Blowing of the Wolf Horn, October 25, 2015

Bernard Pyron

Blowing of the Wolf Horn, October 25, 2015
Bernard Pyron
This horn was used by Blake and George Pyron to call their coyote hounds back to the camp at the end of a chase.
I don't know the exact history of this horn. It was made from the horn of a Texas Longhorn, and used during the thirties, going back at least to Wolf Races of 1934, and maybe before that.
Here is just one Wolf Race in which this horn may have been used to call in the coyote hounds at the end of the chase:
"February 2, 1935 - Went to Ballard and Jack, Beulah, Queen, Pep and Smut jumped and ran for three hours and out of hearing. Finally located them in lower Ballard and turned young dogs loose. Ran back toward Wilson's goat proof fence. Left Cricket, Speck, Arp and Red in McDonald's still running. John McCain, Woods and us.....February 4, 1935 - Got Crickett, Speck, Arp and Red."

George and my Fatherr had a horn made from the horn of a Texas long horn cow that they trained their dogs to come to. They would train them by blowing the horn before they fed the dogs and then on a hunt, if the dogs were in hearing distance and were not on a hot chase, they would come to the call of the horn.

Here is the link to an audio made on October 25, 2015 of me blowing the horn above:    http://tindeck.com/listen/twvcc

http://tindeck.com/listen/twvcc