Need dog to bark at TREE LONGER!

[Smokey River]

I have a 2 1/2 yr. old bluetick that runs and trees excellent.  The only fault the dog has is that when I start walking to the tree he'll stop barking and wait for me to get to him(he does not leave the tree). Sometimes I have to track the dog to find him because he stops barking on the tree. Once I get there I can encourage him and he'll continue to bark.   Can anyone help me with my problem.  In Eastern North Carolina

[Sgt Mike]

You could try to talk to him as you walk to the tree. I always say "Talk To Me" to encourage them at the tree. Use the same words on the way in, it may help.
Actually you are in better shape than most, usually the dog leaves the tree and looks for the owner. Like he is saying I had the coon, where have you been.

[Don Fischer]

I really don't know a lot about hound's. They run and howl, bark at trees and there's a bunch of guy's standing around in the dark saying thing's like "yep, there's ole Bill". But just a thought, I've been on a bunch of coon hunt's when I was younger and have read some on hound hunting. Seem's like the dog's are usually caught and tied for the kill then turned loose on the animal after it's dead. Kinda sound's like the reward system.

I watched a video in which Colin Davis was hunting with a trial dog down south. Dog's don't retrieve in Aemrican Field but, when Colin killed a bird for the dog, he would take it to the dog and let the dog pull off the head and eat it! A bit grusome but it does give the dog a better reason to find and properly handle the bird than a pat on the head.

If you don't let your dog maul the dead animal, maybe that will work. I don't know, just a thought. Oh yea, Colin Davis was the trainer/handler of Natl. Ch. Quicksilver Pink.

[Airedale From NY]

I would like to ask if you are always seeing a coon when you get to the tree and also has the dog had any coon put down to it? Does it bark treed when with another dog who does tree good?

[sport]

If you are knocking out alot of coon to him and he is doing this I would tie him back and not let him put his mouth on another coon. Do this 10 times and see if he starts barking treed steady. This is a hard thing to do because most people think the dog needs to be rewarded with the game. And this is ok if the dog is doing it right,But your dog has a fault you are trying to correct, I had a young walker dog that wasnt treeing a lick and a older man who had been huntin all his life told me to try this. I was reluctant but went a head and did what he said. After tieing him back on 6 coons he went to treeing his heart out . He went on to make a nice dog. That was  20 years ago and I have used this method 3 other times. It worked on 2 of the other dogs I used it on.  If hes doing this and you havent been knocking  out to him I would suggest you start putting coon out to him.  Just my opinion