
So, You Wanna be a Lion Hunter - Cleave Dwire
11/13/24 • 86 min
Release Date: 07-12-21
Saddle up a mule and ride along on this adventure into the high desert of Nevada to chase some lions.
Cleave Dwire and Chris have an in depth discussion about hunting mountain lions. Cleave has over twenty years of experience chasing lions with hounds in the most diverse region of the Untied States. He unselfishly shares his observations with listeners. Houndsmen at any level of experience will enjoy this conversation as Cleave talks about Mountain Lion behavior, interpreting sign, where to look for sign and tracks to increase your odds and how your hounds interpret that sign.
Listeners will get Cleave’s opinions and experience on highly talked about and debated topics such as; do lions make scratches with their front feet or back feet, lions “picking up” their scent. Chris doesn’t give him a free pass and a debate ensues on these and few other topics
Join us at the fire in the high country and grab a buckskin out of the cooler, we have a lot to talk about.
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Release Date: 07-12-21
Saddle up a mule and ride along on this adventure into the high desert of Nevada to chase some lions.
Cleave Dwire and Chris have an in depth discussion about hunting mountain lions. Cleave has over twenty years of experience chasing lions with hounds in the most diverse region of the Untied States. He unselfishly shares his observations with listeners. Houndsmen at any level of experience will enjoy this conversation as Cleave talks about Mountain Lion behavior, interpreting sign, where to look for sign and tracks to increase your odds and how your hounds interpret that sign.
Listeners will get Cleave’s opinions and experience on highly talked about and debated topics such as; do lions make scratches with their front feet or back feet, lions “picking up” their scent. Chris doesn’t give him a free pass and a debate ensues on these and few other topics
Join us at the fire in the high country and grab a buckskin out of the cooler, we have a lot to talk about.
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►Keep up with the HXP Team on Instagram, Facebook & GoWild by following! Subscribe to the Houndsman XP Youtube!
- Instagram.com/Houndsman_XP_Podcast
- Facebook.com/HoundsmanXPPodcast
- Facebook.com/groups/HoundsmanXPPodcast
- Youtube.com/@HoundsmanXP
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Live From the APA - What Makes a Bear Dog
Release Date: 03-28-22
What makes a bear dog?
What traits do bear hunters need in a hound to successfully track, trail and catch the American Black Bear?
Chris travels to Greeneville, Tennessee to the American Plott Association’s annual Breed Days. Breed Days is held in the heart of bear bear hunting country. Chris calls it the “cradle of Civilization for North American bear hunting”. Greenville is situated at the foot of the Great Smokey Mountains and is in the heart of Appalachia.
In this episode listeners will hear from legendary bear hunters. These men have hundreds of years of combined experience in hunting black bear and breeding top bear dogs. Men like Ira Jones, Roy Clark, Ray and James Brown and Rodney Burris share their experience with the hunting public in this one of a kind episode. The Plott Historian, John Jackson, shares his views and perspective.
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Listening to a Legend - David Hise
Release Date: 09-17-2024
In this special episode of Houndsman XP, Seth premieres his archival interviews of old timers who tell about their upbringing with dogs and share their stories about the old days. Seth’s mission was to capture the voices and stories of these verteran houndsman so that their knowledge and wit can be with us for decades to come.
David Hise is a true living legend. His influence in the coursing hound community in the western united states is undeniable. He knew all of the famous dogmen as a young man, then grew to become one in his own right. In this episode David talks about his life hunting coons, hogs, coyotes , and hares with all different types of hounds. He talks about some of his views on things in the past, present, and future, and gives us some great laughs along the way.
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