Bear Hunting with Plott Hounds in West Virginia
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Unleashed in West Virginia | Bear Horizon Season 2 | By Bear Hunting Magazine
We travel to West Virginia to hunt with Curtis and Jamie Walker and their famous West Virginia Plotts! Hunting the Appalachian Mountains with hound for bears is an extremely traditional hunt.
Just adopted a Plott Hound mix and am learning more about her breed. Pretty amazing what those dogs are capable of!!
They are so diverse and fearless, loving and tenacious at the same time
Hounds and the love of hounds is by far the most rewarding and exhilarating hunting experience I have ever enjoyed. Great job guys-wish I was right there with you.
Plotts are awesome!
Michael steffen thanks for watching Mike.
Dog truly is a man's best friend.
I got two male pup's three months ago from Mr Walker great man and great pups love the dogs
Beautiful state and beautiful Plotts! We have a Buckskin Plott and boy does he stand his ground! Not surprisingly for a breed that hunts bears.
Plotts are awesome. I have one that is now 13 years old. I don't hunt but she hunts on her own. She is a total character. More people in the county where I live know her than know me. You can't hide anything from her for long, she sniffs it out eventually.
A great book is The Story of the Plott Hound: Strike & Stay by Bob Plott. Yes, Bob is a descendant of the Plotts who developed the breed from the dogs they brought from Germany in the 1700's. Lots of good stories in the book. Bob Plott has also written some other books about hunting in western North Carolina, including what is now The Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Fascinating history centered around the Plott dog.
Walkers' WV Plotts are covered in the book. Great dog breeders. You can get the books on KIndle.
I don't hunt per se, and I live in Canada. We adopted a dog a few months ago who came from a shelter in Georgia and, i'm pretty certain she is a Plott hound. I love these dogs so much. Love to see them be able to do what they were bred to do, great video.
I love the video,love the hounds, I don't bear hunt with hounds but I coon,and squirrel hunting with dogs and support your goal of trying to educate , I don't know what I would do if I couldn't hunt with dogs it's in my blood
A city man was visiting his country cousin, and the cousin said, "I'm going out with the hounds. Care to join me?" Citybilly said "Sure." Before too long, the hounds struck a track and began to bay. "Hey, what do you think of that music?" said the houndsman to his cousin. "I can't hear it," said the city man, "The dogs are making too much noise."
There is no better hunting than hound hunting. For anything. Keep your treestands I'll take a hound any day.
i agree 100% i love runnin a hound for anything from squirel on up to bear.... if you can run it with a dog ill hunt it love tht hound music
I sure agree .. If I can't do it with a hound just not that interested
I have a plott but she's never been on a hunt that i know of (she's a 2-3yo rescue) and we live in the city, but I tent camp a lot in back country. I imagine she'd go nuts if a bear came around us in the wild, or do you have to train for that?
@@i-love-comountains3850 it’s instincts man. I had 2 sisters mixed (husky and plot hound). I was outside one night putting them in their kennel when I noticed 2 small eyes in my backyard. The husky was too busy being goofy, but my plot hound was alerted by my stare and was stuck on the eyes. I flung the door open and started running. While the husky stayed confused. My 6 month girl dashed out and headed straight for the rat. I was 16 and have never hunted a day in my life. It was one of the best experiences I have ever encountered with dogs. She got killed a year later but she was a damn amazing dog. I didn’t have to tell her anything.
Bear hunting with dogs is the least respectable way to hunt. Terrorizing bear 365 til hunting season.
Star mnt plott hounds were my first breed of bear hounds. But my best hound was a Hammer and Smokey river bred bluetick mixed with plott, damn he could track fast. At one time I slept, ate and breathed bear hunting with plott hounds I couldn't get enough. It was so addictive it just about took over every aspect of my life I was married to the chase.
Stay treed houndsmen.
Rodney Boyce thanks for the comment. Got to stay balanced when you’re that passionate.
