Howdy and welcome aboard. I believe there are some very good houndsmen down your way. They can work different species although I doubt you want your cat and or bear hounds running coyotes. Usually they start a hound on coons and go up from there and still run the occassional coon. There are some VERY good hound sites you should check out. I know a couple of guys down your way that have pups coming soon out of good big game hounds. I got back into hounds last year and it has been the best and most fun I've had in years. I now have 5 hounds, one finished hound and 4 pups of varying ages. It can be spendy getting into it, hounds, and equipment begin to add up, dog box, shock collars, tracking collars and units, leashes, collars, dog houses, kennels, vet bills, pups, dog food, and then there is all that time training. Which has gotten me back into shape and I can't tell you how much fun the last year has been. Good luck and I'm sure you'll meet some nice guys down your way. Fred
