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ANNOUNCEMENTS M A G A Z I N E Published Bi-Monthly for the Coonhound & Treedog Enthusiast EDITOR Dani Duby
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ADVERTISING Jason Duby
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GRAPHIC DESIGN Jaren Hobson
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PUBLISHED BY Duby Family Enterprises LLC dba Full Cry Magazine PO BOX 128 Merlin, OR 97532 CONTACT US 1-866-FULL-CRY www.FullCryMag.com @FullCryMag @FullCryMagazine
USPS Identification Statement: Full Cry, USPS: 20802, ISSN: 00162620, is published bimonthly by Duby Family Enterprises, LLC. PO Box 128 Merlin OR 97523. Danielle Duby, Editor. Subscription $36 per year, 2 years $65. Periodicals postage paid at Grants Pass, OR and other post offices. Postmasters: Send address changes to Full Cry, PO Box 128, Merlin OR 97523. Full Cry Magazine is intended solely for informational and entertainment purposes. The opinions expressed by our contributors and within advertisements do not necessarily represent our endorsement. We hold no liability for statements made by advertisers or contributors. Safety should always be paramount, and we strongly urge readers to adhere to all applicable laws and seek guidance as needed. Reproduction of any content in this magazine is strictly prohibited without express permission from the publisher. Established February 1939 by Muriss and Estelle H. Walker © Copyright 2023
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Welcome back to Full Cry! If you are wondering where we went, and why we look so different, then let's get caught up on the last three months. C+H Publishing ceased publication with their June issue. Full Cry has since been purchased by the Duby’s and the magazine has made the move out west to Oregon. If you had a subscription with C+H Publishing when they closed their doors, the duration of the time on your subscription will not only be honored but also extended by 3 months to compensate for the period that the magazine had ceased publication. To make this publication viable we are changing publication periods to a bi-monthly period beginning with this issue. This means the next issue will be the December/January issue. We are always accepting articles and stories for consideration in this publication. For the December issue we would love to see some heartwarming stories; kids and dogs, charity hunts, and/ or just a good winter storm hunt story, etc. Please consider submitting materials to us by October 31st for that issue.
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FROM FEBRUARY 1939! We are giving away a little piece of hound history. It is through mentorship that we ‘grow up’ the next generation of hunters and ensure the longevity of our sport. We are featuring the houndsmen that shaped us in the February/March 2024 issue. To be entered to win the original copy, we are asking for your story submissions. Here’s how to enter: 1. Write a story about a houndsmen that influenced you. 2. Keep it to 600 words or less (add a picture or two if you want!) 3. Send your submission via email to dani@fullcrymag.com or mail to Full Cry Magazine PO Box 128 Merlin OR 97532 4. Deadline for submissions is 12/31/2023 5. We will feature a few of these stories in the February/March 2024 issue and one will be selected as the winner!
CONTENTS
VOL. 85 NO. 7 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2023
COVER STORY
12 08 Our Place in History
Navigating Tradition & Innovation by Corey Gruver
Coonhound Spotlight 12 Davis’ Rosedale Phrogger by Clayton Stark
The Voice 16
Echoes of Phrogger’s Unique Bark Resonate in the Digital Age by Jason Duby
18 Face to Face with a Mountain Lion
Derril Fry’s Close Encounter by Ben Sheets
23 What to Expect When Your Dog’s Expecting
Navigating the Whelping Journey by Taylor Young, DVM
29 The Canadian Tree Dog
A Conversation with Kelly Morton, Alberta’s Tree Dog Enthusiast by Micky Siddle
32 Interview with Meat Eater’s Janis Putelis Family Man, Hunter, & Big Game Houndsmen by Barry “Bear” Siragusa
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38 Hunting with Curs 40 Years Ago
Originally Published in Full Cry Magazine, May 1971
58 The Importance of Hounds Unleashing Legacy in the Wilderness by Cora Parker
by Homon Fielder
The Event Where 44 History is Made
Autumn Oaks: A Celebration of Coonhound Community & Champions by Steve Fielder
Highland Tree Dogs 48 Nova Scotia’s Versatile Canine Hunters
Artist Spotlight 60 Brushing the Wild
The Art of Chelsea Hansler
Book Corner 62
Hounds in the Hills Review by Danny Boppe
64 Club Articles
by Micky Siddle
50 Strike & Stay
Independent Plott Dog Views & News From Across the Country & Around the World by Bob Plott
54 I am a Coonhunter Musings of the Hound Hunting Athlete
78 Classifieds 80 Kids Corner Ol’ Duke 82 Poem
by Dairen Simpson
by Teddy Simpkins
56 Buckley Farm Kennels Preserving Heritage, One Bark at a Time by Steve Buckley Oct /Nov 2023 | Full Cry
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From the Editor’s Desk Dani Duby - Editor, Full Cry Magazine “How hard can it be?” Famous last words that when spoken may find you owning one of the most historically significant treedog publications. A degree in biology, a career in finance, and a midlife crisis that involves homeschooling children and milking goats.
