The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-11-16

he, together with two or three at his
handlers. would accompany the pack.
and " any dog left the bear trail To
20 ON after n fox or wolf. the sting
OF n whip ON his back would soon
teach him that he vas doing the wrong
thlng The task was not n hard one.
because the dogs had first been ;aught
to run u then trained to hunt. IL
was then only a matter OF teaching
them what to hunt.
Bear Dogs Let Deer Alone.
After they had been well trained In
the open. the bear would be led through
thes deer park. and the deer driven
across his trail. no that the dogs would
be trailing n cold bear trail. and going
across a very hot deer trail.
Old hunters have said for years that
a hound would rather trail a deer than
any other animal To be found. Mr.
Av~n says his experience In that while
he IN almost equally a. fond OF trailing
n bear.
IL has been proclaimed time and
again by hunters that only . small per
cent. Of hounds will trail q bear. and
that the rest Of them a. soon N they
smell the scent Of q bear. will tuck
their tails and go to the rear. MT.
for the New York scimitsr that he
had tried some nifty Of his trained for
hounds after bear. and out OF this lot
he had found only two which did not
take readily to the bear scent.a and went
to the rear instead OF forward. For
years Il was the custom OF MT. Bobo
TO shoot n dog which started TO the
put these dogs back In his fox pack.
where they are equally available with
other rood fox dogs. Now he keeps
his bear dogs. or the fastest OF them.
in training by running them two or
three times a week after foxes. and
times a week they are worked
after bear. However. they have now
reached a point where there IN good
sport I'm 81.
After one Of the bears In led for rs
long n distance rs the riders want to
follow II. the dogs are turned loose. and
any OF the guests at Rogers Springs
who desire to do so. start out horse
hack with the pack. or course. the bear
II usually led where riding In easy.
Then he Is put up a tree, and right here
another OF the ancient pipe stories In
dispeiled. you have probably heard
many people say that h way To cs-
cape from a bear In TO climb n small
tree. Don't believe this for n moment.
The territory around Rogers Springs In
covered with black jack growth. The
black jack tree In always small, and
MI. bfulIl IoHtr no Atlft NJ abs k'ssh6
by Jumps up n tree as small! as four or
six inches In diameter. /,
Taught TO Bay at Tres.
IL the dogs do not stay there and CON-
tinue TO bay, the bear will probably
come down. but II he does not come
down Il In impossible TO locate the tree.
Out at Rogers Springs Mr.. Avent usual
~ keeps the dogs baying ut the bear for
come time, and then 81 they leave takes
them back 10 that In the bottoms the
dogs may come from the tree to n
hunter and then pilot him back TO the
tree where the bear In located.
The other exercise which Mr.. Avent
e. giving this pack is In teaching them
TO fight n bear.
This he does In three ways. In one.
the bear IL put In a SINAI crate. when
the pack comes upon him at the end OF
an hours hunt.
This crate has narrow racks through
which the dogs can nip the bear. and
the bear can nip % scratch them. but
u II impossible for either TO hurt the
other TO any great extent. This In good
exercise for the dogs because the nip
ping and sla ps they Yet from the bear
teaches them respect for Inn.
Again. the bear In tied close TO a
fence. so that the dogs cannot be be-
hind him. and a few OF the pack are
turned loose on him NJ a time. In this
some rs fine sparrtng In done ~ In ordf-
nariiy seen In the prize ring. With the
dogs % is n case OF nip the n and
then jump back before the a can
get n good hold on any Of them Here
u In comparatively cas- for n dog to
out Of the bears mouth. hut when
III bites nj one dog ON the left, n
gives an uppercut TO the dogs on the
right. several OF them are liable to and
s.a N~.a aaaH aud .nfne IN HnanfYHK
very badly.
The third exercise In To hold the bear
by an eight M ten foot chain. and lee a
dozen dogs come after him. In this
case. the handlers always use n whip
with which to take the dogs or n they
are hurting the bear. and n stick with
which To Dry the bears mouth open &c
he ~ess too xfrnn0 A hold nm N dog