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The Famous Bear Hunting Dogs

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Bear hunting dogs vary in breed and type, all the way from the AKC recognized hounds to a primitive breed known as the "Karelian Bear Dog" of Finland with an ancestral history, which began over 2,000 years ago.

However, the basic hunting breeds are divided into hounds, water dogs, and terriers -- all of them bred over the years to assist their owners to bring home food for the family. Each breed of hunting dog has a specific set of skills, such as the bear hunting dogs, that allows them to hunt a certain type of game.

Stamina isn't their primary skill, even though it's highly important -- but the ability to pick up a scent and stay with it, in addition to see exceptionally well, all play a heavy part in making good bear hunting dogs.

The hounds are the most popular bear hunting dogs for their stamina. Hounds are of the sight or scent groups, or the scent and sight skills together. The Irish Wolfhound hunts big game and the Norwegian Elkhound hunts elk and moose, but the Rhodesian Ridgeback, also known as the African Lion Hound, hunts large game, such as bear, deer, elk, and moose. Also used for bear hunting dogs are the Plott hounds and the Walker hounds.

Bear trapping and the use of bear hunting dogs has become controversial in certain areas, as expected with the viewpoints of present-day animal protectionists. Trappers and hunters view this type of political control by these groups as a personal attack on historical and traditional ways of life, with unneeded chipping away at their individual rights.

They argue this method is a safe and effective way of killing bears, rather than letting the bears become large in number and threaten society and human populations. The Maine bill, Legislative Document 1635, bans recreational bear trapping in Maine, while allowing bears to be trapped for scientific research, animal damage control or public safety -- even though the traps are the same as the ones hunters use. The ban would remove three types of bear hunting -- bait, hounds, or traps -- all methods used by hunters alone.

Some popular bear hunting areas are Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Minnesta, Montana, New Mexico, and North Carolina that offers professional guides and outfitters for the black bear, brown bear, and the grizzly bear. Licenses are required and some states require tags. A five-day hunt usually begins around $1,250 on up, for you and your bear hunting dogs. Colorado alone boasts an $180 million annual business for hunting, which is being compromised with wildlife management.

 

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