Message #232450

[Reuben]

It is my belief that quite a few dogs can smell a track but the dog must be genetically inclined to take a cold track. Some dogs just don't get excited on an old track but most hounds do. Most curs do not respond to a cold track.

I have seen quite a few catahoulas and bmc's pass up a track that mtn curs will take. Quite a few mtn curs will take a 3 or 4 hour track or older. I just know that if the sign is fresh the dog better bay a hog even if it is 2 miles off. A good cur dog should circle wide if there is too much scent in one location and then find the exit track and follow it.