The Hickok Manufacturing Company was founded in 1909 by S.Rae Hickok in Rochester, New York. The company was a major manufacturer of men’s jewellery, belts, wallets, and other accessories. When the founder died in 1945, the company was inherited by his son, Raymond Hickok. The company was purchased by the Tandy Corporation in 1971.
A hunting dog is a canine that hunts with or for humans. There are several types of hunting dogs developed for various tasks and purposes. The major categories of hunting dogs include hounds, terriers, dachshunds, cur type dogs, and gun dogs. Further divisions can be made among these categories based upon the dogs' skillset and capabilities.
Breeds and capabilities used in hunting
For a list of breeds of each type, see the detailed articles for each category:
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Hounds Hounds are further divided into sighthounds and scenthounds depending upon the primary sense used to locate quarry. Many mammals such as jackrabbits, raccoons, coyotes, deer, and other large predators are hunted with hounds.
Sighthounds
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Whippet Sighthounds are tall and lean running hounds, adapted for visual acuity and speed. Their hunt method is called coursing, where prey is sighted from a distance, chased, and caught.[1]:36, 102
Scenthounds
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Redbone Coonhound Scenthounds are hounds that primarily hunt by scent. Scenthounds are used to trail and sometimes kill game. They hunt in packs, leading the hunters on a chase which may end in the quarry being chased into a tree or killed. Some of these breeds have deep, booming barks and use them when following a scent trail.
Lurchers
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Lurcher A Lurcher is a sighthound crossed with a working dog breed—usually a pastoral dog or Terrier bred selectively for working.
Gun dogs Gun dogs are used primarily by small game hunters using shotguns. Gun dogs are classified as retrievers, spaniels, and pointing breeds.
Retrievers
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Chesapeake Bay Retriever Once classified as a water spaniel, a retriever's primary role is to find and return shot game to the hunter. Retrievers can spend long hours in a duck blind and visually spot and remember the location of downed birds. At command, they retrieve the birds. They may be able to follow hand, verbal, and whistle commands to the downed bird. They typically have large, gentle muzzles.
Setters
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English Setter Setters have a long history as upland gun dogs. They appear to have a native ability to locate and point at upland game birds. They flush the birds at the hunter's command.
Spaniels
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English Cocker Spaniel Spaniels have been used as hunting dogs for hundreds of years.[citation needed] Flushing Spaniels are used to locate and flush game for a hunter.
Pointers
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German Shorthaired Pointer Pointers are dogs trained to locate and point at small game allowing the hunter to approach and flush the game. Pointing breeds have greater range than Spaniels.
Water dogs
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Poodle Water dogs are a subclass of retrievers. Typically, they are strong swimmers with a lot of endurance and are bred to hunt all manner of waterfowl.
Feists
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Feist Feists are small dogs that hunt small game, especially squirrels, in a similar manner to large hounds hunting raccoons and large game. Feists may hunt in packs, and "bark up" on trees to alert the hunter. The feist was developed in the southern United States, reputedly from small Native American dogs and British fell terriers.[citation needed]
Terriers
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Lakeland Terrier Terriers are used to hunt small mammals. Terriers locate the den or set of the target animal and then bolt, capture or kill the animal. A working terrier may go underground to kill or drive out game. Hunters who use terriers are referred to as terriermen. Larger members of this class, like those of the bull and terrier family, are sometimes used to hunt larger game, like razorbacks: the hunter will send in scenthounds to corner the pig and the much more heavily built catch dog will charge at it, bite it and hold it down until the hunter can come and kill it.
Curs
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Catahoula Leopard Dog Curs hunt similarly to terriers, though usually larger game. Curs are used to hunt raccoons, as well as feral pigs, cougars and other large mammals.
Dachshund
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Dachshund The Standard Dachshund was bred to scent, chase and flush out badgers, foxes and other burrow-dwelling animals, while the Miniature Dachshund was developed to hunt smaller prey such as rabbits. In the American West they have also been used to hunt prairie dogs. In Europe Dachshunds are widely used for hunting deer, boar and smaller game such as rabbits and hares. They are also excellent scent dogs and they are often used to track down wounded animals after car accidents for example. The Dachshund is also the only certifiable breed of dog used to hunt both above and below ground.
See also
Canes Venatici – Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere, hunting dogs constellation
Wolf hunting with dogs – Method of wolf hunting
Working dog – Dog used for work
Rochester (/ˈrɑːtʃɛstər, -ɪs-/) is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the third-most populous in the state after New York City and Buffalo, with an estimated population of 205,695 in 2020.[4] The city of Rochester forms the core of a much larger metropolitan area with a population of around 1.1 million people, across six counties.
Rochester was one of the United States' first boomtowns, initially due to the fertile Genesee River Valley, which gave rise to numerous flour mills, and then as a manufacturing center, which spurred further rapid population growth.[5] The city rose to prominence as the birthplace and home of some of America's most iconic companies, in particular Eastman Kodak, Xerox, and Bausch & Lomb (along with Wegmans, Gannett, Paychex, French's, Constellation Brands, Ragú, and others), by which the region became a global center for science, technology, and research and development. This status has been aided by the presence of several internationally renowned universities (notably the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology) and their research programs; these schools, along with many other smaller colleges, have played an increasingly large role in Greater Rochester's economy.[6] Rochester has also played a key part in US history as a hub for certain important social/political movements, especially abolitionism[7] and the women's rights movement.[8] While the city experienced some significant population loss as a result of deindustrialization, strong growth in the education and healthcare sectors boosted by elite universities and the slower decline of bedrock companies such as Eastman Kodak and Xerox (as opposed to the rapid fall of heavy industry with steel companies in Buffalo and Pittsburgh) resulted in a much less severe contraction than in most Rust Belt metro areas.
Today, Rochester's economy is defined by technology and education (aided by a highly educated workforce, research institutions, and other strengths born in its past).[9] The Rochester metropolitan area is the third-largest regional economy in New York, after the New York City metropolitan area and the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.[10] Rochester's gross metropolitan product is US$50.6 billion—above those of Albany and Syracuse, but below that of Buffalo.[11] Rochester is also known for its culture, in particular its music culture; institutions such as the Eastman School of Music (considered to be one of the most prestigious conservatories in the world) and the Rochester International Jazz Festival anchor a vibrant music industry, ranked as one of the top-10 music scenes in the US in terms of the concentration of musicians and music-related business.[12] It is the site of multiple major festivals every year (such as the Lilac Festival, the aforementioned Jazz Festival, the Rochester Fringe Festival, and others that draw hundreds of thousands of attendees each) and is home to several world-famous museums such as The Strong National Museum of Play and the George Eastman Museum, the oldest photography collection in the world and one of the largest[13][circular reference]. The Rochester metro is ranked highly in terms of livability and quality of life[14] and is often considered to be one of the best places in America for families[15][16] due to low cost of living, highly ranked public schools[dubious – discuss] and a low unemployment rate. A great divide, though, exists between its inner-city component (which has at times had the highest child poverty rate in the nation) and its affluent, well-educated southern suburbs. It is considered to be a global city, ranked by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network as having sufficiency status.[17]