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Swamp Music's Bluetick Kennels

"Home of Southern Swamp Hounds"

WELCOME! MY NAME IS PAUL ALLEN.  I AM THE OWNER AND FOUNDER OF SWAMP MUSIC'S BLUETICK KENNELS LOCATED IN REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA. I STARTED HUNTING HOUNDS NEARLY 19 YEARS AGO, WHEN I MOVED IN BESIDE A MAN NAMED JIM FREEMAN OF OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA. JIM HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE. HE NEVER GOT UPSET WHEN HIS DOGS DID SOMETHING WRONG. TO HEAR HIM TELL IT, THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG. HIS FIRST PIECE OF ADVICE WAS THAT "THE COONHUNTER MUST BE SMARTER THAN THE DOG IN ORDER TO TRAIN IT". AS I HUNTED AND LEARNED FROM JIM, HE JUST GUIDED ME ALONG. SOME FOLKS I'VE MET OVER THE YEARS SAY THAT I HAVE A SPECIAL WAY WITH HOUNDS. WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS JIM HAD THE SPECIAL WAY AND I WAS A GOOD STUDENT. I'VE COME TO REALIZE THROUGH THE YEARS THAT JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN BE A COONHUNTER BUT NOT EVERYONE IS A HOUNDSMAN. I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE THE BEST, BUT I'VE HANDELED ALOT OF AMAZING HOUNDS. I HUNTED WITH JIM FROM 1991 UNTIL HE MOVED TO TENNESSEE. FOR NEARLY 12 YEARS WE WERE IN THE WOODS TWICE A WEEK.
       ANOTHER MAN WHO TAUGHT ME A LOT WAS DON CROWDER OF SWEETWATER, TENNESSEE. DON IS VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT BREEDING. HE IS A TRUE HOUNDSMAN OF OUR TIME. WE HAD A DEAL. HE'D BREED THEM AND I'D HUNT THEM.  THAT HAS WORKED REAL WELL FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. DON HAS SLOWED A LITTLE, SO I'VE STARTED TO BREED MY OWN HOUNDS NOW.  HOWEVER, I STILL DON'T MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT HIS ADVICE.
     THERE IS ONE MORE MAN I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION. HIS NAME IS MR. JOHN ROBERTS. HE IS A MAN WHO HAS HELPED ME BY GIVING ME HOUNDS, BY TRUSTING IN MY TRAINING, AND JUST BEING A TRUE MAN OF GOD. WHAT A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO CALL HIM FRIEND!

HERE AT SWAMP MUSIC'S BLUETICK KENNELS WE DON'T RAISE OR TRAIN COMPETITION, TREE CRAZY HOUNDS. OUR HOUNDS ARE COLD-NOSED, SLOW-TRAILING, TRACK HOUNDS THAT CAN TREE. WE HUNT DEEP SWAMPS AND THICK WOODS. WE NEVER HUNT TRAINED HOUNDS OFF OF 'FEEDER BUCKETS'.

SO FOLKS, IF YOU WANT AN HONEST, RELIABLE, HOUNDSMAN. WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO TRAIN YOUR HOUNDS GIVE ME A CALL. I PUSH THEM HARD, BUT I ALSO TREAT THEM FAIR AND GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP INTO SOLID COONHOUNDS.

How did we get our name "Swamp Music's Bluetick Kennels" anyway?

Click below to find out!

http://www.cmt.com/videos/lynyrd-skynyrd/96767/swamp-music.jhtml

Lyrics to "Swamp Music"

Going down to the swamp
Gonna watch me a hound dog catch a coon
Well, Im going down to the swamp
Gonna watch me a hound dog catch a coon
You know the hounddog make-a music
On a summer night under a full moon
Lord, fetch my cane pole mama
Gonna catch a bream or maybe two
Lord, fetch my cane pole mama
Gonna catch a bream or maybe two
And when the hound dog start barkin
Sounds like ol son house singin the blues
(chorus)
Hound dog sing that
Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music
Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music
When the hound dog starts singin
I aint got them big ol city blues
Well, hey pretty mama
Lord, just take that city hike
Said go ahead pretty mama
Lord, just take your city hike
Well, Id rather live with the hound dogs
For the rest of my natural born life
(chorus)
Singing that
Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music
Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music
Well, Id rather live with the hounddogs
For the rest of my natural born life
Well, Id wanna live with the hound dogs
For the rest of my natural born life

Written by Ed King - Ronnie Vanzant

Performed by:Lynyrd Skynyrd

Where Are We?

169 E Brazell St
Reidsville, GA 30453
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