To me when you take a Walker cross with a blutick and then cross the Walker with a plot take those two and breed the walker blue to the walker plot you talk about some of the toughest, best mouths trailing and hunting perfect speed and really really smart It takes about 7 years but once you get it done there is no better hound out there you could turn them loose in the wall Mart parking lot 10 miles away from the woods and they will find you a deer or whatever it is you want them to run but since they have just about stopped dog hunting in Florida I've just lost interest in hunting at all and the still hunters don't understand that when they get away with taking away one form of hunting it won't be long we won't be able to hunt at all especially now that you can raise deer like cows they are already saying well now you can just buy your deer meat from the deer farms so thanks alot high dollar still hunters taking a tradition from Americans that waited all year to get to hear that sweet wonderful beautiful hound music there is nothing better in this world than watching your pops at 5 or 6 months old get in with the older hounds and then the day you turn out just the pops on a track just them only and they take that track and trail and jump on there own it just makes you so proud of all the hard work you put in I could go on forever but I will stop boring ya'll with my cry baby story but it hurts you all the way down to your soul to know that you may not ever get to hear that sweet music good luck this year fellas dump the whole box fellas and pay attention because they sneak that crap in on you because the high Dollar still hunters are buying up and leasing as much property as they can and you want to say idiot I know a couple guys that hunt both ways but they go to Texas and spend $8000.00 or more depending on the deer one of them spent $14,000.00 on a 14 point one year That to me is just egotistical because I swear I have not found any way possible to eat antlers.
Great vid, great hunt, great dogs, and great old-time fiddle and banjo music (could use more of that)!
Bud Savoie thanks for watching!
I am from West "By God" Virginia and have been here my whole 37 years of life. Bears are starting to move closer to where I am from in Marshall County, so bear damage stamps for $10 has been selling more and more at the local sporting goods stores or depts like in Walmart.
My Dad at 63 years old would absolutely love to get a black bear, after doing a wild boar hunt and how thrilling that was, his next step is bear hunting. We were hoping to see one while mule deer hunting in Idaho this past Oct. so he could use his deer tag on a legal bear, but it didn't come to fruition. I myself want to chase bear as well, but in WV one cannot legally bait, but can run hounds. My neighbor does it, I may have to go with him even though it reminds me of giant raccoon hunting. Still neat to see and hear the hounds work.
Wouldn't mind learning spot and stalk tactics or even saddle hunting near oaks and berries in the fall since WV doesn't have a spring season like some western states. Preferably archery, but firearm season would be nice too. Or whatever tactics would work if I don't have access to someone with hounds. Thanks for sharing.
Another really good video. Your point about incrementalism is the truth -its plain to see it here in Britain -no bow hunting no hound hunting, no hand guns and a hill to climb just to get a rifle but still we don't stand together. If only hunters would see that they will come for us all if they can, even the old men taking their grandchildren fishing. We have to stand together and stand proud of our traditions and our love of nature.
Paul Marshall thanks Paul.
I adopted a plott hound and he is a big boy, he’s very playful and loving dog
Man just love your videos.. i used to run Tennessee large bone redbone hounds.. and man ive got some amazing memories ..
"Incrementalism". Spot on. That's the anti tactic. Reagards from England. Support hound hunting.
Shut up
Great video I live in WV and know all about bear hunting with hounds, it’s the craziest way to hunt them In my opinion
Clay this is so funny. I just watched your episode on meat eater and researched more and this video came up.
That crow up there next to the bear is laughing at the bear! My Plott/Walker/Bluetick mix treed a cat a couple days ago and a crow came by and landed to laugh at the cat!
Looove hound hunting.
I met Curtis and he’s 100% dedicated to the Plott breed. His 55+ years as a breeder AND bear hunter has fine tuned their hearts to hunt.
WEST VIRGINIA PLOTTS
Did you have to buy hunting license for training season? Couldn't understand if u did or didn't. Thank you
Timber Hill Redbones yes we did buy a license.
My favourite dog… mine is a plott hound sharpei mix but more plott hound with loose wrinkly skin and soft curly tail.
I hunt grouse with dogs, but stand shoulder to shoulder with my fellow sportsmen who hunt bears with hounds!
