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Date Posted: Wed, Jul 16, 07:27:48pm CST
Author: jedp
Author Host/IP: 70-59-44-109.hlrn.qwest.net / 70.59.44.109
Subject: Track speed & style?

I know of only a few leopards here in Colorado, and just a handful in surrounding states. I currently own 6 leopards and hunt them on mt. lion, bobcat, and coon. Among my dogs, I see several different track styles, and of course they vary in track speed. I have only hunted with a handful (maybe 10)of other leopards and am curious what others are seeing? So, let's hear it - tell us about your favorite leopard past or present.

I feel my best at this time is a little black & tan color leopard female, she's 45# and a bundle of energy. I would not call her extremely cold nosed. She will straddle a cold track and work it with dilligence, often times over running the turns and will circle to find it again. In reality her cold trailing could be described as a series of short loses and recoveries. She will open once almost every time she circles back or swings and recovers the track.

On a warm or hot track, she runs with her head up drifting the track and hunting with her eyes as well as her nose. She will open about every 50-75 yards or about twice every minute. On a jumped race she will most always abandon the track and move full speed, running the game by body scent. She is very open at this point. Depending on wind direction and terrain, her path is usually 15-20 yards off to the side of the track itself. She will come into a tree with her head high trying to locate with her eyes as much as with her nose from as far as 50 yards out. She has a nice locate that is longer than her voice on track then settles into a fast but steady chop at the tree, about 50-60 barks per minute.

The bulk of my hunting is done in the snow, and it's easy to read what the dog is doing on a track. More than once she's treed in steep terrain and when I arrive she's on the uphill side of the tree and looking at the critter, without a dog track inside a 20 yard diameter of the base of the tree. She's frequently locating by sight and body scent.

This dog is pleasing me, let's hear what's pleasing you.

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