I find that the substrate that the track was left on also has a huge impact on how the dogs can move it. One of the areas I hunt is very sandy the dogs move through it very slowly but once the track hits the rocks they c

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tanners epic pythons

this is great looking to learn stuff to help.

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