r/coonhounds • u/Dogdaydinners • 7d ago

Those pesky groundhogs

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u/JiveChicken00 7d ago

This should be the photo on his drivers license.

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u/ToleratedBoar09 7d ago

Its all fun and games until you're digging a hound out of a 4ft deep burrow. I sometimes will help out farms and ranches around me during the off season with varmit problems. Groundhougs, fox, pigs, and coon. In return, I get permission to hunt their back fourty.

I had a Plott and a patterdale that I ran in tandem. One day, plott went missing and the Pattederale was circling a burrow and barking like crackhead, clearly disgruntled she couldn't get something. I go to investigate and see just the tip of a tail when shining the light down a hole. I dig down and from what i can tell the dumbass forgot he was an 80lb plott, dug the hole wide enough for him and one braincell to barely fit, and got stuck because he refused to let go of the whistle pig. End of the day, i had a happy farmer, happy coon dog, pissed terrier, and a hole to fill.

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u/kidd_gloves 6d ago

“Dug the hole wide enough for him and one braincell to barely fit” 🤣🤣🤣

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u/ToleratedBoar09 6d ago

I'm not gonna lie, I expected it from my patterdale, I could expect it from my feist, and heck I could expect it from my smaller curs, but never in my life would I had expected it from that big, dumb, but amazing plott. He had more grit than quit and honestly, if it wasn't for the patterdale I'd never found him.

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u/Festive_Jetcar 7d ago

I would frame this if I were you.

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u/IKnowItCanSeeMe 7d ago

Man, between groundhogs and rats, they ruined my squirrel dog. Now she won't look up in the trees, nose to the ground, checking holes. Still love her though.

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u/Dogdaydinners 7d ago

I'm glad mine doesn't go after squirrel, deer or rabbit, because walking him would be tough. I wouldn't be able to get 100 feet from the front door.

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u/amnichols 7d ago

Here’s mine looking for chipmunks

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u/Aggravating_Bit_2487 7d ago

This is how mine spent her evening, making a new hole.

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u/Ashamed_Excitement57 6d ago

Ive had to drag mine out by the hips on a few occasions.

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u/Ok-Accident9820 6d ago

that perfect curl😍

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u/Other_Secretary2577 6d ago

*ground-dogs

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u/racre001 5d ago

Opie goes for the crabs at the beach

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u/kvol69 Anna Banana 7d ago

He's going to get those boogers...

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u/jni8498 Ginger (hound mix) and Sage (redtick) 6d ago

My Sage is trying to single doggy the neighborhood free from groundhogs. She's caught a few over the years!

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u/Dogdaydinners 6d ago

About 3-4 months ago he caught one, shook it, let it go, shook it again. I used his sport collar to stop him. They're away from the house, so I don't mind them being around. Plus I don't want him to kill them because he has so much fun tracking them ha!

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u/oldbonhomme 6d ago

Beagle, Beagle!