This week we talk about a big announcement in the hunting dog publishing industry, cover news stories about recent mountain lion and bear attacks, and Niklas is challenged to dog fact trivia with spicy consequences!

We now have a voicemail box for our podcast listeners! If you hear something we say on the podcast and want to share some commentary, have a fact check for us, want to tell us a related story, or just want to say hey … give us a call at 971-301-4884.

Show Notes and References

* Subscribe to Full Cry Magazine! https://fullcrymag.com/

* Main Lobsterman Win Victory Against 'Egrigious' Regulations https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maine-lobstermen-catch-big-court-victory-against-biden-administrations-egregious-regulations , https://junkscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MLA-v.-NMFS-decision.pdf

* Mountain Biker Chased by Cougar on Mt. Hood https://www.kptv.com/2023/06/05/cougar-chases-mountain-biker-mt-hood/

* Cougar Chases and Attacks Mountain Biker in B.C. https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/news/cougar-chases-and-attacks-mountain-biker-near-popular-trail-in-roberts-creek-b-c/

* Man Killed by Black Bear While Drinking Coffee https://sports.yahoo.com/mystery-huge-bear-killed-arizona-190244110.html

* Cougar Seen on Natchez Trace https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2023/06/14/local-coach-sees-cougar-on-natchez-trace/

On this week's episode we have a special co-host on who is one of the most hardcore beagler's I know. Her name is Missy Fix and we had a great conversation that covered everything from her start with dachshunds to her current 6-pack of rabbit beagles she hunts with all over Oregon. We also covered some current events happening and reacted to some ridiculous videos. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!

Show Notes/References

National Pet Preparedness Month - Disaster Response Training - https://thedaily.case.edu/national-pet-preparedness-month-week-1-disaster-response-training/

Raccoon Family Rescued from CO Home Depot -https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article276191181.html --

Woman Brings Illegal Wildlife Raccoon to Pet Shop in Maine for Grooming - https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/56678/20230528/woman-brings-illegal-wildlife-raccoon-pet-shop-maine-grooming-rabies.htm

New Study: Having a Pet Dog May Increase Your Risk of a Sleep Disorder - https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-having-a-pet-dog-may-increase-your-risk-of-a-sleep-disorder/

Commissioners Approve a 2024 Mountain Lion Season in Nebraska - https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2023/06/09/commissioners-approve-2024-mountain-lion-season/

Good day my fellow hound runners. Today we bring you a new episode of the Hound on the Run Podcast and I must warn you that this one is not necessarily safe for work or children due to the ridiculous nature of some of the topics we cover and some of the naughty words spoken. Perhaps we had a bit too much fun recording, and perhaps I have blurred the lines between hound-related content and comedic absurdity. But don’t worry, I think you’ll like it.

Please note that moving forward new podcast episodes will be release every Sunday. It just feels like the right day for the show.

SHOW NOTES:

* Check out my book, "Cat Dog Chronicles" on Amazon

* Get a Hound on the Run T-Shirt, Hoodie, or Sticker at our merch shop!

CHIT CHAT

* Joe Rogan teaches us about how dogs smell with their ears, from JRE episode #1994 - Theo Von

NEWS

* National Dog Bite Awareness Week

* Wildlife Officer Nabs Bear Poacher

* 'Aggressive Bobcat' Who Attacked Turkey Hunter Still on the Loose

* 9-Month Old Baby Killed in Dog Attack

THE BOOK SHELF

* "The Master of Game" by Edward, Second Duke of York

VIDEO REACTIONS

* This week’s videos were all found on Instagram. You'll just have to watch.

Hey everyone!

I’m very excited to announce that the Hound on the Run Podcast is back in action. It has been over two years ago since I published my last episode, and at that point, I had decided to shelf the podcast because I just had too much going on.

But now, we’re changing up the format and I’m bringing on a very special co-host to official reboot the podcast — listen to find out who it is! Before, like most podcasts, I was only doing audio, but I want to cast as wide a net as possible to maximize our efforts, so we’re going all-in and including video as well.

Moving forward, you can listen to the podcast right here on Houndontherun.com or in your favorite podcast app on your phone (Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, etc.)