Brian Edwards right on. That’s the spirit.
That's gotta be tough letting a hound on a leash trying to get to the pack drag you throu the trees. Lol.
I love those Plotts!
I am proud to say that I took a chance when I found an article for Plott hounds for sale and now the brother and sister Plotts that were born 12/08/2007 in the state of Florida just spend most of their days resting at home and without any training it only took the male Plott Jesse barely ten minutes at six month old to be on his first deer blood trail as this breed are also amazing life companions ...
Amazing, sweet , loyal , fun.
I have a plott mix and a lab that love to watch this ;-)
I would love to try bear hunting at least once.. I've grown up deer hunting in West Virginia, my home state and where I still live!
Lillie Ghoast right on! You’re in a good place to bear hunt! Do some looking around for someone to take you.
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Any idea if plotts would be any good as backup/bear protection during elk hunts? or would they scare the game away? Mine's generally quiet unless we leave the house or there's an unexpected guest.
I-Love-CO Mountains they’d for sure not be good at this! They’d want to run off the game!
Fabulous dogs, who is breeder plotthound or kennel?
I recently adopted a sickly old mostly deaf, blind on one eye Plott. He's such a great dog, he's probably 12 or 13..... and really likes being a spoiled house dog. I have what may be a silly question, do you kill the bears or is the fun part just the hunt and treeing the bears?
Good video boys
Hey clay, you want to see and go with some, good hound hunters go with the McPherson’s here in Virginia I’ll tell you what they get it done
Great video! I've been trying to hunt bear where I live in NY, but the hunting is tough, especially in the big woods of the Adirondacks. No baiting, and no hounds (though we do have a training season) and the food sources are tough to pin down. We're basically limited to spot-and-stalk hunting in very dense and mountainous terrain, which while challenging and engaging, can also be frustrating when you don't take a bear, much less see one.
I've been looking to do some hound hunting in either in a mid-Atlantic state, Ontario or New England. I did some training runs with some houndsmen recently and the whole experience was quite amazing.
I'm looking forward to future content. Keep up the good work!
Kal P good luck with your hound hunting endeavors. Keep us posted!
Kevin P ..i bear hunt with hounds in speculated, restock. and bait, yes you can
Kevin P bear hound season comes in in July 1st.and goes out Oct 1.and you can bait.
There is nothing better on this earth.
Beautiful video but what was reason for letting the bear down from the tree the first time only to release the hounds on him again?
connor swanson they are training the hounds to hunt
What do y’all not understand down in eastern NC we run English fox hounds on deer bear coyotes foxes and bobcats when we’re at the Fox pen and let the fox out and then let like 40 dogs out behind it the fox easily gets away and most of the time the fox will make a call to tell the dogs where it is cuz they think it’s fun and yes the fox I wild
Well the Plott's take all the risk and
do all the work while you take the reward. You just have to shoot it out of a tree! Hmm, and yes I love my Plott. They are the Ninja warrior's of the dog world. Lovely as hell as a family dog too. Sweet and protective.
Cj James oh shit mr know It all
Cj James you try feeding watering and keeping 20 dogs healthy every day
They put in hundreds of hours to train those dogs
I want a plott and American fox hound.
jay pride wangling fox all they way we use em on coyotes bobcat foxes and see and bear here in eastern NC
I just rescued a three month old plott Pitt mix and would love to train him how to hunt but nobody in my area does that kind of dog training
Love it
Hero The Plott mix thanks!
@@bearhuntingmagazine would love to take my Plott Mix with real plotts on a hunt.. I try to let him do his "natural" thing(trees, leading, chasing, etc...). Some day....
Im interested in having some of Plott hounds but are they, good herders, too?
peace and love I’ve never seen one that was. Some say they used to use them as herding dogs, but I think that’s been bred out of them.
They are stubborn!!!! Smart as hell!!!! But if they don't wanna do it...they won't do it!!! I have a mix plott. They hate the word "stay".
