I know down here in FL alot of Cow dog culls are used for hog hunting. Most of them are real rough medium range curs from whats left of old stock. Alot of ranches will not part with there dogs or puppys for any amount of money. If your lucky they may Stud a male out to a friend or close partner. Im by no means a Cow dog expert but I grew up in Central and South FL where cattle and ranching is popular and have great respect for a good Cow dog. Most I have seen will work cattle or a hog but tend to prefer one or the other. As Reuben said some Ranches are smaller and jus need dogs to keep them close and move them, not necessarily go find them in thick under brush. My buddy is on several ranches as big as 30,000 acre's where the dog has to hunt and find the stray cattle. It is by no means any easy task. His dog excels at hog or cattle and is a BMC probly one of the best I have been around.
I prefer a dog with a lot of hunt and right now I currently own 3 full blooded Catahoulas. Two came from LA and the other from a ranch in S FL. All of them will find and bay hogs, cattle, they will tree coons or possums, they would probly run a bear if I put them on it
I consider them trash broke because when I go to hunt hogs they know were hunting hogs. If I take them to cattle they know were herding cattle. I expect them to be gamey hunting dogs with the want to hunt WHATEVER I PUT THEM ON. I hunt places with cows and hogs and they know when that Garmin is around there neck were lookin for POPPA HOG!!!!
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