Welcome to Squirrelhaters.net the place to discuss the sport of hunting Squirrels with dogs.
A squirrel dog is a working dog that will hunt and tree squirrels in the wild. They can be any breed from cur, to feist, to West Siberian Laika. The job of a squirrel dog is to go out a tree wild game by letting the hunter know where the squirrel will be by barking "treed" when it locates a squirrel. Barking treed means to stand at the base of the tree and bark until the hunter arrives to shoot the squirrel out to the dog. Or in a competition setting it is the handlers job to spot the squirrel in the tree so the judge can give the dog points for accurately locating a squirrel. The sport of squirrel hunting with a dog is a lot of fun. Following a well trained dog through the woods until it sniffs out a trail or spots a bushy tail and gives chase and keeps it at bay until you arrive is an amazing thing that many people enjoy all over the country .
Squirrel hunting with dogs is a popular sport primarily in the southeast US from
East Texas to the Carolinas. The most popular breed these days is the Original
Mountain Cur although the Feist has a very large following as well. Other breeds
popular in the sport are the Treeing Cur which is usually a combination of
hound, Mountain Cur, bird dog, etc. There are also Kemmer Stock Cur, Mountain
View Cur, Barger feist, Mullins feist, Canadian Cur, Leopard Cur, Treeing
Tennessee Brindles, Stephens Cur, S Blackmouth Cur, Treeing Feist, Barger Feist,
Thornburg Feist, Cajun Squirrel Dog, West Siberian Laika, Rat Terrier, Jack
Russell Terrier, Fox Terrier, German Jagdterrier, Airedale Terrier, Treeing Farm
Shepherd, Norwegian Elkhound, Finnish Spitz, Walker Hound, English Hound,
Bluetick Hound, Redbone Hound, Black and Tan Hound. Each breed, strain or
bloodline has different strong and weak points and each have their own
supporters and detractors.
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