And you can watch new episodes on YouTube and Rumble.

Show Notes - HOTR Podcast Episode 1

Now that we have the announcement out of the way, here are the show notes and references from Episode 1.

* Watch the video version of the podcast!

* YouTube: Hound on the Run

* Rumble: Hound on the Run on Rumble

* The Hound on the Run merch shop is live! Go buy a t-shirt, hoodie, or sticker!

* Hound on the Run Merch Shop

* That time I tried to be a good Samaritan coonhunter by helping some folks on the side of the road deal with a zombie raccoon situation …

* I tell a little bit about the book I wrote:

* Cat Dog Chronicles, by Niklas Isaac on Amazon

* We discuss 3 wildlife-related news stories:

* A 70-Year-Old Hiker Fought Off a Mountain Lion in Utah - Backpacker

* "Aggressive Bears" Have Closed Part of the Appalachian Trail to Camping - Backpacker

* Cheetah deaths raise questions over India’s reintroduction scheme | India | The Guardian

* Garmin releases a new dog tracking handheld and I recommend checking out the Double U podcast episode giving a feature-by-feature breakdown of the new product.

* Garmin Alpha® 300 | Sporting Dog Tracking Handheld

* Hound PodCast: Double U Hunting Supply: EP 290: Announcing The Garmin Alpha 300i, TT25 And More! on Apple Podcasts

* I give a demo of the incredible website Howl for Wildlife and how it’s an indispensable tool for us hunters to make our voices heard:

* Howl For Wildlife

* Video Reactions:

* Woman survives five days in the Australian bush living off of wine and lollipops | Watch (msn.com)

* Nile Crocodile Steals Wild Dog's Food

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Last week on the podcast, I mentioned that I was taking my dogs to the first Fern Ridge Tree Hound Club field trial of the year. Well, I did, and what an experience it was.

I have to admit that the whole event was a bit overwhelming for me and my dogs and it took me a few days to gather my thoughts to the point where I could actually talk about how it went. It wasn’t anything crazy, just a new experience.

To give a recap of the event, I called up my buddy Charlie to talk through what happened and how it went. Charlie played an integral role in the success of the field trial so it was great to chat with him to hear how it all went down from his perspective.

You can find the Fern Ridge Tree Hound Club on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/FRTHC/

And you can sign up for the Fern Ridge Tree Hound Club newsletter here: fernridgetreehoundclub.substack.com

I hope you enjoy the episode.

Sincerely,

Niklas

Today I’m flying solo for a quick lil’ hitter. First, I share some info about the Fern Ridge Tree Hound Club field trial happening this weekend.

If you would like to learn more about the field trial, feel free to reach out to Charlie Merrifield through the Fern Ridge Tree Hound Club Facebook page.

You can also subscribe to the Fern Ridge Tree Hound Club newsletter that Charlie just launched here.

Then, I share the recorded audio edition of a previous newsletter I sent out a few weeks back which is the introduction to a multi-part series I’ve been working on. As you’ll hear, this piece strays away from the actual hunting aspect of owning hound dogs, and instead, dives deep into the abstract world of what a dog really is and what it means to have a relationship with one.

I get into my early days of obedience training with my dogs and how, at a certain point, I saw no other option but to actually start hunting with them. 

If you’d like to read the text version of the piece, check it out here: When We Aren’t Hunting

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Thanks for tuning in and wish me and my dogs good luck at the field trial this weekend!

Sincerely,

Niklas

In this week's episode, I interview my good buddy Jason Duby. Jason is the Director of Customer Relations and Communications at Double U Hunting Supply, and as we talk about in the episode, he is also one of the very first people I met who also owned hounds.

If you don’t know about Double U, you’ve probably never searched for anything hound-related online – especially when it comes to the gear we all use, things like fancy-schmancy GPS tracking collars and satellite communication devices. If you’re in the market for one or many of those things, I highly recommend you check them out at dusupply.com.

