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| Below is a list of terms and their definitions. These are words that are commonly used by coon hunters. I thought it might be usefull for someone who is interested in coon hunting to be introduced to some of the terms hunters use to refer to different aspects of the sport. Keep in mind that I have only listed a few of the terms associated with coon hunting, there are many more that I haven't listed.
Babbler: A dog that barks as soon as it is released even when there is no scent or track. Backtrack: Trailing a raccoon in the opposite direction which it is headed. Bawl: The long drawn out bark of a coon hound. Bay: The bawl or bark that a coon hound uses when it has game cornered on the ground. Broke: A dog that will chase raccoons and nothing else. (Very rare if not non-existent!) Caged coon: A live raccoon in a cage used to help train coon hound pups. Changeover: The change in a coon hounds bark when it stops trailing and starts treeing. Chop: Short bark, usually tree barking. Close hunter: A dog that hunts within 100 yards of you. Cold nosed: Referring to a dog that works old tracks. Dam: Mother. Deep Hunter: See "Wide hunter" below. Finished Hound: Can mean either a fully trained dog , or a Grand Nite Champion. Grand Nite Champion: Title earned in UKC competitions. Gyp: A female coon hound. Handler: Person responsible for a dog in competition. Hot nose: Dogs that will run fresh tracks. Judge: Person keeping time and recording scores in a UKC competition. Junk: Any game other that raccoons, also off game or trash. Lay up: A raccoon that has been up in a tree for an extended period. Locate: The bark a coon hound gives when ending his trail and picking the tree with the raccoon in it. Nite Champion: Title earned in UKC competitions. Nite Hunt: UKC competition for coon hounds. Off game: Anything other than raccoons, also junk or trash. Open: To bark on track. Pressure tree hound: A coon hound that will not leave a tree. P.K.C: Professional Kennel Club. Registry for hunting dogs. Poll Cat: Refering to a skunk. Pup trainer: A straight, good natured coon hound that will allow pups to join in the hunt for raccoons. Shock collar: An electronic collar used to discipline coon hounds, usually for chasing trash. Silent: A coon hound that does not bark on trail. Sire: Father. Slick Tree: A tree that a coon hound picked that has no raccoon in it. Strike: The first bark that a coon hound lets out when a track is found. Tight Mouth: A hound that does not bark much when running a track. Tracking collar: A collar with a radio transmitter used to locate coon hounds when out of hearing or not barking. Trash: See "junk" above. Tree: To sit at the base of a tree and bark up. UKC: United Kennel Club, primary registry for coon hounds. Wedge Head: Referring to a possum Wide hunter: A coon hound that searches wide areas ( sometimes miles ) looking for raccoon tracks. |
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