EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I've never been around any. Never really liked hunting like that. But landowners want to make a showing. So was thinking about trying them. I hunt horseback alot. My question is " what do y'all breed to make the best rcd's"?

I don't make a habbit of it but would definatly go with a. Pit/lepoard or pit/cur cross.

I have seen several different crosses. I personally run a ridgeback pit cross. I have seen YBMC that were pretty much straight catch RCD. I have also seen straight catahoula that were the same. Most that I have seen were something crossed with a bull dog.


Shotgun
Arkansas

This is all I run they find catch and hold. I have running right now a cat two ridge/pit crosses and my ridgeback. My female ridge is rough and can throw her or a gritty bay dog In also.  Depends on how where you hunt if your hunting horseback im guessing you can get most places pretty quick might try a deerhound cross or stag hound cross type dog.  I have 2 deer hound cross puos that the male is a catching maching at 7 months old and female is getting there.   There is lots of options it more boils down to what you want in a dog

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Mine are straight cur and cat x fl cur

My wife runs a lacy and lacy cat cross and the two find and catch there own

I have a cat/pit I use him as a lead in or RCD he can go either way

Dane/pit crosses

Pure bred Plotts

mr mike i like a good plott. Best plott I owned come from mr. Barry tarelton. But plotts and horses don't mix. I about killed a couple horses trying to keep up with plotts. My curs aren't that rough and they don't stick that well on runners. They run a mile or so and come back. Seems when the hogs bay they don't bay long enough to get a catch dog to em anymore. I have plans on getting a couple julys to cross in also. Thanks for all y'all's help

I got a cat/pit thats about 4 or 5 months im thinking about getting rid of picked her up from lagit old man that was getting out of hunting. I live in Brazoria county pm me if interested I got pics on the pimp your pup of her. Was told the dad a catahula from the mason line mom a blue pit rcd .

The cur dogs only sticking a mile is the problem you Anit running them long enough to make them bay ,

The problem you will run in to with RCD is that unless your other dogs catch with him the hog still go an get away if it has any size to it because he Anit gonna be able to stay caught a long time by him self , it's better to have RCD when the other dogs will catch an stay caught with it



Have you thought maybe about huntin one loose dog ??
Sometimes that works better than rough dogs hogs sit down an bay better if you have one good loose dog on them

was having trouble with runners. started running a couple good strike dogs with two RCD that hang pretty close until they hear a bark. havent had one run off on those two yet. wouldnt work out too well if the terrain was such that you would be a while getting to them but its worked well for us. One of the RCDs is ridgeback x cat (my favorite) and the other is pit x cat. I also wouldnt have only one rcd.

D, you either have some very fast RCDs or some very slow runners!!!!!  ;D

Trent, that ridgeback runs like nothing ive seen. we watched her run a boar down. I know we will have some run off but so far so good. they better run hard though!!

Some of the the best I've ever seen were full blood cat.

Got a full catahoula male which is rough as hell. Then a cat/pit female which is a RCD. Then a 7mon cat/pit male  thats turning into a good RCD. I need this combination becuz the land i hunt on is small and need the pigs stopped quick. If you need them stopped quick thats the way to do it with a RCD. Saves a lot of energy lol.







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I usually hunt one loose strike dog.  He will catch with other dogs. My thought was to put several rcd's with him and try to stay close and stoppem pretty quick. Just trying to see what works for y'all. I could always get on a buggy and hunt hounds but I sure do like my horse.

All my dogs catch stopping them ain't a problem it's when they bay and run bay and run that's where a good loose dog that stays hooked comes in real handy if he stops long enough he will pay the price

Hate to steal the thread lol... but anyone got a good cat/pit they want to breed?

fine by me. Think I'm fixing to breed my strike dog to my lead in catch dog.

Cdunn only bad part about doing that is that you will get a wide range of dogs catch to just bay.  If you want catch the best bet is breed catch to catch.  At the vary least the grittiest dog you vcan find to catch.    Idk your digs but lots if leadins dont have the lung that a cur does so breeding the 2 can greatly reduce your lung. Just trying to help


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I agree with the post about several dogs that will help ur RCD catch. I have full confidence in Kane's ability as a RCD. I also know that if they are out a ways and it takes a bit to get to them I want every dog on the ground latched on. I feel that numbers and conviction to catch is the key to rough and RCD type packs staying healthy.


Shotgun
Arkansas

I catch your drift. Thanks for the info

Dogo. Or fl cur

 rolleyes

 ;D ;)

I have a cat with a pinch of bull mastiff

I run a golden retriever he finds and and will bay big hogs by himself but will catch with a rough dog he does pretty good for us

Lol what was I thinking, my unicorns only hunt rainbows & my fl curs aren't real lol.

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Hahahaha.

My cat x fl cur is a good en I think it's just the dog not the line of dogs cuz I got fl curs that ain't catchy and east tx cur that straight so I just look at the dog could care less bout the line jmo

To me a good rcd don't need any help. You should be able to take it to the woods solo & it will trail & catch any hog it comes across.  Pit / cur , cur , or a good pit. ;)

Bulldogs. You need something crossed up with a bulldog-bottom line. My cur/pits and cur/ american bulldog mixes range further than my other mixes. If 1 dog gets on a 250+ lb boar and your dogs are spread out, a lot of dogs wont take it on head up, even though they normally catch with other dogs. They'll bay unless you have a crazy ol bulldog that just cant resist to get him a ear. You can have cur bulldog mixes, catahoula bulldogs, plott bulldogs,great dane bulldogs, whatever kind of mix you want. I am going to have some walker hound crossed with razors edge/american bulldog pups next year. You can see my dogs on my facebook page rollingthunderec