Follow Double U Hunting Supply on:

Instagram: @dusupply

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dusupply/

As you’ll hear in this episode, I took a slightly different approach to this interview than I have with my previous guests. I always like experimenting and getting creative, so about 10 minutes before I got on the phone with Jason, I took the many questions I had written out for him and turned them into 10 simple either or questions. I tried keeping them as focused yet open ended as I could. Jason is someone who I consider a deep thinker, so I wanted to leave some room for the abstract. 

I had a lot of fun with this interview, and as I listened back, each of Jason‘s answers generated many more questions for me … We could’ve easily spent an hour on each topic. 

I want to give a big thanks to everyone who has subscribed at houndontherun.com and everyone who has shared my posts on social media or simply told a friend about what I’m doing. For now, houndontherun is simply my main creative outlet and a way for me to explore this whole wild world of hound hunting in a deeper way. So, thanks again for tuning in and following along I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did.

Sincerely,

Niklas

Man, I love artists. Humble, talented artists are even better. And artists who make hound art? Maybe the best kind of artist there is.

Derek Tormanen — AKA Outer Agenda Artwork (@outer.agenda.artwork) — is one of those artists who makes stunning hound art and graphic design. He also happens to be a super chill dude who’s slowly taking the hound world by storm with his designs.

Check out Derek’s work:

Instagram — @outer.agenda.artwork

Facebook — Outer Agenda Illustrations

Like myself, Derek is also at the beginning of his journey into hound ownership with two coonhounds to call his own but is fully hooked into the hound dog lifestyle with no end in sight.

I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

Sincerely,

Niklas

It is so refreshing to speak with someone who takes themselves seriously, knows what they like doing, and strives to do what they do at the highest level. That’s the vibe I got from today’s interview guest, Jordan Wright.

Jordan is definitely more legit than me and likely more legit than you. Although she’s a young houndsman, she has over 14 years of experience handling hounds and comes from a family that’s been involved with hunting dogs for the last three generations. I have only had the pleasure of chatting with Jordan for an hour, but I got the feeling that when it comes to hounds — both deer dogs and coon dogs — she knows what she’s talking about.

I caught Jordan while she was helping out at her hunting club, so the internet connection wasn’t the best and there are some glitches in the audio — please accept my apologies and listen through to the end anyway, I assure you it’s worth it.

I learned a lot from Jordan about her pack of deer dogs, what it means to bench-break a coonhound for the show ring, and what it’s like to hunt with dogs in North Carolina in general.

I hope you enjoy the conversation I had with her as much as I did.

Follow Jordan on Instagram @jordann.wrightt

In today’s episode, I interview my good hunting buddy Charlie Merrifield. Since I spend a lot of time with Charlie, I forgot to cover the basics like where he’s from and all that, so let me take a second to fill you in on some background. Charlie grew up in Northern California in a family that raised and ran sled dogs, but now lives in Salem, OR, and is an avid hunter of the raccoon with his 3-pack of dogs, which you’ll get to know in the episode. 

If you listened to the first episode of the podcast with my cousin Josh, you heard from Charlie then, and you’ll likely hear from him in the future, but I wanted to spend an hour with him as part of the Portrait of a Houndsman series to get to know him, his dogs, his motivations for hunting, what it’s like to live with hunting dogs in the house, and much, much more. 

In this episode we cover: 

* Trying to rabbit hunt with a bluetick/walker cross … welcomed with open arms but it just wasn’t going to work

* What is a Stephen’s Cur … 

* Psychotic foxhounds out of coyote hounds with which to coon hunt …

* A yellow lab with a real skinny long head … or at least that’s what it looks like

* A breeder who could care less about the good but bring on the bad … improving lines one pup at a time …

* The need for someone to school me on dog registration …

* Benefits of getting a started dog as your first dog …

* Striving for solo time with each dog …

* Living with hounds in the house … it just takes more time and attention …

* Dangers in the household for a canine …

* Handler-side interpretations … decoding all the information …

* The real reason why Charlie dogs live in the house …

* Lost keys saved by hip boots …

* Revenge of the zombie raccoon …

Thanks for listening, if you enjoyed, please leave a rating and review and share it with any hound-running friends you may have.

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Until next time,

Niklas