When i was running coonhounds, i found that the playfulness in the young ones pretty much stopped the first time you knocked a coon down to them, or you ran them at night and they came across a hot trail.

On a different note, and not to start trouble, but how many of you coonhunters can completely control your dogs and guarantee that they won'tcross on to land where you don't have explicit permission to hunt. i have never been able to do this with coonhounds and can't think of anyone who has if you hunt in country where its all small landholdings with poorly marked boundaries.I got into an argument with someone on another thread because he says thatdog hunters who let their dogs run onposted land(even if its 3am,pitchblack, and the dogs are leading the way)are "dirt bags."Am I wrong here to think that he is a bit offbase?