@@herotheplottmix6690 I have a full plott and o boy is he stubborn... and even when 3,5y old and still acts like a little puppy :D but best dog i have seen/owned
@@jesseherala9530 check out my RUclips page...and do u have a pic of your Plott? I've seen tons of videos and pics. The only reason I don't think my plott is full is Ears(too small) and head(to big). But seen pics that looks exactly like mine. I adopted Hero at 10months. He's 3 now
@Ashby Harris treeing a bear....yes! But if momma bear decides to fight back? That's where a plott comes in...they will fight back. They will not runaway. Plotts are pack dogs.
Them plott hounds best hounds you can get can use em to hunt anything
Keep hunting guys here in the UK hunting with dogs got band about 10 years ago I love hunting with my dogs but it's just rabbits and rats it would be a dream to hunt bears
It needs to be banned in my state of West Virginia. So many out of state punks come in and do whatever they care to do without any regard to personal property rights. The bears around here don't have a fighting chance when they set out multiple packs of fresh dogs. In a few years, black bears will be all but extinct in West Virginia.
I thought all plotts where brindle?
Hello, do you sell puppies and send them to Spain?
We really really need help down here in Florida bad they have just about completely stopped us from the Hound hunting we tried to use the enclosures and where we could run coyotes and they stop that thinking we were in there just killing coyotes for no reason and we absolutely do not want the Cody's killed you know that would keep hounds off of other people's property but they're wiping us out down here in Florida we could really use y'all's help
Greg Beuer down in eastern NC we run hounds on coyote bobcats and foxes in off season of deer and bear but we let the dogs catch and kill the foxes bobcats and coyotes
Yea I understand killing them on the outside they wreak havoc on the young deer and TURKEYS someone made a comment about breeding the nose out of a hound when you hunt enclosures there is a little truth to that but the right enclosures will make your hound have to use those senses if you build enough hiding places for the game and it was a compromise to make all happy they are charging you for your dog trespassing on to other property and ya'll know most dog hunters are respectful and try to get along with land owners there are always a few bad ones out there that get the attitude I'll show that SOB AND they will dump thirty or 40 head of hounds on the still hunters property the night before and let there dogs run all night have deer scattered everywhere there is a place here in Florida called FARMTON USED TO BE MIAMI DOG HUNTING TRACT NOW A MAN HAS TAKEN IT OVER AND YOU HAVE TO SHOCK THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR DOGS SO THEY DON'T TRESPASS ON TO THE STILL HUNT AREAS YOU KEEP DOING THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY STOP RUNNING DEER SO I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GET IN THAT CLUB TOO MUCH MONEY ANYWAY $1750.00 A YEAR AND I THINK YOU ARE ONLY ALUOD ONE HOG 2 DEER AND 1 TURKEY IT IS 52,000 ACRES THEY HAVE RUINED IT FOR DOG HUNTERS YOU PRETTY MUCH NEED TO KEEP YOUR DOGS ON S LEASH. IT JUST MAKES YOU SICK WHEN YOU GREW UP AND I GOT INTO FOX HUNTING SO I COULD HUNT PRETTY MUCH YEAR ROUND DIDN'T USE SAME DOGS FOR BOTH AND PEOPLE SAY WELL START COON AND HOG HUNTING WELL WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN AGE AND THE OLD BODY DOESN'T FUNCTION LIKE IT USED TO THAT TYPE OF HUNTING CAN BE BRUTAL ON YOU AND YOU HAVE THESE GUYS THAT CATCH HOGS IF THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY WANTED THEY TURN THE HOG LOOSE STUPID MISTAKE DO THAT AND YOU HAVE A HOG THAT IS GETTING SMARTER AND MEANER RACH TIME AND HE WILL KILL YOUR DOGS AND COME AT YOU WHEN YOU ARE JUST WALKING AROUND IN THE DAY LIGHT JUST TRYING TO FIND YOU A SPOT TO SET A TREE STAND FOR ARCHERY SEASON MONEY HAS RUINED THE HUNTING AS WE ONCE KNEW WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER IT JUST SUCKS THAT OUR GRANDKIDS WILL NOT GET TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE DID WHEN MY KIDS WERE GROWING UP HECK SOMETIMES IT WAS MORE FUN WHEN YOUR DOGS WOULD GET DOWN IN THE SWAMP WHERE YOU COULDN'T DRIVE SO YOU JUST FIND A SPOT GET YOU A FIRE GOING AND PULL OUT THE HOT DOGS AND SAUSAGE AND THE KIDS WOULD PLAY IN THE WOODS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME
Never hunted bear with hounds but have chased many fox and deer back in Florida in the 60's and 70's before the anti hunters got it stopped. Nothing like listening to a pack of fox hounds ringing through the swamp on a clear quiet night.
