Ideal traits of big game hound

I know alot of hound men that hunt bear and lions and most of the really good ones dogs are sortof crossed up dogs most good bear and lion dogs have a totally differnt look than your average run of the mill coondog . My dad hunted bear and lion for the govenrment for 12 to 14 years and most of his better dogs were walkers and plotts but we also had a few bluticks black and tans, redticks but most of the main dogs that stand out as far as being the ultimate big game dogs were walkers and plotts , but they were not big ole coonhound type of dogs they were high flanked deep chested wirey dogs . On the part where you said that most plotts are too gritty. that is partly true it takes a special dog to fight with a bad bear or a bad hog to put the right amount of pressure on one to make him either tree or stay bayed without killing the dog. One time I seen my dad sell a plott dog underneath a bear tree for $10,000 and the very next day the guy took him hunting and got on a bad bear and the dog got killed . That is the reason my dad sold the dog because he was too gritty and was always getting tore up by bears . The guy that bought the dog knew and just had to have him anyway and offered the money.