Hound Dog Network - Gone To The Dog: Switching Breeds

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4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this episode Steve talks with North Carolina’s Mark Miller.Mark is a veteran raccoon hunter that has long been devoted to the Treeing Walker breed. Mark’s Walker hound Dreamer was voted into the Southeastern Treeing Walker Association’s Hall of Fame as a coonhound. Through Miller’s association with North Carolina State Trooper Brad Hyatt who runs Plott dogs on bears, he became interested in Plotts, North Carolina’s official state dog. How does a houndsman devoted to a given breed, especially on that has been particularly successful with that breed, make the decision to try another breed, moving from the most popular among United Kennel Club’s seven coonhound breeds to a breed that has the fewest dogs in the registry? This episode tells the story in detail including a discussion on the differences in the two breeds and why Miller was persuaded to switch. Enjoy dog talk at its finest in this interesting conversation. We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. www.dusupply.com https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts Our Sponsors: * Check out Thompson Cigars and use my code SE for a great deal: https://thompsoncigar.com * Check out Troll Co Clothing and use my code EMPIRE25 for a great deal: https://www.trollco.com/hunting Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:49.3	Thank you. Where is Fielder?
1:05.0	He's gone to the dog. Good morning from the Gone to the Dogs podcast World Headquarters on the Gulf of America in sunny Florida.
1:49.9	This is your host Steve Fielder coming at you this morning, full of hope and full of anticipation of things to come.
2:03.4	That theme, I'm calling it our White River theme because it's being played by Levan Helm of
2:12.3	Elaine, Arkansas.
2:15.4	Those of you who go to the white river every year know exactly where
2:19.1	Elaine is and so anyway I'm playing that for your benefit this morning
2:29.0	we're gonna have my good buddy Mark, join us here just in a second.
2:36.9	And he's out on the highways and the byways in North Carolina today.
2:42.8	And he's going to join me on the podcast.
2:45.9	We'll tell you real quickly that I'm going to be heading on the Monday that this podcast airs.
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