You got that right. Nothing better than a pack of foxhounds on a red fox.
Let them hounds run from East Kentucky
What did the bear do to deserve to be killed?
That bear was hauling ass
So you said its not from Europe when germary is part of europe
Pepper2016 Green Right on. They aren’t descendants of European fox hounds. Not sure what was said on vid! Will have to listen again. Plott came from German big game dogs.
Yep, it said they "aren't descendants of European fox hounds" which is correct! Thanks for keeping us on our toes, bro! Thanks for watching.
Pepper, Plott's descend from German hound lines (I believe they have similar ancestors to Hanover or Bavarian hounds currently bred in Germany).
Most other North American scent hounds come from fox or raccoon hounds (which were also European but generally with French or English lineage).
Kal P right on.
Want to know more about Plotts? A great book is The Story of the Plott Hound: Strike & Stay by Bob Plott. Yes, Bob is a descendant of the Plotts who developed the breed from the dogs they brought from Germany in the 1700's. Lots of good stories in the book. They used to use Plotts to hunt wolves in North Carolina & TN. Bob Plott has also written some other books about hunting in western North Carolina, including what is now The Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Fascinating history centered around the Plott dog.
Walkers' WV Plotts are covered in the book. Great dog breeders.
Always wonder if hunting indeed makes the wilderness safer or simply makes them more hostile.
Brian Edwards you must not hunt us hunters are the reason the forest look how they are we pay for a hunting licience and tags we keep populations under control you can’t just kill anything and everything there’s limits
Do you kill the bears?
No we eat them alive
Anna Rigsby yes. That's why it's called hunting. Not to be rude
Kaylee Pritt but why?
to eat the meat is y
Whats the purpose of hunting the bears?
Killing for fun?
Meat, population control
The difference is traditionally people hunted for food. They needed to hunt because they had no other way of getting food. You, on the other hand, do this purely for sport. That isn’t tradition
He still hunts for food, watch his other videos on rendering lard and using the whole animal. Not everyone is required to limit themselves to a domesticated lifestyle just because the world has changed and we can mass produce food. You might enjoy not providing for yourself and letting someone else feed you, but many other hunters (myself included) prefer to feed ourselves from the landscapes we love by pursuing sustainable, healthy game populations, much as our ancestors did for tens of thousands of years. In the not so distant past, indigenous hunters could have reduced their reliance on hunting and assimilated into an agrarian society focused on animal husbandry/trade with white settlers, it wasn't "sport" for them to continue hunting. They simply did not choose to live that lifestyle because it didn't align with their core values. I haven't purchased meat in quite some time, I choose to make hunting a necessity to obtain my animal protein because that aligns with my ethics. So for some of us, our relationship to hunting today is a little more complex than just quitting and going to the store
@@aaronn9692 Stay in your own county and stay out of others.
@@timgiles9413 What are you even referring to
Aaron N tell me are you hunting bear for food purpose ?
I'm not a hunter but I am not against it.
If more people hunted for meat (esp. deer but also bear), then there wouldn't be so much demand for beef or pork and less land would be devoted to raising them to feed humans. That in turn, would help reduce greenhouse gasses and slow global climate change. Plus, we would be healthier. Deer is much leaner than beef or pork. I don't know about bear.
I've eaten both - taken from my land by a hunter that I know. I liked the bear better. Both were in bbq sauce - think - sloppy joes except with bear or venison. Now I'm hungry....
Thats stupid