JOE WE NEED TO MAKE A ROAD TRIP. WE REALLY DO I OWE TO ACOUPLE OF MY BEST FREINDS.

https://gardenandgun.com/feature/alabamas-coon-dog-cemetery/

My dad and I had them all...  Redbone, Black and Tan, Bluetick, Redtick, Plott, and even a few Walker's.

That's a good looking Bluetick pup the guy is holding in the picture.  Reminds me of one that my dad and I had that was simply named "Bob."  Turned out to be one of the best ever....  Had a bawl mouth, and then a fast chop on the trail, and once he was treed, he sounded like he was yodelin'!

When you heard the yodelin', time to head to the tree.....

We also had two redbones (there's one in the same picture peeking his nose over the marker.)  They were litter mates (Sadie and Queenie.) 

Funny how probably close to 50 years later I can remember those dog's names like it was yesterday.

There wasn't much cross over between coonhounds and racing, but I know that Leon Manchester had a few back in the day.

I was real fortunate now that I think about it...  Probably not too many kids that grew up in NJ in the 70's with coonhounds, beagles, BB guns, go karts, mini bikes, dirt bikes, woods cars, and stock car racing!

you were very lucky joe we both know what it means to hear the sound of bluetick on a coon to me no sweeter sound espically at night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXH8czDy9Fs  

If I was technologically smart emough, I might consider making that my ringtone for my phone!

If you took that bark in the video, and add a little yodel/roll to it, that's exactly what Old Bob sounded like when he treed.

Folks who never worked with hounds might not realize how if you really knew your dog, you could tell just by the type of bark/length of bark/frequency whether he was on an old trail, or a fresh trail... whether he was having difficulty staying on the track due to some kind of obstruction/ water/briars/fences, and finally, if all worked out well, when he was done chasing and  located the tree that the raccoon went up.

That bluetick in the video has a good nose.  If you look close, at some points in the video he is "wind'ing" meaning he's holding his head up at a 45 degree angle and opening his mouth a little and sampling the air, figuring out what critters are or have been in the area, and how long ago it was.

Hounds are really pretty amazing.