EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I have a short range bmc and bred him to a med range plott gyp. My goal was to try and breed some dogs with  brains, range, bottom, speed and grit. Now my question is, what should I expect out of this litter.

Do the dogs you bred possess any of those qualities? I imagine the pups will have a good hunt drive, most will prob make at least help dogs, and depending on how well bred your sire and dam were, there will be some good ol fashioned hybrid vigor! Which is great but it doesn't always reproduce itself. We hunt a couple brindle colored cur looking gyps that very well may be plott/bmc crosses. They hunt well and follow their noses. Great temperaments. They've only been on a few pigs but they hunt short-medium ranged. But don't be discouraged when it doesn't work on your first breeding and don't be afraid to keep them all long enough to test for the qualities you're looking for and to cull the ones that don't!

  well if both the sire and dame hunt well and are breed worthy  . you can expect to get some good dogs [ maybe except for that yaller blood ] you should get some dogs with more leg , nose and drive out of the cross . if handled properly you will have a dog that hunts like a hound and handles like a cur dog . I have been making the 50/50 crosses on plot and Catahoula for years and never regretted nary a litter  .

I would expect you'll get short ranged open mouth gritty dogs with mediocre bottom for the most part, if you get real lucky you may get a pup who ends up what you wanted.
If you do get a stem winder, knock the rest of them in the head, and find the best possible dog you can and breed again, then take the best, cull the rest and keep repeating year after year.

Not seeking to be rude, just tryin to lay it out for you to play it out.

Ok. Thanks for the comments. I Was wondering did I take the range out by breeding the male bmc to the plot gyp. If anyone has made this cross, let me know how your dogs hunt. Thanks again

keep the best pup and breed back to a good plott that is related to the dam... and try your best to capture the yellow dogs traits that you like in the pups you keep, and then continue selecting for those traits within the following generations...

I've got a 1/4 plot 3/4 bmc that has tons of range and bottom. I think the quality of the parents are as important as the breeds

Keep a male an female an hunt them really hard and see if you like the range an bottom but if it needs just a little more bottom an range then breed the son back to your female plott.. Now If it was up to me I would take your young female an get her fixed an turn her into something worth keeping and keep feeding her tracks .. Just something to thinks about ..