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None of this could have prepared me for the title I take on today. Editor and owner of Full Cry magazine. I don’t know journalism. I don’t know publishing. What I do know is the sport of dogs. When I was in the 4th grade my parents brought home our first registered dog. From
there it took off into a family passion that had us traveling the country for shows with a kennel of 20+ dogs at home. It was there that I developed a passion for purebred dogs. Fast forward 15 years and my husband got bit by the hound bug. I saw this as an opportunity to bring our two worlds together. His passion for hunting and my passion for dogs. That’s when we brought home our first bluetick. ‘Hailey’ would go on to be the trashiest, stubbornest, biggest piece of humble pie we’ve ever owned. Through all that – she was perfect to us. Over the years the color of the dogs in our kennel has changed and the need for papers has no longer become a requirement to live here. My passion for purebred dogs has changed to a passion for purpose bred dogs. That love for purpose bred dogs is what led me here to these pages.
The magic of Full Cry through the years was the celebration of all things tree dog. On one page O.L. Beckham may have had you traveling deep through the hollers following the big open bawl of a black and tan. Then you turn the page and come smack dab face to face with a trophy lion taken out west by a grade dog that you can’t quite figure out what is mixed into it. Purpose bred dogs.
This nostalgia is what we all cling to and hope to find still in the pages of Full Cry, so much that when it was announced that Full Cry was closing in June of 2023 much of the hound world was horrified. My husband told me the news, looking disturbed enough you would have thought his favorite uncle died. My response: “Well someone should keep it going. Why don’t we buy it… How hard can it be?” Which leads us exactly to here. We are excited for the future of Full Cry. It is with a love and respect for the sport that we see the significance of the history contained in these pages. With that said, the facts are that the world has changed over the years. The internet provides a platform for instant hunt results, advertising of stud dogs, and hunt commentary. In order to keep Full Cry relevant today the old and the new must merge.
This issue is a merger of those ideas. We are taking articles submitted to the prior publisher by some of the loyal contributors through the years and combining them with new faces and new viewpoints. Not only are there fresh voices, but there are some young faces. It is easy for those of us who are ‘seasoned’ in the sport to sit back with a ‘kids these days’ attitude about what we view as ‘self-promotion’ posted on social media platforms. I believe that if we want this next generation to continue on in the sport with a sense of respect
PLUMTREE’N PRIVATE RESERVE (HENRY). OWNED AND BRED BY THE EDITOR, THIS WAS HER FAVORITE HOUND TO EVER GRACE THEIR KENNEL.
and duty, we must allow them the platform to join us. Do not see this as a changing of the guard but rather a recruitment to our army.
Our vision for Full Cry is that together we can use it as a platform for good. Highlighting the history. Celebrating the now. Fighting for the future. We humbly ask for your support to make that happen. The pages of Full Cry come
alive because of the stories and passion its readers share with each other, please continue to write. Share your stories. Voice your opinion (respectfully). Send in your pictures. It is the viewing of the sport through the eyes of each other that make this magazine run, and it deserves to run for a long time. If we all work together to make that happen then “How hard can it be?” Oct /Nov 2023 | Full Cry
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