The countrymen in the hills of Missouri take the hounds on night fox hunts. This goes on until Jacob Terry comes into the county and decides to raise sheep and install a woven wire fence. This upsets the neighbors since the dogs would not harm the sheep and they would be hurt running into the fence at night. Jacob vows to shoot any dogs or people that he finds on his land. Benjy Davis is in love with Camden Terry; this alone causes problems, but when the hound Bugle Ann goes missing one night, both sides are out with guns to settle the score.