These days, the majority of my hunting outside of deer, is for squirrels and raccoons, though the latter I usually just trap.

I have been thinking long and hard about a dog. Seeing as we don't have "birds' in the Upper Ohio Valley anymore, I was considering some type of treeing dog. I have Googled a bit, and come up with Mountain Cur, Black and Tan Coonhounds, and perhaps other breeds of coonhound.

Are there any breeds I'm missing?

Does anyone have any experience with running a dual purpose squirrel dog/coon hound?


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