Just re read my post, and didnt mean to come across like a smart elleck. Where are you located?
It just all depends on the places you are hunting, and wether you are pleasure hunting, or eradication.
It all boils down to personal prefference,
full hounds = long range and mouth, lots of bottom
full cur = shorter range, no mouth, less bottom
1/2 hound 1/2 cur = any of the above
Mtn curs = any of the above
There is no 1 best breed, you just have to find out which one suits you better, might just be a mixture of all of them
JMO