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Peachcreek
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« on: February 11, 2014, 10:28:00 pm » |
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Kaylon Sowell was my uncle that I grew up coon hunting with. Kaylon passed away about four months ago just from being old and worn out, his wife had just passed a few months prior. I went to the hospital to see him the day before he passed and got a smile out of him (something no one had seen from him in a while). I was talking about a certain old coon hound I was always very fond of... The dog was named Hobo, and we had some damn good memories of him. I told him to get well soon so we can get together and talk hounds and I got another big smile. The next day I got a call that kaylon was passing and I got to the hospital to see him off. At the funeral I asked my cousin if they ran across any old dog pictures or trophies and such to keep me something to remember him by. Well, today my cousin brought some stuff by. A couple plaques a big trophy and of all the things.... Hobo's pedigree  The pedigree i huge and seems like it has hundreds of dogs names on it. Hobo always had a special place in my heart, I think partly because uncle Kaylon thought so much of him and mostly because he was the dog I followed through the swamps and briars so many nights walking with Kaylon. Right about the time kaylon passed Jesse Paul gave me a pup out of a breeding he had never done before. This breeding was bringing his two lines together Drifter/Gill. I was very excited about this litter and was happy to get a pup. I named the pup Hobo, hopefully he will be as good of a hog dog as his namesake was a coon dog. If there are coons in heaven, I bet kaylon and Hobo have treed a mess of em. A pic of some of the stuff    |
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MrsLouisianaHogDog
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2014, 10:32:02 pm » |
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Aww, RIP to him, and that's neat that you got some memorabilia to remember him by! Good luck with your pup too!
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matt_aggie04
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 10:33:27 pm » |
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That's good stuff Travis. I hate to hear that he passed but glad y'all were able to share one last fond memory.
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Peachcreek
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 10:39:31 pm » |
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I forgot to bring up in my original post how strange it was that out of the hundreds of dogs he had over the years that my cousin would have grabbed hobos pedigree.. wild stuff there!
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justincorbell
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 10:50:41 pm » |
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That's good stuff Travis. I hate to hear that he passed but glad y'all were able to share one last fond memory.
Took the words out of my mouth. Sure hate to hear about him passing but its awesome that you have those things to remember him by. |
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CHRIS H.
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2014, 11:03:40 pm » |
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Sorry for your family's loss Travis
Looks like your uncle had some awesome coon dogs and that sure is great you got ahold of all those items to remember him by. you should take that pedigree somewhere to get framed up real nice .
My grandfather was a coon hunter and I was able to get some of he's old guns and pictures after he passed away .. That stuff didn't mean nothin to anyone else in my family but to me its priceless.
I hope your new Hobo pup works out for you !
Take care
chris Hearne
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UNDERDOG
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2014, 11:16:20 pm » |
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I forgot to bring up in my original post how strange it was that out of the hundreds of dogs he had over the years that my cousin would have grabbed hobos pedigree.. wild stuff there!
That is cool....you always talked about him. Rip. I think I was around him at some of the coon hunts when I was younger, his name was always real familiar. You should frame that ped. |
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mex
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2014, 11:19:40 pm » |
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Awesome !
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Mike
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2014, 06:44:22 am » |
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That's good stuff Peaches.  |
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BA-IV
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2014, 06:53:49 am » |
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You just can't beat that right there Travis. I'd frame that pedigree as well!
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Lacy man
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2014, 07:34:22 am » |
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Rip you talked highly of him being a dog man it looks like you feel right in his shoes i m sure he's proud to have a relative carrying on the dogging traditions ya grew up on. Good post peaches and keep on making them dogs brother
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LAhogger84
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2014, 07:45:12 am » |
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That's awesome man. It's great to have bad people n our life like your uncle. To take time to take u hunting and prolly showed u some tricks speaks volumes for your uncle. Good luck with the puppy.
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KevinN
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2014, 07:49:11 am » |
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That's something special
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LAhogger84
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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2014, 07:52:57 am » |
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HAD*****not bad in my last post. Typo
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t-dog
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« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2014, 02:50:20 pm » |
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Very sorry about your loss peachcreek. I have a couple of boxes of OLD coon hunting magazines that I inherited. They go as far back as the forties I think. A lot of them are 70's-90's though. I see that ol' Hobo was born in '82. If I find any with him or your uncle in them, you are sure welcome to them if you want them.
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Amokabs
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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2014, 07:12:10 pm » |
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Sorry for your loss, that sure is some cool memento's of your favorite dog, i'll bet your uncle's glad you have them.
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