photo courtesy of Justin King

(yep - someone actually climbed up and took this "up close  & personal" picture  of this black bear treed in Eastern North Carolina- awesome photography guys!)

Date:  Sat., 29 Nov 2008

Pete / Tina:

 

Hello you guys from the east coast! I hope that your family is having as good a Thanksgiving as mine. Pete I want to take a few minutes of your time to publicly give you an update of what the Geoff pups are doing in the big game world. As everybody knows Geoff is throwing some real nice pups from just about  every bitch that he has been bred to. Some have went on to make some real coon dogs. He is doing the same in the big game arena even though it is not in the public eye like the night hunts. I can speak so boldly because I own three Geoff pups that are all supper nice bear dogs all by different dams. I didn't really think about it like that until the other day when I had a sow that I estimated weighing between 350 and 400 lbs caught on the ground and her two 100 pound yearlings up a small tree. This bear to say the least was very ill. I had jumped her in her bed and she did not like the thought of these hounds getting to her yearlings. She was rough but I had all three of these Geoff pups baying for every breath just like they are supposed to. My lead dog Mattie which is out of Geoff and River Bottom Susie had three deep punctures on her rear ham and one cut that went between her eyes to the end of here nose because like normal she tried to catch the bear on the business end beside his head. Cowboy which is out of Geoff and Baby had not been caught yet which was good and then Wyatt (he is out of Geoff and Hannah) was standing beside Cowboy. To me this is the true test of a bear dog. There are a lot of dogs that will do good on the small bear running and treeing but there are few that will stand and fight a bear that is that big when the bear is running the dogs down trying to kill them especially in the thick bays of eastern NC were the dogs can't see the bear until he is one top of them. Pete once again I would like to thank you for breeding Geoff and adding some dogs to the walker line that know how to do more then tree. It is nice to own dogs that can bay and fight as well a cold trail and tree. There is not many lines of walkers that you can buy multiple pups and make bear dogs out of them all.

 

Thanks Justin King

Kings Ketchen Kennels

252-944-3857

jrking82@gmail.com

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Yadkin River Mattie - Bear Dog

 

Date:  Tuesday, January 20, 2009

HEY PETE-  I hunted bear last fall in Eastern North Carolina with a friend of yours, Justin King.  I believe he has a dog from your sire Geoff named Mattie.  I’ve been hunting bear in North Carolina for about 8-9 years now and this was my second year along side Mattie.  I can honestly tell you she’s one of the best, if not the best bear dog I hunted behind.  I’ve been behind a lot of walkers, plots, and red bones chasing bear and Mattie has got the best nose and one of the sweetest mouths you’ll ever hear.  It’s a helluva long drive down there from Iowa each year, but I won’t pass up the chance at one of the ‘big bear’ down here with Justin and Mattie.  Just thought you’d like to know about one of your pups.

Ted Grenis - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Ted Grenis and Justin King  of Kings Ketchen Kennels of Washington, NC

 

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Monday, June 8, 2090

Hey Pete and Tina, Was just checking out your website and saw a pic of Justin King and his Mattie dog. I had the pleasure of going down to Washington Co. and bear hunting with both back in late April and wanted to say that Mattie is turning into a great bear dog. We went out one morning and split up with I and my rig dog going one way and he and Mattie going another to cover more area. It was about ½ hour later Justin called and said come on Mattie had struck from the rig and when I arrived  she was letting the world know it. She also did well trailing with a good mouth that you have no problem hearing and equally as well treeing on the wood with lots of barks close together just the way we like it.

 Anyway I thought I would just let you know that she may have been a coon dog, but she hasn’t had any trouble switching to a bear dog.

Enjoyed the website,

Dennis Brinkley

Jordan Run Walkers

Millboro, Va. 24460