Hunting an experience, the author finds what she's looking for in her first hound hunt in Maine.
Busting barriers to entry into the bear hound world by starting from scratch with some coonhounds.

Airguns, Hounds, and Horses

Sometimes hunting means doing your best to keep up.

I’m not accustomed to feeling useless. I’ve lived in three countries, I’ve had 45 professions, and I’ve run my own business for the last ten years. I can do a lot of things. But each time I go hound hunting on horseback, I feel more like dead-weight than a hunter and I love every minute of it.
-Levi Sim | @photolevi-
When most people talk about style, they are referring to the latest fashion in dress, you know skinny jeans and dark framed glasses. When a houndsman is referring to style, they are usually speaking about how a dog performs one of the several tasks that it does while hunting. Like striking, baying, and treeing. Here are the four categories that build the overall style of dog.