Houndsman XP Podcast Chris Powell, Xtreme Performance Outdoor Network

Chris tracked down the original owner of the one and only Slife’s Blue Rambo. David Slife of Iowa acquired a bluetick puppy at 6 weeks old. David raised and trained this puppy that would one day become one of the most well known stud dogs of the bluetick breed. Chris and Dave look at the breeding behind Rambo, how he was started by David, his attributes and accomplishments. David had no big ambitions with Rambo; he just wanted a great coondog.

What has happened since then even surprises David.

AMA Friday – You have questions, we have answers.

Roy Ferebee is likely to turn up anywhere with a truckload of dogs and ready to hunt.

On this episode of the Houndsman XP Podcast featured only on the Xtreme Performance Outdoor Network, Roy and Chris talk about traveling the country with their dogs. Chris is no stranger to the road and has logged thousands of miles with his half ass varmint catchers. So, Chris and Roy share tips and tricks and things they have learned about putting in serious miles with hunting dogs.

Seth and Chris recently completed the annual hog hunting trip that spanned 10 days of catching hogs with hog hunting greats. The boys recap the adventure with the stories and share their experiences. They do a side by side comparison of styles of dogs, hunting terrain, challenges and similarities.

Phil Soucy is a world renowned taxidermist that does amazing work and best known for his special talent of mounting the big cats. Hunting lodges across the world feature Phil’s work and is south after as the place for a mature cat to go to be properly memorialized in taxidermy art.

Phil and Chris discuss how to properly preserve an animal to make a taxidermist’s job more successful. From loading your gun with the right bullet, caliber selections, archery equipment, proper skinning, transport from the field to shipping to the taxidermist, it’s all here.

Blueticks are slow. Blueticks have bad feet. Bluetick breeders are kennel blind. Blueticks have never won the UKC WORLD HUNT. The list could go on and on. In spite of it all, Bluetick folks are dedicated.