would love a tight-mouth plott.
The ones i hunted had excellent nose, run for miles on a cold track, and more bottom than anything.(sizzlin heat bred - and crossed back over to Jim Crainer's good male)
I was younger and not well financed, so i didn't have a tracking system.
plott x no tracking system = bad combination
Lost a real good gyp twice, once for 4 days and another for 3 and both times she was close to dead from running so hard.
She would leave the country and you could hear her all the way, but she would get out of hearing distance quick like and in a hurry.
Which was another thing that i didn't like, open on track.
We tended to chase longer, baying up less.
Oh well, love their nose, drive, and bottom... just couldn't find the right one to suit me and my hunting preferences being silent til bayed.
I know they are out there and Jim Crainer swears you can train one to be tight mouthed, but it takes a lot more time than i have now to make it happen.
Maver!ck
PS - the guy i sold her to said you couldn't buy the dog from him for any amount of money... said he took her out(he had a tracking system) and she went 5 miles from where they turned out, crossed under Interstate 20 and had a 300# bar bayed by herself for hours before they could get to her and they caught that hog.
